LEUKOCYTES ARE REQUIRED FOR INCREASED LUNG MICRO-VASCULAR PERMEABILITY AFTER MICROEMBOLIZATION IN SHEEP
LEUKOCYTES ARE REQUIRED FOR INCREASED LUNG MICRO-VASCULAR PERMEABILITY AFTER MICROEMBOLIZATION IN SHEEP
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.48.3.344
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
STAUB, NC
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作者:
FLICK, MR;PEREL, A;STAUB, NC
The effects of uneven pulmonary artery obstruction by microemboli on steady-state transvascular fluid and protein exchange in normal and leukopenic sheep were studied. Pulmonary artery and left atrial pressures, cardiac output, lung lymph flow and lymph plasma protein concentrations were measured. Sheep were made profoundly leukopenic by administration of intra-arterial mechlorethamine hydrochloride (0.4 mg/kg, 2 doses) and colchicine (0.1-0.2 mg/kg, anesthetized sheep only). In anesthetized sheep, glass beads 200 .mu.m in diameter were injected via the right atrium to raise pulmonary vascular resistance to 2-3 times baseline values. With normal levels of circulating leukocytes, sheep developed an increased protein-rich lymph flow from the lung characteristic of increased permeability edema. Leukopenic sheep had a significantly attenuated response after embolization for equivalent degrees of vascular obstruction. In unanesthetized sheep, air bubbles 1 mm in diameter were continuously infused via the right atrium to raise pulmonary vascular resistance to .apprx. 2 times baseline values. Each sheep served as its own control. With normal circulating leukocyte levels there was an increase in protein-rich lymph flow from the lung during embolization. When the air infusion ended, the sheep recovered to the baseline condition in 24 h. Emboli were induced with the same amount of air when the sheep were profoundly leukopenic; lymph and protein flow from the lung were significantly less for equivalent degrees of obstruction. Circulating leukocytes apparently are essential for the microvascular injury that results in increased permeability in the lungs of sheep after microembolization.