AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Vol 257, Issue 2 86-L93, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Evidence for regulation of sodium transport from airspace to vascular space by cAMP

B. E. Goodman, J. L. Anderson and J. W. Clemens
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion 57069.

Evidence has been accumulating that regulation of the rate of solute and fluid removal from the alveolar spaces may play an important role in the prevention and/or resolution of alveolar pulmonary edema. In this study, the isolated perfused rat lung was used to investigate the effects of an adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) analogue or a phosphodiesterase inhibitor on active sodium transport from airspace to vascular space. Three tracers were instilled into the airways of isolated Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate solution (KRB)-perfused rat lungs. The appearance of tracers in the single-pass perfusate was measured, and the apparent permeability-surface area products (PS) were calculated for each tracer at each sample time based on Fick's first law of diffusion. After steady-state PS values had been reached, a cAMP analogue or phosphodiesterase inhibitor was added to the perfusate. Both agents caused significant increases in the PS for 22Na. In another group of experiments, a cAMP analogue was added to the perfusate, followed by the subsequent addition of a sodium transport inhibitor and the resultant large decrease in the PS for 22Na. These data are consistent with the regulation of active sodium transport across the intact mammalian alveolar epithelium by a cAMP-mediated process leading to removal of sodium from the alveolar spaces, with anions and water following passively.

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