Metabolic changes in the lungs after ischaemia

dc.contributor.authorEngelbrecht, F. M.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, I. J.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Beer, D. P.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-18T14:57:48Z
dc.date.available2011-03-18T14:57:48Z
dc.date.issued1980
dc.descriptionCITATION: Engelbrecht, F. M., Edwards, I. J. & De Beer, D. P. 1980. Metabolic changes in the lungs after ischaemia. South African Medical Journal, 58:409-413.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
dc.description.abstractThe effects of variable periods of ischaemia on the isolated lungs of rats and rabbits, stored for up to 6 hours at 4°C, 21°C and 37°C under standardized conditions, were investigated in vitro in terms of oxygen consumption, the rate of 1-14C-leucine incorporation into soluble proteins, and 1-14C-palmitate incorporation into total phospholipids and lipid fractions. The endogenous oxygen uptake of rat lung slices in an air phase, from tissues stored at 4°C and 21°C under ischaemic conditions for 6 hours and at 37°C for 4 hours, was significantly different from the control values. The oxygen uptake of lungs from animals anaesthetized with pentobarbitone prior to exsanguination and stored for only 2 hours at 37°C differed significantly from control values. Judged by the rate of incorporation of radiolabelled leucine into soluble proteins and that of palmitate into total lipids and phospholipids of lungs after storage for increasing periods at 4°C and 37°C, significant differences were already found after 1 1/2 hours. From this observation it would appear that these parameters are very sensitive indicators for assessing irreversible lung damage due to ischaemia.
dc.description.versionPublisher’s version
dc.format.extent6 pages
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/7665
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHealth & Medical Publishing Group
dc.rights.holderSouth African Medical Journal
dc.subjectTemperature
dc.subjectIschaemiaen_ZA
dc.subjectLungsen_ZA
dc.titleMetabolic changes in the lungs after ischaemiaen_ZA
dc.typeArticle
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