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Pharmaceutical Inhalation
Aerosol Technology
DRUGS AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
A Series of Textbooks and Monographs
Generic Drug Product Development: Solid Oral Dosage Forms, Second Edition,
edited by Leon Shargel and Isadore Kanfer
Edited by
Anthony J. Hickey
Sandro R.P. da Rocha
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Preface ...................................................................................................................................................... ix
Editors ....................................................................................................................................................... xi
Contributors ............................................................................................................................................xiii
1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1
Anthony J. Hickey and Sandro R.P. da Rocha
Section I Discovery
2. Physiology of the Airways ................................................................................................................ 5
Anthony J. Hickey and David C. Thompson
v
vi Contents
Section VI Devices
18. Pressurized Metered-Dose Inhalers ........................................................................................... 427
Sandro R.P. da Rocha, Balaji Bharatwaj, Rodrigo S. Heyder, and Lin Yang
26. Pharmacopeial and Regulatory Guidances on Product Quality and Performance .............. 601
Anthony J. Hickey
Index .......................................................................................................................................................721
Preface
Two previous editions of the book Pharmaceutical Inhalation Aerosol Technology (PhIAT) were pub-
lished in 1993 and 2004. The first edition appeared at a time when few books on aerosol technology were
available, notably those of WC Hinds (Aerosol Technology, Wiley) and PC Reist (Introduction to Aerosol
Science) that had only been available for a decade. There were few general texts on medical aerosols, and
those were in specialized areas, notably several volumes by Stephen Newman. With this background, the
original PhIAT book was intended to broadly cover all aspects of the field from lung biology (pharmacol-
ogy, physiology, and anatomy) to drug product manufacturing, performance, and clinical applications. In
the intervening decades many new volumes have appeared and much more has been published on aerosol
physics, formulation and device development, and therapeutic strategies, supported by the commercial-
ization of many new drug products.
This edition of PhIAT not only provides an update on many topics addressed in the 2nd edition, but
also expands the “technology” focus of the original volumes to address the title more directly. Since the
major purpose of any book should be its utility to the reader, it is logical to look at the topic from the
perspective of clear unmet needs. The new text covers all aspects of product development and manu-
facturing encompassing the important areas of preformulation, formulation, device selection, and drug
product evaluation. In order to expand the scope to consider previously unaddressed aspects of phar-
maceutical inhalation aerosol technology, considerations of the patient interface have been restricted to
those aspects of aerosol delivery, lung deposition, and clearance that are used as measures of effective
dose delivery.
The introduction of Dr. Sandro da Rocha as co-editor of the new edition reflects the intention to bring
engineering principles to bear on this important topic and to stress the importance of pharmaceutical
engineering as a foundational element of all inhaler products and their application to pulmonary drug
delivery.
We are grateful to the publishing staff, in particular, Hilary LaFoe and Jessica Poile for their assis-
tance in navigating the manuscript through the process.
This book is dedicated in memory of Professor Paul Myrdal, outstanding scientist, educator, family
man, and friend. He is missed by all.
Anthony J. Hickey
Chapel Hill, NC
Sandro R.P. da Rocha
Richmond, VA
September 2018
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Editors
Anthony J. Hickey is Distinguished RTI Fellow at the Research Triangle Institute, Emeritus Professor
of Molecular Pharmaceutics of the Eshelman School of Pharmacy (2010–present, Professor 1993–2010),
and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Medicine at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He obtained PhD (1984) and DSc (2003) degrees in Pharmaceutical
Sciences from Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Following postdoctoral positions, at
the University of Kentucky (1984–1988), Dr. Hickey joined the faculty at the University of Illinois
at Chicago (1988–1993). In 1990 he received the AAPS Young Investigator Award in Pharmaceutics
and Pharmaceutical Technology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (2000), the American
Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (2003), the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (2005), and the Royal Society of Biology (2017). He received the Research Achievement Award
of the Particulate Presentations and Design Division of the Powder Technology Society of Japan (2012),
the Distinguished Scientist Award of the American Association of Indian Pharmaceutical Scientists
(2013); the David W. Grant Award in Physical Pharmacy of the American Association of Pharmaceutical
Scientists (2015); Thomas T. Mercer Joint Prize for Excellence in Inhaled Medicines and Pharmaceutical
Aerosols of the American Association for Aerosol Research and the International Society for Aerosols in
Medicine (2017). He has published numerous papers and chapters (over 250) in the pharmaceutical and
biomedical literature, one of which received the AAPS Meritorious Manuscript Award in 2001. He has
edited five texts on pharmaceutical inhalation aerosols and co-authored three others on “pharmaceutical
process engineering,” “pharmaceutical particulate science,” and “pharmaco-complexity.” He holds 25
United States patents on a variety of inhaler device technologies, pulmonary, and oral drug delivery
formulation technologies. He is founder (1997, and formerly President and CEO, 1997–2013) of Cirrus
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which was acquired by Kemwell Pharma in 2013; founder (2001, and formerly
CSO, 2002–2007) of Oriel Therapeutics, Inc, which was acquired by Sandoz in 2010; founder and CEO
of Astartein, Inc. (2013–present); member of the Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms Expert Committee of the
United States Pharmacopeia (USP, 2010–2015, Chair of the Sub-committee on Aerosols); and formerly
Chair of the Aerosols Expert Committee of the USP (2005–2010). Dr. Hickey conducts a multidisci-
plinary research program in the field of pulmonary drug and vaccine delivery for treatment and prevention
of a variety of diseases.
