Autoregulation of gastric blood flow and oxygen uptake

1981 ◽  
Vol 241 (2) ◽  
pp. G143-G149
Author(s):  
L. Holm-Rutili ◽  
M. A. Perry ◽  
D. N. Granger

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the ability of the stomach to autoregulate blood flow and oxygen uptake is altered by sympathetic denervation. Blood flow, oxygen extraction, local arterial pressure, and venous pressure were continuously monitored in sympathetically innervated and denervated autoperfused dog stomach preparations. As perfusion pressure was reduced in increments from 120 to 20 mmHg in innervated preparations, blood flow and oxygen uptake decreased while oxygen extraction and vascular resistance increased. Reductions in perfusion pressure in denervated preparations resulted in a decrease in blood flow, oxygen uptake, and vascular resistance, whereas oxygen extraction increased. The ability of the stomach to regulate blood flow and oxygen uptake was significantly improved after denervation, i.e., vascular resistance decreased and oxygen uptake remained relatively constant when arterial pressure was reduced. Oxygen uptake in denervated stomachs was generally higher than that in innervated stomachs. Autoregulation of gastric blood flow therefore appears to be improved by denervation. The better autoregulation observed after denervation may result either from a reduction in sympathetic tone and/or the increase in gastric oxygen demand.

1956 ◽  
Vol 184 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene W. Brickner ◽  
E. Grant Dowds ◽  
Bruce Willitts ◽  
Ewald E. Selkurt

The influence of hypercapnia on mesenteric blood flow was studied in dogs subjected to progressive increments in CO2 content of inspired air produced by rebreathing from a large spirometer. Oxygen content was maintained above 21 volumes %. Although some animals showed an initial tendency for mesenteric blood flow to decrease and arterial pressure to increase in the range 0–5 volumes % of CO2, the usual hemodynamic change in the range 5–16 volumes % was an increase in mesenteric blood flow resulting from decrease in intestinal vascular resistance, accompanied by a decline in arterial pressure. Portal venous pressure was progressively elevated. Heart rate slowed in association with an increase in pulse pressure. The observations suggest that in higher ranges of hypercapnia, CO2 has a direct dilating action on the mesenteric vasculature.


1992 ◽  
Vol 262 (3) ◽  
pp. H852-H861
Author(s):  
R. K. Minkes ◽  
J. A. Bellan ◽  
T. R. Higuera ◽  
P. J. Kadowitz

Cardiovascular and pulmonary responses to sarafotoxin (S) 6a and S6c were investigated in the anesthetized cat. Intravenous injections of the peptides in doses of 0.1-1.0 nmol/kg caused decreases or biphasic changes in arterial pressure (AP) and increases in central venous pressure, pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP), and cardiac output (CO). Secondary decreases in CO were observed in response to higher doses, and biphasic changes in systemic (SVR) and pulmonary (PVR) vascular resistances were observed. Under constant-flow conditions, the peptides only increased pulmonary lobar arterial perfusion pressure and lobar vascular resistance. AP responses to S6a, S6c, endothelin (ET)-1, ET-2, vasoactive intestinal contractor (VIC), and Lys7-ET-1 were similar, whereas AP responses to S6b and ET-3 were similar. S6a, S6b, S6c, ET-1, ET-2, ET-3, VIC, Lys7-ET-1, and big ET-1 increased PAP. S6a and S6c increased distal aortic and superior mesenteric arterial (SMA) blood flow and caused biphasic changes at the highest doses. Under constant-flow conditions, S6a and S6c produced dose-dependent biphasic changes in hindquarters perfusion pressure. Changes in SVR and PVR in response to the peptide were not affected by hexamethonium, glyburide, or meclofenamate, indicating that responses are independent of autonomic reflexes, activation of ATP-regulated K+ channels, or release of cyclooxygenase products. In contrast, N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester decreased hindquarters vasodilator response to S6a and S6c. The present data show that S6a and S6c produce both vasodilation and vasoconstriction in the systemic vascular bed and increase lobar vascular resistance and that hindquarters vasodilator responses are mediated, in part, by the release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor.


1980 ◽  
Vol 238 (6) ◽  
pp. G478-G484
Author(s):  
P. R. Kvietys ◽  
T. Miller ◽  
D. N. Granger

In a denervated autoperfused dog colon preparation, arterial perfusion pressure, venous outflow pressure, blood flow, and arteriovenous O2 difference were measured during graded arterial pressure alterations, arterial occlusion, venous pressure elevation, venous occlusion, and local intra-arterial infusion of adenosine. As perfusion pressure was reduced from 100 to 30 mmHg, colonic blood flow decreased and arteriovenous O2 difference increased. Although blood flow was not autoregulated O2 delivery was maintained within 10% of control between 70 to 100 mmHg and then decreased with further reduction in perfusion pressure. Arterial occlusion (15, 30, and 60 s) resulted in a postocclusion reactive hyperemia; the magnitude of the hyperemia was directly related to the duration of occlusion. Venous occlusion resulted in a postocclusion reactive hypoemia. Elevation of venous pressure from 0 to 20 mmHg increased vascular resistance, O2 extraction, and the capillary filtration coefficient, but decreased O2 delivery. Infusion of adenosine decreased vascular resistance and O2 extraction, but increased O2 delivery. These data suggest that both metabolic and myogenic mechanisms are involved in the control of colonic blood flow and oxygenation.


