Adenosine infusion does not improve maximal O2 uptake in isolated working dog muscle

1994 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 2820-2824 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Kurdak ◽  
M. C. Hogan ◽  
P. D. Wagner

We asked whether maximally working muscle could increase O2 extraction at fixed O2 delivery [i.e., improve maximal O2 uptake (VO2max)] when vascular resistance was decreased with adenosine (A) infusion. We postulated that a reduction in vascular resistance at the same blood flow (Q) might result in more uniform vascular perfusion and also possibly increase red blood cell transit time, thereby potentially improving the ability of the tissue to extract O2. Pump-perfused isolated dog gastrocnemius muscle (n = 6) was stimulated maximally at each of two levels of Q: 110 +/- 3 and 54 +/- 4 (SE) ml.100 g-1.min-1 [normal control (C) and ischemia (I), respectively], both before and after giving 10(-2) M of A solution in each case. Arterial and venous blood samples were taken to measure blood gases, and the Fick principle was used to calculate O2 uptake. Resistance decreased significantly after A treatment in both groups (1.2 +/- 0.1 vs. 0.9 +/- 0.1 and 1.3 +/- 0.1 vs. 1.1 +/- 0.1 mmHg.ml-1.100 g.min for C vs. C + A and I vs. I + A, respectively; P < 0.01). O2 delivery was lower with I but did not change at either perfusion rate when A was infused. VO2max also decreased significantly with I but was no different when A was added (13.8 +/- 0.7 vs. 13.8 +/- 0.9 and 8.4 +/- 0.5 vs. 8.2 +/- 0.6 ml.100 g-1.min-1 for C vs. C + A and I vs. I + A, respectively). These results show that the decrease in resistance with A did not lead to changes in VO2max.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

1987 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 726-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. King ◽  
S. L. Dodd ◽  
S. M. Cain

The consequences of a decreased O2 supply to a contracting canine gastrocnemius muscle preparation were investigated during two forms of hypoxia: hypoxic hypoxia (HH) (n = 6) and CO hypoxia (COH) (n = 6). Muscle O2 uptake, blood flow, O2 extraction, and developed tension were measured at rest and at 1 twitch/s isometric contractions in normoxia and in hypoxia. No differences were observed between the two groups at rest. During contractions and hypoxia, however, O2 uptake decreased from the normoxic level in the COH group but not in the HH group. Blood flow increased in both groups during hypoxia, but more so in the COH group. O2 extraction increased further with hypoxia (P less than 0.05) during concentrations in the HH group but actually fell (P less than 0.05) in the COH group. The O2 uptake limitation during COH and contractions was associated with a lesser O2 extraction. The leftward shift in the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve during COH may have impeded tissue O2 extraction. Other factors, however, such as decreased myoglobin function or perfusion heterogeneity must have contributed to the inability to utilize the O2 reserve more fully.


1993 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 2586-2594 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Knight ◽  
W. Schaffartzik ◽  
D. C. Poole ◽  
M. C. Hogan ◽  
D. E. Bebout ◽  
...  

We studied O2 transport in the leg to determine if hyperoxia will increase the maximal rate of O2 uptake (VO2max) in exercising muscle. An increase in inspired O2 fraction (FIO2) from 0.21 to 1.00 was postulated to have the following effects: 1) increase the leg VO2max by approximately 5–10%, 2) increase the maximal O2 delivery [arterial O2 concentration.flow (CaO2.Q] by approximately 10%, and 3) raise the leg VO2max in proportion to both the femoral venous PO2 and mean leg capillary PO2. To test these hypotheses, 11 men performed cycle exercise to the highest work rates (WRmax) they could achieve while breathing 100% O2 (hyperoxia), 21% O2 (normoxia), and 12% O2 (hypoxia). Leg VO2 was derived from duplicate measurements of femoral venous blood flow and CaO2 and femoral venous blood O2 concentrations (CVO2) at 20, 35, 50, 92, and 100% WRmax in each FIO2. Femoral venous leg Q (Qleg) was measured by the constant-infusion thermodilution technique, and leg O2 uptake (VO2) was determined by the Fick principle [VO2 = Qleg(CaO2-CVO2)]. Leg VO2max was the mean of duplicate values of VO2 at 100% WRmax for each FIO2. Hyperoxia increased leg VO2max by 8.1% (P = 0.016) and maximal O2 delivery by 10.9% (P = 0.05) without changing Qleg. There was a significant increase in femoral venous PO2 (P < 0.001) that was proportionally greater than the increase in leg VO2max. The results support our first and second hypotheses, providing direct evidence that in normal subjects leg VO2max is limited by O2 supply during normoxia.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1987 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 1487-1492 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. P. Nelson ◽  
C. Beyer ◽  
R. W. Samsel ◽  
L. D. Wood ◽  
P. T. Schumacker

