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Luo M, Gu R, Wang C, Guo J, Zhang X, Ni K, Liu L, Pan Y, Li J, Deng L. High Stretch Associated with Mechanical Ventilation Promotes Piezo1-Mediated Migration of Airway Smooth Muscle Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:1748. [PMID: 38339025 PMCID: PMC10855813 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25031748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) during mechanical ventilation (MV) has been attributed to airway remodeling involving increased airway smooth muscle cells (ASMCs), but the underlying mechanism is not fully understood. Thus, we aimed to investigate whether MV-associated high stretch (>10% strain) could modulate mechanosensitive Piezo1 expression and thereby alter cell migration of ASMCs as a potential pathway to increased ASMCs in VILI. C57BL/6 mice and ASMCs were subjected to MV at high tidal volume (VT, 18 mL/kg, 3 h) and high stretch (13% strain, 0.5 Hz, 72 h), respectively. Subsequently, the mice or cells were evaluated for Piezo1 and integrin mRNA expression by immunohistochemical staining and quantitative PCR (qPCR), and cell migration and adhesion by transwell and cell adhesion assays. Cells were either treated or not with Piezo1 siRNA, Piezo1-eGFP, Piezo1 knockin, Y27632, or blebbistatin to regulate Piezo1 mRNA expression or inhibit Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) signaling prior to migration or adhesion assessment. We found that expression of Piezo1 in in situ lung tissue, mRNA expression of Piezo1 and integrin αVβ1 and cell adhesion of ASMCs isolated from mice with MV were all reduced but the cell migration of primary ASMCs (pASMCs) isolated from mice with MV was greatly enhanced. Similarly, cell line mouse ASMCs (mASMCs) cultured in vitro with high stretch showed that mRNA expression of Piezo1 and integrin αVβ1 and cell adhesion were all reduced but cell migration was greatly enhanced. Interestingly, such effects of MV or high stretch on ASMCs could be either induced or abolished/reversed by down/up-regulation of Piezo1 mRNA expression and inhibition of ROCK signaling. High stretch associated with MV appears to be a mechanical modulator of Piezo1 mRNA expression and can, thus, promote cell migration of ASMCs during therapeutic MV. This may be a novel mechanism of detrimental airway remodeling associated with MV, and, therefore, a potential intervention target to treat VILI.
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- Mingzhi Luo
- Changzhou Key Laboratory of Respiratory Medical Engineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, School of Medical and Health Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Changzhou Key Laboratory of Respiratory Medical Engineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, School of Medical and Health Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Changzhou Key Laboratory of Respiratory Medical Engineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, School of Medical and Health Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Changzhou Key Laboratory of Respiratory Medical Engineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, School of Medical and Health Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Changzhou Key Laboratory of Respiratory Medical Engineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, School of Medical and Health Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Changzhou Key Laboratory of Respiratory Medical Engineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, School of Medical and Health Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Changzhou Key Laboratory of Respiratory Medical Engineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, School of Medical and Health Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Changzhou Key Laboratory of Respiratory Medical Engineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, School of Medical and Health Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Changzhou Key Laboratory of Respiratory Medical Engineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, School of Medical and Health Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Changzhou Key Laboratory of Respiratory Medical Engineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, School of Medical and Health Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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Petersen RY, Royse E, Kemp MW, Miura Y, Noe A, Jobe AH, Hillman NH. Distending Pressure Did Not Activate Acute Phase or Inflammatory Responses in the Airways and Lungs of Fetal, Preterm Lambs. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0159754. [PMID: 27463520 PMCID: PMC4962990 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Mechanical ventilation at birth causes airway injury and lung inflammation in preterm sheep. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is being increasingly used clinically to transition preterm infants at birth. Objective To test if distending pressures will activate acute phase reactants and inflammatory changes in the airways of fetal, preterm lambs. Methods The head and chest of fetal lambs at 128±1 day GA were surgically exteriorized. With placental circulation intact, fetal lambs were then randomized to one of five 15 minute interventions: PEEP of 0, 4, 8, 12, or 16 cmH2O. Recruitment volumes were recorded. Fetal lambs remained on placental support for 30 min after the intervention. The twins of each 0 cmH2O animal served as controls. Fetal lung fluid (FLF), bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL), right mainstem bronchi and peripheral lung tissue were evaluated for inflammation. Results Recruitment volume increased from 0.4±0.04 mL/kg at 4 cmH2O to 2.4±0.3 mL/kg at 16 cmH2O. The lambs were surfactant deficient, and all pressures were below the opening inflection pressure on pressure-volume curve. mRNA expression of early response genes and pro-inflammatory cytokines did not increase in airway tissue or lung tissue at any pressure compared to controls. FLF and BAL also did not have increases in early response proteins. No histologic changes or Egr-1 activation was present at the pressures used. Conclusion Distending pressures as high as 16 cmH2O did not recruit lung volume at birth and did not increase markers of injury in the lung or airways in non-breathing preterm fetal sheep.
