title: Effect of histamine, albuterol and deep inspiration on airway and lung tissue mechanics in cynomolgus monkeys.
abstract: Forced oscillation is a technique that has been used to measure airway and lung tissue impedance. To evaluate airway and lung tissue impedance in a colony of cynomolgus monkeys housed at Schering-Plough Research Institute, a forced oscillation technique was used to measure Newtonian resistance (R(N)), tissue damping (G), tissue elastance (H) and lung hysteresivity (eta). Functional residual capacity (FRC) was also measured to correlate the lung impedance data with FRC. There was no difference in R(N), G, H and eta between Ascaris sensitive allergic monkeys (n=25) and a small cohort (n=5) of non-allergic monkeys under baseline conditions. However, a highly significant (p<0.0001) negative correlation (r=0.71) was found between FRC and H. Significant correlations were also found between FRC and G (r=0.53) and FRC and R(N) (r=0.50). Bronchoprovocation with aerosolized histamine increased R(N), G, H and eta and reduced FRC by 29+/-3% (n=30) from baseline. In monkeys that were hyperreactive to the histamine challenge, an exaggerated increase in lung tissue damping was seen whereas monkeys that were less reactive to the histamine showed greater increases in R(N). Aerosolized albuterol (0.003-3mg/ml) produced a concentration-dependent reversal of the increases in R(N), G, H and eta induced by histamine with the greatest reversal seen on R(N). Deep inspiration, performed after the aerosolized albuterol exposure, also reversed the histamine-induced changes in R(N), G, and H with the complete reversal seen on the increase in H. These results demonstrate that significant correlations exist between airway and lung tissue impedance and FRC and that airway and lung tissue mechanics contribute significantly to inherent bronchoconstrictor reactivity and to the bronchodilator response to a beta-adrenergic agonist and deep inspiration in cynomolgus monkeys.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ, USA. richard.chapman@spcorp.com
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Skeans
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lamca
authors.forename: Aileen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: House
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hey
authors.forename: Chander
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Celly
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D000420:Albuterol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000818:Animals; D001985:Bronchial Provocation Tests / Q000379:methods; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005652:Functional Residual Capacity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006632:Histamine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001239:Inhalation / Q000502:physiology*; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D006632:Histamine; D000420:Albuterol