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MURPHY SD, ULRICH CE, FRANKOWITZ SH, XINTARAS C. ALTERED FUNCTION IN ANIMAL INHALING LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF OZONE AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996; 25:246-53. [PMID: 14168422 DOI: 10.1080/00028896409342583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Wolff RK, Collins MJ, Carlson KH, Allen DL, Dorato MA. Effects of high exposure concentrations of inhaled low-toxicity dust on pulmonary function in guinea pigs. J Appl Toxicol 1993; 13:369-73. [PMID: 8258634 DOI: 10.1002/jat.2550130512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The acute pulmonary function response to graded levels of a low toxicity dust was studied in guinea pigs. Four groups of five male guinea pigs each were exposed to mean concentrations of 0, 0.25, 1.01 and 5.39 mg Foundry Hill Clay l-1 air with mass median aerodynamic diameters of 2.6, 4.6 and 6.7 microns, respectively. There was a 15-min pre-exposure period to clean air, a 1-h exposure to the test atmosphere and then a 1-h recovery period with exposure to clean air. Concentration-related changes, compared to the pre-exposure period, occurred with a rapid onset in a number of parameters. Generally, the severity of observed effects increased with exposure time and, therefore, with inhaled dose. Statistically significant changes (P < 0.05) were observed in tidal volume, dynamic compliance, dynamic resistance, flow, pressure and minute volume during the last 15 min of exposure. The observed changes were consistent with acute bronchoconstriction. These effects reversed rapidly and there were no significant changes 1 h post-exposure. These results suggest that adverse physiological responses of short duration can occur when animals are exposed via inhalation to low-toxicity materials in the concentration range 0.25-5 mg l-1.
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- R K Wolff
- Toxicology Research Laboratories, Lilly Research Laboratories, Greenfield, IN 46140
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Callaway JK, King RG. Effects of inhaled alpha 2-adrenoceptor and GABAB receptor agonists on citric acid-induced cough and tidal volume changes in guinea pigs. Eur J Pharmacol 1992; 220:187-95. [PMID: 1358650 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(92)90747-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The effects of alpha 2-adrenoceptor and GABA receptor agonists on citric acid-induced cough and increased tidal volume were investigated in conscious guinea pigs. Inhalation of low doses of B-HT 920 (5-allyl-2-amino 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-thiazolo[4,5-d]azepine dihydrochloride), and xylazine significantly inhibited citric acid-induced cough and tidal volume increases. Intraperitoneal administration of higher doses of B-HT 920 than those given by aerosol were ineffective. The inhibitory effects of B-HT 920 were antagonised by prior intraperitoneal administration of yohimbine, but not atropine. Inhalation of GABA or baclofen inhibited tidal volume increases, but had no effect on cough. Inhaled alpha 2-adrenoceptor or GABA agonists had no effect on the reduced respiratory rate after citric acid inhalation. It is concluded that alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists inhibit cough via a mechanism which may not be related to their ability to reduce citric acid-induced tidal volume increases, since GABA and baclofen inhibited tidal volume increases but not cough. We suggest that alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists may have therapeutic potential in the treatment of cough.
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- J K Callaway
- Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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Raeburn D, Underwood SL, Villamil ME. Techniques for drug delivery to the airways, and the assessment of lung function in animal models. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 1992; 27:143-59. [PMID: 1498342 DOI: 10.1016/1056-8719(92)90035-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A common approach to understanding the mechanisms underlying clinical asthma and in new drug development is to mimic the disease in animal models. When developing animal models of pulmonary diseases, such as asthma, the experimentally induced disease may be characterized in terms of pathophysiological changes induced (e.g., inflammation, smooth muscle contraction) or by the indices of lung function that are effected by such changes. Similarly, the effects of drugs can be assessed in terms of the reversal of disease- or mediator-induced changes in lung function. Small animals, such as the guinea pig and rat, are commonly used for the assessment of lung function in models of pulmonary diseases, such as asthma, and to evaluate the effects of drugs. A variety of techniques, differing in their level of sophistication, has been developed to measure parameters of lung function in small laboratory animals. Simple techniques involve the visual assessment of the response of a conscious animal to bronchoconstriction induced by an inhaled spasmogen or antigen. This technique is rapid but gives results that are difficult to interpret in physiological terms. Bronchospasm can be better assessed in anesthetized, mechanically ventilated animals by recording bronchial tone as changes in either 1) ventilation circuit pressure or 2) air overflow as the lungs are inflated. These techniques are widely used but because they require surgical intervention they are not suited to long-term or repeat studies. In addition, they give only a limited indication of the physiological changes that affect airway caliber. To improve the models available, researchers have subsequently developed techniques that use the same physiological principles as some of the tests applied to the assessment of lung function in humans. These techniques allow the measurement of parameters of respiratory mechanics, such as lung compliance and airway resistance, that determine the relationship between pulmonary pressure changes and air flow into and out of the lungs. Continued development has resulted in models that use nonsurgical plethysmographic techniques. These allow the long-term or repeated measurement of lung function in conscious animals under minimal restraint. In the treatment of asthma, inhalation is the preferred route of administration of a drug as it allows rapid drug delivery to the site of action. Systemic effects are reduced, and the therapeutic dose is minimized. Drugs are generally inhaled as either nebulized liquids or dry-powder formulations. Because drug inhalation requires patient cooperation, techniques have been modified to allow drug delivery to the airways of experimental animals.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- D Raeburn
