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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 271: H203-H211, 1996;
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AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 271, Issue 1 203-H211, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of oxygen on regional hemodynamics in hemorrhagic shock

H. Bitterman, V. Brod, G. Weisz, D. Kushnir and N. Bitterman
Department of Internal Medicine A, Carmel Medical Center, Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

This study investigated mechanisms of the hemodynamic effects of oxygen in hemorrhagic shock induced by bleeding 30% of the total blood volume in anesthetized rats. An ultrasonic flowmeter was used to monitor regional blood flow. Changes in tissue perfusion were assessed by the laser-Doppler technique. The inhalation of 100% oxygen induced a significant increase in mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) and vascular resistance in the hindquarters, with a concomitant decrease in blood flow in the distal aorta and biceps femoris muscle. In contrast, oxygen did not change vascular resistance in the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and renal beds and induced a significant increase in blood flow to the renal artery, SMA, and small bowel in hemorrhaged rats. L-Arginine (100 mg/kg iv) but not D-arginine or the vehicle (0.9% NaCl) completely abolished the effects of oxygen on blood pressure and reversed its effects on blood flow and resistance in the hindquarters and biceps femoris muscle. Administration of the nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (50 mg/kg iv) significantly increased MABP and the resistance in the three vascular beds. Pretreatment of hemorrhaged rats with a superoxide dismutase mimic, the NO-stable radical 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-N-oxyl (5 mg/kg iv), resulted in significantly diminished effects of oxygen on hindquarter hemodynamics. These results demonstrate a differential effect of oxygen, which increases vascular resistance in the hindquarters without a significant effect in the splanchnic and renal beds, thus favoring an increase in splanchnic and renal perfusion. It is suggested that inactivation of NO by reactive oxygen species may underlie the effects of oxygen on hindquarter vascular tone during shock.


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