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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Vol 149, No. 6, 06 1994, 1663-1669.

Recovery of airway structure and function after hyperoxic exposure in immature rats

MB Hershenson, MK Abe, MD Kelleher, ET Naureckas, A Garland, A Zimmermann, VJ Rubinstein and J Solway
Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Illinois.

We have previously demonstrated that hyperoxic exposure (> 95% O2 for 8 d) induces airway cholinergic hyperresponsiveness and remodeling in 21- d-old rats. To examine the potential relationship between airway hyperresponsiveness and remodeling in these animals, we exposed rats to air or hyperoxia for 8 d, returned them to air-breathing, and measured airway responsiveness to inhaled acetylcholine (ACh) and layer thicknesses immediately after or 16 or 48 d after cessation of air or O2 exposure. The ACh concentration required to increase resistance by 100% (EC200ACh) was calculated by linear interpolation. Small airway (circumference < 1,000 microns) and medium-sized, conducting airway (1,000 to 3,000 microns) epithelial and smooth muscle layer mean thicknesses and fractional areas (layer area/luminal cross-sectional area) were determined from lung sections by contour tracing using a digitizing pad and computer. As we reported previously, after 8 d of O2 exposure, group mean log EC200ACh was significantly reduced relative to that in control animals (p < 0.001). Similarly, hyperoxic exposure was associated with significant increases in all parameters of airway layer thickness assessed (p < 0.05). However, by 16 d after cessation of O2 exposure, there were no longer statistically significant differences in log EC200ACh, airway layer thickness, or fractional area between control and O2-exposed animals. Further studies, in a second cohort of animals killed 0, 3, 6, 8, or 13 d after cessation of O2 exposure, demonstrated progressive reductions in small airway epithelial and smooth muscle layer thicknesses, confirming that hyperoxia-induced airway remodeling resolves by approximately 2 wk after termination of O2 exposure.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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