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. 1992 Mar;105(3):620–626. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb09029.x

Pharmacological and histological examinations of regional differences of guinea-pig lung: a role of pleural surface smooth muscle in lung strip contraction.

W S Wong 1, S L Bloomquist 1, A M Bendele 1, J H Fleisch 1
PMCID: PMC1908445  PMID: 1378341

Abstract

1. Parenchymal lung strip preparations have been widely used as an in vitro model of peripheral airway smooth muscle. The present study examined functional responses of 4 consecutive guinea-pig lung parenchymal strips isolated from the central region (segment 1) to the distal edge (segment 4) of the lower lung lobe. The middle two segments were designated as segments 2 and 3. 2. Lung segments 1 and 4 exhibited significantly greater contraction than the other 2 segments to KCl when responses were expressed as mg force per mg tissue weight. Contractile responses to bronchospastic agents including histamine, carbachol, endothelin-1, leukotrienes (LT) B4 and D4, and the thromboxane A2-mimetic U46619 demonstrated no significant difference in EC50 values among the 4 lung segments. 3. Contractile responses of segments 1 and 4 to antigen-challenge (ovalbumin), ionophore A23187 and substance P were significantly greater than the other 2 segments with respect to either sensitivity or maximum responsiveness. 4. U46619-induced contractions of the 4 lung segments were relaxed in similar manner by papaverine and theophylline up to 100%, salbutamol up to 80%, and sodium nitroprusside by only 20%. In contrast, sodium nitroprusside markedly reversed U46619-induced contraction of pulmonary arterial rings and bronchial rings. 5. Histological studies identified 2-4 layers of smooth muscle cells underlying the lung pleural surface. Mast cells were prominent in this area. Moreover, morphometric studies showed that segment 4 possessed the least amount of smooth muscle structures from bronchial/bronchiolar wall and vasculatures as compared to the other 3 segments, and a significant difference in this respect was evident between segment 1 and segment 4.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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