Localization of mesenteric hyperemia during digestion in dogs

1976 ◽  
Vol 230 (3) ◽  
pp. 583-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
CC Chou ◽  
CP Hsieh ◽  
YM Yu ◽  
P Kvietys ◽  
LC Yu ◽  
...  

For localization of the site of post-prandial mesenteric hyperemia, low-fat, low-protein food was placed in either the stomach, duodenum, or jejunum while blood flow was measured in the celiac artery, superior mesenteric artery (SMA), or jejunal vein of anesthetized dogs. Distribution of flow in the jejunal wall was also measured. After intragastric placement of food, celiac arterial flow increased within 5 min and remained elevated for 30-60 min; SMA flow increased within 30 min and stayed up for at least 3 h. Intra-duodenal infusion of digested food increased SMA flow but did not alter celiac flow or flow to an isolated jejunal segment. Placement of digested food into one jejunal segment increased flow to that segment did not affect flow was localized to the mucosal layer. These studies indicate that during digestion, blood flow increases in the mucosa of the intestine when exposed to chyme and is not changed in other areas of the gastrointestinal tract. Postprandial mesenteric hyperemia induced by low-fat, low-protein food is a local phenomenon.

1985 ◽  
Vol 248 (4) ◽  
pp. G393-G397 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Shepherd ◽  
G. L. Riedel

To determine whether the functional hyperemia evoked by solute transport is confined to the intestinal mucosa or whether blood flow increases throughout the bowel wall, we measured blood flow in the mucosa and muscularis-serosa with laser-Doppler velocimetry. Ileal loops were vascularly isolated in pentobarbital sodium-anesthetized dogs. Total blood flow to the loop was measured electromagnetically, while blood flow in the superficial mucosa and muscularis-serosa was monitored by laser-Doppler velocimetry. Perfusion pressures and arteriovenous oxygen difference were also recorded continuously. When a mixture of 5% bile and glucose was placed in the lumen of the isolated loop, total blood flow and oxygen uptake increased 21 and 62%, respectively. During this hypermetabolic state, laser-Doppler measurements indicated blood flow in the muscularis-serosa fell by 10%, but blood flow in the mucosa increased 42%. These findings with laser-Doppler velocimetry confirm earlier studies in which the radioactive microsphere technique indicated that low-fat, low-protein test meals induce a postprandial hyperemia confined to the mucosal circulation. These findings also demonstrate a metabolic flow-controlling mechanism closely linked to the absorptive process.


2001 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 596-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge A. Guzman ◽  
Ariosto E. Rosado ◽  
James A. Kruse

The effects of fenoldopam, a dopamine-1 (DA-1) receptor agonist, were studied in two groups of anesthetized dogs before and after inducion of splanchnic ischemia by way of hemorrhage. During the first portion of the experiment, both groups received fenoldopam (1.5 μg · kg−1 · min−1) for 45 min followed by a 45-min washout. During the second portion, hemorrhage (10 ml/kg) was induced, followed by no intervention in group I (controls) and restarting of the fenoldopam infusion in group II. Prehemorrhage, fenoldopam increased composite portal blood flow by 33% ( P < 0.01). After hemorrhage-induced splanchnic ischemia, fenoldopam restored portal vein blood flow to near baseline, maintained the splanchnic fraction of cardiac output, and attenuated the rise in gut mucosal Pco 2. DA-1 receptor stimulation increased portal blood flow and redistributed blood flow away from the serosal layer in favor of the mucosa during basal conditions and after hemorrhage, suggesting a more concentrated distribution of splanchnic DA-1 receptors within the mucosal layer vasculature. Fenoldopam maintained splanchnic blood flow during hypoperfusion and attenuated the splanchnic vasoconstrictive response to hemorrhage.