Sandro R.P. da Rocha is a full professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics in the School of Pharmacy
and director for Pharmaceutical Engineering—School of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth
University (VCU). He also holds a joint appointment in Chemical and Life Science Engineering and
is a full member of the Massey Cancer Center at VCU. He obtained his BSc and MSc in Chemical
Engineering at USFM and UFSC, respectively, in Brazil, and a PhD in 2000 from the University of Texas
at Austin in Chemical Engineering. After a postdoctoral position in Chemistry and Biochemistry also at
the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. da Rocha joined the faculty at Wayne State University in Detroit,
MI, where he worked until 2015. Professor da Rocha has contributed extensively to the area of pulmonary
drug delivery, particularly through the development of novel pressurized metered dose inhaler formula-
tions and of nanotherapeutics for pulmonary drug delivery, both areas having potential applications in
the treatment of a variety of pulmonary disorders. Professor da Rocha has received numerous awards and
recognition for his work, including visiting appointments at foreign institutions where he has developed
collaborative efforts and taught in the area of nanomedicine and pulmonary drug delivery. Professor
da Rocha has delivered a number of lectures nationally and internationally in the area of pulmonary
nanotherapeutics and has written manuscripts and book chapters with his collaborators that include
visiting faculty, postdoctoral fellows, PhD, undergraduate, graduate, and high-school students, who now
hold key positions in the industry, academia, and government in various areas including pulmonary
pharmaceutics.
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Contributors
xiii
xiv Contributors
Stephen T. Horhota
BIND Therapeutics Michelle P. McIntosh
Westford, Massachusetts Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Justus C. Horstmann
Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Bernice Mei Jin Tan
Research Saarland (HIPS) Department of Pharmacy
Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) National University of Singapore
Saarland University Singapore
Saarbrücken, Germany
and Olivia M. Merkel
Department of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy
Saarland University Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Saarbrücken, Germany Munich, Germany
Jibriil P. Ibrahim
Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Jolyon Mitchell
Parkville, Victoria, Australia Inhaler Consulting Services Inc.
London, Ontario, Canada
Mary E. Krause and
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Co. Affiliate Professor
New York City, New York University of Hawai’i, College of Pharmacy
Hilo, Hawai’i
Philip Chi Lip Kwok
Sydney Pharmacy School Beth Morgan
Faculty of Medicine and Health AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
The University of Sydney Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Ajit S. Narang
David Lechuga-Ballesteros Small Molecule Pharmaceutical Sciences
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP Genentech, Inc.
South San Francisco, California San Francisco, California
Claus-Michael Lehr
Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Steven C. Nichols
Research Saarland (HIPS) Director
Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) OINDP Consultancy
Saarland University Rugby, Warwichshire, UK
Saarbrücken, Germany
and Narsimha R. Penthala
Department of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Saarland University University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Saarbrücken, Germany Little Rock, Arkansas
xvi Contributors
A number of outstanding texts on foundational elements of the topics discussed in this book exist, and
the reader is encouraged to familiarize themselves with these materials, as they describe basic principles
(Finlay, 2001), specific (Purewal and Grant, 1997, Srichana, 2016 and Zeng et al, 2000) and general dos-
age forms (Colombo et al., 2013, Hickey, 2007, Newman, 2009, Smyth and Hickey, 2011), and analytical
methods (Tougas et al., 2013).
