The transport properties of lung interstitium were studied by measuring the flow of hetastarch solution (2 and 6%) through 1-cm perivascular interstitial segments of rabbit lungs. Hetastarch (10(4)-10(7) Da) solution has a colloid osmotic pressure similar to that of albumin solution. Driving pressure was 5 cm H(2)O and mean interstitial pressure was 0 cm H(2)O. The flows of 2 and 6% hetastarch solutions were measured before (Q(1)) and after (Q(2)) the addition of 0.02% hyaluronidase. Hetastarch molecular distributions in effluent samples were measured by high-performance size-exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) to determine sieving ratio (C(out)/C(in), downstream-to-upstream concentration ratio). Hyaluronidase significantly (P < 0.0004) increased flow sixfold, but the increase in flow (Q(2)/Q(1)) was reduced through the interstitium around smaller vessels. A similar behavior was observed with the flow of albumin solution without and with hyaluronidase. C(out)/C(in) decreased monotonically with molecular weight, was greater with 6% than with 2% (low colloid osmotic pressure) hetastarch, and increased with hyaluronidase. Modeling the transport through uniform pores, equivalent pore radius was 10 and 15 nm with 2 and 6% hetastarch, respectively, and doubled with hyaluronidase. In conclusion, interstitial pores expand in response to an increase in colloid osmotic pressure both before and after tissue degradation by hyaluronidase.
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