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J Appl Physiol 92: 1119-1124, 2002; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00662.2001
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Vol. 92, Issue 3, 1119-1124, March 2002

Relationship of airway narrowing, compliance, and cartilage in isolated bronchial segments

P. B. Noble, D. J. Turner, and H. W. Mitchell

Department of Physiology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia

Structural components of the airway wall may act to load airway smooth muscle and restrict airway narrowing. In this study, the effect of load on airway narrowing was investigated in pig isolated bronchial segments. In some bronchi, pieces of cartilage were removed by careful dissection. Airway narrowing was produced by maximum electrical field stimulation. An endoscope was used to record lumen narrowing. The compliance of the bronchial segments was determined from the cross-sectional area of the lumen and the transmural pressure. Airway narrowing and the velocity of airway narrowing were increased in cartilage-removed airways compared with intact control bronchi. Morphometric assessment of smooth muscle length showed greater muscle shortening to acetylcholine in cartilage-removed airways than in controls. Airway narrowing was positively correlated with airway compliance. Compliance and area of cartilage were negatively correlated. These results show that airway narrowing is increased in compliant airways and that cartilage significantly loads airway smooth muscle in whole bronchi.

airway smooth muscle; asthma


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