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- Rebecca Y. Petersen
- Division of Neonatology, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 63104, United States of America
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- Division of Neonatology, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 63104, United States of America
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- School of Women and Infants’ Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
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- School of Women and Infants’ Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
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- School of Women and Infants’ Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, United States of America
- School of Women and Infants’ Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Division of Neonatology, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 63104, United States of America
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Mustafa L, Islami P, Shabani N, Jashanica A, Islami H. Response of smooth bronchial musculature in bronchoconstrictor substances in newborn with lung atelectasis at the respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Med Arch 2014; 68:6-9. [PMID: 24783902 PMCID: PMC4272476 DOI: 10.5455/medarh.2014.68.6-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objective: Role of the atelectasis (hypoxia) in the respiratory system of the live and exited newborn (250 up to 3000 g. of body weight), which has died due to different causes was studied in this work. Methods: Response of tracheal rings to dopamine, serotonine and ethanol in the different molar concentrations (dopamine: 0,05 mg/ml, 0,5 mg/ml, 5 mg/ml; serotonine (5-HT): 10-4, 10-3, 10-2, 10-1 mol/dm3; ethanol: 0,2 ml, 0,5 ml, 1,0 ml; 96%) was followed up. Study of the smooth tracheal musculature tone (STM) was elaborated in 16 tracheal preparations taken following the newborn death due to different causes. Results: Based on functional researches of tracheal isolated preparations, it was ascertained as follows: atelectasis (cases born with lung hypoxia) has changed the response of STM to dopamine, serotonine and ethanol in a significant manner (p<0,01) in comparison to cases of controlling group, which has died due to lung inflammatory processes (e.g. pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, cerebral hemorrhage), which have also caused significant response (p<0,05). Conclusion: Results suggest that exited cases from lung atelectasis and cases of controlling group reacts to above mentioned substances by causing significant constrictor action of tracheobronchial system.
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- Lirim Mustafa
- Liri-med, St. Agim Ramadani, SHPK, Prishtina, Kosova
- Corresponding author: Prof. Hilmi Islami, MD, PhD. E-mail:
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- Smartmed, St. Rexhep Krasniqi, EXDC, First Floor, En. 2, Prishtina, Kosova
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- Laboratory “Biolab”, Ulpiana/D5, Prishtina, Kosova
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Clinical Centre, Prishtina, Kosova
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O'Reilly M, Sozo F, Harding R. Impact of preterm birth and bronchopulmonary dysplasia on the developing lung: Long-term consequences for respiratory health. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2013; 40:765-73. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.12068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2012] [Revised: 02/07/2013] [Accepted: 02/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Megan O'Reilly
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology; Monash University; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology; Monash University; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology; Monash University; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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Mechanical ventilation injury and repair in extremely and very preterm lungs. PLoS One 2013; 8:e63905. [PMID: 23704953 PMCID: PMC3660361 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Extremely preterm infants often receive mechanical ventilation (MV), which can contribute to bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). However, the effects of MV alone on the extremely preterm lung and the lung’s capacity for repair are poorly understood. Aim To characterise lung injury induced by MV alone, and mechanisms of injury and repair, in extremely preterm lungs and to compare them with very preterm lungs. Methods Extremely preterm lambs (0.75 of term) were transiently exposed by hysterotomy and underwent 2 h of injurious MV. Lungs were collected 24 h and at 15 d after MV. Immunohistochemistry and morphometry were used to characterise injury and repair processes. qRT-PCR was performed on extremely and very preterm (0.85 of term) lungs 24 h after MV to assess molecular injury and repair responses. Results 24 h after MV at 0.75 of term, lung parenchyma and bronchioles were severely injured; tissue space and myofibroblast density were increased, collagen and elastin fibres were deformed and secondary crest density was reduced. Bronchioles contained debris and their epithelium was injured and thickened. 24 h after MV at 0.75 and 0.85 of term, mRNA expression of potential mediators of lung repair were significantly increased. By 15 days after MV, most lung injury had resolved without treatment. Conclusions Extremely immature lungs, particularly bronchioles, are severely injured by 2 h of MV. In the absence of continued ventilation these injured lungs are capable of repair. At 24 h after MV, genes associated with injurious MV are unaltered, while potential repair genes are activated in both extremely and very preterm lungs.
