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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 63, Issue 5 1972-1978, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Early pulmonary endothelial enzyme dysfunction after phorbol ester in conscious rabbits

J. R. McCormick, R. Chrzanowski, J. Andreani and J. D. Catravas
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia.

We investigated changes in angiotensin converting-enzyme (ACE) activity before and at 5, 15, 60, and 240 min after 20 micrograms phorbol myristate acetate/kg body wt iv in conscious rabbits. ACE activity was estimated in vivo from the single-pass transpulmonary metabolism of the synthetic substrate [3H]benzoyl-Phe-Ala-Pro [( 3H]BPAP) under first-order reaction conditions. Within 5 min after PMA administration, all animals developed profound granulocytopenia (15% of control) and moderate thrombocytopenia (57% of control), both lasting for the duration of the experiment. Concomitantly, there was a significant decrease in the transpulmonary metabolism of [3H]BPAP and the calculated apparent first-order reaction constant Amax/Km of ACE for [3H]BPAP. No histological evidence of lung injury was observed at these times. Since a concomitant fall in the permeability surface area product for urea was also observed, we considered that the apparent decline in ACE activity might have resulted from a reduction in perfused endothelial surface area. To resolve this, we studied the effect of PMA on the Km (a measure of enzyme affinity for its substrate) and Amax (a derivative of Vmax that is dependent upon total enzyme present and thus capillary surface area) of ACE and 5'-nucleotidase for [3H]BPAP and [14C]AMP, respectively. A significant increase in Km for both enzymes was observed at 1 h after PMA, whereas Amax was unaffected, suggesting that low-dose PMA may indeed produce endothelial cell enzyme dysfunction independent of its effect on capillary surface area. These results provide evidence of pulmonary capillary functional injury before or in the absence of structural endothelial damage.


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