The advances in pharmaceutical inhalation aerosol technology occurring since the turn of the mil-
lennium have increased the potential of pulmonary drug delivery substantially. While some of the new
developments had their origins in earlier work, we have seen the appearance of new propellants and new
regulations considering the phase out of what we still consider new propellants, new dry powder inhalers,
nebulizers, and a new category of product, soft mist inhalers.
In parallel with these new products, the breadth of application has increased to include the treatment
of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a range of infectious diseases, diabetes, idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis, and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pre-clinical studies and clinical trials covering yet a range
of other potential applications of orally inhaled products include the use of a broader range of biologics
and also nanomaterials that may help further advance the pulmonary drug delivery market.
Successful aerosol therapy has given research and development a boost, and the prospects of even
greater opportunities for disease management is emerging from patient compliance, adherence tools, and
new classes of drugs for local and systemic delivery through the lungs.
This text is focused on the active pharmaceutical ingredient, formulation development, device design,
process and product engineering, and analytical methods to assess critical quality attributes underpin-
ning safe and efficacious dosage forms.
Figure 1.1 depicts the sequence in which these topics will be presented, which follows the product
development pathway. The conclusion of the volume is a discussion of bioequivalence testing and the
interface between the dosage form and the patient. This reflects the point at which design and engineering
controls, which are embedded in a regulated environment of quality by design, give way to biological
factors.
It is intended that the materials covered in subsequent sections familiarize the reader with the underly-
ing science and engineering associated with the design and characterization of complex dosage forms
required to deliver orally inhaled aerosols. The platform of knowledge will be useful in considering
options for specific applications and is a point from which to launch new technologies that will frame
future developments in the field as described in a companion text (Hickey and Mansour, in press).
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Colombo P, Traini D, Buttini F. Inhaled Drug Delivery: Techniques and Products. New York: Wiley-Blackwell;
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Finlay W. The Mechanics of Inhaled Pharmaceutical Aerosols: An Introduction. New York: Academic Press;
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Hickey A. Inhalation Aerosols, Physical and Biological Basis for Therapy. 2nd ed. New York: Informa
Healthcare; 2007.
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Edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; in press.
Newman S. Respiratory Drug Delivery: Essential Theory and Practice. Richmond, VA: RDD Online; 2009.
Purewal T, Grant D. Metered Dose Inhaler Technology. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 1997.
Smyth H, Hickey A. Controlled Pulmonary Drug Delivery. New York: Springer; 2011.
Srichana T. Dry Powder Inhalers: Formulation, Device and Characterization. Hauppauge, NJ: Nova Science
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Zeng X, Martin G, Marriott C. Particulate Interactions in Dry Powder Formulations for Inhalation.
New York: CRC Press; 2000.
Section I
Discovery
2
Physiology of the Airways
CONTENTS
2.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Anatomy of the Airways .................................................................................................................. 6
2.2.1 Structure .............................................................................................................................. 6
2.2.1.1 Epithelium ............................................................................................................ 8
2.2.1.2 Smooth Muscle Cells ........................................................................................... 9
2.2.1.3 Gland Cells........................................................................................................... 9
2.2.1.4 Nerves ................................................................................................................ 10
2.2.1.5 Defensive Cells ...................................................................................................11
2.2.1.6 Blood Supply ...................................................................................................... 12
2.2.2 Zones of the Airways .........................................................................................................14
2.2.2.1 Conducting Zone.................................................................................................14
2.2.2.2 Respiratory Zone ................................................................................................14
2.3 Function of the Airways ................................................................................................................. 15
2.3.1 Gas Exchange .................................................................................................................... 15
2.3.2 Acid-Base Balance ............................................................................................................ 15
2.3.3 Endocrine............................................................................................................................16
2.3.4 Metabolism .........................................................................................................................16
2.4 Evaluation of Airway Physiology and Function .............................................................................17
2.4.1 Measures of Pulmonary Volumes ......................................................................................17
2.4.2 Measures of Airway Caliber ..............................................................................................18
2.4.2.1 Peak Flow Measurements .................................................................................. 19
2.4.2.2 Forced Expiratory Flow Measurements ............................................................ 19
2.4.2.3 Airways Resistance and Dynamic Lung Compliance ....................................... 19
2.5 Aerosol Deposition and Airway Physiology .................................................................................. 20
2.6 Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................... 22
References ................................................................................................................................................ 23
2.1 Introduction
The airways represent a unique organ system in the body, their structure allowing air to come into close
contact with blood, is one of the principal adaptions permitting the existence of terrestrial life. This
adaptation also makes the airways a useful route of administration of drugs in the inhaled or aerosol
form. This chapter provides an overview of the physiology of the airways excluding that of the nasopha-
ryngeal regions of the airways. Aspects considered relevant to the practical and theoretical application
of inhaled substances are emphasized.
