PMID- 27559314 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20160825 LR - 20210109 IS - 1664-042X (Print) IS - 1664-042X (Electronic) IS - 1664-042X (Linking) VI - 7 DP - 2016 TI - Airway and Parenchymal Strains during Bronchoconstriction in the Precision Cut Lung Slice. PG - 309 LID - 10.3389/fphys.2016.00309 [doi] LID - 309 AB - The precision-cut lung slice (PCLS) is a powerful tool for studying airway reactivity, but biomechanical measurements to date have largely focused on changes in airway caliber. Here we describe an image processing tool that reveals the associated spatio-temporal changes in airway and parenchymal strains. Displacements of sub-regions within the PCLS are tracked in phase-contrast movies acquired after addition of contractile and relaxing drugs. From displacement maps, strains are determined across the entire PCLS or along user-specified directions. In a representative mouse PCLS challenged with 10(-4)M methacholine, as lumen area decreased, compressive circumferential strains were highest in the 50 mum closest to the airway lumen while expansive radial strains were highest in the region 50-100 mum from the lumen. However, at any given distance from the airway the strain distribution varied substantially in the vicinity of neighboring small airways and blood vessels. Upon challenge with the relaxant agonist chloroquine, although most strains disappeared, residual positive strains remained a long time after addition of chloroquine, predominantly in the radial direction. Taken together, these findings establish strain mapping as a new tool to elucidate local dynamic mechanical events within the constricting airway and its supporting parenchyma. FAU - Hiorns, Jonathan E AU - Hiorns JE AD - School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham Nottingham, UK. FAU - Bidan, Cecile M AU - Bidan CM AD - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France; Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands; Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, MA, USA. FAU - Jensen, Oliver E AU - Jensen OE AD - School of Mathematics, University of Manchester Manchester, UK. FAU - Gosens, Reinoud AU - Gosens R AD - Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen Groningen, Netherlands. FAU - Kistemaker, Loes E M AU - Kistemaker LE AD - Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen Groningen, Netherlands. FAU - Fredberg, Jeffrey J AU - Fredberg JJ AD - Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Butler, Jim P AU - Butler JP AD - Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Krishnan, Ramaswamy AU - Krishnan R AD - Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Brook, Bindi S AU - Brook BS AD - School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham Nottingham, UK. LA - eng GR - G0901174/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - MR/M004643/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - P01 HL120839/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 HL123522/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160721 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Physiol JT - Frontiers in physiology JID - 101549006 EIN - Front Physiol. 2017 Feb 28;8:117. PMID: 28261114 PMC - PMC4989902 OTO - NOTNLM OT - PCLS OT - airway smooth muscle OT - circumferential strain OT - contraction OT - displacements OT - radial strain EDAT- 2016/08/26 06:00 MHDA- 2016/08/26 06:01 PMCR- 2016/07/21 CRDT- 2016/08/26 06:00 PHST- 2016/01/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/08/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/08/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/08/26 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/07/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fphys.2016.00309 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Physiol. 2016 Jul 21;7:309. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00309. eCollection 2016.