TY - JOUR
T1 - Automated full-range pressure-volume curves in mice and rats
AU - Robichaud, Annette
AU - Fereydoonzad, Liah
AU - Limjunyawong, Nathachit
AU - Rabold, Richard T
AU - Allard, Benoit
AU - Benedetti, Andrea
AU - Martin, James G.
AU - Mitzner, Wayne
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded partly by SCIREQ Inc. and by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Grant HL-10342 (W. Mitzner).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 the American Physiological Society.
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - Pressure-volume (PV) curves constructed over the entire lung volume range can reliably detect functional changes in mouse models of lung diseases. In the present study, we constructed full-range PV curves in healthy and elastase-treated mice using either a classic manually operated technique or an automated approach using a computer-controlled piston ventilator [flexiVent FX; Scientific Respiratory Equipment (SCIREQ), Montreal, Quebec, Canada]. On the day of the experiment, subjects were anesthetized, tracheotomized, and mechanically ventilated. Following an initial respiratory mechanics scan and degassing of the lungs with 100% O2, full-range PV curves were constructed using either the classic or the automated technique. In control mice, superimposable curves were obtained, and statistical equivalence was attained between the two methodologies. In the elastase-treated ones, where significant changes in respiratory mechanics and lung volumes were expected, very small differences were observed between the two techniques, and the criteria for statistical equivalence were met in two out of four parameters assessed. The automated technique was adapted to rats and used to estimate the functional residual capacity (FRC) by volume subtraction. This novel approach generated FRC estimates consistent with the literature, with added accuracy relative to the existing method in diseased subjects. In conclusion, the automated technique generated full-range PV curves that were equivalent or very close to those obtained with the classic method under physiological or severe pathological conditions. The automation facilitated some technical aspects of the procedure, eased its use across species, and helped derive a more accurate estimate of FRC in preclinical models of respiratory disease. NEW &NOTEWORTHY Partial and full-range pressure-volume (PV) curves are frequently used to characterize lung disease models. Whereas automated techniques exist to construct partial PV curves, a manually operated approach is classically employed to build the full-range ones. In this study, the full-range PV curve technique was automated using a computer-controlled piston ventilator. The automation simplified the technique, facilitated its extension to other species, and inspired a novel way of estimating the functional residual capacity in laboratory rodents.
AB - Pressure-volume (PV) curves constructed over the entire lung volume range can reliably detect functional changes in mouse models of lung diseases. In the present study, we constructed full-range PV curves in healthy and elastase-treated mice using either a classic manually operated technique or an automated approach using a computer-controlled piston ventilator [flexiVent FX; Scientific Respiratory Equipment (SCIREQ), Montreal, Quebec, Canada]. On the day of the experiment, subjects were anesthetized, tracheotomized, and mechanically ventilated. Following an initial respiratory mechanics scan and degassing of the lungs with 100% O2, full-range PV curves were constructed using either the classic or the automated technique. In control mice, superimposable curves were obtained, and statistical equivalence was attained between the two methodologies. In the elastase-treated ones, where significant changes in respiratory mechanics and lung volumes were expected, very small differences were observed between the two techniques, and the criteria for statistical equivalence were met in two out of four parameters assessed. The automated technique was adapted to rats and used to estimate the functional residual capacity (FRC) by volume subtraction. This novel approach generated FRC estimates consistent with the literature, with added accuracy relative to the existing method in diseased subjects. In conclusion, the automated technique generated full-range PV curves that were equivalent or very close to those obtained with the classic method under physiological or severe pathological conditions. The automation facilitated some technical aspects of the procedure, eased its use across species, and helped derive a more accurate estimate of FRC in preclinical models of respiratory disease. NEW &NOTEWORTHY Partial and full-range pressure-volume (PV) curves are frequently used to characterize lung disease models. Whereas automated techniques exist to construct partial PV curves, a manually operated approach is classically employed to build the full-range ones. In this study, the full-range PV curve technique was automated using a computer-controlled piston ventilator. The automation simplified the technique, facilitated its extension to other species, and inspired a novel way of estimating the functional residual capacity in laboratory rodents.
KW - Functional residual capacity
KW - Lung volumes
KW - Pressure-volume curve
KW - Respiratory mechanics
KW - Rodents
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U2 - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00856.2016
DO - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00856.2016
M3 - Article
C2 - 28751375
AN - SCOPUS:85032454283
SN - 8750-7587
VL - 123
SP - 746
EP - 756
JO - Journal of applied physiology
JF - Journal of applied physiology
IS - 4
ER -