TY - JOUR
T1 - Reinitiation of compensatory lung growth after subsequent lung resection
AU - Fernandez, Lucas G.
AU - Mehta, Christopher K.
AU - Kron, Irving L.
AU - Laubach, Victor E.
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - Objective: In experimental animals, pneumonectomy results in rapid, hyperplastic compensatory growth of the remaining lung. The limits of this induced growth are unknown. We tested the hypothesis that compensatory growth can be reinitiated in the same lung after subsequent lung resection. Methods: A left thoracotomy (Sham group) or left pneumonectomy (PNX group) was performed in Sprague-Dawley rats. A third group underwent left pneumonectomy followed 4 weeks later by a bilobectomy of the right upper and middle lobes (PNX+LBX group). Four weeks after bilobectomy in the PNX+LBX group (8 weeks in the Sham and PNX groups), right ventricular pressures were measured by using the open chest technique, and total lung weight and lower plus cardiac lobe weight indices were measured. Lungs were inflation fixed at 25 cm H2O to measure lobe volume index and to perform morphometric measurements on lung sections. Right ventricle/left ventricle plus septum weight index was measured as another index of pulmonary hypertension. Results: Total lung weight index was similar in all groups. Pneumonectomy resulted in increased lower plus cardiac lobe weight and volume indices, which were significantly augmented in the PNX+LBX group. The PNX+LBX group underwent a significant increase in total volume of respiratory region, airspace, and tissue and a decrease in alveolar surface density versus the PNX group. The PNX+LBX group also had significantly increased right ventricular systolic pressure and right ventricle/left ventricle plus septum index. Conclusion: These results demonstrate that compensatory growth can be reinitiated in lungs that had previously undergone postpneumonectomy compensatory growth. This subsequent growth, however, is more hypertrophic, and pulmonary hypertension develops despite subsequent compensatory growth.
AB - Objective: In experimental animals, pneumonectomy results in rapid, hyperplastic compensatory growth of the remaining lung. The limits of this induced growth are unknown. We tested the hypothesis that compensatory growth can be reinitiated in the same lung after subsequent lung resection. Methods: A left thoracotomy (Sham group) or left pneumonectomy (PNX group) was performed in Sprague-Dawley rats. A third group underwent left pneumonectomy followed 4 weeks later by a bilobectomy of the right upper and middle lobes (PNX+LBX group). Four weeks after bilobectomy in the PNX+LBX group (8 weeks in the Sham and PNX groups), right ventricular pressures were measured by using the open chest technique, and total lung weight and lower plus cardiac lobe weight indices were measured. Lungs were inflation fixed at 25 cm H2O to measure lobe volume index and to perform morphometric measurements on lung sections. Right ventricle/left ventricle plus septum weight index was measured as another index of pulmonary hypertension. Results: Total lung weight index was similar in all groups. Pneumonectomy resulted in increased lower plus cardiac lobe weight and volume indices, which were significantly augmented in the PNX+LBX group. The PNX+LBX group underwent a significant increase in total volume of respiratory region, airspace, and tissue and a decrease in alveolar surface density versus the PNX group. The PNX+LBX group also had significantly increased right ventricular systolic pressure and right ventricle/left ventricle plus septum index. Conclusion: These results demonstrate that compensatory growth can be reinitiated in lungs that had previously undergone postpneumonectomy compensatory growth. This subsequent growth, however, is more hypertrophic, and pulmonary hypertension develops despite subsequent compensatory growth.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.07.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.07.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 17976466
AN - SCOPUS:35448931088
SN - 0022-5223
VL - 134
SP - 1300
EP - 1305
JO - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
IS - 5
ER -