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J Appl Physiol 71: 1502-1510, 1991;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 71, Issue 4 1502-1510, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Interfacial transfer kinetics of NO2 into pulmonary epithelial lining fluid

E. M. Postlethwait, S. D. Langford and A. Bidani
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550.

Previous studies, both in intact lungs and epithelial lining fluid (ELF) (J. Appl. Physiol. 68: 594-603, 1990 and J. Appl: Physiol. 69: 523-531, 1990), have suggested that the steady-state absorption of inhaled NO2 is mediated by chemical reaction(s) between NO2 and ELF solute reactants. To characterize the kinetics of NO2 absorption into aqueous biological substrates across a gas-liquid interface, we utilized a closed system of known geometry and initial gas phase [NO2] [([NO2]g)0] to expose ELF (as bronchoalveolar lavage; BAL) and a biochemical model system (glutathione, GSH). Assessments of NO2 reactive uptake, into both GSH and ELF, indicated first-order NO2 kinetics [([NO2]g)0 less than or equal to 10.5 ppm] with effective rate constants of (kNO2)GSH = 4.8 and (kNO2)BAL = 2.9 ml.min-1.cm-2 (stirred). Above 10.5 ppm (1 mM GSH), zero-order kinetics were observed. Both (kNO2)GSH and (kNO2)BAL showed aqueous reactant dependence. The reaction order with respect to GSH and BAL was 0.47 and 0.64, respectively. We found no effect of interfacial surface area or bulk phase volume on kNO2. In unstirred systems, significant interfacial resistance was observed and was related to reactant concentration. These results indicate that NO2 reactive uptake follows first-order kinetics with respect to NO2 ([NO2]g less than or equal to 10.5 ppm) and displays aqueous substrate dependence. Furthermore the site of reactive absorption appears to be limited to near the aqueous surface interface. Unstirred conditions confine interfacial mass transfer kinetics in a dose-dependent manner. These phenomenological coefficients may provide the basis for direct extrapolation to environmentally relevant exposure concentrations.


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