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iv Introduction
132). The current volume presents some aspects of human response to another
extreme!
As the Executive Editor of this series of monographs, I am as proud to
introduce this volume as I am grateful to the editors and the authors for having
given me the opportunity to do do.
Although humans have been traveling in space for 40 years (since the first flight
of Yuri Gagarin in 1961), for the first 20 or so years only a few scientific studies
were performed in space, and those studies were limited. Given the difficulties
of placing and sustaining humans in that distant and hostile environment, this is
hardly surprising. However, the first flight of the European-built Spacelab module
(a laboratory placed in the cargo bay of the space shuttle) in 1983 provided the
opportunity for well-designed and properly controlled experiments. The pressur-
ized Spacelab module flew 14 times during the period from 1983 to 1998. Of
those 14 flights, 11 carried a significant proportion of physiological experiments,
and 3 of those were dedicated to life sciences research. Many of those flights
carried payload specialists—professional scientists who were recruited because
of their highly specialized knowledge and skills. Spacelab was decommissioned
in 1998, following the Neurolab mission, which carried the most complex series
of life sciences experiments performed in space. In the future, the International
Space Station will provide the opportunity for more elaborate studies in micro-
gravity.
Knowledge of environmental physiology comes from understanding how
the organism reacts to changes in the environment. For example, thermoregula-
tory processes might be studied by raising or lowering ambient temperature.
However, for subjects here on earth, gravity is a constant force that cannot be
eliminated. We know that gravity has a large effect on the behavior between the
top and bottom of the lung in an upright subject. There are substantial vertical
gradients in alveolar size and ventilation, in perfusion, and in gas exchange.
Therefore, we would expect to see large differences in the behavior of the lung
in microgravity. In addition, because the lung presents such a large surface area
to the environment (⬃50–100 m2), it is vulnerable to polluted atmospheres such
as might occur in the closed environment of a spacecraft. Yet none of these
factors are unique to the microgravity environment. People routinely change the
gravitational influence on their lungs every time they lie down, and many terres-
trial dwellers are exposed to both indoor and outdoor atmospheric pollution.
Thus, this volume focuses on using measurements made in the absence of gravity
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vi Preface
(or, in some cases, at high gravity levels) to understand how the lung is affected
by gravity here on earth. The title Gravity and the Lung: Lessons from Micrograv-
ity reflects this approach.
We had the good fortune to be closely involved with several experiments
on Spacelab, and its demise provides an ideal time to summarize those findings
in the field of respiratory physiology before the transition of the Space Station.
We are grateful to Claude Lenfant, Executive Editor, who agreed to place this
volume in the Lung Biology in Health and Disease series.
It is always challenging to perform first-class experiments in a difficult
environment. Performing studies in space presents numerous difficulties, but the
result is exhilarating. It has been a privilege to participate.
G. Kim Prisk
Manuel Paiva
John B. West
CONTRIBUTORS
David H. Glaister, O.St.J., Ph.D., M.B., B.S., F.F.O.M. Group Captain (re-
tired), Royal Air Force, Talywern Consultancy Ltd., Powys, United Kingdom
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viii Contributors
1. Historical Introduction 1
John B. West
I. Normal Gravity 1
II. Increased Acceleration 17
III. Microgravity 21
IV. Epilogue 34
References 34
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x Contents
4. Ventilation Distribution 93
Manuel Paiva and G. Kim Prisk
I. Introduction 93
II. Topographical Ventilation Inhomogeneity 94
III. Nontopographical Convection-Dependent Ventilation
Inhomogeneity 101
IV. Nontopographical Diffusion-Convection-Dependent
Ventilation Inhomogeneity 108
V. Clinical Applications 112
References 113
JOHN B. WEST
I. Normal Gravity
A. Introduction
It could be argued that, of all the organs in the body, the lung is the most vulnera-
ble to gravity, increased acceleration, and weightlessness. One of the reasons is
that the blood in the pulmonary capillaries is separated from the air in the alveoli
by an extremely thin blood–gas barrier over a vertical height of some 30 cm.
Because blood has a much greater density than air, substantial pressure differ-
ences across the capillary walls therefore exist at different levels in the lung, and
consequently there is a striking topographical inequality of blood flow. Another
reason why gravity affects the lung is that the lung is very distensible and there-
fore it distorts under its own weight. Consequently, there are regional differences
of alveolar expansion, mechanical stresses, intrapleural pressures, and ventilation.
Finally, the fact that ventilation and blood flow do not match each other at differ-
ent levels in the upright lung means that there are topographical differences of
pulmonary gas exchange, and these can have important effects on overall gas
exchange.