- Dagenham Research Centre, Rhône-Poulenc Rorer Ltd., Essex, England, Great Britain
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Formaldehyde (FA) has been commercially produced since the early 1900s. Its widespread use in a variety of applications is known to result in appreciable exposure of workers and of a section of the general population. Formaldehyde is a normal metabolite in mammalian systems. It occurs in air as a product of the natural photooxidation of automobile exhaust, combustion processes, incinerators; formaldehyde has been found in municipal and industrial effluents and is present in food either naturally (fruits and vegetables, in the order of parts per million), or as a result of its use as a food additive. The use of FA and its derivative, hexamethylenetetramine (HMT), which gradually decomposes to FA under acidic conditions as antimicrobial agents in food, raises questions about their potential chronic oral toxicity. Furthermore, since FA is a very reactive compound and reacts with different macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids, the safety evaluation of FA as a cheese additive must take into account the toxicity of the reaction products between FA and milk components. Biochemical aspects, acute and short-term toxicity studies including mutagenicity, multigeneration, and reproduction studies, long-term carcinogenicity studies after oral administration of FA and HMT are reviewed in this paper. The results of these studies indicate that repeated oral exposure of a relatively large amount of FA that could overwhelm the normal metabolic capacity of animals to convert FA into formiate, CO2, and water produces histopathological gastric changes. This paper correlates the hazard caused by the exposure to low levels of FA, as far as its carcinogenic potential by oral route is concerned per se or regarding its use as a food additive. Based on the evidence that FA is formed naturally in food and is a normal mammalian metabolite and that a threshold for carcinogenicity exists both after exposure by inhalation and oral administration, it may be deduced that FA is not carcinogenic at low levels of exposure.
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- P Restani
- Laboratory of Toxicology, University of Milan, Italy
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Tepper JS, Wiester MJ, Weber MF, Ménache MG. Measurements of cardiopulmonary response in awake rats during acute exposure to near-ambient concentrations of ozone. J Appl Toxicol 1990; 10:7-15. [PMID: 2335715 DOI: 10.1002/jat.2550100103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cardiopulmonary responses during acute exposure to near-ambient (less than or equal to 1.0 ppm) concentrations of ozone (O3) have not been reported for the unanesthetized rat. Such data on species sensitivity are crucial for the extrapolation of animal data to man. Therefore, this study was conducted to obtain functional measurements on awake rats using head-out plethysmographs and intrapleural or carotid artery catheters during a 135-min exposure to 0.0, 0.12, 0.25, 0.5 or 1.0 ppm O3. Carbon dioxide was added during alternate 15-min periods of the exposure to increase ventilation, much like the use of exercise in human O3 exposure studies. The results established that frequency of breathing was increased and tidal volume was decreased as a function of both the concentration and the duration of exposure. Breathing mechanics and cardiopulmonary measures were only marginally affected. Differences in the response of individual rats revealed that as O3 concentration increased, the proportion of rats responding and the magnitude of the response was increased. These data indicate that, for similar functional responses, the rat's sensitivity to O3 is comparable to that observed in man.
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- J S Tepper
- NSI Technology Services, Inc., Environmental Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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Biagini RE, Moorman WJ, Knecht EA, Clark JC, Bernstein IL. Acute airway narrowing in monkeys from challenge with 2.5 ppm formaldehyde generated from formalin. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1989; 44:12-7. [PMID: 2644895 DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1989.9935866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Nine adult male Cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) were exposed for 10 min to 2.55 +/- 0.03 ppm formaldehyde (HCHO; mean +/- standard error of the mean, SEM) generated from formalin with a newly developed HCHO challenge system. The generation system was capable of producing highly stable HCHO vapor concentrations with fluctuations of HCHO concentrations of less than +/- 5%. The experimental design included pre-exposure methacholine challenge to determine if responses to HCHO were associated with pre-existing bronchial hyperreactivity. Significant changes in average pulmonary flow resistance (RL) were observed (compared to control RL values) at 2 (p less than 0.01), 5 (p less than 0.01), and 10 min (p less than 0.005) post-HCHO challenge. Pre-challenge RL values (mean +/- SEM) were 11.3 +/- 1.4 cm H2O.l/s, while at 2, 5, and 10 min after HCHO challenge, values were 16.1 +/- 2.1, 16.9 +/- 2.8 and 20.0 +/- 3.4 cm H2O.l/s, respectively. Methacholine challenge data suggest that reactions to HCHO tend to be greater in monkeys hyperreactive to methacholine, but the relationship does not reach statistical significance in this small series of animals. These data indicate that significant pulmonary function deficits occur immediately after challenge with 2.55 ppm HCHO vapor in monkeys.