When systemic delivery of O2 [QO2 = cardiac output X arterial O2 content (CaO2)] is reduced, the systemic O2 extraction ratio [(CaO2-concentration of O2 in venous blood/CaO2] increases until a critical limit is reached below which O2 uptake (VO2) becomes limited by delivery. Many patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome exhibit supply dependence of VO2 even at high levels of QO2, which suggests that a peripheral O2 extraction defect may be present. Since many of these patients also suffer from serious bacterial infection, we tested the hypothesis that bacteremia might produce a similar defect in the ability of tissues to maintain VO2 independent of QO2, as QO2 reduced. The critical O2 delivery (QO2crit) and critical extraction ratio (ERcrit) were compared in a control group of dogs and a group receiving a continuous infusion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (5 x 10(7) organisms/min). Dogs were anesthetized, paralyzed, and ventilated with room air. Systemic QO2 was reduced in stages by hemorrhage as hematocrit was maintained. At each stage, systemic VO2 and QO2 were measured, and the critical point was determined from a plot of VO2 vs. QO2. The mean QO2crit and ERcrit of the bacteremic group (11.4 +/- 2.2 ml.min-1.kg-1 and 0.51 +/- 0.09) were significantly different from control (7.4 +/- 1.2 and 0.71 +/- 0.10) (P less than 0.05). These results suggest that bacterial infection can reduce the ability of peripheral tissues to extract O2 from a limited supply, causing VO2 to become limited by O2 delivery at a stage when a smaller fraction of the delivered O2 has been extracted.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1993 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 1742-1747 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Hogan ◽  
D. E. Bebout ◽  
P. D. Wagner

The purpose of this study was to decrease O2 delivery to maximally working muscle by reductions in muscle blood flow (Q), while maintaining hemoglobin concentration and the arterial PO2 (PaO2) constant, to investigate how the decreases in maximal O2 uptake (VO2max) that occur with ischemia are related to changes in the estimated effective muscle O2 diffusing capacity (DO2). Additionally, the relationships among Q, DO2, O2 uptake (VO2), and effluent venous PO2 (PVO2) were used to infer whether the reductions in Q occur uniformly throughout the muscle or whether a nonuniform (greater heterogeneity of Q to VO2) pattern develops. Isolated dog gastrocnemius muscle (n = 6) was stimulated maximally at three levels of muscle blood flow (controlled by pump perfusion): control [C; 119 +/- 3 ml.100 g-1.min-1 (SE)], moderate ischemia (MI; 80 +/- 6), and severe ischemia (SI; 45 +/- 6) in random order. Arterial and venous samples were taken to measure blood gases, O2 concentration, and lactate concentration, whereas a Bohr integration technique using a model based on Fick's law of diffusion was used to estimate mean capillary PO2 and DO2 for each Q condition. VO2max fell progressively (P < 0.05) with Q, even though the O2 extraction ratio (VO2/O2 delivery) increased significantly (C = 67%, MI = 84%, SI = 90%). PVO2 and VO2max fell in proportion to each other from C to MI, but there was not a significant fall in PVO2 from MI to SI. Thus the calculated DO2 did not change between C and MI but fell in proportion to Q between MI and SI. These results suggest that with moderate Q reduction, perfusion falls relatively uniformly throughout the muscle, whereas more severe ischemia leads to nonuniform changes in Q distribution with some areas being poorly perfused to allow more adequate perfusion to other areas.


1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 1234-1244 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. T. Schumacker ◽  
R. W. Samsel

