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J Appl Physiol 70: 1854-1860, 1991;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 70, Issue 4 1854-1860, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Permeability characteristics of isolated perfused rat lungs

J. Czartolomna, N. F. Voelkel and S. W. Chang
Cardiovascular Pulmonary Research Laboratory, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.

We examined the factors that influence the permeability characteristics of isolated perfused rat lungs and compared the ex vivo permeability-surface area product (PS) with that obtained in vivo. In lungs perfused for 20 min with homologous blood or a physiological salt solution (PSS) containing 4 g/100 ml albumin, mean PS values, obtained by the single-sample method of Kern et al. [Am. J. Physiol. 245 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 14): H229-H236, 1983], were 9.9 +/- 0.6 (SE) and 6.8 +/- 0.3 cm3.min-1.g wet lung-1.10(-2), respectively. These values were similar to lung PS obtained in intact rats (7.7 +/- 0.4 cm3.min-1.g wet lung-1.10(-2). In perfused lungs, PS values were influenced by the perfusate albumin concentration, the length of perfusion time, and the degree of vascular recruitment. Twenty minutes after lung isolation, PS was 126% higher in lungs perfused with albumin-free PSS containing Ficoll than in lungs perfused with albumin-PSS. Moreover, PS in Ficoll-PSS-perfused lungs increased even higher after 2 h of perfusion, and this time-dependent increase in PS was attenuated by addition of 0.1 g/100 ml albumin to the perfusate. Two hours of ex vivo ventilation with hypoxic (0 or 3% 0(2)) or hyperoxic (95% 0(2)) gas mixture did not affect PS values in perfused lungs. However, PS was elevated in lungs perfused ex vivo with protamine, which causes endothelial cell injury, or in lungs from rats exposed in vivo to human recombinant tumor necrosis factor.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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