1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (2) ◽  
pp. G189-G193 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. T. Nowicki ◽  
C. E. Miller

The relationships among perfusion pressure, blood flow, and oxygen uptake were determined in in vitro ileal loops from 3- and 35-day-old swine. Arterial perfusion of the ileal loops was achieved using a reservoir perfusion apparatus that allowed direct manipulation of perfusion pressure. The hematocrit, partial pressure of oxygen, and partial pressure of carbon dioxide of the blood used to perfuse the gut loops were standardized. During steady-state perfusion at an arterial pressure of 100 mmHg and venous pressure of 0 mmHg, ileal loops from 3-day-old swine demonstrated a higher blood flow (55 vs. 27 ml.min-1.100 g-1, 3 vs. 35 day old) and lower arteriovenous oxygen content difference (3.5 vs. 6.6 ml O2/dl). Oxygen uptake was not statistically different between groups (1.99 vs. 1.76 ml O2.min-1.100 g-1). During perfusion pressure reduction from 150 to 25 mmHg (in successive decrements of 25 mmHg), pressure-flow autoregulation was present in ileal loops from 35-day-old swine but not in ileal loops from 3-day-old swine. Similarly, tissue oxygen uptake was more effectively maintained in ileal loops from older swine during perfusion pressure reductions. We speculate that the efficacy of intrinsic regulation of intestinal hemodynamics and oxygenation is dependent, in part, on postnatal age.


1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (4) ◽  
pp. H709-H718 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Meininger ◽  
J. P. Trzeciakowski

This study investigated the degree to which autoregulation of blood flow interacts with vasoconstrictors to determine vascular resistance. Anesthetized rats were instrumented with a Doppler flow probe on the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) to measure blood flow and for calculation of vascular resistance. An adjustable occluder was placed on the SMA to set local perfusion pressure at values independent of mean arterial pressure (MAP) even when MAP was increased by the vasoconstrictors. Infusion of angiotensin II (ANG II, 50-1,247 ng.kg-1.min-1) produced a dose-dependent rightward shift in the intestinal pressure-flow relationship and elevated MAP from 85 to 127 mmHg. Low doses of phenylephrine (PE, 2.5-12.4 micrograms.kg-1.min-1) failed to shift the pressure-flow curve but did increase arterial pressure from 83 to 102 mmHg. At higher doses (25-62 micrograms.kg-1.min-1), PE also shifted the pressure-flow curve to the right. Maintaining local perfusion pressure at different values during the infusion of ANG II or PE produced a family of dose-response curves, with each exhibiting a different maximum change in resistance. When local pressure was permitted to increase with MAP, the composite dose-response curve for resistance that was obtained reflected the influence of the rise in local pressure (i.e., auto-regulation) and vasoconstrictor dose. At low doses of PE the increase in vascular resistance was attributable solely to an autoregulatory response related to the rise in MAP and not due to the constrictor effects of PE. Thus these data indicate that the rise in MAP accompanying systemic infusion of a vasoconstrictor stimulates autoregulation to amplify the local increase in vascular resistance.


1982 ◽  
Vol 242 (6) ◽  
pp. G596-G602
Author(s):  
P. R. Kvietys ◽  
J. M. McLendon ◽  
G. B. Bulkley ◽  
M. A. Perry ◽  
D. N. Granger

The purpose of the present study was to characterize the intrinsic mechanisms involved in the regulation of blood flow and oxygenation in the totally isolated, perfused canine pancreas. Arterial pressure, venous outflow pressure, blood flow, arteriovenous oxygen difference, and capillary filtration coefficient were measured during graded arterial pressure reductions and venous pressure elevation. Reductions in arterial pressure caused pancreatic blood flow and vascular resistance to decrease, whereas venous pressure elevation resulted in a decreased blood flow and increased vascular resistance. The reductions in blood flow produced by arterial and venous pressure alterations were associated with increases in oxygen extraction and capillary filtration coefficient. During the same pressure perturbations, oxygen uptake remained constant between blood flows of 40-100 ml.min-1.100 g-1, yet decreased progressively as blood flow was reduced below 40 ml.min-1.100 g-1. Arterial occlusion resulted in a postocclusive reactive hyperemia, the magnitude of which was related to the duration of occlusion. The findings of this study suggest that intrinsic regulation of pancreatic blood flow can be attributed to both metabolic and myogenic mechanisms. Resistance and exchange vessels both appear to play a role in the regulation of oxygen delivery to the pancreatic parenchyma.