2003 ◽  
Vol 284 (2) ◽  
pp. H668-H675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge A. Guzman ◽  
Ariosto E. Rosado ◽  
James A. Kruse

Effects of a dopamine-1 (DA-1) receptor agonist on systemic and intestinal oxygen delivery (D˙o 2)-uptake relationships were studied in anesthetized dogs during sequential hemorrhage. Control ( group 1) and experimental animals ( group 2) were treated similarly except for the addition of fenoldopam (1.0 μg · kg−1 · min−1) in group 2. Both groups had comparable systemic criticalD˙o 2(D˙o 2crit), but animals in group 2 had a higher gut D˙o 2crit(1.12 ± 1.13 vs. 0.80 ± 0.09 ml · kg−1 · min−1, P < 0.05). At the mucosal level, a clear biphasic delivery-uptake relationship was not observed in group 1; thus oxygen consumption by the mucosa may be supply dependent under physiological conditions. Group 2 demonstrated higher peak mucosal blood flow and lack of supply dependency at higher mucosalD˙o 2 levels. Fenoldopam resulted in a more conspicuous biphasic relationship at the mucosa and a rightward shift of overall splanchnic D˙o 2crit despite increased splanchnic blood flow. These findings suggest that DA-1 receptor stimulation results in increased gut perfusion heterogeneity and maldistribution of perfusion, resulting in increased susceptibility to ischemia.


2007 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Normanton ◽  
Jos G. M. Houdijk ◽  
Neil S. Jessop ◽  
Dave P. Knox ◽  
Ilias Kyriazakis

Lactating rats experience a breakdown of immunity to parasites, i.e. they carry larger worm burdens after re-infection compared to their non-lactating counterparts. Feeding high-protein foods to lactating rats results in reduced worm burdens. This could be attributed to changes in gastrointestinal environment or to overcoming effects of nutrient scarcity on host immunity. The latter hypothesis was addressed through a manipulation of nutrient demand by manipulating litter size. Twenty-three rats were immunized prior to mating and re-infected on day 2 of lactation with 1600 infective Nippostrongylus brasiliensis larvae. From parturition onwards, rats received ad libitum a low-protein food (100 g crude protein/kg). Litter sizes were standardised to nine (LS9), six (LS6) or three (LS3) pups, by day 2 of lactation. After a further 10 d, LS9 and LS6 rats carried more worms than LS3 rats. However, feeding treatments did not affect concentrations of mucosal inflammatory cells. Achieved feed intake did not differ consistently between the treatment groups. However, LS9 and LS6 rats lost weight, whilst LS3 rats gained weight during lactation. The results support the view that resistance to N. brasiliensis is sensitive to changes in nutrient demand, and the improved resistance to N. brasiliensis is likely due to effects of overcoming nutrient scarcity on host immunity.


1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (1) ◽  
pp. F79-F87 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Majid ◽  
A. Williams ◽  
L. G. Navar

Inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis by intrarenal administration of nitro-L-arginine (NLA) leads to decreases in urinary sodium excretion (UNaV) in association with the increases in renal vascular resistance (RVR). In the present study, we examined the ability of the kidney to alter its sodium excretion in response to acute changes in renal arterial pressure (RAP) in anesthetized dogs before and during intrarenal infusion of NLA (50 micrograms.kg-1.min-1). NO synthesis inhibition in 11 dogs increased RVR by 32 +/- 4% and decreased renal blood flow (RBF) by 25 +/- 3%, outer cortical blood flow by 25 +/- 6%, urine flow by 37 +/- 14%, UNaV by 71 +/- 5%, and fractional excretion of sodium (FENa) by 71 +/- 4%. Glomerular filtration rate was not significantly changed during NLA infusion. As previously reported, there was suppression of the RBF autoregulation plateau during NO synthesis inhibition. In addition, there was a marked attenuation of urine flow and UNaV responses to reductions in RAP (150 to 75 mmHg), with significant reductions in the slopes of the relationships between RAP vs. UNaV and RAP vs. FENa during NLA infusion. Similar responses were observed in nine other dogs treated with the angiotensin receptor antagonist losartan, indicating that an augmented activity of the renin-angiotensin system is not responsible for attenuation of the slope of the pressure-natriuresis relationship during NLA infusion. These data suggest that NO may participate in the mediation of the pressure-natriuresis response.


