Lung–lung interaction in isolated perfused unilateral hyperventilated rat lungs

• Published in: Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine 2010-05, Vol.155 (5), p.228-237
• Main Authors: Bilali, Aishan, Kurata, Shunichi, Ikeda, Satoshi, Georgieva, Gabriela S, Zhu, Chenting, Tomita, Makoto, Katoh, Iyoko, Mitaka, Chieko, Eishi, Yoshinobu, Imai, Takasuke
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Disease Models, Animal; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; General aspects; Hyperventilation; Internal Medicine; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Lung - immunology; Lung - pathology; Lung Injury; Male; Medical sciences; Perfusion; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Respiration, Artificial - instrumentation; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Messenger - genetics; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - genetics; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - metabolism
• ISSN: 1931-5244; 1878-1810
• DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2010.01.001

The technique of conducting high tidal volume (TV) ventilation-induced lung inflammation including remote organs is still open to discussion, and our aim is to investigate this issue in isolated ventilated rat lungs perfused with salt solution. Selective right lung (RL) hyperventilation (TV of 15 mL/kg with air containing 5% CO2 on zero or 2.5 cm H2 0 end expiratory pressure [ZEEP or PEEP] in addition to left lung (LL) on 2.5 cm H2 0 continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for 60 min, was realized after 30 min both lungs ventilation by occluding the left main bronchus, and it was allocated to the following 5 groups: groups 1 and 2 underwent hyperventilation under ZEEP, groups 3 and 4 underwent hyper ventilation under PEEP with recirculation or nonrecirculation (R-ZEEP or NR-ZEEP and R-PEEP or NR-PEEP), and group 5 served as the control group. Recirculation means the same perfusate recirculates the system throughout the procedure. The wet/dry ratio and protein content of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (Prot-BALF), cytokine messenger RNAs (mRNAs), localization of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) by immunofluorescence double staining, and TNF-α concentration in the perfusate and BALF in each lung were measured and compared between groups by Kruskal-Wallis test. Lung injury (increased wet/dry ratio, Prot-BALF, and TNF-α on endothelial and epithelial cells) was shown in the hyperventilated RLs with ZEEP compared with their corresponding CPAP LLs. PEEP prevented these injuries. Lung injury was also demonstrated in the recirculated LL compared with the nonrecirculated LL (Prot-BALF, TNF-α and interleukin-1β [IL-1β] mRNAs: the LL of the R-ZEEP is greater than the LL of NR-ZEEP by P < 0.01). Unilateral hyperventilated lungs with ZEEP induced TNF-α, increased permeability, and injured the control lung via perfusion.