ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGE PARTICLE RELATIONSHIPS DURING LUNG CLEARANCE
ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGE PARTICLE RELATIONSHIPS DURING LUNG CLEARANCE
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DOI:
10.1165/ajrcmb/1.2.145
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发表时间:
1989-08-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
TIETJEN, GL
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作者:
LEHNERT, BE;VALDEZ, YE;TIETJEN, GL
Materials and MethodsAnimals and Particle Instillations Adult, male Fischer 344 rats (250 to Z15 g, specific pathogen-free; Harlan Sprague-Dawley, Indianapolis, IN) were used in this study. The rats were maintained in suspension cages covered with spun polyester filters (DuPont No. 22 spinbound polyester filter; EE DuPont, Co., Wilmington, DE) in a barriered facility that received HEPA filtered air. One group of rats was intratracheally instilled with 0.4 ml PBS (pH 7.3) under Bthrane"(enflurane; Airco, Madison, WI), as previously described (14). Another group was instilled with 0.4 ml PBS that contained 1.6 X 107 ("-'86 ug) prewashed (14) fluorescent, carboxylated, polystyrene microspheres that had a geometric diameter of 2.13 11m (Fluoresbrite, carboxylated microspheres; Polysciences, Inc., Warrington, PA). After the instillations, the animals were held vertically for 15 to 30 s before being returned to their cages.Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Lung Free Cells Rat killings at the indicated postinstillation times were initiated by intraperitoneal injections of 50 mg pentobarbital sodium. The animals were exsanguinated prior to apnea via carotid artery transection, and the trachea of each rat was cannulated with a blunt, 18-gauge needle secured with ligature. Thereafter, the trachea and lung were excised en bloc, and the esophagus and heart were removed. The lungs were then lavaged by two consecutive series of lung washings (lavage series 1 and lavage series 2). Common to each series, the lungs were washed six times with 8 ml of room-temperature PBS while they were gently massaged. Fluids retrieved during each series were pooled in separate tubes maintained in ice. Usually,> 94% of the wash volumes instilled during the two lavage series was recovered without lung leakage. However, some animals were excluded from the study when excessive leakage occurred during the lung washings, ie,< 90% of the instilled volume was recovered. The total numbers of cells harvested by each of the lavage series were counted with a hemocytometer. Cytocentrifuged