The normal acid base status of mice
The normal acid base status of mice
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DOI:
10.1016/j.resp.2011.11.015
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发表时间:
2012-03-15
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Wang, Tobias
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作者:
Iversen, Nina K.;Malte, Hans;Wang, Tobias
Rodent models are commonly used for various physiological studies including acid-base regulation. Despite the widespread use of especially genetic modified mice, little attention have been made to characterise the normal acid-base status in these animals in order to reveal proper control values. Furthermore, several studies report blood gas values obtained in anaesthetised animals. We, therefore, decided to characterise blood CO2 binding characteristic of mouse blood in vitro and to characterise normal acid-base status in conscious BALBc mice. In vitro CO2 dissociation curves, performed on whole blood equilibrated to various P-CO2 levels in rotating tonometers, revealed a typical mammalian pK' (pK' = 7.816 - 0.234 x pH (r = 0.34)) and a non-bicarbonate buffer capacity (16.1 +/- 2.6 slyke). To measure arterial acid-base status, small blood samples were taken from undisturbed mice with indwelling catheters in the carotid artery. In these animals, pH was 7.391 +/- 0.026, plasma [HCO3-] 18.4 +/- 0.83 mM, P-CO2 30.3 +/- 2.1 mmHg and lactate concentration 4.6 +/- 0.7 mM. Our study, therefore, shows that mice have an arterial pH that resembles other mammals, although arterial P-CO2 tends to be lower than in larger mammals. However, pH from arterial blood sampled from mice anaesthetised with isoflurane was significantly lower (pH 7.239 +/- 0.021), while plasma [HCO3-] was 18.5 +/- 1.4 mM, P-CO2 41.9 +/- 2.9 mmHg and lactate concentration 4.48 +/- 0.67 mM. Furthermore, we measured metabolism and ventilation (V-E) in order to determine the ventilation requirements (V-E/(V-o2) to answer whether small mammals tend to hyperventilate. We recommend, therefore, that studies on acid-base regulation in mice should be based on samples taken for indwelling catheters rather than cardiac puncture of terminally anaesthetised mice. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.