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2.2.1 Structure
The airways are often described as the pulmonary tree in that their overall form resembles a tree. The tree
trunk is analogous to the trachea of the airways that bifurcates to form main bronchi. These divide to form
smaller bronchi that lead to individual lung lobes: three lobes on the right side and two on the left side. Inside
each lobe, the bronchi undergo further divisions to form new generations of smaller caliber airways: the
bronchioles. This process continues through the terminal bronchioles (the smallest airway not involved with
an alveolus), the respiratory bronchioles (which exhibit alveoli protruding from their walls), alveolar ducts,
and terminates with the alveolar sacs. In the classic model of the airways, as described by Weibel (1963),
each airway divides to form two smaller “daughter” airways (Figure 2.1), and, as a result, the number of
airways at each generation is double that of the previous generation. The model proposes the existence of
24 airway generations in total, with the trachea being generation 0 and the alveolar sacs being generation 23.
In passing from the trachea to the alveolar sac, two physical changes occur in the airways that are
important in influencing airway function. Firstly, the airway caliber decreases with increasing generations,
for example, tracheal diameter ≈ 1.8 cm versus alveolar diameter ≈ 0.04 cm (Figure 2.2). This permits
FIGURE 2.1 Model of airway. (With kind permission from Taylor & Francis: Morphometry of the Human Lung, Berlin,
Germany, Springer-Verlag, 1963, Weibel, E.)
Physiology of the Airways 7
FIGURE 2.2 Graph of airway diameter and cross-sectional are as a function of airway generation.
adequate penetration of air to the lower airways for a given expansion of the lungs. Secondly, the surface
area of the airways increases with each generation to the extent that the total area at the level of the human
alveolus is in the order of 140 m2 (Gehr et al., 1978). The alveolus is the principal site of gas exchange in
the airways, a function compatible with the increased surface area that promotes extensive and efficient
diffusional gas exchange between the alveolar space and the blood in alveolar capillaries (vide infra). The
relatively small change in cross-sectional area that occurs over the 19 generations of airways between the
trachea and the terminal bronchiole (from 2.5 cm2 to 180 cm2) (Bouhuys, 1974) fosters the rapid, bulk flow
of inspired air down to the terminal bronchiole. By contrast, the cross-sectional area increases greatly in
the four generations between the terminal bronchiole and the alveolar sac (from 180 cm2 to 10,000 cm2)
(Bouhuys, 1974), which results in a significant decrease in the velocity of airflow to the extent that the flow
velocity fails to exceed that of diffusing oxygen molecules (Weibel, 1984). Accordingly, diffusion assumes
a greater role in determining the movement of gases in these peripheral airways.
The various levels of the airways may be categorized functionally as being either conducting or respi-
ratory airways. Those airways not participating in gas exchange constitute the conducting zone of the
airways and extend from the trachea to the terminal bronchioles. This region is the principal site of airway
obstruction in obstructive lung diseases, such as asthma. The respiratory zone includes airways involved
with gas exchange and comprises respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveolar sacs. As such, con-
ducting and respiratory zones of the airways may be distinguished simply by the absence or presence of
alveolar pockets (which confer gas exchange function). Regions within each zone may be classified further
on a histological basis. For example, the contribution of cartilage to the airway wall is one means of dif-
ferentiating the trachea from bronchi and bronchioles because cartilage exists as incomplete rings in the
trachea, regresses to irregularly shaped plates in bronchi, and is absent from bronchioles. Also, respiratory
bronchioles may be discriminated from terminal bronchioles by the presence of associated alveoli.
Other histological changes are evident downward throughout the pulmonary tree, and the cellular
profile of each region has distinctive effect on functional aspects of the airways under physiological and
pathophysiological conditions.
