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On defining total lung capacity in the mouse

Division of Physiology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205

Submitted 9 October 2003 ; accepted in final form 18 December 2003

Maximal lung volume or total lung capacity in experimental animals is dependent on the pressure to which the lungs are inflated. Although 25-30 cmH₂O are nominally used for such inflations, mouse pressure-volume (P-V) curves show little flattening on inflation to those pressures. In the present study, we examined P-V relations and mean alveolar chord length in three strains (C3H/HeJ, A/J, and C57BL/6J) at multiple inflation pressures. Mice were anesthetized, and their lungs were degassed in vivo by absorption of 100% O₂. P-V curves were then recorded in situ with increasing peak inflation pressure in 10-cmH₂O increments up to 90 cmH₂O. Lungs were quickly frozen at specific pressures for morphometric analysis. The inflation limbs never showed the appearance of a plateau, with lung volume increasing 40-60% as inflation pressure was increased from 30 to 60 cmH₂O. In contrast, parallel flat deflation limbs were always observed, regardless of the inflation pressure, indicating that the presence of a flat deflation curve cannot be used to justify measurement of total lung capacity in mice. Alveolar size increased monotonically with increasing pressure in all strains, and there was no evidence of irreversible lung damage from these inflations to high pressures. These results suggest that the mouse lung never reaches a maximal volume, even up to nonphysiological pressures >80 cmH₂O.

lung mechanics; lung volume; alveolar size; emphysema

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