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J Appl Physiol 68: 2457-2465, 1990;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 68, Issue 6 2457-2465, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of hypoxia on leukotriene activity and vasomotor tone in isolated sheep lungs

J. Schnader, B. Undem, G. K. Adams 3rd, S. P. Peters, N. F. Adkinson and J. T. Sylvester
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.

To determine whether hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction was associated with release of sulfidopeptide leukotrienes (SPLTs) from the lung, we measured SPLT activity by bioassay (guinea pig ileum) and radioimmunoassay in lymph, perfusate, and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid from sheep lungs (n = 20) isolated and perfused in situ with a constant flow of autologous blood (100 ml.kg-1.min-1) containing indomethacin (60 micrograms/ml). The protocol consisted of three periods, each at least 1 h in duration. In experimental lungs, inspired O2 concentration (FIO2) was 28.2% in periods 1 and 3 and 4.2% in period 2. In control lungs, FIO2 was 28.2% throughout. Hypoxia increased pulmonary arterial pressure but did not alter peak tracheal pressure, lung lymph flow, or weight gain measured during the last 30 min of each period. SPLT activity was greatest in lung lymph and least in BAL fluid. Hypoxia did not alter SPLT activity in any fluid. Similar results were obtained in lungs not treated with indomethacin (n = 15). These data do not support the hypothesis that hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction is mediated by SPLTs.


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