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J Appl Physiol 70: 2206-2216, 1991;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 70, Issue 5 2206-2216, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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PET evaluation of pulmonary vascular permeability: a structure-function correlation

M. Velazquez, E. R. Weibel, C. Kuhn 3rd and D. P. Schuster
Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.

We compared regional measurements of the pulmonary transcapillary escape rate (rPTCER) for 68Ga-transferrin, obtained by positron emission tomography (PET), with morphometric data obtained from corresponding tissue samples in six anesthetized mechanically ventilated dogs, 1 h after oleic acid administration to either the left caudal lobe (0.015 ml/kg; Lobar group, n = 3) or the right atrium (0.08 ml/kg; Diffuse group, n = 3). Data were obtained from 48 regions in both injured and control lobes (right caudal lobes from the Lobar group). The volume density of edematous or hemorrhagic alveoli at the light-microscopic level was directly related to rPTCER (r = 0.82 for regions with rPTCER values less than 700 x 10(-4) min-1). Likewise, the relative surface of abnormal capillary endothelium and alveolar epithelium at the electron-microscopic level correlated well with rPTCER (r = 0.87 for regions with rPTCER less than 1,200 X 10(-4) min-1). We conclude that the rPTCER measurements obtained with PET reflect the morphological heterogeneity present in oleic acid-damaged lung tissue. Thus rPTCER measurements should be useful as a noninvasive quantitative index of lung injury. Furthermore, the tomographic image display of rPTCER may allow PET to be used as a "physiological probe" to guide tissue excision for later histological evaluation when lung injury is heterogeneous.


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