HYALURONAN AFFECTS EXTRAVASCULAR WATER IN LUNGS OF UNANESTHETIZED RABBITS
HYALURONAN AFFECTS EXTRAVASCULAR WATER IN LUNGS OF UNANESTHETIZED RABBITS
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1989.66.6.2595
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发表时间:
1989-06-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
BRAY, BA
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作者:
BHATTACHARYA, J;CRUZ, T;BRAY, BA
We have determined whether changes in lung hyaluronan content affect extravascular water in lungs of unanesthetized rabbits. Three groups of experiments were performed. In group 1 (n = 12), no infusions were given; in group 2, nine pairs of rabbits received either intravenous hyaluronidase (750 U .cntdot. kg-1 .cntdot. min-1) or an equivalent volume of saline: in group 3, nine pairs of rabbits received either hyaluronidase or saline, followed by intravenous saline infusion amounting to 24% of body weight. At the end of each experiment, one lung was analzyed for extravascular lung water by the wet-dry method. Except for group 3, in all animals the other lung was analyzed for hyaluronan content by a method that involved hydrolyzing lung hyaluronan with fungal hyaluronidase to release reducing N-acetyl glucosamine groups, which were quantified. In group 1, lung hyaluronan, which varied from 50 to 159 .mu.g/g dry wt (mean 106 .+-. 35 .mu.g/g dry wt), significantly correlated with variation in extravascular lung water (mean 4.2 .+-. 0.3 g/g dry wt). In group 2 rabbits given hyaluronidase, lung hyaluronan was 40% lower and extravascular lung water was 14.6% lower than in paired controls (P < 0.01). In group 3, volume expanison did not affect lung water, except after hyaluronidase when lung water was 47% higher than paired controls. We conclude that in the lung content of hyaluronan is one of the determinants of extravascular water content.