Normally, tissue O2 uptake (VO2) is set by metabolic activity rather than O2 delivery (QO2 = blood flow X arterial O2 content). However, when QO2 is reduced below a critical level, VO2 becomes limited by O2 supply. Experiments have shown that a similar critical QO2 exists, regardless of whether O2 supply is reduced by progressive anemia, hypoxemia, or reduction in blood flow. This appears inconsistent with the hypothesis that O2 supply limitation must occur by diffusion limitation, since very different mixed venous PO2 values have been seen at the critical point with hypoxic vs. anemic hypoxia. The present study sought to begin clarifying this paradox by studying the theoretical relationship between tissue O2 supply and uptake in the Krogh tissue cylinder model. Steady-state O2 uptake was computed as O2 delivery to tissue representative of whole body was gradually lowered by anemic, hypoxic, or stagnant hypoxia. As diffusion began to limit uptake, the fall in VO2 was computed numerically, yielding a relationship between QO2 and VO2 in both supply-independent and O2 supply-dependent regions. This analysis predicted a similar biphasic relationship between QO2 and VO2 and a linear fall in VO2 at O2 deliveries below a critical point for all three forms of hypoxia, as long as intercapillary distances were less than or equal to 80 microns. However, the analysis also predicted that O2 extraction at the critical point should exceed 90%, whereas real tissues typically extract only 65–75% at that point. When intercapillary distances were larger than approximately 80 microns, critical O2 extraction ratios in the range of 65–75% could be predicted, but the critical point became highly sensitive to the type of hypoxia imposed, contrary to experimental findings. Predicted gas exchange in accord with real data could only be simulated when a postulated 30% functional peripheral O2 shunt (arterial admixture) was combined with a tissue composed of Krogh cylinders with intercapillary distances of less than or equal to 80 microns. The unrealistic efficacy of tissue O2 extraction predicted by the Krogh model (in the absence of postulated shunt) may be a consequence of the assumed homogeneity of tissues, because real tissues exhibit many forms of heterogeneity among capillary units. Alternatively, the failure of the original Krogh model to fully predict tissue O2 supply dependency may arise from basic limitations in the assumptions of that model.


1983 ◽  
Vol 245 (5) ◽  
pp. G697-G702 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. T. Nowicki ◽  
B. S. Stonestreet ◽  
N. B. Hansen ◽  
A. C. Yao ◽  
W. Oh

Regional and total gastrointestinal (GI) blood flow, O2 delivery, and whole-gut O2 extraction and O2 consumption were measured before and 30, 60, and 120 min after feeding in nonanesthetized, awake 2-day-old piglets. Cardiac output and blood flow to kidneys, heart, brain, and liver were also determined. Blood flow was measured using the radiolabeled microsphere technique. In the preprandial condition, total GI blood flow was 106 +/- 9 ml X min-1 X 100 g-1, while O2 extraction was 17.2 +/- 0.9% and O2 consumption was 1.99 +/- 0.19 ml O2 X min-1 X 100 g-1. Thirty minutes after slow gavage feeding with 30 ml/kg artificial pig milk, O2 delivery to the GI tract and O2 extraction rose significantly (P less than 0.05) by 35 +/- 2 and 33 +/- 2%, respectively. The increase in O2 delivery was effected by a significant increase in GI blood flow, which was localized to the mucosal-submucosal layer of the small intestine. O2 uptake by the GI tract increased 72 +/- 4% 30 min after feeding. Cardiac output and blood flow to non-GI organs did not change significantly with feeding, whereas arterial hepatic blood flow decreased significantly 60 and 120 min after feeding. The piglet GI tract thus meets the oxidative demands of digestion and absorption by increasing local blood flow and tissue O2 extraction.


1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (5) ◽  
pp. H1769-H1777 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Crystal ◽  
S. J. Kim ◽  
M. R. Salem

Myocardial O2 uptake (MVO2) and related variables were compared in right and left ventricles (RV and LV, respectively) during isovolemic hemodilution (HD) alone and combined with isoproterenol (Iso) infusion in 13 isoflurane-anesthetized open-chest dogs. Measurements of myocardial blood flow (MBF) obtained with radioactive microspheres were used to calculate MVO2. Lactate extraction (Lacext) was determined. The study consisted of two experimental series: 1) graded HD (dextran) to hematocrit (Hct) of 10% and 2) Iso (0.1 microgram.kg-1.min-1 iv) during moderate HD (Hct = 18 +/- 1%). In series 1, arteriovenous O2 content difference in both ventricles decreased in parallel with reduced arterial O2 content caused by HD, i.e., percent O2 extraction was constant; MVO2 was maintained by proportional increases in MBF. In series 2, Iso during moderate HD raised MVO2 (RV, +156%; LV, +80%). Higher MVO2 was satisfied by combination of increased MBF and O2 extraction in RV and by increased MBF alone in LV. Lacext remained consistent with adequate myocardial O2 delivery throughout study. Conclusions were that 1) both RV and LV tolerated extreme HD (Hct = 10%) because blood flow reserves were sufficient to fully compensate for reduced arterial O2 content; 2) significant cardiac reserve was evident during HD, which could be recruited Iso; and 3) because increase in MVO2 in RV caused by Iso in presence of HD was partially satisfied by increased O2 extraction, the absence of augmented O2 extraction during HD alone was not due to impaired release of O2 from diluted red blood cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1988 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 1723-1728 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Manohar ◽  
T. E. Goetz ◽  
D. Nganwa

