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J Appl Physiol 75: 1702-1710, 1993;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 75, Issue 4 1702-1710, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Morphometry of methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction in the rat

D. H. Eidelman, M. Lei and R. H. Ghezzo
Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

It has been suggested that parenchymal viscoelasticity accounts for a large proportion of resistive pressure losses induced by smooth muscle agonists. We used morphometric methods to evaluate the relative contributions of parenchyma and airways to mechanical changes during methacholine- (MCh) induced bronchoconstriction. We measured tracheal pressure and tidal volume in 17 open-chest mechanically ventilated Sprague-Dawley rats (frequency = 1.5 Hz, tidal volume = 2 ml, positive end-expiratory pressure = 5 cmH2O) after saline (n = 7, C), 16 mg/ml MCh (n = 5, L), and 256 mg/ml MCh (n = 5, H) aerosols. We calculated pulmonary resistance (RL) and elastance (EL) by fitting the equation PL = VRL + VEL + K, where PL is transpulmonary pressure, V is flow, and V is volume. V was obtained numerically from V. Lungs were rapidly frozen in liquid N2 30 s after aerosolization and processed with freeze substitution. Using midsagittal slices of left lung, we measured airway narrowing as the ratio of lumen area (aBM) subtended by the basement membrane perimeter (LBM) to predicted maximal lumen area (ABM = LBM2/4 pi). Air space size was estimated as mean linear intercept (Lm) and parenchymal distortion as standard deviation of linear intercepts (SDi). Lm was increased in L and H animals, reflecting hyperinflation; aBM/ABM in 0.17- to 0.43-mm-diam airways decreased progressively from C to L to H animals, reflecting bronchoconstriction. By use of stepwise multiple linear regression, the contribution of Lm to variance in mechanics was found to consistently exceed or equal that of aBM/ABM. SDi contributed little once Lm was taken into account.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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