Gut and muscle tissue PO2 in endotoxemic dogs during shock and resuscitation

1994 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 793-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Vallet ◽  
N. Lund ◽  
S. E. Curtis ◽  
D. Kelly ◽  
S. M. Cain

There is indirect evidence that tissue hypoxia occurs in human sepsis and surface measures of muscle tissue PO2 (PtiO2) in hypodynamic endotoxic animals are decreased. This study assessed systemic and regional tissue oxygenation in a more relevant model of hyperdynamic endotoxicosis. We isolated venous outflow from the left hindlimb and a segment of ileum in six anesthetized dogs to measure muscle and gut O2 delivery and uptake (VO2) and lactate flux, gut intramucosal pH (pHi) by tonometry, and PtiO2 by multi-point surface electrodes placed on mucosal and serosal surfaces of gut and on muscle. We then infused Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 2 mg/kg) over 1 h followed by a 2-h infusion of dextran (0.5 ml.kg-1.min-1). LPS infusion significantly decreased systemic and gut VO2, cardiac output (Q), and blood pressure and increased arterial lactate and gut lactate flux. Resuscitation increased Q to above baseline and restored systemic VO2. In response to LPS and then resuscitation, muscle PtiO2 distribution did not change, suggesting little microcirculatory disturbance, although mean PtiO2 first decreased and then increased. In contrast, gut VO2 and pHi remained low and lactate output remained high, despite restoration of gut blood flow. Gut VO2, lactate flux, pHi, and PtiO2 histograms were consistent with a marked redistribution of blood flow within the gut wall, away from the mucosa and toward the muscularis. These data show that, in hyperdynamic acute endotoxemia, skeletal muscle PtiO2 and VO2 are well maintained, but blood flow within the gut is significantly disturbed with mucosal hypoxia.

2007 ◽  
Vol 103 (4) ◽  
pp. 1227-1233 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. B. Nielsen ◽  
M. A. Febbraio ◽  
P. Ott ◽  
P. Krustrup ◽  
N. H. Secher

The exponential rise in blood lactate with exercise intensity may be influenced by hepatic lactate uptake. We compared muscle-derived lactate to the hepatic elimination during 2 h prolonged cycling (62 ± 4% of maximal O2 uptake, V̇o2max) followed by incremental exercise in seven healthy men. Hepatic blood flow was assessed by indocyanine green dye elimination and leg blood flow by thermodilution. During prolonged exercise, the hepatic glucose output was lower than the leg glucose uptake (3.8 ± 0.5 vs. 6.5 ± 0.6 mmol/min; mean ± SE) and at an arterial lactate of 2.0 ± 0.2 mM, the leg lactate output of 3.0 ± 1.8 mmol/min was about fourfold higher than the hepatic lactate uptake (0.7 ± 0.3 mmol/min). During incremental exercise, the hepatic glucose output was about one-third of the leg glucose uptake (2.0 ± 0.4 vs. 6.2 ± 1.3 mmol/min) and the arterial lactate reached 6.0 ± 1.1 mM because the leg lactate output of 8.9 ± 2.7 mmol/min was markedly higher than the lactate taken up by the liver (1.1 ± 0.6 mmol/min). Compared with prolonged exercise, the hepatic lactate uptake increased during incremental exercise, but the relative hepatic lactate uptake decreased to about one-tenth of the lactate released by the legs. This drop in relative hepatic lactate extraction may contribute to the increase in arterial lactate during intense exercise.


1988 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 2069-2074 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Stork ◽  
D. L. Bredle ◽  
C. K. Chapler ◽  
S. M. Cain

Polycythemia increases blood viscosity so that systemic O2 delivery (QO2) decreases and its regional distribution changes. We examined whether hypoxia, by promoting local vasodilation, further modified these effects in resting skeletal muscle and gut in anesthetized dogs after hematocrit had been raised to 65%. One group (CON, n = 7) served as normoxic controls while another (HH, n = 6) was ventilated with 9% O2--91% N2 for 30 min between periods of normoxia. Polycythemia decreased cardiac output so that QO2 to both regions decreased approximately 50% in both groups. In compensation, O2 extraction fraction increased to 65% in muscle and to 50% in gut. When QO2 was reduced further during hypoxia, blood flow increased in muscle but not in gut. Unlike previously published normocythemic studies, there was no initial hypoxic vasoconstriction in muscle. Metabolic vasodilation during hypoxia was enhanced in muscle when blood O2 reserves were first lowered by increased extraction with polycythemia alone. The increase in resting muscle blood flow during hypoxia with no change in cardiac output may have decreased O2 availability to other more vital tissues. In that sense and under these experimental conditions, polycythemia caused a maladaptive response during hypoxic hypoxia.


