Abstract
Relatively little has been done on the metabolic changes of the lung produced by the excessive alcohol ingestion to the point of the acute alcohol intoxication. In the present study, an effort was made to clarify the possible changes of the pulmonary surfactant system by the acute alcohol ingestion. The dynamic pulmonary compliance and the levels of protein and inorganic phosphorus (Pi) of both lung lavage and extract were chosen as the parameters of the pulmonary surfactant activities. The albino rats of both sexes were used, and 1.5 ml of 50% ethanol per 100 g body weight was given by oral intubation, and the experiment was performed at 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 hours after the alcohol ingestion. The rat was sacrificed by cutting the carotid arteries, and blood sample for the determination of hematocrit(Hct) and the blood alcohol concentration was obtained. Both lungs were completely removed without dammage to the lung tissue, and the pulmonary compliance was measured by the changes of pressure-volume(P-V) curves by inflating or deflating the lung with air. Immediately after the P-V curves were recorded, the lung lavage was obtained by washing the lobes with 15ml of isotonic saline 3 times with a syringe. Next, total lungs were homogenized and filtered to obtain the lung extract. The protein and Pi levels were measured using the lung lavage and extract as the samples, and the lung/body weight ratio(L/B ratio) was also calculated. The results thus obtained were compared with the normal values and summarized as follows. The blood alcohol concentration reached the highest level of $0.71{\pm}0.02\;g\;%$ at 1 hr and gradually decreased until 24 hrs$(0.36{\pm}0.02\;g%)$ after the alcohol ingestion, but all the experimental groups showed significant increase comparing with the normal. The highest Hct value was obtained at 1hr$(64.86{\pm}2.45%)$ and significantly elevated value was continued throughout the experiment. The L/B ratio was significantly lowered from 3hrs until 24hrs after the alcohol ingestion but from 6 th hr on, a generally elevated value was observed with a significant value at 12 hrs and gradual recovery to the normal value at 24 hrs after the alcohol ingestion. The pulmonary compliance at inflation and deflation did not change appreciablly from the normal until 3 hrs after the alcohol ingestion but from 6 th hr on, a generally elevated value was observed with a significant value at 12 hrs and gradual recovery to the normal value at 24 hrs after the alcohol ingestion. The protein level of the lung lavage stowed a significantly increased value of $12.36{\pm}0.35\;mg/gm(3rd hr)$, $12.70{\pm}0.74\;mg/gm(12 th hr)$, and $12.65{\pm}0.88\;mg/gm(24 th hr)$, respectively, comparing with the normal value of $10.65{\pm}0.62\;mg/gm$, and the Pi level also showed a similar tendency of significant increase at 12th hr $(7.65{\pm}0.63\;{\mu}mol/gm)$ and 24 th hr$(6.70{\pm}0.36\;{\mu}mol/gm)$ comparing with the normal value of $5.32{\pm}0.20\;{\mu}mol/gm$. The protein level of the lung extract in the alcohol group was generally similar to the normal value with a slight decrease at 1st and 3 rd hr, tut the Pi level of the lung extract was generally increased in the alcohol group, and a significant increase was observed at 6 th hr$(17.77{\pm}1.54\;{\mu}mol/gm)$, 12 th hr$(13.92{\pm}0.78\;{\mu}mol/gm)$ and 24 th hr$(14.57{\pm}0.53\;{\mu}mol/gm)$ of the alcohol ingestion comparing with the normal value of $10.34{\pm}0.37\;{\mu}mol/gm$. From the above, it may be concluded that the acute alcohol intoxication produces the metabolic changes of the lungs by the increased surfactant activities and elevated pulmonary compliance.