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Kim M, Pugarelli J, Miller TL, Wolfson MR, Dodge GR, Shaffer TH. Brief mechanical ventilation impacts airway cartilage properties in neonatal lambs. Pediatr Pulmonol 2012; 47:763-70. [PMID: 22170596 PMCID: PMC3362668 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2011] [Accepted: 11/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Ultrasound imaging allows in vivo assessment of tracheal kinetics and cartilage structure. To date, the impact of mechanical ventilation (MV) on extracellular matrix (ECM) in airway cartilage is unclear, but an indication of its functional and structural change may support the development of protective therapies. The objective of this study was to characterize changes in mechanical properties of the neonatal airway during MV with alterations in cartilage ECM. Trachea segments were isolated in a neonatal lamb model; ultrasound dimensions and pressure-volume relationships were measured on sham (no MV; n = 6) and MV (n = 7) airways for 4 hr. Tracheal cross-sections were harvested at 4 hr, tissues were fixed and stained, and Fourier transform infrared imaging spectroscopy (FT-IRIS) was performed. Over 4 hr of MV, bulk modulus (28%) and elastic modulus (282%) increased. The MV tracheae showed higher collagen, proteoglycan content, and collagen integrity (new tissue formation); whereas no changes were seen in the controls. These data are clinically relevant in that airway properties can be correlated with MV and changes in cartilage ECM. MV increases the in vivo dimensions of the trachea and is associated with evidence of airway tissue remodeling. Injury to the neonatal airway from MV may have relevance for the development of tracheomalacia. We demonstrated active airway tissue remodeling during MV using an FT-IRIS technique which identifies changes in ECM.
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- Minwook Kim
- McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Malvè M, del Palomar AP, Chandra S, López-Villalobos JL, Finol EA, Ginel A, Doblaré M. FSI Analysis of a Human Trachea Before and After Prosthesis Implantation. J Biomech Eng 2011; 133:071003. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4004315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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In this work we analyzed the response of a stenotic trachea after a stent implantation. An endotracheal stent is the common treatment for tracheal diseases such as stenosis, chronic cough, or dispnoea episodes. Medical treatment and surgical techniques are still challenging due to the difficulties in overcoming potential complications after prosthesis implantation. A finite element model of a diseased and stented trachea was developed starting from a patient specific computerized tomography (CT) scan. The tracheal wall was modeled as a fiber reinforced hyperelastic material in which we modeled the anisotropy due to the orientation of the collagen fibers. Deformations of the tracheal cartilage rings and of the muscular membrane, as well as the maximum principal stresses, are analyzed using a fluid solid interaction (FSI) approach. For this reason, as boundary conditions, impedance-based pressure waveforms were computed modeling the nonreconstructed vessels as a binary fractal network. The results showed that the presence of the stent prevents tracheal muscle deflections and indicated a local recirculatory flow on the stent top surface which may play a role in the process of mucous accumulation. The present work gives new insight into clinical procedures, predicting their mechanical consequences. This tool could be used in the future as preoperative planning software to help the thoracic surgeons in deciding the optimal prosthesis type as well as its size and positioning.
