A METHOD FOR USING MICROSPHERES TO MEASURE MUSCLE BLOOD-FLOW IN EXERCISING RATS
A METHOD FOR USING MICROSPHERES TO MEASURE MUSCLE BLOOD-FLOW IN EXERCISING RATS
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1982.52.6.1629
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
ROUK, K
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作者:
LAUGHLIN, MH;ARMSTRONG, RB;ROUK, K
A catheter-implantation procedure allowing use of the radiolabeled microsphere (MS) technique for measuring skeletal muscle blood flow (BF) in rats during high-speed treadmill running was desired. Attempts to use existing procedures were unsuccessful. Silastic catheters (0.02 in. ID [inner diameter] .times. 0.037 in. OD [outer diameter]) placed in the ascending aorta (for MS infusions) and the renal artery (for reference sample withdrawal) minimized these exercise performance problems. It was then necessary to establish that aortic MS infusions result in good MS-blood mixing. The method was tested with the following: the radioactivities found in reference withdrawal samples taken from 2 locations in the aorta were compared after left ventricular (LV) infusion and after aortic infusions; BF to bilaterally paired tissues were compared in anesthetized and conscious rats with LV and aortic infusions; the distribution of MS in the muscles was studied histologically; and BF in bilaterally paired tissues were compared in rats with aortic MS infusions during treadmill running. The percent difference between the radioactivities found in the proximal and distal reference withdrawal samples evidently was the same for LV and aortic MS infusions. BF to bilaterally paired tissue samples was the same with both LV or aortic MS infusions. The MS were distributed uniformly within muscles, and MS aggregation was not a significant problem. BF to bilaterally paired tissue samples were the same in exercising rats. This technique can be used to measure muscle BF in rats running on a treadmill.