Alcohol 의 급성중독(急性中毒)으로서 폐기능중(肺機能中) 특(特)히 폐용압률(肺容壓率)과 폐포활성물질(肺胞活性物質)(surfactant)의 변화(變化)를 살펴봄으로써 alcohol 이 폐기능(肺機能) 또는 폐대사(肺代謝)에 미치고 효과(效果)의 일단(一端)을 알기 위(爲)하여 흰쥐를 재료(材料)로 하여 50% alcohol 을 체중(體重) 100 gm 당(當) 1.5 ml 씩 경구적(經口的)으로 단회투여(單回投與)하여 급성(急性) Ethyl alcohol 중독(中毒)을 일으켰다. Alcohol 중독과정(中毒過程)에서 24 시간(時間)까지 경시적(經時的)으로 혈중(血中) alcohol 농도(濃度)와 hematocrit(Hct)치(値)를 측정(測定)하고, 폐용압률(肺容壓率) 및 surfactant 중(中)의 단백량(蛋白量)과 무기인(無機燐)(Pi)를 측정(測定)하여, 정상군(正常群)과 비교(比較)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. Alcohol 혈중농도(血中濃度)는 정상치(正常値)인 $0.17{\pm}0.01\;gm%$(평균(平均)${\pm}$표준오차(標準誤差) 이하동일(以下同一))에 비(比)하여 중독(中毒) 1시간(時間)에서 $0.71{\pm}0.02\;gm%$로 최고치(最高値)에 달(達)하고, 그후(後) 차차(次次) 낮아져서 24 시간(時間)에서는 $0.36{\pm}0.02\;gm%$이었으나, 전실험치(全實驗値)는 정상(正常)에 비(比)해서는 유의(有意)하게 높았다. Hct 치(値)는 1시간(時間)에서 $64.86{\pm}2.45%$로서 최고치(最高値)를 나타내었고, 그후(後) 계속(繼續) 정상치(正常値)인 $48.87{\pm}0.28%$에 비(比)하여 유의(有意)하게 높은 값을 유지(維持)하였다. 폐중량대(肺重量對) 체중비(體重比)(L/B 비(比))는 중독(中毒) 3시간(時間)부터 $5.49{\pm}0.61$로서 정상치(正常値)인 $7.57{\pm}0.56$에 비(比)하여 유의(有意)하게 낮아지고, 24시간(時間)까지 유의(有意)한 감소(減少)를 나타내었다. 폐용압률(肺容壓率)은 확대(擴大)(inflation)와 축소(縮小)(deflation)에서 모두 3시간(時間)까지 정상(正常)과 큰 차이(差異)가 없었으나, 6및 12 시간(時間)에서는 증가(增加)된 값을 나타내었고, 특(特)히 12 시간(時間)에서는 유의(有意)하게 높은 값을 나타내었다가, 24시간(時間)에는 정상(正常)에 가까워지는 경향(傾向)을 나타내었다. 폐세척액(肺洗滌液)의 단백량(蛋白量)은 정상(正常)의 $10.65{\pm}0.62\;mg/gm$에 비(比)하여 3시간(時間)에서 $12.36{\pm}0.35\;mg/gm$, 12시간(時間)에서 $12.70{\pm}0.74\;mg/gm$ 및 24시간(時間)에서는 $12.65{\pm}0.88\;mg/gm$로서 유의(有意)하게 높은 값을 나타내었고, Pi치(値)도 중독(中毒) 6시간(時間)부터는 높은 값을 나타내었으며, 특(特)히 12 시간(時間)에서는 $7.65{\pm}0.63\;{\mu}mol/gm$, 24시간(時間)에서는 $6.70{\pm}0.36\;{\mu}mol/gm$로서, 정상(正常)의 $5.32{\pm}0.20\;{\mu}mol/gm$에 비(比)하여 유의(有意)하게 높은 값을 나타내었다. 한편, 폐추출액(肺抽出液)의 단백량(蛋白量)은 1및 3시간(時間)에서 낮은 값을 나타내었으나, 대체(大體)로 정상(正常)과 비슷한 경향(傾向)을 나타내었고, Pi 치(値)는 대체(大體)로 높은 양상(樣相)을 나타내었으며, 특(特)히 중독(中毒) 6, 12 및 24 시간(時間)에서는 각각(各各) $17.77{\pm}1.54\;{\mu}mol/gm$, $13.92{\pm}0.78\;{\mu}mol/gm$ 및 $14.57{\pm}5.53\;{\mu}mol/gm$로서, 정상(正常)의 $10.34{\pm}0.37\;{\mu}mol/gm$에 비(比)하여, 모두 유의(有意)하게 높은 값을 나타내었다. 이상(以上)의 결과(結果)로서 alcohol 급성중독(急性中毒)에서는, surfactant 의 활성도(活性度)나 폐용압률(肺容壓率)이 증가(增加)되어 폐기능(肺機能)에 변화(變化)가 초래(招來)된다고 하겠다.