Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 4 1418-1421, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Lung volumes after an increase in lung distension in pneumonectomized ferrets

J. T. McBride
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, New York 14642.

To investigate the role of lung distension in compensatory lung growth, the right lung of each of 21 adult male ferrets was replaced with a silicone rubber balloon filled with mineral oil. Three to thirteen weeks after surgery, the oil was removed through a subcutaneous port. Lung volumes were measured serially until 3-6 wk after balloon deflation. With pneumonectomy the total lung capacity (TLC) decreased to less than 50% of the preoperative value and remained essentially unchanged while the balloon was inflated. At balloon deflation, TLC and vital capacity did not change immediately, whereas functional residual capacity increased by 44%, indicating a change of 2-3 cmH2O in end-expiratory transpulmonary pressure. TLC increased by 10% within 3 days and continued to increase over the subsequent 3-5 wk by a total of 25% over TLC at balloon deflation. There was little difference in this response between animals whose balloons were deflated 3 wk after surgery and those in which deflation was delayed up to 13 wk. After pneumonectomy in the adult ferret, the remaining lung increases in volume in response to an increase in lung distension even weeks or months after surgery. The extent to which this volume increase involves lung tissue growth or depends on previous lung resection is at present unknown. This model may be useful for studies of the mechanisms by which lung distension influences lung volume and compensatory lung growth.

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