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Impairment of the rat lung surfactant system by inhalation of nitrogen dioxide: example of an environmental oxidative agent; Auswirkungen inhalativer Belastungen von Ratten mit Stickstoffdioxid auf das Surfactant-System der Lunge: Beispiel eines oxidativen Umweltschadstoffs

Abstract

The aim of the study was to analyse the lung surfactant system after exposure to nitrogen dioxide. For this purpose rats were exposed to nitrogen dioxide atmospheres of 0.8, 5 and 10 ppm. After exposure a bronchoalveolar lavage was performed and the structure and function of the surfactant components analysed. Additionally the components were analysed in the model of the isolated lung and the isolated type II pneumocytes. All components of the surfactant system were increased in their amount depending on concentration and duration of the exposure. On the level of the isolated type II pneumocytes an increased rate of phospholipid synthesis was found after NO{sub 2}-inhalation whereas the secretion activity was decreased. Because the number of type II cells were increased in NO{sub 2}-exposed lungs the increased amount of surfactant components are due to the elevated number of these cells. Exposure in vivo and in vitro of the surfactant-phospholipids and the surfactant-protein A (SP-A) showed for both components an impaired function. Especially for the SP-A, a modulator of the surfactant system, its lipid-protein aggregation, its secretion inhibition activity and its mannose-binding ability were reduced. Thus the study shows the impairment of the surfactant system after inhalation of nitrogen dioxide.  More>>
Authors:
Mueller, B [1] 
  1. Marburg Univ. (Germany). Poliklinik
Publication Date:
Jun 01, 1993
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
KFK-PUG-11
Reference Number:
SCA: 560300; PA: DE-94:0G3257; EDB-94:058370; ERA-19:013321; SN: 94001169827
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jun 1993
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RESPIRATORY TRACT CELLS; TOXICITY; LUNGS; RATS; INHALATION; SURFACTANTS; LAVAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; TIME DEPENDENCE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; IN VIVO; IN VITRO; SECRETION; INHIBITION; PROTEINS; 560300; CHEMICALS METABOLISM AND TOXICOLOGY
Sponsoring Organizations:
Land Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart (Germany)
OSTI ID:
10137520
Research Organizations:
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH (Germany). Projekt Umwelt und Gesundheit (PUG)
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
German
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0940-3000; Other: ON: DE94752451; CNN: Project Number PUG 85/007/1C; Project Number PUG 87/001/1C; Project Number PUG 90/001/1C; TRN: DE94G3257
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only)
Submitting Site:
DE
Size:
206 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Mueller, B. Impairment of the rat lung surfactant system by inhalation of nitrogen dioxide: example of an environmental oxidative agent; Auswirkungen inhalativer Belastungen von Ratten mit Stickstoffdioxid auf das Surfactant-System der Lunge: Beispiel eines oxidativen Umweltschadstoffs. Germany: N. p., 1993. Web.
Mueller, B. Impairment of the rat lung surfactant system by inhalation of nitrogen dioxide: example of an environmental oxidative agent; Auswirkungen inhalativer Belastungen von Ratten mit Stickstoffdioxid auf das Surfactant-System der Lunge: Beispiel eines oxidativen Umweltschadstoffs. Germany.
Mueller, B. 1993. "Impairment of the rat lung surfactant system by inhalation of nitrogen dioxide: example of an environmental oxidative agent; Auswirkungen inhalativer Belastungen von Ratten mit Stickstoffdioxid auf das Surfactant-System der Lunge: Beispiel eines oxidativen Umweltschadstoffs." Germany.
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title = {Impairment of the rat lung surfactant system by inhalation of nitrogen dioxide: example of an environmental oxidative agent; Auswirkungen inhalativer Belastungen von Ratten mit Stickstoffdioxid auf das Surfactant-System der Lunge: Beispiel eines oxidativen Umweltschadstoffs}
author = {Mueller, B}
abstractNote = {The aim of the study was to analyse the lung surfactant system after exposure to nitrogen dioxide. For this purpose rats were exposed to nitrogen dioxide atmospheres of 0.8, 5 and 10 ppm. After exposure a bronchoalveolar lavage was performed and the structure and function of the surfactant components analysed. Additionally the components were analysed in the model of the isolated lung and the isolated type II pneumocytes. All components of the surfactant system were increased in their amount depending on concentration and duration of the exposure. On the level of the isolated type II pneumocytes an increased rate of phospholipid synthesis was found after NO{sub 2}-inhalation whereas the secretion activity was decreased. Because the number of type II cells were increased in NO{sub 2}-exposed lungs the increased amount of surfactant components are due to the elevated number of these cells. Exposure in vivo and in vitro of the surfactant-phospholipids and the surfactant-protein A (SP-A) showed for both components an impaired function. Especially for the SP-A, a modulator of the surfactant system, its lipid-protein aggregation, its secretion inhibition activity and its mannose-binding ability were reduced. Thus the study shows the impairment of the surfactant system after inhalation of nitrogen dioxide. (orig.). 30 figs., 23 tabs., 347 refs. [Deutsch] Ziel der durchgefuehrten Untersuchungen war die Analytik des Surfactant-Systems der Lunge nach Exposition mit Stickstoffdioxid. Dazu wurden Ratten NO{sub 2}-Atmosphaeren von 0.8, 5 und 10 ppm ausgesetzt und in der Folge die im Material der bronchoalveolaeren Lavage enthaltenen Surfactant-Komponenten strukturell und funktionell untersucht. Ergaenzend wurde das Modell der isolierten Lunge wie das der isolierten Pneumocyten II betrachtet. NO{sub 2} bewirkte fuer alle Komponenten des Surfactant-Systems eine Steigerung der Menge in Abhaengigkeit von der Dauer und der Konzentration der Noxe. Auf der Ebene der isolierten Pneumocyten bewirkte das NO{sub 2} eine gesteigerte Syntheserate der Phospholipide, wogegen der Sektetionsprozess inhibiert war. Da nach NO{sub 2}-Exposition die Zahl der Typ II Zellen in der Lunge extrem erhoeht ist, wird der vermehrte Anteil der Surfactant-Komponenten durch die erhoehte Anzahl der Typ II Zellen bewirkt. In vivo- und in vitro-Expositionen der Phospholipid-Komponente und des Surfactant-Proteins A (SP-A) zeigten, dass beide Komponenten funktionell eingeschraenkt sind. Speziell fuer das SP-A, das funktionell Steuerungsaufgaben im Surfactant-System besitzt, waren die Ausbildung von Protein-Lipid-Aggregaten (Oberflaechenaktivitaet), die Inhibierung der Sekretion von Surfactant aus isolierten Pneumocyten und die Mannose-Bindungsfaehigkeit (Makrophagen-Stimulation) stark eingeschraenkt. Somit konnte der schaedigende Einfluss von Stickstoffdioxid auf das Surfactant-System der Lunge nachgewiesen werden. (orig.)}
place = {Germany}
year = {1993}
month = {Jun}
}