1992 ◽  
Vol 263 (2) ◽  
pp. R221-R225 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. E. Bickler ◽  
D. Julian

Very low arterial CO2 tension (PaCO2) experienced by birds during high-altitude flight may result in cerebral vasoconstriction and reduced cerebral O2 delivery. To examine this possibility, we measured regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) and tissue PO2 in pentobarbital-anesthetized geese (Anser domesticus). Twenty-five-micrometer Teflon-coated platinum electrodes for H2-clearance measurements of local blood flow or tissue PO2 were implanted in the cerebral cortex in 11 geese. Tissue H2 and O2 were measured by voltage clamping the electrodes at +0.30 and -0.5 V, respectively. Washout kinetics of H2 gas administered via unidirectional lung ventilation was used to calculate local blood flow for those electrodes exhibiting one- or two-compartment washout kinetics of H2 (128 of 296 washouts in 31 electrodes). PaCO2 was controlled between 8 and 55 mmHg by altering pulmonary gas flow or by adjusting inspired PCO2. CBF decreased as PaCO2 fell from 50 to 20 mmHg but did not decrease further as PaCO2 was reduced below 20 mmHg. CBF was uniformly distributed in different regions of the cortex. Despite the plateau in CBF during severe hypocapnia, tissue PO2 continued to decline as PaCO2 fell below 20 mmHg. Severe alkalosis may limit cerebral O2 delivery in birds during high-altitude flight.


1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (1) ◽  
pp. E45-E51 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. van Lambalgen ◽  
H. C. Runge ◽  
G. C. van den Bos ◽  
L. G. Thijs

High serum lactate may not reflect the severity of endotoxin shock: the lactate load could even be formed immediately after the endotoxin challenge. During the first 30 min after endotoxin injection (Escherichia coli; 1.5 mg/kg iv) into anesthetized dogs (4 mg.kg-1.h-1 etomidate, n = 19) we studied arterial lactate concentration; contributions of portal and splanchnic (n = 6), renal and pulmonary (n = 7), and femoral (n = 6) vascular beds to the early lactate rise; and regional O2 extraction and blood flow (microspheres). In control dogs (n = 5, no endotoxin), we found no significant hemodynamic and biochemical changes. Endotoxin caused an immediate decrease in blood pressure, cardiac output, and organ perfusion, followed by recovery after approximately 5 min to approximately 75% of preshock values at t = 30 min (except for renal blood flow, which remained low). Arterial lactate concentration started to increase almost immediately after endotoxin and increased rapidly until t = 15 min (to 300%) and then leveled off, but in spite of the hemodynamic recovery it remained elevated. A major part of the early increase in lactate concentration can be explained by splanchnic lactate production. The total splanchnic bed released more lactate than the portal bed, indicating that the liver produces lactate. We conclude that the lactate concentration later in canine endotoxin shock depends on events that occur during early shock in which the liver may play a crucial role.


1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (1) ◽  
pp. H318-H324 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. M. Mo ◽  
H. J. Ballard

