Affiliation:
1. Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia UniversityCollege of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032.
Abstract
The effects of a reduction in red blood cell (RBC) deformability on regional blood flow and RBC distribution were studied in rats anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium. RBCs were subjected to minimum hardening by incubation in a very diluted solution of glutaraldehyde (0.025%). Normal and partially hardened RBCs, labeled with 51Cr or 111In, were injected into the femoral vein, while an equal volume of blood was simultaneously withdrawn from the femoral artery. Approximately 70% of the labeled, partially hardened RBCs disappeared from the circulating blood within 25 min after injection, compared with less than 2% of the labeled normal RBCs. The relative distribution of RBCs with reduced deformability to normal RBCs in tissues was determined from radioactivity counting; this ratio (mean +/- SD) was 7.95 +/- 0.85 in the spleen, 7.44 +/- 0.43 in the sternum, 7.10 +/- 1.09 in the lung, 4.54 +/- 0.31 in the liver, and 3.50 +/- 0.61 in the femur bone. The results indicate a significant degree of trapping of RBCs with reduced deformability in these regions. This ratio of relative distribution of RBCs with reduced deformability as compared with normal RBCs was 1.06 +/- 0.13 in the heart, indicating the absence of preferential trapping of RBCs with reduced deformability in this organ. Regional blood flows were determined with 15-microns microspheres in the control period and after infusion of RBCs with reduced deformability (experimental).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Physiology
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