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标题：Development of an ex vivo preclinical respiratory model of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis for aerosol regional studies
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作者：Yoann Montigaud ; Sophie Périnel-Ragey ; Laurent Plantier 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2019
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：1-11
DOI：10.1038/s41598-019-54479-2
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive disease with unsatisfactory systemic treatments. Aerosol drug delivery to the lungs is expected to be an interesting route of administration. However, due to the alterations of lung compliance caused by fibrosis, local delivery remains challenging. This work aimed to develop a practical, relevant and ethically less restricted ex vivo respiratory model of fibrotic lung for regional aerosol deposition studies. This model is composed of an Ear-Nose-Throat replica connected to a sealed enclosure containing an ex vivo porcine respiratory tract, which was modified to mimic the mechanical properties of fibrotic lung parenchyma - i.e. reduced compliance. Passive respiratory mechanics were measured. 81m Kr scintigraphies were used to assess the homogeneity of gas-ventilation, while regional aerosol deposition was assessed with 99m Tc-DTPA scintigraphies. We validated the procedure to induce modifications of lung parenchyma to obtain aimed variation of compliance. Compared to the healthy model, lung respiratory mechanics were modified to the same extent as IPF-suffering patients. 81m Kr gas-ventilation and 99m Tc-DTPA regional aerosol deposition showed results comparable to clinical studies, qualitatively. This ex vivo respiratory model could simulate lung fibrosis for aerosol regional deposition studies giving an interesting alternative to animal experiments, accelerating and facilitating preclinical studies before clinical trials.