Polyhexamethylene Guanidine Phosphate Induces Restrictive Ventilation Defect and Alters Lung Resistance and Compliance in Mice

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Title: Polyhexamethylene Guanidine Phosphate Induces Restrictive Ventilation Defect and Alters Lung Resistance and Compliance in Mice
Authors: Yoon Hee Park, Sang-Hoon Jeong, Hong Lee, Yoon-Jeong Nam, Hyejin Lee, Yu-Seon Lee, Jin-Young Choi, Su-A Park, Mi-Jin Choi, Hayan Park, Jaeyoung Kim, Eun-Yeob Kim, Yong-Wook Baek, Jungyun Lim, Sua Kim, Je-Hyeong Kim, Ju-Han Lee
Source: Toxics, Vol 12, Iss 11, p 776 (2024)
Publisher Information: MDPI AG, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Chemical technology
Subject Terms: polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate, pulmonary function test, fibrosis, mouse, Chemical technology, TP1-1185
More Details: Polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate (PHMG-p), a major ingredient of humidifier disinfectants, is known to induce inflammation, interstitial pneumonitis, and fibrosis in the lungs. While its histopathologic toxicities have been studied in rodents, research on pulmonary function test (PFT) changes following PHMG-p exposure is limited. This study aimed to investigate the acute and chronic effects, as well as the dose and time response, of PHMG-p on the lungs in mice using PFT and histopathologic examinations. In the single instillation model, mice received PHMG-p and were sacrificed at 2, 4, and 8 weeks. In the five-time instillation model, PHMG-p was administered five times at one-week intervals, and mice were sacrificed 10 weeks after the first instillation. Results showed that PHMG-p exposure reduced lung volume, increased resistance, and decreased compliance, indicating a restrictive ventilation defect. Histopathologic examination showed increases in lung inflammation and fibrosis scores. Changes in several lung volume and compliance parameters, as well as histopathology, were dose-dependent. Lung resistance and compliance parameters had significant correlations with lung inflammation and fibrosis scores. PHMG-p exposure in mice resulted in a restrictive ventilation defect with altered lung resistance and compliance, along with histopathologic lung inflammation and fibrosis.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2305-6304
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/12/11/776; https://doaj.org/toc/2305-6304
DOI: 10.3390/toxics12110776
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/b79d89ccb5ee4840b29aaafb70324b3a
Accession Number: edsdoj.b79d89ccb5ee4840b29aaafb70324b3a
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:23056304
DOI:10.3390/toxics12110776
Published in:Toxics
Language:English