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2.2.1.1 Epithelium
The epithelium of the airways is a continuous sheet of cells lining the lumenal surface of the airways.
It separates the internal environment of the body (i.e. subepithelial structures) from the external envi-
ronment (i.e. airway lumen). The lumenal surface of the epithelium is, therefore, exposed to inhaled
substances, such as gases, particulates, or aerosols. Connecting adjacent epithelial cells are specialized
tight junctional processes (Inoue and Hogg, 1974; Williams, 1990) that limit the penetration of inhaled
substances by the intercellular route of administration. Under normal or physiological conditions, larger
molecules must past through the epithelial cell. Therefore, the epithelium serves the important function of
limiting access of inhaled substances to the internal environment of the body. Under pathophysiological
conditions, the epithelium may be damaged, enhancing penetration of substances present in the airway
lumen (Godfrey, 1997).
The airway epithelium comprises a variety of cell types (Table 2.1), the distribution of which confers
different functions on the airways region. The lumenal surface of the airways are lined by ciliated cells
from the trachea to the terminal bronchus. Mucus, a viscous fluid containing mucin glycoproteins and
proteoglycans, floats on a watery layer of periciliary fluid (or sol) and covers the lumenal surface of the
epithelium. The secretions fulfill four important functions. Firstly, it protects the epithelium from becom-
ing dehydrated. Secondly, the water in the mucus promotes saturation of inhaled air. Thirdly, the mucus
contains antibacterial proteins and peptides, such as defensins and lysozyme that suppress microbial colo-
nization of the airways (Finkbeiner, 1999; Schutte and McCray, 2002). Fourthly, the mucus is involved
in airway protection from inhaled xenobiotics or chemicals. Coordinated beating of the epithelial cilia
propels the blanket of mucus towards the upper airways and pharynx where the mucus may either be swal-
lowed or ejected. The rate of mucus propulsion varies according to the airway region such that movement
in the smaller airways is slower than in the larger airways, a situation that arises from the proportionally
larger number of ciliated cells in the larger airways and the higher ciliary beat frequency in the larger
airways (Gail and L’enfant, 1983). Syllogistically, this process is advantageous, given that many small
airways converge on the larger, more central airways whose mucus clearance rate would have to be greater
to accommodate the large volumes of mucus being delivered by the smaller distal airways. This process of
TABLE 2.1
Cells of the Airway Epithelium
Cell Putative Function
Ciliated columnar Mucus movement
Mucous (goblet) Mucus secretion
Serous Periciliary fluid; mucus secretion
Clara (nonciliated epithelial) Xenobiotic metabolism; surfactant
production
Brush Transitional form of ciliated epithelial cell
Basal Progenitor for ciliated epithelial and goblet
cells
Dendritic Immunity
Intermediate Transitional cell in differentiation of basal
cell
Neuroendocrine (Kultschitsky or APUD) Chemoreceptor; paracrine function
Alveolar type I Alveolar gas exchange
Alveolar type II Surfactant secretion; differentiation into
type I cell
Alveolar macrophage Pulmonary defense
Mast Immunoregulation
Sources: Holt, P. et al., Clin. Exp. Allergy, 19, 597–601, 1989; Jeffrey, P., Am. Rev. Respir.
Dis., 128, S14–S20, 1983; Scheuermann, D., Microsc. Res. Tech., 37, 31–42, 1997.
Physiology of the Airways 9
the movement of mucus up the pulmonary tree, known as the mucociliary escalator, serves the defensive
function of clearing inhaled particles that become trapped in the mucus from the lung.
The significance of mucus trapping of aerosolized particles is emphasized by the fact that radiola-
beled aerosols have been used in the measurement of mucociliary transport (Morrow, 1973). Coughing
increases clearance of mucus from the airways, which rapidly propels the mucus towards the pharynx.
Failure to clear mucus from the airways resulting from ciliary dysfunction or mucus hypersecretion
(as may occur in cystic fibrosis or chronic bronchitis) can result in airway obstruction and infection. Such
a situation may adversely affect the therapeutic activity of an inhaled drug by increasing the thickness
of the mucus layer through which the drug must diffuse to reach its site of action and retard penetration
of the aerosolized particles throughout the airways resulting from mucus plugging of the airway lumen.
