Effect of serum hyperosmolality on opening of blood-brain barrier for bilirubin in rat brain.
Effect of serum hyperosmolality on opening of blood-brain barrier for bilirubin in rat brain.
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DOI:
10.1542/peds.71.6.909
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发表时间:
1983-06
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8
通讯作者:
D. Bratlid;W. Cashore;W. Oh
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作者:
D. Bratlid;W. Cashore;W. Oh
The effect of hyperosomolality on the blood-brain barrier for bilirubin was studied in rats. Hyperbilirubinemia was induced in the chronically catheterized rat by infusion of bilirubin at a rate of 30 mg/kg/h for three hours. After two hours of bilirubin infusion, three levels of hyperosmolality were induced by bolus of urea at three different doses: 50, 75, and 100 mmol/kg, respectively. The serum osmolality rose from 297 mosm/L in the control group to 345, 383, and 400 mosml/L in the three respective groups. No significant differences were found between the groups in levels of total or free serum bilirubin, serum albumin, blood pH, and blood gases. A significant dose relationship was found in both brain bilirubin and brain albumin content with reference to the serum hyperosmolality. The results indicate that hyperosmolality causes opening of the blood-brain barrier for bilirubin in the rat. It may be speculated that this adverse phenomenon (hyperosmolality) may play a role in the pathogenesis of kernicterus in infants whose serum bilirubin levels are below the range of saturated bilirubin binding capacity.