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J Appl Physiol 77: 2093-2103, 1994;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 77, Issue 5 2093-2103, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Continuous measurements of changes in pulmonary capillary surface area with 201Tl infusions

R. M. Effros, A. Hacker, E. Jacobs, S. Audi and C. Murphy
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.

The impact of physiological and pathological processes on metabolism and transport of a variety of substances traversing the pulmonary vasculature depends in part on the capillary surface area available for exchange, and a reliable method for detecting changes in this parameter is needed. In this study, a continuous-infusion approach was used to investigate the response of the pulmonary capillary surface area to increases in flow and left atrial pressure. Isolated rat lungs were perfused with an acellular perfusion solution containing 125I-labeled albumin (an intravascular indicator) and 201Tl, a K+ analogue which is concentrated within lung cells. The extraction of 201Tl from the perfusate was 61% greater at low flow (8.5 ml/min) than at high flow (26 ml/min), and rapid changes in extraction were observed when flow was altered. In contrast, the permeability-surface area product was 76% greater when lungs were perfused at high flow than at low flow, suggesting comparable increases in pulmonary capillary surface area in these zone 2 lungs (airway pressure = 5 cmH2O, left atrial pressure < 0 cmH2O). In a second group of experiments, increases in left atrial pressure to 14 cmH2O (zone 3 lungs) at a constant flow of 8.5 ml/min increased the permeability-surface area product by only 18% despite increases in average intravascular pressure that were at least as high as those associated with high perfusion rates. 201Tl infusions provide a useful method for detecting and quantifying changes in pulmonary capillary surface area.


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