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Adapting the Aerogen Mesh Nebulizer for Dried Aerosol Exposures Using the PreciseInhale Platform.

Abstract：

: Background: Many substances used in inhalation research are water soluble and can be administered as nebulized solutions. Typical examples are therapeutic, small-molecular agents, or macromolecules. Another category is a number of water-soluble agents used for airway diagnostics or disease modeling. Mesh nebulizers have facilitated well-controlled liquid aerosol exposures. Meanwhile, a benchtop inhalation platform, PreciseInhale, was developed for providing small-scale, well-controlled aerosol exposures in preclinical configurations. The purpose of the current research was to adapt the Aerogen mesh nebulizer to work within the PreciseInhale system for both cell culture and rodent exposures. Methods: The wet aerosols produced with the Aerogen Pro nebulizer were dried out in an aerosol holding chamber by supplying dry carrier air, which was provided by passing the incoming ambient air through a column with silica gel. The nebulizer was installed in an aerosol holding chamber between an upstream flow-rate pneumotach and a downstream aerosol monitor. By pulsing, the nebulizer output was reduced to 1%-10% of continuous operation to better match the exposure ventilation requirements. Additional drying was obtained by mantling the holding chamber with dried paper. Results and Conclusions: The nebulizer output was reduced to 3-30 μL/min and dried out before reaching the in vitro or in vivo exposure modules. Using solute concentrations in the range of 0.5%-2% (w/w), dried aerosols were produced with a mass median aerodynamic diameter of 1.5-2.0 μm, compared to the 4-5 μm droplets emitted by the nebulizer. Controlling the Aerogen nebulizer under a reduced output scheme within the PreciseInhale platform gave two major advantages: (i) by reducing aerosol output to better match exposure flow rates of single rodents, increased airway deposition yields were obtained in a range of 1%-10% relative to the nebulized amount of test substance and (ii) shrinking aerosol particle sizes through drying improved the peripheral lung deposition of test aerosols.

journal_name

J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv

journal_title

Journal of aerosol medicine and pulmonary drug delivery

authors

Gerde P,Nowenwik M,Sjöberg CO,Selg E

doi

10.1089/jamp.2019.1554

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-04-01 00:00:00

pages

116-126

issue

eissn

1941-2711

issn

1941-2703

journal_volume

pub_type

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Adapting the Aerogen Mesh Nebulizer for Dried Aerosol Exposures Using the PreciseInhale Platform.