Abstract
Hyperoxic injury results in an influx of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) into the lung. To better understand the role of the PMN in this injury, kinetic studies were used to assess the survival of PMNs in the circulation. The rate of deposition of PMNs in the lungs of rabbits exposed to hyperoxia was also examined. The half-lives (T1/2) of [3H]thymidine-labeled PMNs in the circulation in rabbits exposed to air or to 95% O2 for less than or equal to 48 h varied between 3.9 and 4.5 h. After 72 h of hyperoxic exposure, T1/2 fell to 2.2 h, the marginal and circulating PMN pool increased and 3H deposition in the lung increased 10-fold. Autoradiographs confirmed that [3H]thymidine was initially nuclear- and cellular-associated but, with time, [3H]thymidine dispersed throughout the lung, suggesting PMN disintegration. These PMN events seem to occur in the later phases of O2 toxicity, and because PMNs are an additional source of oxyradicals, they may further amplify oxidant injury.
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