Site of inflammation influences site of hyperresponsiveness in experimental asthma.
BACKGROUND: Our recently developed murine asthma model is capable of inducing airway-specific chronic inflammatory changes and remodeling, features of human asthma commonly missing in conventional animal models. OBJECTIVES: To validate this model by site-specific physiological evaluation of hyperresponsiveness. METHODS: Non-sensitized and sensitized mice received either short-term uncontrolled or long-term controlled low-level exposures to aerosolized ovalbumin ( OVA). Respiratory impedance (Zrs) was measured in response to increasing doses of methacholine (Mch). The constant-phase model was fitted to Zrs spectra to determine the specific site of hyperresponsiveness. RESULTS: Sensitized acutely exposed mice had significantly increased tissue damping (G), tissue elastance (H) and hysteresivity (eta) in response to Mch, but no significant increase in airway resistance ( Raw), indicating tissue-specific hyperresponsiveness. In contrast, sensitized chronically exposed mice had significantly elevated Raw at all concentrations of Mch but no increases in G, H or eta indicating airway-specific hyperresponsiveness. CONCLUSIONS: Chronic inhalational exposure of sensitized mice to low-mass concentrations of OVA induces airway-specific hyperresponsiveness.[1]References
- Site of inflammation influences site of hyperresponsiveness in experimental asthma. Collins, R.A., Sly, P.D., Turner, D.J., Herbert, C., Kumar, R.K. Respiratory physiology & neurobiology. (2003) [Pubmed]
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