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J Appl Physiol 72: 1927-1933, 1992;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 72, Issue 5 1927-1933, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Aerosolized Pseudomonas elastase and lung fluid balance in anesthetized sheep

B. T. Peterson, M. L. Collins, L. D. Gray and A. O. Azghani
Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler 75710.

The role of the lung epithelium in lung fluid balance was studied by ventilating anesthetized sheep with an aerosol of 20 mg of elastase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Ps. elastase) to increase lung epithelial permeability without affecting lung endothelial permeability or lung vascular pressures. Ps. elastase had no effect on the lung vascular pressures, the alveolar-arterial PO2 gradient (A-aPO2), the flow or protein concentration of the lung lymph, or the postmortem water volume of the lungs. The morphological alveolar flooding score in these sheep was 2.5 times the control level, but this was only marginally significant. Elevation of the left atrial pressure by 20 cmH2O alone increased the postmortem lung water volume but had no effect on A-aPO2, the alveolar flooding score, or the lung epithelial permeability assessed by the clearance of 99mTc-labeled human serum albumin. Addition of aerosolized Ps. elastase to these sheep had no effect on the total lung water volume, but it caused a redistribution of water into the air spaces, as evidenced by significant increases in the alveolar flooding score and A-aPO2 (P less than 0.01). Elevation of the left atrial pressure by 40 cmH2O without elastase caused the same response as elevation of the left atrial pressure by 20 cmH2O with elastase, except the higher pressure caused a greater increase in the total lung water volume. We conclude that alteration of the integrity of the lung epithelium with aerosolized Ps. elastase causes a redistribution of lung water into the alveoli without affecting the total lung water volume.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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