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We are living in an environment full of gases, and any change in the concentration of a component of the air or contaminants (usually toxic) in the air may significantly threaten human health. Thus, to investigate the influence of gases in animal models it is helpful to elucidate the pathogenesis of gas-related injury. Although there are devices used for gas exposure in animals, there are still limitations in the establishment of these animal models, such as the change in gas concentration during the refreshing of water, food and litter, and the contamination of toxic gases released by animals. Herein, we freshly prepared a chamber for normobaric gas exposure. During the exposure in this chamber, the refreshing of water, food and litter does not require opening of the chamber. The chamber gases are continuously circulated and filtered, and the gas concentration remains very stable. To validate the feasibility of this chamber, rats were exposed to pure oxygen as an example. Results showed that rats with hyperoxia-induced lung injury simulated by pure oxygen exposure displayed the representative characteristics as observed in humans: shortness of breath, lung edema, alveolar septal rupture, infiltration of inflammatory cells, oxidative and inflammatory injury. This suggests that it is feasible to establish animal models using this chamber for the investigation of gas toxicity.
- 出版日期2015-10
- 单位中国人民解放军第二军医大学