1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (1) ◽  
pp. H157-H161 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. M. Faraci ◽  
K. A. Kadel ◽  
D. D. Heistad

The goal of this study was to examine vascular responses of the dura mater. Microspheres were used to measure blood flow to the dura and brain in anesthetized dogs. Under control conditions, blood flow to the dura was 38 +/- 3 (SE) ml.min-1.100 g-1. Values for blood flow to the dura obtained with simultaneous injection of 15- and 50-microns microspheres were similar, which suggests that shunting of 15-microns spheres was minimal. Left atrial infusion of substance P (100 ng.kg-1.min-1) and serotonin (40 micrograms.kg-1.min-1), two agonists that have been reported to increase vascular permeability in the dura, increased blood flow to the dura two- to threefold. Adenosine (iv) produced vasodilatation in the dura. Adenosine and serotonin did not affect cerebral blood flow, but substance P increased blood flow to the brain by approximately 40%. Seizures, which produce pronounced dilatation of cerebral vessels despite activation of sympathetic nerves, produced vasoconstriction in the dura. Thus 1) the dura is perfused at a relatively high level of blood flow under normal conditions and is very responsive to vasoactive stimuli, and 2) substance P and serotonin, which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of vascular headache, produce pronounced vasodilator responses in the dura mater.


1977 ◽  
Vol 232 (4) ◽  
pp. F298-F306 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. Johnson ◽  
R. L. Malvin

Various parameters of renal function were studied before, during, and after the infusion of physiological increments of angiotensin II directly into one renal artery of anesthetized dogs. During water diuresis and during antidiuresis induced with exogenous antidiuretic hormone (ADH), angiotensin II consistently reduced UNaV, UKV, and CPAH, and increased the filtration fraction in the infused kidney. Urinary osmolality was increased only in the presence of ADH, while during water diuresis angiotensin II had no apparent effect on urinary osmolality or flow rate. During saline diuresis, a mean increment of angiotensin II concentration of 14 pg/ml was sufficient to significantly reduce UNaV and urinary flow rate. Changes in CCr, CPAH, and filtration fraction did not correlate with changes in sodium excretion, and intracortical distribution of blood flow remained unaltered. These data support the hypothesis that normal circulating levels of angiogensin II play a direct renal role in the control of sodium, potassium, and water homeostasis, and that angiotensin II exerts a direct, stimulatory effect on tubular sodium reabsorption independent of changes in GFR, RPF, filtration fraction, or intracortical distribution of blood flow.


Digestion ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motonori Sato ◽  
Noriaki Manabe ◽  
Jiro Hata ◽  
Manabu Ishii ◽  
Tomoari Kamada ◽  
...  

1961 ◽  
Vol 200 (6) ◽  
pp. 1169-1176 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Huckabee

Veno-arterial differences of pyruvate and lactate across the myocardium in chloralose-anesthetized dogs were very variable; in any one animal they changed continually with time despite constant blood flow and arterial blood concentrations. There was a systematic tendency of v-a lactate to vary with v-a pyruvate, as expressed in the calculated "Δ excess lactate," which remained nearly constant (or, if blood flow changed, bore a constant ratio to (a-v)O2). No change in Δ excess lactate from control values occurred in nonhypoxic experiments despite marked changes in v-a differences, arterial blood composition, and coronary flow. Cardiac Δ excess lactate became positive in most animals breathing 10% O2 in N2; output of excess lactate was also observed in all those in which moderate muscular exercise was induced. This anaerobic metabolism, or change in the relationship between pyruvate and lactate exchanges, was interpreted as an indication that O2 delivery response was not adequate to meet cardiac tissue requirements during such mild stresses when judged by the standards of adequacy of the basal state.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document