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- M. Malvè
- Group of Structural Mechanics and Materials Modeling Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A) Universidad de Zaragoza C/María de Luna s/n, E-50018 Zaragoza, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), C/Poeta Mariano Esquillor s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain e-mail:
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- M2BE—Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering, Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), Universidad de Zaragoza, C/María de Luna s/n, E-50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Institute for Complex Engineered Systems (ICES), Carnegie Mellon University, 1205 Hamburg Hall, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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- Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Avenida de Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013, Seville, Spain
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- Institute for Complex Engineered Systems (ICES), Carnegie Mellon University, 1205 Hamburg Hall, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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- Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Avenida de Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013, Seville, Spain
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- Group of Structural Mechanics and Materials Modeling Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A) Universidad de Zaragoza C/María de Luna s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), C/Poeta Mariano Esquillor s/n, E-50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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Jani J, Valencia C, Cannie M, Vuckovic A, Sellars M, Nicolaides K. Tracheal diameter at birth in severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia treated by fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion. Prenat Diagn 2011; 31:699-704. [DOI: 10.1002/pd.2806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2011] [Revised: 05/16/2011] [Accepted: 05/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize physical and inflammatory injury that may result from repeated intubation, independent of positive-pressure ventilation; and to determine whether corticosteroids can attenuate injury and or inflammation that may result from repeated intubation. DESIGN A 4-hr animal protocol. SETTING All work was done in the animal laboratory at the Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children. SUBJECTS Neonatal piglets (2-8 days old; 2.5 ± 0.4 kg) were intubated and randomized to four groups (n = 8 each) to be followed over 4 hrs. Groups were control (not reintubated), injured (reintubated every 0.5 hr), intratracheal pretreatment with 1 mg of nebulized budesonide (intratracheal pretreated), or intravenous pretreatment with 0.3 mg/kg of dexamethasone (intravenous pretreated). INTERVENTION Each pig was sedated for the duration of study and had a 3.5F catheter inserted in the femoral artery for blood sampling and blood pressure measurement every hour. After 4 hrs, each pig was killed, and tissue was harvested for histology and interleukin-6 assays. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Laryngeal tissue interleukin-6 content was greater in the injured group compared with the control group (p < .05). In the intratracheal pretreated group, the interleukin-6 content of laryngeal tissue was greater compared with the control group (p < .05), whereas the intravenous pretreated group was not different from the control group. The reintubation injury resulted in plasma interleukin-6 levels that, compared with control, were greater in the injured and intratracheal pretreated groups (p < .05). Quantitative histology showed that the degree of tracheal injury was higher in injured and intratracheal pretreated groups compared with the control group (p < .05). CONCLUSIONS Repeated intubation alone results in significant tracheal trauma and systemic inflammation. Intravenous but not inhaled steroids attenuated the injury.
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Breysem L, Debeer A, Claus F, Proesmans M, De Keyzer F, Lewi P, Allegaert K, Smet MH, Deprest J. Cross-sectional Study of Tracheomegaly in Children after Fetal Tracheal Occlusion for Severe Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Radiology 2010; 257:226-32. [DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10092388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Tracheal side effects following fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion for severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Pediatr Radiol 2010; 40:670-3. [PMID: 20352401 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1579-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Revised: 01/12/2010] [Accepted: 01/14/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Malvè M, del Palomar AP, López-Villalobos JL, Ginel A, Doblaré M. FSI analysis of the coughing mechanism in a human trachea. Ann Biomed Eng 2010; 38:1556-65. [PMID: 20143262 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-9951-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2009] [Accepted: 01/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The main physiological function of coughing is to remove from the airways the mucus and foreign particles that enter the lungs with respirable air. However, in patients with endotracheal tubes, further surgery has to be performed to improve cough effectiveness. Thus, it is necessary to analyze how this process is carried out in healthy tracheas to suggest ways to improve its efficacy in operated patients. A finite element model of a human trachea is developed and used to analyze the deformability of the tracheal walls under coughing. The geometry of the trachea is obtained from CT of a 70-year-old male patient. A fluid structure interaction approach is used to analyze the deformation of the wall when the fluid (in this case, air) flows inside the trachea. A structured hexahedral-based grid for the tracheal walls and an unstructured tetrahedral-based mesh with coincident nodes for the fluid are used to perform the simulations with the finite element-based commercial software code (ADINA R&D Inc.). Tracheal wall is modeled as an anisotropic fiber reinforced hyperelastic solid material in which the different orientation of the fibers is introduced. The implantation of an endotracheal prosthesis is simulated. Boundary conditions for breathing and coughing are applied at the inlet and at the outlet surfaces of the fluid mesh. The collapsibility of a human trachea under breathing and coughing is shown in terms of flow patterns and wall stresses. The ability of the model to reproduce the normal breathing and coughing is proved by comparing the deformed shape of the trachea with experimental results. Moreover the implantation of an endotracheal prosthesis would be related with a decrease of coughing efficiency, as clinically seen.
