Biophysical function of pulmonary surfactant in liquid ventilation.

Autor:	Li G; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii., Xu X; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii., Zuo YY; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. Electronic address: yzuo@hawaii.edu.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Biophysical journal [Biophys J] 2023 Aug 08; Vol. 122 (15), pp. 3099-3107. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 23.
DOI:	10.1016/j.bpj.2023.06.014
Abstrakt:	Liquid ventilation is a mechanical ventilation technique in which the entire or part of the lung is filled with oxygenated perfluorocarbon (PFC) liquids rather than air in conventional mechanical ventilation. Despite its many ideal biophysicochemical properties for assisting liquid breathing, a general misconception about PFC is to use it as a replacement for pulmonary surfactant. Because of the high PFC-water interfacial tension (59 mN/m), pulmonary surfactant is indispensable in liquid ventilation to increase lung compliance. However, the biophysical function of pulmonary surfactant in liquid ventilation is still unknown. Here, we have studied the adsorption and dynamic surface activity of a natural surfactant preparation, Infasurf, at the PFC-water interface using constrained drop surfactometry. The constrained drop surfactometry is capable of simulating the intra-alveolar microenvironment of liquid ventilation under physiologically relevant conditions. It was found that Infasurf adsorbed to the PFC-water interface reduces the PFC-water interfacial tension from 59 mN/m to an equilibrium value of 9 mN/m within seconds. Atomic force microscopy revealed that after de novo adsorption, Infasurf forms multilayered structures at the PFC-water interface with an average thickness of 10-20 nm, depending on the adsorbing surfactant concentration. It was found that the adsorbed Infasurf film is capable of regulating the interfacial tension of the PFC-water interface within a narrow range, between ∼12 and ∼1 mN/m, during dynamic compression-expansion cycles that mimic liquid ventilation. These findings have novel implications in understanding the physiological and biophysical functions of the pulmonary surfactant film at the PFC-water interface, and may offer new translational insights into the development of liquid ventilation and liquid breathing techniques. Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests. (Copyright © 2023 Biophysical Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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