Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 66, Issue 4 1679-1684, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Development of O2 tolerance in rabbits with no increase in antioxidant enzymes

R. R. Baker, B. A. Holm, P. C. Panus and S. Matalon
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233.

Instillation of exogenous surfactant into rabbits exposed to 100% O2 increases survival time and decreases alveolar epithelial injury. In this study we investigated whether rabbits with increased levels of endogenous pulmonary surfactant are more resistant to hyperoxia. Rabbits were exposed to 100% O2 for 64 h and then returned to room air for 8 days (preexposed). At this time, they had normal gas exchange and alveolar permeability to solute and increased levels of lavageable alveolar phospholipids compared with control rabbits breathing air (26 +/- 2 vs. 12 +/- 2 mumol/kg). Preexposed rabbits survived significantly longer than control rabbits when reexposed to 100% O2 (166 +/- 24 vs. 80 +/- 6 h; n = 7; P less than 0.05) and had significantly higher values of total lavageable phospholipids after 72 h in 100% O2 (15 +/- 2 vs. 5 +/- 2 mumol/kg). Controls developed arterial hypoxemia after 72 h in 100% O2. On the other hand, preexposed rabbits maintained arterial PO2 values greater than 100 Torr throughout the hyperoxic exposure and developed progressive respiratory acidosis. Specific activities of CuZn and Mn superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase in lung homogenates and isolated alveolar type II pneumocytes of preexposed rabbits were unchanged from those of controls before O2 reexposure and after 72 h in 100% O2. We concluded that 1) increases in pulmonary antioxidant enzyme specific activities are not necessary for the development of O2 tolerance in rabbits and 2) pulmonary surfactant may play a role in O2 adaptation.

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