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- R E Biagini
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Johannsen FR, Levinskas GJ, Tegeris AS. Effects of formaldehyde in the rat and dog following oral exposure. Toxicol Lett 1986; 30:1-6. [PMID: 3952767 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(86)90171-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Formaldehyde was administered orally (p.o.) to groups of rats and dogs at dosages up to 150 and 100 mg/kg/day, respectively, for 91 consecutive days. Significant body weight changes were observed at the higher dosages tested in both species. Decreased water consumption was observed in a dose-related pattern in all treated groups of rats. Food consumption and feed efficiency were decreased at higher dosage levels in dogs. Results of other clinical studies and microscopic pathology revealed no specific, treatment-related effects on any organ or tissue examined. These findings suggest that formaldehyde possesses little subacute toxicity following oral exposure.
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Matijak-Schaper M, Wong KL, Alarie Y. A method to rapidly evaluate the acute pulmonary effects of aerosols in unanesthetized guinea pigs. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1983; 69:451-60. [PMID: 6410539 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(83)90268-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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A method was developed to rapidly evaluate the acute effects of aerosols on the respiratory tract in unanesthetized but slightly restrained guinea pigs. Each animal was placed in a whole body plethysmograph and was fitted with a head chamber. From the head chamber, inspiratory volume (VI) was measured by integration with time of airflow rate obtained via a pneumotachograph. From the whole body plethysmograph a pressure (delta P) proportional to inspiratory volume was measured. Both VI and delta P were measured while the animal breathed a mixture of 10% CO2, 18% O2, and 72% N2. This procedure resulted in a stable and sustained increase in both VI and delta P. With the animals still breathing 10% CO2, the aerosols to be tested were then introduced. Both sulfuric acid and histamine aerosols produced a significant decrease in VI and delta P. The method is simple and does not necessitate anesthesia or invasive techniques. It should be useful to rapidly evaluate the possible acute effects of airborne contaminants. Furthermore, measurement of delta P alone with the animal in the whole body plethysmograph, obviating the need for the head chamber and the restraint imposed by it, was found to indicate an effect similar to the measurement of VI. This step further simplifies the method to evaluate an acute effect of aerosols on the respiratory tract.
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Dorato MA, Carlson KH, Copple DL. Pulmonary mechanics in conscious Fischer 344 rats: multiple evaluations using nonsurgical techniques. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1983; 68:344-53. [PMID: 6857668 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(83)90277-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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An adaptation of the method reported by Amdur and Mead (1958, Amer. J. Physiol. 192, 364-368) was used to evaluate pulmonary mechanics in conscious rats, utilizing a flow plethysmograph and intraesophageal catheter to determine compliance, resistance, respiratory flow, thoracic pressure, tidal volume, frequency, and minute volume. The procedure did not require surgery, and repeat evaluations were made in conscious rats. Real time calculations of pulmonary parameters were accomplished with an analog computer interfaced with a digital computer for display and data storage. Multiple evaluations (1, 3, 6, 13, 18, 24, 30, and 36 weeks) in 40 rats are reported. The utility of the system in establishing a base line against which pulmonary impairment, related to the effects of known pulmonary toxicants, e.g., ANTU and NO2, could be measured, was evaluated.
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Skornik WA, Heimann R, Jaeger RJ. Pulmonary mechanics in guinea pigs: repeated measurements using a nonsurgical computerized method. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1981; 59:314-23. [PMID: 7256770 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(81)90203-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Stupfel M, Mordelet-Dambrine M, Parrot JL. The acute actions of automotive exhaust gas and its components on guinea pig tracheal pressure. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1975; 33:401-13. [PMID: 52912 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(75)90067-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Alarie Y, Ulrich CE, Busey WM, Swann HE, MacFarland HN. Long-term continuous exposure of guinea pigs to sulfur dioxide. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1970; 21:769-77. [PMID: 5478561 DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1970.10667330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Alarie Y, Ulrich CE, Haddock RH, Jennings HJ, Davis EF. Respiratory system flow resistance with digital computer techniques. Measured in cynomolgus monkeys and guinea pigs. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1970; 21:483-91. [PMID: 4989709 DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1970.10667276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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De Paul Lynch V, Clemente E, Carson S. Effect of mescaline on cardiopulmonary dynamics. Method for determination of right ventricular pressure in the guinea pig. J Pharm Sci 1967; 56:477-83. [PMID: 6034544 DOI: 10.1002/jps.2600560411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Corwin AH, Dukes-Dobos FN, Handwerger S, Handwerger B. INDIVIDUAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TO FOOD CONSTITUENTS. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1966. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1966.tb43077.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Carson S, Goldhamer R, Mackars A, Silson JE. Effects of cigarette smoke on respiratory function. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1965; 11:635-40. [PMID: 5844966 DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1965.10664272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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