Effect of Betamethasone on the Pulmonary Pressure-Volume Curve in Unilateral Pneumonectomized Rabbits

Betamethasone이 일측폐장절제 가토폐장의 압력-용적곡선에 미치는 영향

In order to clarify the effect of steroid on the pulmonary pressure-volume curve in the pneumonectomized rabbit, the right side pneumonectomy was performed under general anesthesia with pentobarbital sodium and the remaining lung was excised on the fifth day after surgery. The intrapulmonic pressure in the excised left lung was measured at 20, 25, and 30 ml lung volume during inflation and deflation period. In the steroid treated group, the intrapulmonic pressure at 20, 25, and 30 ml lung volume during inflation was significantly decreased compared with intrapulmonic pressure of the control group. But in the pneumonectomy group the decreasing tendency of the pressure was observed. During deflation, the intrapulmonic pressure at 25 ml and 20 ml was not significantly different from the control group in pneumonectomy and steroid treated pneumonectomy group. And the lung weight was measured in each experimental group and also the lung weightbody weight ratio(L/B) was calculated. The lung weight was significantly increased in both pneumonectomy and steroid treated pneumonectomy group. Calculated L/B was increased significantly in both group. Above results suggest that steroid increases the secretion of pulmonary surfactant or affects the catabolic effect on protein metabolism of connective tissue in lung parenchyma.

steroid가 폐절제에 의한 대상성증식기의 폐장의 압력-용적곡선에 어떤 영양을 미칠 것인가를 알아보기 위해 실시한 본 실험의 결과를 요약하면 폐절제군은 대조군에 비해 폐용압률이 증가하였고 폐절제후 반대측폐장의 무게는 대조군에 비해 폐절제군이 유의하게 증가하였고 폐절제후 betamethasone을 투여한 군에 있어서는 대조군에 비해서는 증가하였으나 폐절제군보다는 적게 증가하였다. 또한 이러한 결과들은 betamethasone에 의해 폐포표면활성물질의 분비가 증가하였거나 혹은 betamethasone이 폐장실질의 결합조직의 단백대사에 영향을 미쳐 elastic recoil force가 감소하여 생긴 결과라고 생각된다.