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J Appl Physiol 77: 325-331, 1994;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 77, Issue 1 325-331, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Isoproterenol decreases protein permeability in edematous isolated rabbit lungs: estimation of PS and sigma

P. B. Kreienberg, P. A. Vincent, D. R. Bell, T. M. Saba and F. L. Minnear
Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Albany Medical College of Union University, New York 12208.

The objective of the present study was to determine whether the ability of the beta-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol to attenuate pulmonary edema occurs via a permeability and/or hemodynamic mechanism. In isolated perfused rabbit lungs, the restrictive property of the vascular barrier to the movement of fluid and protein was assessed by measurements of the capillary filtration coefficient (Kf) and the transvascular clearance of 125I-labeled albumin, respectively. Regression analysis of albumin clearance vs. transvascular fluid flux was performed to estimate the permeability-surface area product (PS) and the reflection coefficient (sigma) by use of the linear or nonlinear flux equation. Arterial, capillary, and venous pressures and resistances, weight gain, and the wet-to-dry weight ratio were also assessed. Isoproterenol (8 ng.ml-1.min-1) attenuated the arachidonic acid (4 mg)-induced increases in fluid flux, wet-to-dry weight ratio, albumin clearance, and PS and the decrease in sigma. Isoproterenol had no effect on the increase in Kf, and there was no correlation between capillary pressure and fluid flux in any of the four groups. Regression analysis revealed that the non-linear flux equation provided estimates of PS and sigma that more accurately described the statistical differences in albumin clearance among the groups studied than the linear flux equation. These findings demonstrate that isoproterenol attenuated the increased transvascular flux of albumin in edematous lungs by modifying the protein permeability of the vascular barrier.


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