1978 ◽  
Vol 235 (5) ◽  
pp. H601-H609 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sanders ◽  
F. C. White ◽  
T. M. Peterson ◽  
C. M. Bloor

The relationship between phasic systolic and diastolic coronary blood flow and its transmural distribution has been studied in 29 Yucatan miniature pigs at rest and during heavy exercise, with and without adenosine infusion (1.5 mg . kg-1 . min-1) and with and without a subtotal coronary artery occlusion. Altered factors that affected coronary flow included vascular resistance, perfusion pressure, myocardial oxygen demand, and extra-vascular pressure. The data indicate that, at rest, endomural perfusion is significantly dependent on diastolic blood flow. However, the ability of the myocardial vessels to autoregulate during systole as well as during diastole was clearly shown with the use of adenosine infusion. This ability to regulate flow intrinsically appeared to transcend the endocardial dependency on diastolic perfusion under certain stressful conditions, e.g., during heavy exercise, when the diastolic duration was significantly reduced. Systolic transmural perfusion may then become a significant factor in meeting the blood flow demands of the myocardium. However, due to gradients in vascular resistance, perfusion pressure, and oxygen demand, the coronary reserve of the epicardium appears to be greater than that of the endocardium under any condition.


1992 ◽  
Vol 263 (2) ◽  
pp. G254-G260 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. D. Crissinger ◽  
D. L. Burney

Age-related differences in the intestinal hemodynamic and oxygenation responses to carbohydrate, protein, and lipid were studied in 1-day-, 3-day-, 2-wk-, and 1-mo-old piglets. A branch of the mesenteric vein draining an isolated loop of jejunoileum was used to measure intestinal blood flow, arteriovenous oxygen content difference, and venous and capillary pressure and to calculate oxygen uptake and vascular resistance. Fractionated intestinal flow was measured with radiolabeled microspheres. Measurements were made before and after luminal placement of either 5% glucose, 2.3% casec, or 5% corn oil. In 1-day-old animals, unlike all older age groups, total intestinal blood flow and vascular resistance were unchanged by any nutrient. Fractionated flow to the mucosa/submucosa levels did, however, increase in the intestine of 1-day-old piglets to a similar extent as that in older age groups. Placement of lipid or protein into the lumen led to increased oxygen uptake in all age groups, whereas carbohydrate absorption resulted in no increase in intestinal oxygen consumption in 1- and 3-day-old animals. In 1-day-olds, the increased oxygen consumption was achieved by enhanced oxygen extraction with no change in total blood flow, whereas all other groups demonstrated increases in blood flow and/or oxygen extraction. Compared with a mixed meal, oxygen consumption was not significantly greater for an individual nutrient component.


1985 ◽  
Vol 249 (6) ◽  
pp. G786-G791 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. N. Granger ◽  
S. L. Harper ◽  
R. J. Korthuis ◽  
H. G. Bohlen ◽  
P. R. Kvietys

The intestinal vascular responses to graded reductions in arterial pressure and elevations in venous pressure were measured in normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats. Blood flow and capillary pressure were measured in denervated, autoperfused segments of small intestine. Blood flow, capillary pressure, and total vascular resistance were significantly higher in SHR than WKY at the resting mean arterial pressures. Decrements in arterial pressure led to significant reductions in total vascular resistance in WKY but not in SHR. There was a significant tendency for capillary pressure autoregulation in WKY but not in SHR. Increments in venous pressure did not alter vascular resistance in WKY, yet significantly increased total vascular resistance in SHR. The latter effect was due entirely to a rise in precapillary resistance and is consistent with an enhanced sensitivity of the vasculature to myogenic factors. Intestinal blood flow, measured using 15-micro microspheres, was not significantly different between WKY and SHR in innervated preparations. However, in denervated preparations intestinal blood flow was significantly higher in SHR than WKY, indicating that there is a significant neural component to the increased intestinal vascular resistance in SHR.


1987 ◽  
Vol 252 (2) ◽  
pp. G190-G194
Author(s):  
P. T. Nowicki ◽  
N. B. Hansen ◽  
J. A. Menke

The effect of reduced perfusion pressure on neonatal intestinal blood flow, vascular resistance, arterio-venous oxygen content (a-v O2), and oxygen uptake was studied in nine fasted newborn piglets, aged 5-6 days. Successive reductions of intestinal perfusion pressure were achieved by a clamp on the thoracic aorta. Intestinal blood flow decreased after each reduction of perfusion pressure. Intestinal vascular resistance increased and Gf, a measure of flow control, was negative after all but the final, most severe reduction of perfusion pressure. However, intestinal a-v O2 increased after each pressure reduction and intestinal oxygen uptake was thus maintained at greater than or equal to 95% of its baseline value until perfusion pressure was reduced to less than or equal to 70% of its base-line value. The neonatal intestine maintains tissue oxygen uptake during moderate hypotension, and this is accomplished by regulation of a-v O2, rather than by regulation of blood flow.


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