Goblet cells (and mucous glands) are not present in airways distal to the bronchi (Tyler, 1983), and,
therefore, a mucus layer does not line the peripheral airways.
Alveolar type I cells represent the principal cell type lining the lumenal surface of the alveoli (Crapo
et al., 1983; Gail and L’enfant, 1983), and it is through these cells that gases must diffuse for oxygen and
carbon dioxide exchange to occur with blood in the pulmonary capillaries. Alveolar type II cells are also
present in the alveoli. Cuboidal in nature, these cells possess microvilli and serve the important func-
tion of secreting surfactant (Gail and L’enfant, 1983), a mixture of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids
essential in reducing alveolar surface tension, which diminishes the work of alveolar expansion during
inspiration. In addition, type II cells serve as progenitor cells in the regeneration of the alveolar epithe-
lium. For example, type II cells differentiate into type I cells after type I cell damage (Gail and L’enfant,
1983; Voelker and Mason, 1989).
Epithelium of the central and peripheral airways have the capacity to produce and release pro-inflammatory
mediators, such as arachidonic acid metabolites, nitric oxide, cytokines, and growth factors, and thereby
modulate the progression of airway diseases (Mills et al., 1999). In addition, substances released from central
airway epithelium can influence the ability of adjacent smooth muscle to contract (Spina, 1998).
2.2.1.4 Nerves
In the central nervous system regulation of airway function, afferent and efferent nerves serving sensory
and effector functions, respectively, innervate the airways (Table 2.2, Figure 2.3) (Widdicombe, 2001).
Slowly adapting receptors (or pulmonary stretch receptors) are located in the smooth muscle of the central
airways (trachea to larger bronchi), respond to airway stretch, and are thought to be involved in the reflex
control of ventilatory drive. Rapidly adapting receptors (or irritant receptors) ramify within the epithe-
lium of the central airways and are sensitive to chemical or irritant stimuli (e.g. inflammatory mediators),
mechanical stimuli, and interstitial edema. Activation of these receptors results in an increase in the rate
or depth of breathing and in bronchoconstriction mediated through a central nervous system reflex in
efferent cholinergic nerve activity. Inhalation of foreign substances, such as particulates, can activate
these receptors to elicit reflex bronchoconstriction. Afferent C-fibers are tachykinin-containing nerves
that ramify within the epithelium and between smooth muscle cells (Lundberg et al., 1984). Chemical
(e.g. inflammatory mediators), particulate, and mechanical stimuli activate afferent C-fibers to cause
rapid, shallow breathing or apnoea and to evoke central reflex bronchoconstriction through increased
efferent cholinergic nerve activity (Coleridge and Coleridge, 1984; Widdicombe, 2001).
Under conditions of cholinoceptor blockade, central reflex bronchodilation through activation of effer-
ent nonadrenergic noncholinergic nerves may be observed (Michoud et al., 1088). Stimulation of afferent
C-fibers can result in the release of tachykinins at the site of stimulation and alter airway function inde-
pendently of the central nervous system, e.g. by inducing mucosal edema (McDonald et al., 1996). These
nerves are thought to be important sensory modalities for conveying retrosternal discomfort induced
by inhaled irritants. Neuroepithelial bodies are located in the epithelium of the central airways and are
intimately associated with the endings of nerves, which are primarily afferent in nature (McDonald
et al., 1996; Widdicombe, 2001). Each neuroepithelial body comprises groups of neuroendocrine cells
that contain biogenic amines, such as serotonin, and peptides, such as calcitonin gene-related peptide
(cGRP) (Cutz and Jackson, 1999). Hypoxia induces the release of these biologically active substances
which can then activate the sensory nerve endings to elicit a central reflex or act locally on adjacent
tissues, such as blood vessels or airway smooth muscle (Cutz and Jackson, 1999; Widdicombe, 2001).
Cholinergic nerves are carried to the airways in the vagus nerve and innervate airway smooth muscle
and submucosal glands. The neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, released from cholinergic nerves promotes
bronchoconstriction (Widdicombe, 1963) and mucus secretion (Baker et al., 1985; Ueki et al., 1980).
Nonadrenergic noncholinergic inhibitory nerves, also carried in the vagus nerve, are the sole bronchodi-
lator innervation of airway smooth muscle (Diamond and Altiere, 1989). These nerves may also inhibit
airway mucus secretion (Rogers, 2000). Adrenergic nerves do not innervate human airway smooth mus-
cle (Richardson, 1977) and have little effect on mucus secretion in human airways (Baker et al., 1985;
Richardson, 1977).
