Endurance training and antioxidants of lung

Mice and rats were adjusted to daily treadmill training programs, which were heavy enough to increase the oxidative capacity of skeletal muscles. Endurance training did not affect the activities of catalase and glutathione peroxidase and the concentration of vitamin E in the lungs of mice and rats. Thus increased ventilation and oxygen utilization induced by exercise training do not modify lung antioxidants, in contrast to hyperoxia and hypoxia.     

Endurance training and antioxidants of lung

Summary Mice and rats were adjusted to daily treadmill training programs, which were heavy enough to increase the oxidative capacity of skeletal muscles. Endurance training did not affect the activities of catalase and glutathione peroxidase and the concentration of vitamin E in the lungs of mice and rats. Thus increased ventilation and oxygen utilization induced by exercise training do not modify lung antioxidants, in contrast to hyperoxia and hypoxia.This study was supported by the Academy of Finland and the Research Council for Physical Education and Sport (Ministry of Education, Finland). We thank Mr Matti Virtanen for skillful technical assistance.     

Glycosaminoglycans of bovine lung parenchyma and pleura

Résumé On décrir et compare les glycosaminoglycanes du parenchyme et de la plèvre du poumon bovin. Tous les glycosaminoglycanes principaux, sauf le kératan-sulfate, y ont été trouvés, mais il y a beaucoup plus d'héparansulfate dans le parenchyme.

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Acknowledgement. The help of Dr.M. Craigmyle of the Department of Anatomy, University College, Cardiff, is appreciated.     

Binding of 5-hydroxytryptamine and noradrenaline by rat lung

Résumé Après injection i.v. de 5-hydroxatryptamine-C¹⁴ et de noradrénaline-H³ à des rats, on a préparé et centrifugé des homogénates de leurs poumons dans un gradient linéaire de sucrose. Après sacrifice immédiat ces deux amines sont retrouvées dans une grande fraction de particules pulmonaires sédimentant dans 1M de sucrose. Après 30 min les poumons des rat offrent un pic additionel de noradrénaline-H³ correspondant à une densité de sucrose de 0.4 à 0.5.

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This work was supported in part by Grant No. 13315 from the U.S. Public Health Service and by Grant No. 435 from the Connecticut Heart Association. Assistance provided by Ayerst Laboratories and Astra Laboratories is also gratefully acknowledged.     

Zinc deficiency and lung converting enzyme activity in rats

Summary Angiotensin converting enzyme activity was found to be significantly decreased in the isolated perfused lung from zinc-deficient rats when compared with that of controls. Addition of zinc ion to the superfusion medium did not cause a recovery in this decreased activity of the enzyme. It is postulated that zinc deficiency probably produces a structural change in the lung angiotensin converting enzyme.This work is supported by a grant from Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TAG-350).     

Zinc deficiency and lung converting enzyme activity in rats.

Angiotensin converting enzyme activity was found to be significantly decreased in the isolated perfused lung from zinc-deficient rats when compared with that of controls. Addition of zinc ion to the superfusion medium did not cause a recovery in this decreased activity of the enzyme. It is postulated that zinc deficiency probably produces a structural change in the lung angiotensin converting enzyme.     

The role of periostin in lung fibrosis and airway remodeling

Periostin is a protein that plays a key role in development and repair within the biological matrix of the lung. As a matricellular protein that does not contribute to extracellular matrix structure, periostin interacts with other extracellular matrix proteins to regulate the composition of the matrix in the lung and other organs. In this review, we discuss the studies exploring the role of periostin to date in chronic respiratory diseases, namely asthma and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Asthma is a major health problem globally affecting millions of people worldwide with significant associated morbidity and mortality. Periostin is highly expressed in the lungs of asthmatic patients, contributes to mucus secretion, airway fibrosis and remodeling and is recognized as a biomarker of Th2 high inflammation. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a fatal interstitial lung disease characterized by progressive aberrant fibrosis of the lung matrix and respiratory failure. It predominantly affects adults over 50 years of age and its incidence is increasing worldwide. Periostin is also highly expressed in the lungs of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients. Serum levels of periostin may predict clinical progression in this disease and periostin promotes myofibroblast differentiation and type 1 collagen production to contribute to aberrant lung fibrosis. Studies to date suggest that periostin is a key player in several pathogenic mechanisms within the lung and may provide us with a useful biomarker of clinical progression in both asthma and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.     

Electron microscopy of the lung surfactant

Résumé On a étudié le poumon au microscope électronique par des méthodes speciales pour ménager les inclusions lamellaries osmiophiliques. On a conclu que la substance tensioactive n'est pas produite par la membrane superficielle des cellules alvéolaires, mais par les inclusions lamellaires des cellules du second type.     

Artificial lung ventilation during diaphragmatic paralysis

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Growth of trophoblast in mouse lung

Summary When blastocysts are introduced into the lungs of mice via the circulation, trophoblast cells grow, as they do in other extrauterine sites.     

Approach to a quantitative differentiation between the respiratory effects evoked from the lung stretch and the lung deflation receptors during thoracic compression

Zusammenfassung Die beiden Annahmen, dass sich bei Thoraxkompression die Verminderung der Impulssequenz der Lungendehnungsrezeptoren analog zum Lungenentdehnungsreflex auswirke, und dass sich dessen inspiratorische Atmungseffekte zu jenen des Lungenkollapsreflexes addieren, erscheinen gerechtfertigt. Diese Annahmen ermöglichen eine quantitative Differenzierung zwischen dem respiratorischen Einfluss der Lungendehnungs-und Lungenkollapsrezeptoren bei Thoraxkompression. Damit können die auf die Erregung der Lungenkollapsrezeptoren zu beziehenden Atmungsveränderungen (f,I/E) erstmals isoliert und quantitativ dargestellt werden.

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Presented at the 2nd Meeting of the Swiss Physiological Society, Zürich, 8 November 1969.     

Serum tyrosinase in human lung carcinoma

Summary Compared to normal humans, lung carcinoma patients show increased tyrosinase activity. 7 serum enzymic fractions or carriers were present in the diseased state. Further, serum tyrosinase inhibitory factors generally were decreased in lung carcinoma patients compared to normal individuals.This investigation was supported by NIH grants CA-16563-01 and CA-16563-02 from National Cancer Institute.     

Mannosylation of lipid and protein acceptors in sheep lung microsomes]

In Sheep lungs, we have shown that a mannosyl-transferase activity is involved at microsomal level. This enzymatic system is able to catalyze the incorporation of mannose from GDP-mannose into two different endogenous acceptors: lipids and proteins. The mannolipid has the properties of a mannosyl-phosphoryl-polyprenol. The kinetic studies of product biosynthesis demonstrate that no precursor-product relationship exists in this system; this is an original behaviour of the lung in glycosylation phenomenon.