While some experimental data suggest that erythropoietin (EPO) influences respiratory mechanics, reports on scientific trials are lacking. In the present work, respiratory mechanics were measured using the end-inflation occlusion method in control and EPO treated anaesthetised and positive-pressure ventilated rats. Causing an abrupt inspiratory flow arrest, the end-inflation occlusion method makes it possible to measure the ohmic airway resistance and the respiratory system elastance. It was found that EPO induces a significant decrement in the ohmic airway resistance, not noted in control animals, 20 and 30 min after intraperitoneal EPO injection. The elastic characteristics of the respiratory system did not vary. Hypotheses about the mechanism (s) explaining these results were addressed. In particular, additional experiments have indicated that the decrement in airway resistance could be related to an increase in nitric oxide production induced by EPO. Spontaneous increments in plasmatic erythropoietin levels, such as those that take place in association with hypoxia and/or blood loss, appear to be related to the decrement in airway resistance, allowing pulmonary ventilation to increase without altering respiratory mechanics leading to deleterious increments in energy dissipation during breathing.
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