TABLE 2.2
Innervation of the Airways
Nerve Type Putative Function
Afferent
slowly adapting receptor (pulmonary stretch receptor) Breuer-Hering reflex (inhibition of inspiration;
prolongation of expiration)
Rapidly adapting receptor Responds to airway irritants, mechanical
stimuli, Interstitial edema
C-fibers Responds to airway irritants, mechanical stimuli
Neuroepithelial body Responds to hypoxia
Efferent
Adrenergic Vasoconstriction
Cholinergic Bronchoconstriction, mucus secretion
Nonadrenergic noncholinergic inhibitory Bronchodilation, mucus secretion
Physiology of the Airways 11
FIGURE 2.3 Role of afferent and efferent nerves in altering airway function. Stimulation of afferent (or sensory) nerves,
such as afferent C-fibers, rapidly adapting receptors, or slowly adapting receptors, results in an increase in electrical
impulse traffic to the central nervous system. Depending on the afferent nerve activated, processing and integration in
the central nervous system may result in an increase in the activity of: (1) efferent motor nerves governing muscles that
regulate breathing (i.e. affect the rate and depth of ventilation) or (2) efferent autonomic nerves, such as cholinergic and
nonadrenergic noncholinergic inhibitory nerves, that modify mucus secretion or airway caliber through changes in smooth
muscle tone. Afferent C-fibers may also serve an efferent function insofar as impulses can spread throughout the C-fiber
network from the size of C-fiber stimulation to result in the release of tachykinins (such as substance P and neurokinin A).
These released substances may then act on blood vessels to increase permeability or on smooth muscle to increase vascular
permeability and elicit bronchoconstriction, respectively.
tryptase activates protease-activated receptors, leading a variety of unanticipated biological actions, such
as induction of airway smooth muscle proliferation (Abraham, 2002; Cocks and Moffatt, 2001). Mast
cells serve an important role in the response of the airways to challenge by antigens (or allergens).
FIGURE 2.4 Cardiovascular system in the body. Oxygen diffuses from the oxygen-rich environment of the alveolus into
the deoxygenated blood of the pulmonary circulation. The newly oxygenated blood returns by the pulmonary vein to the
left atrium and ventricle: contraction of the latter provides the driving force for circulation of oxygen-rich blood to the
organs and tissues of the body. Cells of the body use oxygen for energy-producing processes that result in the formation of
carbon dioxide. Depleted of oxygen and richer in carbon dioxide, blood leaving the tissues returns by the venous circulation
to the right atrium. The right ventricle pumps the carbon dioxide-rich blood into the pulmonary circulation from whence
the carbon dioxide may diffuse into the alveolus. Arrows indicate the direction of blood flow.
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BYRON AND WORDSWORTH
Now republished for the first time. See Mr. W. C. Hazlitt’s
Memoirs, etc. I. xxix.
PAG
E Lord Byron’s haste, etc. See Leigh Hunt’s Lord Byron and his
328. Contemporaries, I. 77.
‘A cure,’ etc. Cf. Reflections on the Revolution in France
(Select Works, ed. Payne, II. 164).
329. ‘Ah! voila,’ etc. Confessions, Part I. Liv. VI.
‘Slow,’ etc. Cf. As You Like It, Act II. Sc. 7.
Note. Ada Reis; a Tale, by Lady Caroline Lamb (1785–1828),
published in 1823.
ON CANT AND HYPOCRISY
This essay and the next were published with some omissions in
Sketches and Essays.
PAG
E ‘If to do,’ etc. The Merchant of Venice, Act I. Sc. 2.
330. Curl. Edmund Curll (1675–1747).
PAG
E ‘Daffodils,’ etc. A Winter’s Tale, Act IV. Sc. 4.
339. ‘That fine madness,’ etc. Cf. Drayton, Elegy, To Henry
340. Reynolds, Esq.
PAG
E Barrow. Cf. ante, p. 266, where Hume is said to have
346. borrowed from South.
347. ‘More was meant,’ etc. Cf. Il Penseroso, 120.
348. Dr. Dodd. William Dodd (1729–1777), executed for forgery in
1777. His Thoughts in Prison appeared in the same year.
PETER PINDAR
Now republished for the first time.
