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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-12-13
pubmed:abstractText
Physical and chemical characteristics of two types of preparations of surface active material from adult rabbits were determined. A procedure using multiple centrifugations produced a surface active material (type A) which had 6.6% by weight protein and a phosphorus/protein ratio of 13.1 nmol P/microgram protein. A simpler protocol involving two centrifugations yielded a surface active material (type B) with more protein (10.8%) and a lower phosphorus/protein ratio (8.4 nmol/micrograms). Lipid compositions of both types were similar with phosphatidylcholine being the major phospholipid (80%) and palmitate the major fatty acid in the total lipid (65-71%) and in phosphatidylcholine (80%). Both types exhibited broad thermotropic phase transitions encompassing 37 degrees C. Measurements of aqueous dispersions of surface active material on the surface of a Langmuir-Whilhelmy balance or in a pulsating bubble apparatus indicated that there was variability both between types and between batches of the same type in the capacity to reach low surface tension on the surface balance and in the rates at which low surface tension was achieved on the bubble apparatus. Type A preparations were somewhat more reliable in meeting these ends than were type B. Both types of isolates were effective in normalizing pressure-volume characteristics when instilled into the lungs of immature rabbit fetuses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0008-4212
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1043-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Physical, chemical, and physiological characteristics of isolates of pulmonary surfactant from adult rabbits.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't