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- M Malvè
- Group of Structural Mechanics and Materials Modeling, Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), Universidad de Zaragoza, C/María de Luna 3, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.
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Hillman NH, Kallapur SG, Pillow JJ, Moss TJM, Polglase GR, Nitsos I, Jobe AH. Airway injury from initiating ventilation in preterm sheep. Pediatr Res 2010; 67:60-5. [PMID: 19816239 PMCID: PMC2795027 DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e3181c1b09e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Premature infants exposed to ventilation are at risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia and persistent lung disease in childhood. We report where injury occurred within the lung after brief ventilation at birth. Preterm sheep (129 d gestation) were ventilated with an escalating tidal volume to 15 mL/kg by 15 min to injure the lungs, with the placental circulation intact (fetal) or after delivery (newborn). Fetal lambs were returned to the uterus for 2 h 45 min, whereas newborn lambs were maintained with gentle ventilatory support for the same period. The control group was not ventilated. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung tissue were analyzed. In both fetal and newborn lambs, ventilation caused bronchial epithelial disruption in medium-sized airways. Early growth response protein 1 (Egr-1), monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1), IL-6, and IL-1beta mRNA increased in the lung tissue from fetal and newborn lambs. Egr-1, MCP-1, and IL-6 mRNA were induced in mesenchymal cells surrounding small airways, whereas IL-1beta mRNA localized to the epithelium of medium/small airways. Ventilation caused loss of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) mRNA from the bronchial epithelium, but induced mRNA in the smooth muscle surrounding large airways. HSP70 protein decreased in the lung tissue and increased in BALF with ventilation. Initiation of ventilation induced a stress response and inflammatory cytokines in small and medium-sized airways.
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- Noah H Hillman
- Division of Pulmonary Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA.
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O'Reilly M, Hooper SB, Allison BJ, Flecknoe SJ, Snibson K, Harding R, Sozo F. Persistent bronchiolar remodeling following brief ventilation of the very immature ovine lung. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2009; 297:L992-L1001. [PMID: 19717553 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00099.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Children and adults who were mechanically ventilated following preterm birth are at increased risk of reduced lung function, suggesting small airway dysfunction. We hypothesized that short periods of mechanical ventilation of very immature lungs can induce persistent bronchiolar remodeling that may adversely affect later lung function. Our objectives were to characterize the effects of brief, positive-pressure ventilation per se on the small airways in very immature, surfactant-deficient lungs and to determine whether the effects persist after the cessation of ventilation. Fetal sheep (0.75 of term) were mechanically ventilated in utero with room air (peak inspiratory pressure 40 cmH2O, positive end-expiratory pressure 4 cmH2O, 65 breaths/min) for 6 or 12 h, after which tissues were collected; another group was studied 7 days after 12-h ventilation. Age-matched unventilated fetuses were controls. The mean basement membrane perimeter of airways analyzed was 548.6+/-8.5 microm and was not different between groups. Immediately after ventilation, 21% of airways had epithelial injury; in airways with intact epithelium, there was more airway smooth muscle (ASM) and less collagen, and the epithelium contained more mucin-containing and apoptotic cells and fewer proliferating cells. Seven days after ventilation, epithelial injury was absent but the epithelium was thicker, with greater cell turnover; there were increased amounts of bronchiolar collagen and ASM and fewer alveolar attachments. The increase in ASM was likely due to cellular hypertrophy rather than hyperplasia. We conclude that brief mechanical ventilation of the very immature lung induces remodeling of the bronchiolar epithelium and walls that lasts for at least 7 days; such changes could contribute to later airway dysfunction.