PAG
E ‘That which is,’ etc. Cf. Twelfth Night, Act IV. Sc. 2. The
351. mistake of ‘Cophetua’ for ‘Gorboduc’ is made elsewhere by
Hazlitt.
332. ‘Over shoes, over boots.’ Cf. The Two Gentlemen of Verona,
Act I. Sc. 1.
THE LATE MR. CURRAN
Now republished for the first time.
PAG
E ‘Our withers,’ etc. Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 2.
355.
‘Married a highwayman,’ etc. The Beggar’s Opera, I. 1.
‘The story of Miss ——,’ etc. Cf. vol. XI. (Fugitive Writings), p.
383 note.
356. Mr. C——. Henry Colburn presumably.
THE LATE DR. PRIESTLEY
Now republished for the first time.
357. ‘His body thought.’ Cf. Donne, An Anatomy of the World, The
Second Anniversary, 245–6.
358. Controversy with Dr. Price. Published in 1778.
‘Dazzling,’ etc. Cf. Comus, 791.
359. ‘Anthropagi,’ etc. Cf. Othello, Act I. Sc. 3.
‘Nay, an you mouth,’ etc. Cf. Hamlet, Act V. Sc. 1.
‘None but a Cobbett,’ etc. See Cobbett’s Observations on
Priestley’s Emigration (Selections, etc. I. 15, et seq.).
SECTS AND PARTIES
Now republished for the first time.
PAG
E That old Mother W. It is not clear to what figure Northcote
364. refers. The procuress in The Harlot’s Progress (Plate I.) was
the notorious Mother Needham who died in 1731.
Fielding has tried, etc. Tom Jones, Book IV. chap. ii.
That remark of his. Cf. ante, p. 268, and vol. VIII. p. 442.
‘With her pie-dish,’ etc. Hazlitt’s phrase. See vol. VIII. p. 137.
367. The ‘Possessed Boy.’ A fresco in the chapel of San Nilo, Grotta
Ferrata. The drawing from this fresco was presumably by
John Bryant Lane (1788–1868), who spent ten years in
Rome (1817–1827).
The late Edinburgh murders. See ante, p. 353 and note.
The group at Ambrose’s. See Wilson’s Noctes Ambrosianæ.
368. One of his tales. Crabbe’s tale ‘The Confidant,’ upon which
Lamb founded The Wife’s Trial; or, the Intruding Widow,
published in Blackwood, 1828.
Tam O’Shanter. Statues of Tam O’Shanter and Souter
Johnny, by Thoms, were exhibited in London in 1829.
Ducrow. Andrew Ducrow (1793–1842), the equestrian
performer.
CONVERSATIONS AS GOOD AS REAL (2)
PAG
E It was merely a fashion, etc. See Byron’s letter to Murray on
372. Bowles and Pope (Letters, etc., ed. Prothero, V. 553 and
note).
‘Procrastination,’ etc. Young, Night Thoughts, I. 393.
375. ‘Ears polite.’ Pope, Moral Essays, IV. 150.
‘Inconstant moon.’ Romeo and Juliet, II. 2.
COMMON SENSE
Now republished for the first time.
PAG
E
‘Its price,’ etc. Cf. Job xxviii. 18.
377. ‘Fairly worth the seven.’ Pope, Moral Essays, IV. 44.
381. ‘Envy,’ etc. Cf. ‘From envy, hatred, and malice, and all
uncharitableness.’ The Litany.
383. ‘Root of the matter.’ Job xix. 28.
‘Their hearts,’ etc. Cf. S. Luke xxiv. 32.
‘A coil and pudder.’ See ante, notes to pp. 309 and 335.
Mr. Taylor’s discourses. Robert Taylor (1784–1844), the
notorious deistical clergyman, who, early in 1828, had been
sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for a blasphemous
discourse.
The Duke of Newcastle. The fourth Duke (1785–1851), a
violent opponent of Catholic Emancipation passed by
Wellington’s ministry in 1829.
‘Strange,’ etc. Byrom, On the Feuds between Handel and
Bononcini.
384. ‘Like a thick scarf,’ etc. See ante, note to p. 82.
‘Whose edge,’ etc. Cymbeline, Act III. Sc. 4.
‘Of whatsoe’er descent,’ etc. Dryden, Absalom and
Achitophel, I. 100–3.
ENVY
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