Effects of nitrogen dioxide and ozone on monkey lung ultrastructure

Lung ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 150 (2-4) ◽  
pp. 99-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert F. Bils
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Dioxide ◽  
Lung Ultrastructure

Lung Ultrastructure of Exercising Monkeys After Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 314-315
Author(s):  
Robert F. Bils
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Dioxide ◽  
Respiratory System ◽  
Guinea Pigs ◽  
Atmospheric Pollutants ◽  
Laboratory Animals ◽  
Physiological Changes ◽  
Toxic Gases ◽  
Lung Ultrastructure ◽  
Resistance To Infection ◽  
Common Laboratory

Mice, rats, guinea pigs, rabbits and other common laboratory animals have been used in toxicology for many years. However, extrapolation of results to humans will always be under question. Although subhuman orimates have been utilized in many areas of research, little work has been done on the effects of toxic gases on the respiratory system of monkeys. Henry et al. bserved an emphysematous condition in monkey lungs exposed to 50 ppm NO2 for 2 hrs. while studying resistance to infection.This is the beginning of a comprehensive project exposing exercising monkeys to atmospheric pollutants, and analyzing the morphological, biochemical and physiological changes that occur.

Ultrastructure of pulmonary microvasculature in acute endotoxemia

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 470-471
Author(s):  
R. G. Gerrity ◽  
M. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes ◽  
Alveolar Epithelium ◽  
Endothelial Damage ◽  
Capillary Endothelium ◽  
Type Ii Cells ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Interstitial Edema ◽  
Pulmonary Capillaries ◽  
Lung Ultrastructure ◽  
Fibrin Thrombi

Dogs were injected intravenously with E_. coli endotoxin (2 mg/kg), and lung samples were taken at 15 min., 1 hr. and 24 hrs. At 15 min., occlusion of pulmonary capillaries by degranulating platelets and polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PML) was evident (Fig. 1). Capillary endothelium was intact but endothelial damage in small arteries and arterioles, accompanied by intraalveolar hemorrhage, was frequent (Fig. 2). Sloughing of the surfactant layer from alveolar epithelium was evident (Fig. 1). At 1 hr., platelet-PML plugs were no longer seen in capillaries, the endothelium of which was often vacuolated (Fig. 3). Interstitial edema and destruction of alveolar epithelium were seen, and type II cells had discharged their granules into the alveoli (Fig. 4). At 24 hr. phagocytic PML's were frequent in peripheral alveoli, while centrally, alveoli and vessels were packed with fibrin thrombi and PML's (Fig. 5). In similar dogs rendered thrombocytopenic with anti-platelet serum, lung ultrastructure was similar to that of controls, although PML's were more frequently seen in capillaries in the former (Fig. 6).

The Effect of Vitamin A on the Intermittent Nitrogen Dioxide Gas Exposure in Hamsters

1976 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 176-177
Author(s):  
J.C.S. Kim ◽  
M.G. Jourden ◽  
E.S. Carlisle
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Nitrogen Dioxide ◽  
Chronic Exposure ◽  
Light And Electron Microscopy ◽  
Specific Effect ◽  
Deficient Diet ◽  
Intermittent Exposure ◽  
Hypovitaminosis A ◽  
Gas Exposure

Chronic exposure to nitrogen dioxide in rodents has shown that injury reaches a maximum after 24 hours, and a reparative adaptive phase follows (1). Damage occurring in the terminal bronchioles and proximal portions of the alveolar ducts in rats has been extensively studied by both light and electron microscopy (1).The present study was undertaken to compare the response of lung tissue to intermittent exposure to 10 ppm of nitrogen dioxide gas for 4 hours per week, while the hamsters were on a vitamin A deficient diet. Ultrastructural observations made from lung tissues obtained from non-gas exposed, hypovitaminosis A animals and gas exposed animals fed a regular commercially prepared diet have been compared to elucidate the specific effect of vitamin A on nitrogen dioxide gas exposure. The interaction occurring between vitamin A and nitrogen dioxide gas has not previously been investigated.

Working conditions of employees of energy enterprises from the position of non-carcinogenic risks

2020 ◽  
pp. 606-606
Author(s):  
O. V. Grebeneva ◽  
A. Z. Shadetova ◽  
M. V. Rusyaev
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Dioxide ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Combined Effects ◽  
Motor Transport ◽  
Dust Aerosols ◽  
Mineral Oils ◽  
Target Organs ◽  
Power Enterprise

The coefficients of danger to health of 84 workers of 4 lowering stations of the power enterprise from inhalation influence of pollutants of motor transport are calculated: nitrogen dioxide, dust, aerosols of mineral oils and hydrocarbons. The risk of combined effects of chemicals on the target organs was determined by an increase in the chance of respiratory diseases by 1.77 times.

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