The normal gravitational field in which we live therefore causes marked
differences of blood flow, ventilation, gas exchange, intrapleural pressure, alveo-
1
2 West
lar expansion, and parenchymal stresses in the upright human lung. These will
be the subject of this first section. Subsequently, we shall see that increased accel-
eration markedly exaggerates these topographical differences with correspond-
ingly greater degrees of interference with normal lung function. Finally weight-
lessness, or microgravity, results in a more uniform distribution of these various
aspects of lung function and, in some cases, improvements of gas exchange.
However, recent measurements done in microgravity allow us to see that the lung
has some intrinsic inequality of ventilation and blood flow.
B. Early Predictions
One of the first persons to recognize that gravity may have an important effect
on pulmonary function was Johannes Orth (Fig. 1), a pathologist working in
Göttingen in the 1880s. In 1887, he wrote a short treatise (1) entitled Atiolog-
isches und Anatomisches uber Lungenschwindsucht (Etiological and Anatomical
Considerations of Phthisis) in which he speculated on the cause of the apical
localization of adult tuberculosis. He stated on page 20:
First, anemia has to be considered. It occurs more readily at the apex than in other
parts. Presumably the weight of the blood under normal conditions will not be of
very great importance due to the small difference in height between the hilum and
the apex of the lung, especially as this only exists in the erect posture. However I
believe that if the total quantity of blood is reduced and there is incomplete filling
of the vessels in the smaller circulation, the apex will be particularly affected, espe-
cially if the heart’s action is reduced and the blood pressure is low. That an existing
anemia as such contributes to a disposition for tuberculosis is suggested by the fact
(which cannot be disregarded) that a relative very high percentage of those individu-
als with a stenosis of the lung arteries die from tuberculosis.
Note that he argued that gravity would not have great importance under
normal conditions, but he was clearly aware of the possible influence of the
weight of the blood in determining its distribution. It is interesting that he empha-
sized that the effects of gravity would be seen more clearly when the ‘‘blood
pressure is low’’ (he presumably meant the pressure in the pulmonary circula-
tion). This is precisely what is seen in animal preparations where the pulmonary
artery pressure can be controlled and reduced (2). Orth also argued that pulmo-
nary stenosis (which he knew increased the risk of pulmonary tuberculosis) would
reduce blood flow to the apex of the lung, and subsequent measurements in pa-
tients with the tetralogy of Fallot have confirmed this (3).
Some 60 years later, the first measurements of right ventricular pressures in
humans were reported by Cournand et al. (4) using the new technique of cardiac
catheterization. William Dock (5) became aware of these data and argued that
the pulmonary artery pressure might not be sufficient to raise blood to the top
of the lung (Fig. 2). He reasoned that the reduced blood flow would impair the
Historical Introduction 3
defenses of the lung to infection by the tubercle bacillus. Dock also made an
additional remarkable prediction. He knew that the incidence of adult pulmonary
tuberculosis was slightly greater in the right lung compared with the left, and
therefore argued that the blood flow to the right apex would be less than that on
the left side. Subsequent measurements with radioactive carbon dioxide con-
firmed this prediction in normal subjects (3), the reason presumably being the
slight inclination of the main pulmonary artery trunk to the left, which therefore
preferentially distributes blood flow to the left lung. Dock also referred to the
4 West
Figure 2 Diagram from Dock (5) in which he suggested that the pulmonary artery pres-
sure would not be sufficient to raise blood to the top of the upright human lung. The two
broken lines marked C indicate the extent to which the blood would rise based on the
right ventricular pressure tracing shown in the inset (lower left). He used a reference point
in the middle of the right ventricle indicated by the horizontal line. Note that he also
thought that the blood flow to the apex of the right lung would be less than that of the
left. (From Ref. 5.)
Figure 3 Composite of diagrams from the article by Rothlin and Undritz (6) where they
pointed out that tuberculosis affects the upper parts of the lungs and kidneys, even in the
bat, which spends most of its life upside down. They also claimed that the disease occurs
in the upper part of the human brain. (From Ref. 6.)
Evidence that gravity caused regional differences of blood flow and gas exchange
was obtained by passing catheters into different regions of the lung and analyzing
the gas that was withdrawn. Martin et al. (7), for example, passed fine catheters
into individual lobes of the lungs of human subjects who were seated upright,
and showed that the respiratory exchange ratio was higher in the upper lobes
than in the lower. As already stated, this results from the higher ventilation–
perfusion ratio in the upper regions of the lung, primarily because the blood flow
there is so low. Mattson and Carlens (8) used a special bronchospirometry cathe-
ter that allowed them to separate the gas exhaled from the right upper lobe from
that exhaled from the rest of the right lung, and they showed a very low oxygen
uptake in the right upper lobe that increased when the subject lay supine. Rahn
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