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J Appl Physiol 67: 2593-2599, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 6 2593-2599, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Reduced erythrocyte deformability alters pulmonary hemodynamics

M. P. Doyle, W. R. Galey and B. R. Walker
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131.

Isolated rat lungs were perfused with suspensions containing normal and stiffened erythrocytes (RBCs) to assess the effect of altered RBC deformability on pulmonary hemodynamics. RBC suspensions were prepared using cells previously incubated in isosmolar phosphate-buffered saline with or without 0.0125 or 0.01875% glutaraldehyde. Washed RBCs were resuspended in isosmolar 4% albumin saline solution. Isolated rat lungs were perfused with control and stiffened cells by the use of a perfusion system that allowed rapid switching between suspensions. Pressure-flow (P/Q) curves were constructed by measuring pulmonary arterial pressure (Ppa) over a range of flow rates. In a second set of experiments, P/Q curves were generated for perfusion with control and stiffened cells (0.0125% glutaraldehyde) before and after vasoconstriction with a synthetic prostaglandin analogue (U 46619). RBC deformability was quantified in all experiments by determination of filtration time of a dilute cell suspension through a 4.7 microns Nuclepore filter. Incubation with 0.0125 or 0.01875% glutaraldehyde produced a 6 or 21% decrease in RBC deformability, respectively. These decreases in deformability were associated with significant increases in Ppa at each flow rate. The increases in Ppa correlated significantly with the degree of RBC stiffening. With 0.0125% glutaraldehyde, the P/Q curve was shifted upward without a change in slope, whereas incubation with 0.01875% glutaraldehyde resulted in a significant increase in slope. Vasoconstriction and perfusion with stiffened RBCs had additive effects on Ppa. These findings suggest that decreases in RBC deformability cause physiologically significant elevations in hemodynamic resistance in the pulmonary circuit independent of vasoactivity.


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