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Departments of Anatomy, Physiology and Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-5802
Muscle contractions evoke an immediate rise in blood flow. Distribution of this hyperemia within the capillary bed may be deterministic for muscle O2 diffusing capacity and remains unresolved. We developed the exteriorized rat (n = 4) spinotrapezius muscle for evaluation of capillary hemodynamics before (rest), during, and immediately after (post) a bout of twitch contractions to resolve (second-by-second) alterations in red blood cell velocity (VRBC) and flux (fRBC). Contractions increased (all P < 0.05) capillary VRBC (rest: 270 ± 62 µm/s; post: 428 ± 47 µm/s), fRBC (rest: 22.4 ± 5.5 cells/s; post: 44.3 ± 5.5 cells/s), and hematocrit but not the percentage of capillaries supporting continuous RBC flow (rest: 84.0 ± 0.7%; post: 89.5±1.4%; P > 0.05). VRBC peaked within the first one or two contractions, whereas fRBC increased to an initial short plateau (first 12-20 s) followed by a secondary rise to steady state. Hemodynamic temporal profiles were such that capillary hematocrit tended to decrease rather than increase over the first ~15 s of contractions. We conclude that contraction-induced alterations in capillary RBC flux and distribution augment both convective and diffusive mechanisms for blood-myocyte O2 transfer. However, across the first 10-15 s of contractions, the immediate and precipitous rise in VRBC compared with the biphasic and prolonged increase of fRBC may act to lower O2 diffusing capacity by not only reducing capillary transit time but by delaying the increase in the instantaneous RBC-to-capillary surface contact thought crucial for blood-myocyte O2 flux.
red blood cell velocity; red blood cell flux; capillary hematocrit; spinotrapezius muscle; red blood cell spacing
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