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© 1995 Oxford University Press

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Concentration- and Time-Dependent Increase in Specific Airway Resistance after Induction of Airway Hyperresponsiveness by Subchronic Exposure of Guinea Pigs to Nitrogen Dioxide

TAKAHIRO KOBAYASHI and TAKASHI MIURA

Department of Basic Medical Sciences National Institute for Environmental Studies Tsukuba 305, Japan

Received December 27, 1993; accepted July 29, 1994

In the present study utilizing male Hartley guinea pigs, we investigated (1) the concentration and time dependency of the effects of subchronic exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) on airway responsiveness and (2) the concentration and time dependency of the effects on specific airway resistance under room air (SRaw0). Animals were exposed to filtered air, 0.06, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, or 4.0 ppm NO2 for 6 and 12 weeks (24 hr/day). Airway responsiveness and SRaw0 were determined 1 week before the beginning of exposure at 10 weeks of age and on the day of termination of the exposure. Our results revealed that (1) subchronic exposure to NO2 induces airway hyperresponsive-ness, both concentration and time dependently, (2) such exposure also induces an increase in SRaw0, both concentration and time dependently, and (3) subsequent to the airway hyperre-sponsiveness induced by NO2 is an increase in the SRaw0. Therefore, NO2 could be a potent risk factor for alteration of pulmonary function and airway responsiveness.


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