The influence of systemic hypoxia on lactate and adenosine output from isolated constant-flow-perfused gracilis muscle was determined in anesthetized dogs. The lactate transport inhibitor alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) was employed to distinguish the direct effects of hypoxia on adenosine output from the effects produced indirectly by a change in lactate concentration. Reduction of arterial PO2 from 135 +/- 4 to 39 +/- 2 mmHg raised arterial lactate from 1.26 +/- 0.32 to 2.22 +/- 0.45 mM but decreased venoarterial lactate difference from 0.53 +/- 0.09 to -0.13 +/- 0.19 mM, indicating that lactate output from the muscle was abolished. Arterial adenosine did not change, but venoarterial adenosine difference increased from 20.6 +/- 10.1 to 76.5 +/- 14.4 nM. CHCA infusion during hypoxia abolished adenosine output from gracilis muscle (venoarterial adenosine difference = -20.5 +/- 40.6 nM). In isolated rat soleus muscle fibers, intracellular pH increased from 6.96 +/- 0.04 to 7.71 +/- 0.14 in response to a reduction of PO2 from 459 +/- 28 to 53 +/- 3 mmHg. Correspondingly, adenosine output decreased from 3.71 +/- 0.15 to 3.04 +/- 0.27 nM. These data suggest that hypoxia did not directly stimulate adenosine output from red oxidative skeletal muscle, but rather systemic hypoxia increased lactate delivery and the resulting increase in intracellular lactate decreased intracellular pH, which stimulated adenosine output.


1986 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 683-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. B. Armstrong ◽  
C. D. Ianuzzo ◽  
M. H. Laughlin

Previous findings suggest that skeletal muscle that has enlarged as a result of removal of synergistic muscles has a similar metabolic capacity and improved resistance to fatigue compared with normal muscle. The purpose of the present study was to follow blood flow and glycogen loss patterns in hypertrophied rat plantaris plantaris and soleus muscles during treadmill exercise to provide information on the adequacy of perfusion of the muscles during in vivo exercise. Thirty days following surgical removal of gastrocnemius muscle, blood flows (determined with radiolabeled microspheres) and glycogen concentrations were determined in all of the ankle extensor muscles of experimental and sham-operated control rats during preexercise and after 5–6 min of treadmill exercise at 15 m/min. There were no differences (P greater than 0.05) in blood flows per unit mass or glycogen concentrations between control and hypertrophied plantaris or soleus muscles at either time, although both muscles were larger (P less than 0.05) in the experimental group (plantaris: 95%; soleus: 40%). None of the other secondary ankle extensor muscles (tibialis posterior, flexor digitorum longus or flexor hallicus longus) hypertrophied in response to removal of gastrocnemius. These results provide indirect evidence that O2 delivery in the enlarged muscles is not compromised during low-intensity treadmill exercise due to limited perfusion.


1989 ◽  
Vol 256 (1) ◽  
pp. R78-R85
Author(s):  
N. R. Kreisman ◽  
J. E. Olson ◽  
D. S. Horne ◽  
D. Holtzman

In vitro cerebral oxidative metabolism undergoes dramatic increases in infant rats between 10 and 20 days of age. To determine this was also the case in vivo, comparisons were made of cerebral blood flow (CBF) and oxygenation in rats at 10, 20, and 60-90 days of age, under pentobarbital sodium anesthesia. Measurements were made of CBF, arterial and venous O2 content, cerebral PO2 distributions, and the oxidation state of cytochrome-c oxidase (cytochrome aa3). CBF, O2 delivery, and O2 consumption all increased progressively with maturation. In contrast, cerebral PO2, cytochrome aa3 oxidation state, and O2 extraction fraction were higher in 20-day-old rats than in either 10-day-old or adult rats. We attribute this difference primarily to the high density of cerebral capillaries in the 20-day-old rat. We conclude that cerebral tissue PO2 and the oxidation state of cytochrome aa3 are determined by the density of perfused capillaries in addition to the more commonly accepted factors of cerebral O2 delivery and consumption.