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- Megan O'Reilly
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Building 76, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Kohn AZ, Hoxha Z, Balan KV, Martin RJ, Haxhiu MA, Wilson CG, Mayer CA, Kc P. Developmental changes in brainstem neurons regulating lower airway caliber. Pediatr Res 2009; 65:509-13. [PMID: 19190536 PMCID: PMC2761216 DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e31819da270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Premature infants are at risk for lower airway obstruction; however, maturation of reflex pathways regulating lower airway patency is inadequately studied. We hypothesized that postnatal maturation causes developmental change in brainstem efferent airway-related vagal preganglionic neurons (AVPNs) within the rostral nucleus ambiguus (rNA) that project to the airways and in pulmonary afferent fibers that terminate in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS). Ferrets aged 7, 14, 21, and 42 d received intrapulmonary injection of cholera toxin (CT)-beta subunit, a transganglionic retrograde tracer. Five days later, their brainstem was processed for dual immunolabeling of CT-beta and the cholinergic marker, choline acetyl transferase. CT-beta-labeled AVPNs and CT-beta-labeled afferent fiber optical density (OD) were analyzed. There was a significantly higher CT-beta-labeled cell number within the rNA at the youngest compared with older ages. All efferent CT-beta-labeled cells expressed choline acetyl transferase. OD of CT-beta-labeled afferent fibers was also higher at 7 d compared with 14 d. We conclude that the number of efferent AVPNs and afferent fiber OD both diminish over the second postnatal week. We speculate that exposure to injurious agents in early postnatal life may inhibit natural remodeling and thereby enhance later vulnerability to airway hyperreactivity.
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- Amitai Z Kohn
- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Tiddens HAWM, Hofhuis W, Casotti V, Hop WC, Hulsmann AR, de Jongste JC. Airway dimensions in bronchopulmonary dysplasia: implications for airflow obstruction. Pediatr Pulmonol 2008; 43:1206-13. [PMID: 18991341 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
The cause of lung function abnormalities in bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is incompletely understood, even in the "new era" of this disease. Altered airway wall dimensions are important in the pathogenesis of airflow obstruction in diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Whether airway wall dimensions contribute to lung function abnormalities in BPD is unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate airway wall dimensions in relation to airway size in BPD. Lung tissue of patients with BPD was obtained at autopsy, and lung tissue from children who died from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) served as control. Airway wall dimensions and epithelial loss were measured in 75 airways from 5 BPD patients and 176 airways from 11 SIDS patients. Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to assess the relationships between airway wall dimensions and airway size for BPD and SIDS patients. Little epithelial loss was present in the BPD patients while extensive loss was observed in some of the SIDS patients. The inner wall area, outer wall area, epithelium area and smooth muscle area were all substantially larger (all P < 0.001) in BPD than in SIDS patients. It is likely that the increased thickness of the airway wall components contributes to airflow obstruction in BPD patients.
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- Harm A W M Tiddens
- Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Bossé Y, Thompson C, Audette K, Stankova J, Rola-Pleszczynski M. Interleukin-4 and interleukin-13 enhance human bronchial smooth muscle cell proliferation. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2008; 146:138-48. [PMID: 18204280 DOI: 10.1159/000113517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2007] [Accepted: 09/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND T(H)2 inflammation and bronchial smooth muscle cell (BSMC) hyperplasia are characteristic features of asthma, but whether these phenomena are linked remains unknown. This study aims to define the effect of the T(H)2 cytokines IL-4 and IL-13 on human BSMC proliferation when administered alone or in combination with the fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) growth factor. In addition, the effects of the proinflammatory mediators TNFalpha and IL-1 beta and the involvement of members of the well-known family of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) mitogens were tested. METHODS BSMC proliferation was measured by crystal violet staining and PDGF and PDGF receptor (PDGFR) expression were determined by RT-PCR, immunocytochemistry, ELISA, flow cytometry and dot plot analysis. RESULTS Neither IL-4 nor IL-13 alone induced BSMC proliferation, despite both being potent inducers of PDGF-CC. However, following a pretreatment with FGF2, which increased PDGFR alpha chain expression, both IL-4 and IL-13 increased FGF2-induced BSMC proliferation in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. TNFalpha and IL-1 beta did not affect basal or FGF2-induced BSMC proliferation, but both proinflammatory mediators enhanced the proliferative synergism between FGF2 and the T(H)2 cytokines. CONCLUSIONS IL-4 and IL-13 potently induce FGF2-primed BSMC proliferation via an autocrine loop involving PDGFRalpha and PDGF-CC, and this proliferative synergism is amplified by proinflammatory cytokines.
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- Ynuk Bossé
- Immunology Division, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
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