title: [Changes in the pulmonary surfactant system during and after prolonged starvation].
abstract: In experiments on 76 white rats, a complex of physical and morphological techniques was used to study the state of the lung surfactant system in varying time after complete starvation and a possibility of its recovery with large doses of vitamin A. 4--5 day starvation without water restriction induced a significant decrease in surfactant secretion and diminution of its content in the alveolar lining. The intracellular reserves of the surfactant got recovered 4 weeks after the starvation was discontinued but the surface activity of the alveolar lining did not yet return to the initial level. Supplementary administration of large doses of vitamin A to rats by mouth after discontinuance of starvation led in two weeks to normalization of all the parameters characterizing the state of the lung surfactant system.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008168:Lung / Q000032:analysis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D013217:Starvation / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013500:Surface Tension; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants
vernacular_title: Izmenenie surfaktantnoĭ sistemy legkikh vo vremia i posle dlitel'nogo golodaniia.