Vitamin A Deficiency and Pulmonary Oxygen ToxicityMorphometric Studies in the Murine Lung
作者:
NICOLE COHEN-ADDAD,
ROBERT BOLLINGER,
JEAN CHOU,
RONALD POLAND,
期刊:
Pediatric Research
(OVID Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 23,
issue 1
页码: 76-80
ISSN:0031-3998
年代: 1988
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Vitamin A and its precursor β-carotene are naturally occurring antioxidants. The effects of diets deficient in β-carotene and vitamin A on the alveolar-capillary membrane were studied in young adult BALB/C mice before and after exposure to 65% oxygen. One of three diets (standard complete, β-carotene deficient, or β-carotene and vitamin A deficient) was fed for a 6-wk period. Mice were then exposed to 65% oxygen for 0, 3, or 6 days, sacrificed, and their lungs examined by electron microscopy using the morphometric techniques of Weibel. The arithmetic and the harmonic mean thicknesses of the alveolar-capillary membrane and its components (epithelium, interstitium, and endothelium) were measured to assess the influences of diet and of duration of exposure to 65% oxygen. Analysis of variance and multiple comparisons of means (Student-Neuman-Keuls statistics) were applied. Diet alone did not significantly affect membrane thickness. However, duration of oxygen exposure increased the thicknesses of both the epithelium and interstitium in the group fed a diet deficient in both β-carotene and vitamin A as compared to the other two groups although this was only significant for the epithelium. β-Carotene deficiency alone did not affect the respiratory membrane either before or after oxygen exposure. These results suggest that vitamin A may be an important nutrient in the protection against pulmonary oxygen toxicity.
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