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J Appl Physiol 90: 1400-1406, 2001;
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Vol. 90, Issue 4, 1400-1406, April 2001

Lung tissue mechanics and extracellular matrix composition in a murine model of silicosis

Débora S. Faffe1, Gabriela H. Silva1, Pedro M. P. Kurtz1, Elnara M. Negri2, Vera L. Capelozzi2, Patricia R. M. Rocco1, and Walter A. Zin1

1 Laboratory of Respiration Physiology, Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, 21949 - 900 Rio de Janeiro; and 2 Department of Pathology, University of São Paulo, 01246 - 000 São Paulo, Brazil

The dynamic mechanical properties of lung tissue and its contents of collagen and elastic fibers were studied in strips prepared from mice instilled intratracheally with saline (C) or silica [15 (S15) and 30 days (S30) after instillation]. Resistance, elastance, and hysteresivity were studied during oscillations at different frequencies on S15 and S30. Elastance increased from C to silica groups but was similar between S15 and S30. Resistance was augmented from C to S15 and S30 and was greater in S30 than in S15 at higher frequencies. Hysteresivity was higher in S30 than in C and S15. Silica groups presented a greater amount of collagen than did C. Elastic fiber content increased progressively along time. This increment was related to the higher amount of oxytalan fibers at 15 and 30 days, whereas elaunin and fully developed elastic fibers were augmented only at 30 days. Silicosis led not only to pulmonary fibrosis but also to fibroelastosis, thus assigning a major role to the elastic system in the silicotic lung.

pulmonary fibrosis; tissue mechanics; mouse


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