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  • Title: Kinetics of pulmonary angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in conscious developing lambs.
    Author: Pitt BR, Lister G.
    Journal: J Appl Physiol Respir Environ Exerc Physiol; 1984 Oct; 57(4):1158-66. PubMed ID: 6094403.
    Abstract:
    Apparent enzyme kinetics were determined for pulmonary angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) as a function of postnatal development and alveolar hypoxia in intact conscious lambs (9 newborn and 7 sheep, 8-23 wk). We injected into the right atrium a mixture of indocyanine green and 3H-labeled benzoyl-phenylalanyl-alanyl-proline (BPAP), a synthetic substrate for ACE, and sampled blood from the aorta at 1-s intervals. From this, we quantified the %BPAP metabolism during a single pass through the lungs by use of indicator-dilution techniques. By adding unlabeled BPAP to the injectate, combining outflow data from two to three measurements, and applying a nonlinear model of pulmonary metabolism (J. Appl. Physiol.: Respirat. Environ. Exercise Physiol. 51:405-414, 1981), we could determine 1) apparent maximum velocity (Vmax); 2) concentration at which velocity was one-half Vmax (Km); and 3) alpha, a measure of perfusion heterogeneity. All animals were studied during normoxia and while breathing 10% O2 for at least 15 min. Seven of the newborn lambs were studied 1 wk later. Km in the newborn was 15 +/- 3 microM and did not change significantly with age or hypoxia. Vmax increased markedly with development (newborn: 14 +/- 2 nmol X s-1 X g dry lung-1; sheep: 38 +/- 5 nmol X s-1 X g dry lung-1; P less than 0.01). Alveolar hypoxia significantly decreased Vmax in the newborn only (P less than 0.05); there was no significant change in Vmax in the same animal studied 1 wk later or in the older group.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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