Regulation of lung liquid secretion in immature fetal sheep: hormonal interaction.
The present studies were designed to test the hypothesis that arginine vasopressin (AVP) can interact with hydrocortisone and 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) to induce maturation of lung liquid reabsorptive processes in fetal sheep < 130 days gestation. Lung liquid production rates were measured in chronically catheterized thyroidectomized fetal sheep during eight different experimental treatments. Each experiment consisted of a 2-h control period followed by a 5-h treatment period. Net secretion or reabsorption of lung liquid was measured by using impermeant marker dilution techniques. AVP alone (50 mU/kg bolus plus 5.0 mU.kg-1.min-1 i.v. infusion) does not alter lung liquid secretion in fetal sheep 125 +/- 0.72 (SE) days gestation. In contrast, AVP (same dose as above) with T3 (30 micrograms) and hydrocortisone (6.94 mg/min) depressed lung liquid secretion and caused reabsorption of fluid. T3 alone, T3 and hydrocortisone, T3 and AVP, hydrocortisone alone, hydrocortisone and AVP, and saline did not result in net lung liquid reabsorption over a 5-h treatment period. These investigations demonstrate that AVP, T3, and hydrocortisone interact to cause lung liquid reabsorption in immature fetal lungs.
Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
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D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal / Q000187:drug effects; D006728:Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000494:pharmacology; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012756:Sheep; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000494:pharmacology
D006728:Hormones; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D006854:Hydrocortisone