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J Appl Physiol 98: 1177-1184, 2005; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00591.2004
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Effect of acute hypoxia on microcirculatory and tissue oxygen levels in rat cremaster muscle

Paul C. Johnson,1 Kim Vandegriff,2 Amy G. Tsai,1 and Marcos Intaglietta1

1Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; and 2Sangart, San Diego, California

Submitted 9 June 2004 ; accepted in final form 29 November 2004

Repeated exposure to brief periods of hypoxia leads to pathophysiological changes in experimental animals similar to those seen in sleep apnea. To determine the effects of such exposure on oxygen levels in vivo, we used an optical method to measure PO2 in microcirculatory vessels and tissue of the rat cremaster muscle during a 1-min step reduction of inspired oxygen fraction from 0.21 to 0.07. Under control conditions, PO2 was 98.1 ± 1.9 Torr in arterial blood, 52.2 ± 2.8 Torr in 29.0 ± 2.7-µm arterioles, 26.8 ± 1.7 Torr in the tissue interstitium near venous capillaries, and 35.1 ± 2.6 Torr in 29.7 ± 1.9-µm venules. The initial fall in PO2 during hypoxia was significantly greater in arterial blood, being 93% complete in the first 10 s, whereas it was 68% complete in arterioles, 47% at the tissue sites, and 38% in venules. In the 10- to 30-s period, the fall in normalized tissue and venular PO2 was significantly greater than in arterial PO2. At the end of hypoxic exposure, PO2 at all measurement sites had fallen very nearly in proportion to that in the inspired gas, but tissue oxygen levels did not reach critical PO2. Significant differences in oxyhemoglobin desaturation rate were also observed between arterial and microcirculatory vessels during hypoxia. In conclusion, the fall in microcirculatory and tissue oxygen levels in resting skeletal muscle is significantly slower than in arterial blood during a step reduction to an inspired oxygen fraction of 0.07, and tissue PO2 does not reach anaerobic levels.

arterioles; venules; blood oxygen; intermittent hypoxia; sleep apnea


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: P. C. Johnson, Dept. of Bioengineering, Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412 (E-mail: pjohnson{at}bioeng.ucsd.edu)




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