INFLAMMATORY CHANGES IN PERMEABILITY AND ULTRASTRUCTURE OF SINGLE VESSELS IN THE FROG MESENTERIC MICROCIRCULATION
INFLAMMATORY CHANGES IN PERMEABILITY AND ULTRASTRUCTURE OF SINGLE VESSELS IN THE FROG MESENTERIC MICROCIRCULATION
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1988.sp016910
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发表时间:
1988-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
PHILLIPS, ME
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作者:
CLOUGH, G;MICHEL, CC;PHILLIPS, ME
1. In fifteen experiments, single microvessels in the exposed mesenteries of pithed frogs were perfused with Ringer solutions containing bovine serum albumin (40 mg ml-1). For each vessel, the hydraulic permeability of its walls (Lp) and effective osmotic pressure exerted across them (.rho..DELTA.II) were determined from measurements of fluid filtration rates at two capillary pressures (Michel, Mason, Curry, Tooke and Hunter, 1974) before and at predetermined times after the tissue temperature had been raised abruptly from approximately 15.degree. C to 30-35.degree. C. Temperatures greater than 30.degree. C appear to damage the tissues of frogs acclimatized to temperatures of 5-10.degree. C. 2. In fourteen out of fifteen experiments Lp rose when the temperature was raised to 30-35.degree. C. In twelve of these experiments the increase in Lp was greater than expected from the fall in water viscosity with temperature, and was progressive. In five vessels where measurements were made 1-2 min after tissue temperature was raised, Lp increased from an initial mean value (.+-. S.E.M.) of 3.76 (.+-. 0.54) .times. 10-3 .mu.m s-1 cmH2O-1 to one of 8.72 (.+-. 1.68) .times. 10-3 .mu.m s-1 cmH2O-1. In nine vessels where measurements were made at 10 min after tissue temperature was raised, Lp increased from an initial mean value of 4.03 (.+-. 0.72) .times. 10-3 .mu.m s-1 cmH2O-1 to one of 16.9 (.+-. 3.5) .times. 10-3 .mu.m s-1 cmH2O-1. further increases in Lp were seen at 15 and 20 min. 3. The changes in the effective osmotic pressure opposing filtration, .rho..DELTA.II, were very variable. Out of the twelve vessels which showed large changes in Lp with tissue heating, four showed no reduction in .rho..DELTA.II after 10 min, though .rho..DELTA.II fell in three of these vessels at 15 min. In the other eight vessels, .rho..DELTA.II fell as Lp rose. A quantitative theory developed in this paper allowed the changes in .rho..DELTA.II to be analyzed in terms of a component across the regions of vessel wall of increased permeability (.rho.H.DELTA.IIH) and a component across regions where Lp was unchanged. In six vessels .rho.H.DELTA.IIH approximated to zero; in two vessels .rho.H.DELTA.IIH was 6.2 and 4.5 cmH2O. 4. In control experiments on five vessels, an initial group of estimates of Lp and .rho..DELTA.II was followed by repeated measurements over a further 20 min period with the tissue maintained at 15.degree. C. No trends in Lp were observed and the repeated estimates of both Lp and .rho..DELTA.II agreed with their initial values. 5. The ultrastructure of vessels exposed to temperatures of 30-35.degree. C for 5 or 15 min was compared with that of vessels kept at 24.degree. C or less. In all vessels exposed to 30-35.degree. C one or two interendothelial cell junctions were opened in each circumferential profile to form gaps of 0.2 .mu.m or more. These gaps were covered or filled with ruthenium red-staining material which appeared to be continuous with the cell coat of the luminal surface of the endothelium. In some preparations the cell surface coat appeared similar to that of control vessels whereas in others it appeared greatly expanded. 6. It is suggested that the increased permeability of inflamed capillaries and venules is the consequence of the development of gaps between the endothelial cells. Initially these gaps are covered with material which appears to be continuous with the cell surface coat and has a high reflection coefficient to serum albumin. Alterations in the structure of this surface coat material subsequently occur and these reduce .rho. to macromolecules and may further increase Lp.