1995 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Lash ◽  
H. G. Bohlen

These experiments determined whether a deficit in oxygen supply relative to demand could account for the sustained decrease in tissue PO2 observed during contractions of the spinotrapezius muscle in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Relative changes in blood flow were determined from measurements of vessel diameter and red blood cell velocity. Venular hemoglobin oxygen saturation measurements were performed by using in vivo spectrophotometric techniques. The relative dilation [times control (xCT)] of arteriolar vessels during contractions was as large or greater in SHR than in normotensive rats (Wistar-Kyoto), as were the increases in blood flow (2 Hz, 3.50 +/- 0.69 vs. 3.00 +/- 1.05 xCT; 4 Hz, 10.20 +/- 3.06 vs. 9.00 +/- 1.48 xCT; 8 Hz, 16.40 +/- 3.95 vs. 10.70 +/- 2.48 xCT). Venular hemoglobin oxygen saturation was lower in the resting muscle of SHR than of Wistar-Kyoto rats (31.0 +/= 3.0 vs. 43.0 +/- 1.9%) but was higher in SHR after 4- and 8-Hz contractions (4 Hz, 52.0 +/- 4.8 vs. 43.0 +/- 3.6%; 8 Hz, 51.0 +/- 4.6 vs. 41.0 +/- 3.6%). Therefore, an excess in oxygen delivery occurs relative to oxygen use during muscle contractions in SHR. The previous and current results can be reconciled by considering the possibility that oxygen exchange is limited in SHR by a decrease in anatomic or perfused capillary density, arteriovenular shunting of blood, or decreased transit time of red blood cells through exchange vessels.


1992 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 2238-2243 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. LaManna ◽  
L. M. Vendel ◽  
R. M. Farrell

Rats were exposed to hypobaric hypoxia (0.5 atm) for up to 3 wk. Hypoxic rats failed to gain weight but maintained normal brain water and ion content. Blood hematocrit was increased by 48% to a level of 71% after 3 wk of hypoxia compared with littermate controls. Brain blood flow was increased by an average of 38% in rats exposed to 15 min of 10% normobaric oxygen and by 23% after 3 h but was not different from normobaric normoxic rats after 3 wk of hypoxia. Sucrose space, as a measure of brain plasma volume, was not changed under any hypoxic conditions. The mean brain microvessel density was increased by 76% in the frontopolar cerebral cortex, 46% in the frontal motor cortex, 54% in the frontal sensory cortex, 65% in the parietal motor cortex, 68% in the parietal sensory cortex, 68% in the hippocampal CA1 region, 57% in the hippocampal CA3 region, 26% in the striatum, and 56% in the cerebellum. The results indicate that hypoxia elicits three main responses that affect brain oxygen availability. The acute effect of hypoxia is an increase in regional blood flow, which returns to control levels on continued hypoxic exposure. Longer-term effects of continued moderate hypoxic exposure are erythropoiesis and a decrease in intercapillary distance as a result of angiogenesis. The rise in hematocrit and the increase in microvessel density together increase oxygen availability to the brain to within normal limits, although this does not imply that tissue PO2 is restored to normal.


1990 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 830-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Hogan ◽  
D. E. Bebout ◽  
A. T. Gray ◽  
P. D. Wagner ◽  
J. B. West ◽  
...  

In the present study we investigated the effects of carboxyhemoglobinemia (HbCO) on muscle maximal O2 uptake (VO2max) during hypoxia. O2 uptake (VO2) was measured in isolated in situ canine gastrocnemius (n = 12) working maximally (isometric twitch contractions at 5 Hz for 3 min). The muscles were pump perfused at identical blood flow, arterial PO2 (PaO2) and total hemoglobin concentration [( Hb]) with blood containing either 1% (control) or 30% HbCO. In both conditions PaO2 was set at 30 Torr, which produced the same arterial O2 contents, and muscle blood flow was set at 120 ml.100 g-1.min-1, so that O2 delivery in both conditions was the same. To minimize CO diffusion into the tissues, perfusion with HbCO-containing blood was limited to the time of the contraction period. VO2max was 8.8 +/- 0.6 (SE) ml.min-1.100 g-1 (n = 12) with hypoxemia alone and was reduced by 26% to 6.5 +/- 0.4 ml.min-1.100 g-1 when HbCO was present (n = 12; P less than 0.01). In both cases, mean muscle effluent venous PO2 (PVO2) was the same (16 +/- 1 Torr). Because PaO2 and PVO2 were the same for both conditions, the mean capillary PO2 (estimate of mean O2 driving pressure) was probably not much different for the two conditions, even though the O2 dissociation curve was shifted to the left by HbCO. Consequently the blood-to-mitochondria O2 diffusive conductance was likely reduced by HbCO.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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