Experimental hyaline membrane disease in the premature monkey: effects of antenatal dexamethasone.
Experimental hyaline membrane disease in the premature monkey: effects of antenatal dexamethasone.
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早产猴实验性透明膜疾病:产前地塞米松的影响。
DOI:
10.1164/arrd.1982.126.1.62
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发表时间:
1982
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Hodson,WA
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Kessler,DL;Truog,WE;Murphy,JH;Palmer,S;Standaert,TA;Woodrum,DE;Hodson,WA
A blind, randomized trial of antenatal glucocorticoid treatment was conducted using the premature monkey (Macaca nemestrina)model of hyaline membrane disease (HMD). Twelve dams received dexamethasone (2 mg/dose) 72, 48, and 24 h before abdominal delivery at 135 ± 1 days of gestation. Twelve control animals received saline. Infants of dexamethasone-treated dams had significantly lower incidence and severity of HMD than did infants of control animals (50 versus 92%, p < 0.05). Improvement with treatment was markedly greater for males than for females. Differences in volume-pressure behavior of the excised lungs included greater distensibility in the infants from dexamethasone-treated dams (20.6 ± 7.1 ml/g dry lung versus 14.7 ± 6.1, p < 0.05) and enhanced deflation stability with treatment. Accelerated production of surface active material (SAM) phospholipids in infants from dexamethasone-treated dams was indicated by increases in total lung phospholipid (84.5 ± 8.1 mg/g dry lung versus 75.1 ± 9.9, p < 0.025), alveolar lavage fluid phospholipid (5.65 ± 3.33 mg/g dry lung versus 3.01 ± 1.84, p < 0.05), and alveolar lavage fluid disaturated phosphatidylcholine (DPC) (2.47 ± 1.84 mg/g dry lung versus 1.06 ± 1.05, p < 0.05). Incorporation of14C-palmitate into lung lipid was not influenced by dexamethasone, but a significantly greater portion of the label appeared in the DPC fraction with treatment. Antenatal dexamethasone treatment was successful in reducing the incidence and severity of experimental HMD in this animal model; the beneficial effects of treatment were associated with accelerated maturation of fetal pulmonary functions, including, but not limited to, synthetic metabolism Of SAM phospholipid.