Diaphragmatic O2 and lactate extraction were examined in seven healthy ponies during maximal exercise (ME) carried out without, as well as with, inspiratory resistive breathing. Arterial and diaphragmatic venous blood were sampled simultaneously at rest and at 30-s intervals during the 4 min of ME. Experiments were carried out before and after left laryngeal hemiplegia (LH) was produced. During ME, normal ponies exhibited hypocapnia, hemoconcentration, and a decrease in arterial PO2 (PaO2) with insignificant change in O2 saturation. In LH ponies, PaO2 and O2 saturation decreased well below that in normal ponies, but because of higher hemoglobin concentration, arterial O2 content exceeded that in normal ponies. Because of their high PaCO2 during ME, acidosis was more pronounced in LH animals despite similar lactate values. Diaphragmatic venous PO2 and O2 saturation decreased with ME to 15.5 +/- 0.9 Torr and 18 +/- 0.5%, respectively, at 120 s of exercise in normal ponies. In LH ponies, corresponding values were significantly less: 12.4 +/- 1.3 Torr and 15.5 +/- 0.7% at 120 s and 9.8 +/- 1.4 Torr and 14.3 +/- 0.6% at 240 s of ME. Mean phrenic O2 extraction plateaued at 81 and 83% in normal and LH animals, respectively. Significant differences in lactate concentration between arterial and phrenic-venous blood were not observed during ME. It is concluded that PO2 and O2 saturation in the phrenic-venous blood of normal ponies do not reach their lowest possible values even during ME. Also, the healthy equine diaphragm, even with the added stress of inspiratory resistive breathing, did not engage in net lactate production.


1983 ◽  
Vol 244 (3) ◽  
pp. G278-G283
Author(s):  
D. I. Edelstone ◽  
D. R. Lattanzi ◽  
M. E. Paulone ◽  
I. R. Holzman

In 12 chronically catheterized neonatal lambs, we determined intestinal tract blood flow (Qi) and O2 consumption (VO2i) at O2 contents of arterial blood (CaO2) ranging from 15.3 to 3.2 ml O2/dl blood. We measured Qi with the radioactive microsphere technique and computed intestinal O2 delivery (DO2i), VO2i, and O2 extraction (VO2i/DO2i) using the Fick principle. In lambs breathing air, mean Qi = 214 ml X min-1 X 100 g intestine-1, DO2i = 27.0 ml O2 X min-1 X 100 g-1, O2 extraction = 21%, and VO2i = 5.6 ml O2 Xmin-1 X 100 g-1. During reductions in CaO2, Qi and DO2i decreased. Intestinal O2 extraction increased sufficiently, however, so that VO2i was maintained over the range of CaO2 from 15.3 to about 6.5 ml O2/dl blood. VO2i was independent of Qi at Qi greater than 160 ml X min-1 X 100 g-1. When CaO2 was reduced below values of 6.5 ml O2/dl blood, corresponding to Qi less than 160 ml X min-1 X 100 g-1, VO2i fell in association with increases in the H+ concentration difference between mesenteric venous and arterial blood. These data indicate that the intestinal tract of the neonatal lamb can meet its oxygen requirements when O2 supply varies over a wide range. When O2 availability reaches a critically low level, intestinal anaerobic metabolism develops as the O2 supply to the neonatal intestinal tract becomes inadequate for the O2 demand.


1975 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. Johnson

Two groups of anesthetized, splenectomized, and paralyzed dogs were hyperventilated (Vt 40 ml/kg). Normocapnia was maintained in one group (mean Paco2 37.6 mm”h′g, mean p”h ′7.41) and respiratory alkalosis (mean Paco2 8 mmHg, mean pH 7.75) in the other. Splanchnic hemodynamic responses were similar in both groups. Average hepatic venous pressure increased from 3.2 to 6.4 mmHg in the normocapnic group and from 3.8 to 7.7 mmHg in the hypocapnic group. Average portal venous pressure increased from 10.7 to 12.0 mmHg and 10.8 to 12.7 mmHg in the normocapnic and hypocapnic groups, respectively. Mesenteric vascular resistance increased in 93 per cent of dogs. A decrease in functional intestinal capillary surface area during hyperventilation was indicated by a significant reduction in mesenteric Vo2 (from 15 to 11 ml/min, average 30 per cent), and a concomitant reduction in mesenteric O2 extraction ratio. Changes in mesenteric Vo2 were reflected in calculated splanchinic Vo2. Hepatic O2 uptake was essentially unchanged by tidal hyperventilation with or without hypocapnia.


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