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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 265: L33-L37, 1993;
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AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Vol 265, Issue 1 33-L37, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of ozone on transepithelial potential of mouse trachea

M. Takahashi, S. R. Kleeberger and T. L. Croxton
Department of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.

The effects of ozone on tracheal electrical potential were investigated in inbred strains of mice that are differentially susceptible to ozone-induced inflammation. In male mice (9-13 wk), a tracheostomy was made under pentobarbital anesthesia for spontaneous breathing and tracheal potential was measured in the cephalad portion of the bisected trachea using Hanks' salt/agar-capped KCl bridges connected to a pair of calomel half cells. The mean tracheal potentials of five different strains of mice (C3H/HeJ, DBA/2J, C57BL/6J, BALB/cJ, and 129/J) were approximately 10 mV (lumen negative) with no significant interstrain difference. Amiloride reduced mouse tracheal potentials by approximately 70% in both C3H/HeJ and C57BL/6J mice, indicating that sodium absorption is the predominant ion transport across this tissue. Relative to air-exposed controls, acute ozone exposure (2 ppm for 3 h) significantly attenuated tracheal potential of inflammation-susceptible C57BL/6J mice by approximately 50% at 6 h and 40% at 24 h postexposure but had no effect immediately after exposure. The mean tracheal potential of C3H/HeJ mice was not changed by ozone. The differential effect of acute ozone exposure on tracheal potential in C57BL/6J and C3H/HeJ mice is consistent with differential susceptibility to ozone-induced increases in epithelial permeability in these strains.


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