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J Appl Physiol 66: 2704-2709, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 66, Issue 6 2704-2709, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Perfused bronchial segment and bronchial strip: narrowing vs. isometric force by mediators

H. W. Mitchell, K. E. Willet and M. P. Sparrow
Department of Physiology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands.

When bronchial segments were perfused with Krebs solution at a constant pressure (5-6 cmH2O), the resistance rose exponentially with increasing concentrations of either carbachol or histamine in the lumen. The pressure-flow relationship was linear. Histamine and carbachol caused 43 and 47% muscle shortening, respectively, and produced the same maximum effect (Emax) because they both stopped perfusion. In bronchial strips the maximum isometric force or isotonic shortening to carbachol was more than twice that of histamine and the responses showed a plateau. There were no significant differences in sensitivities [negative log of the concentration producing half-maximal response (EC50)] to either carbachol or histamine in the strips (isotonic and isometric) and the segments perfused at constant pressure. When airway segments were perfused at a constant flow, however, responses plateaued and the sensitivities to carbachol and histamine were reduced more than tenfold compared with the strips [4.71 +/- 0.20 and 6.22 +/- 0.08 (SE) for carbachol in segments and isometric strips, respectively, and 3.92 +/- 0.13 and 4.94 +/- 0.11 (SE) for histamine]. We conclude that when segments are perfused at a constant pressure, airway closure occurs before maximal pharmacological activation, as seen in airway strips.


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