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From the Department of Neurosurgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, and Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (N.H.), Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Methods A modification of red blood cell 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate content was achieved by an exchange transfusion of blood in which red blood cells were treated with either phospho(enol)pyruvate or inorganic phosphate in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hematocrit values of circulating blood were varied from 30% to 20% during transfusion. Brain ischemia was produced in rats by bilateral carotid artery occlusion lasting 60 minutes. The concentrations of ATP and 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate in the blood and the ATP, phosphocreatine, and lactate concentrations in the brain were estimated by an enzymatic method.
Results Red blood cell 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate concentration increased to 200% of the pretransfusion level after the transfusion in which red blood cells were treated with phospho(enol)pyruvate, whereas the concentration decreased to 80% after the transfusion in which red blood cells were treated with phosphate. Red blood cell ATP content did not differ significantly between the phospho(enol)pyruvate- and phosphate-treated groups after transfusion. When hematocrit was approximately 30%, the ischemic brain ATP and lactate contents did not differ between the nonischemic and ischemic groups. However, as hematocrit was reduced to less than 25% the ischemic brain ATP content remarkably decreased and the lactate content substantially increased in the 2,3-bisphosphoglyceratesubnormal red blood cell group. In contrast, the ischemic brain ATP and phosphocreatine contents in the 2,3-bisphosphoglycerateenriched red blood cell group were preserved and as high as those in the nonischemic group under the same conditions.
Conclusions Cerebral ischemia was compensated with the increment of cerebral blood flow as a result of the reduction of hematocrit to optimal levels, but the extreme hemodilution induced insufficient oxygen supply to the brain tissue, resulting in a more marked impairment of brain metabolism despite an increase in cerebral blood flow. However, even in extreme hemodilution conditions the 2,3-bisphosphoglycerateenriched red blood cells in circulating blood protected the brain from ischemic metabolic changes. These results suggest that the 2,3-bisphosphoglycerateenriched red blood cells in the circulating blood may thus compensate for the insufficient oxygen supply in extremely anemic conditions by providing a sufficient supply of oxygen in the face of ischemic insult.
Key Words: 2,3 biphosphoglycerate rats cerebral metabolism hemodilution oxygen
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Hematocrit is a major determinant of blood viscosity. In humans and animals cerebral blood flow increases when hematocrit decreases.12 13 14 15 Cerebral ischemic damage after carotid ligation depends on the balance between the insufficient oxygen supply caused by a low hematocrit and the increased blood flow caused by low blood viscosity.12 13 14 In the present study we examine the effects of RBCs containing a high concentration of 2,3-DPG on rat brain ischemia during hemodilution.
| Materials and Methods |
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Exchange Transfusion of RBCs Containing High or Low 2,3-DPG
Content
Female spontaneously hypertensive rats 4 to 9 months old and
weighing 200 to 250 g were used in these experiments. The rats were
divided into two groups as follows: a 2,3-DPGenriched RBC group,
which were transfused with blood treated with a PEP solution, and a
2,3-DPGsubnormal RBC group, whose blood was treated with a Pi
solution. All rats were anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital
(40 mg/kg body wt IP) and then mechanically ventilated with 30%
O2 and 70% N2O after undergoing a tracheotomy.
Pancuronium bromide (0.08 mg/kg body wt IV) was given to induce muscle
paralysis. Both femoral arteries were cannulated, one for
recording of mean arterial blood pressure with an
electromanometer and for anaerobic blood sampling to
monitor blood gases and hematocrit and the other for blood withdrawal.
One femoral vein was cannulated for blood infusion. The rat's head was
fixed in a head holder, and rectal temperature was maintained at
approximately 37°C with the aid of a heating lamp. The exchange
transfusion was performed by a double-syringe pump (941, Harvard
Apparatus) set at infusion and withdrawal rates of 0.8
mL/min. The recombined blood was restored at 37°C for 10 minutes
before transfusion and then was infused through the femoral venous
catheter and withdrawn through the arterial catheter. While
mean arterial blood pressure was monitored, a total of 15
mL blood was exchanged. At the same time, hematocrit values were also
varied from 30% to 20% by exchanging blood in which the hematocrit
level was regulated. This is because a hematocrit range of
approximately 30% was found to be the optimal value at which cerebral
oxygen delivery reaches a maximal peak during
hemodilution.14 18 Arterial blood samples were
taken for analysis of ATP and 2,3-DPG concentrations as well as
for measurement of hematocrit before and after transfusion.
Preparation of the Ischemic Rat Brain
Rats were further divided into three groups as follows:
ischemic 2,3-DPGenriched RBC group, ischemic
2,3-DPGsubnormal RBC group, and nonischemic control group. In
the ischemic rat groups both common carotid arteries,
previously exposed through ventral midline cervical incisions, were
ligated 30 minutes after the exchange transfusion according to the
procedure of Fujishima et al.19 A small burr hole was made
in the right parietal bone, and cortical blood flow was measured by a
laser Doppler flowmeter (BPM 403, TSI). Sixty minutes after carotid
ligation the brain was frozen in situ by pouring liquid nitrogen into a
plastic funnel that was placed over the skull. The frozen brains were
then chiseled out carefully, and supratentorial
brain tissue was prepared for analysis.20 The
nonischemic control rat group was prepared in a similar manner;
that is, both common carotid arteries were exposed but not ligated
(sham operation). The brains in these rats not undergoing carotid
ligation were frozen 90 minutes after the exchange transfusion of blood
in which the RBCs were treated with either PEP or Pi.
Samples for Analysis
Blood samples were deproteinized immediately with ice-cold 0.6
mol/L HClO4. After standing for 5 minutes in ice, the
mixture of blood and perchloric acid was centrifuged at
16 000g for 10 minutes at 4°C. The extract was
neutralized with 5 mol/L KOH and used for analysis of ATP and
2,3-DPG contents.21 22 A 0.05-mL aliquot of blood was used
for measurement of hematocrit with the microhematocrit method by
centrifugation at 11 000 rpm for 5 minutes. The oxygen
dissociation curve and P50 of blood were determined
(Hemox-Analyzer, Technical Consulting Service) at pH 7.4 and
37°C. The frozen brain was weighed, powdered in liquid nitrogen, and
extracted for 10 minutes with 20 vol of 0.6 mol/L HClO4 at
0°C. The perchloric acid extracts were centrifuged at
24 000g for 10 minutes at 4°C, and the supernatants were
neutralized with 5 mol/L KOH before being used for the analysis
of adenine nucleotides, phosphocreatine, and
lactate.21 22
Materials
Both Wistar and spontaneously hypertensive rats were obtained
from Kyudo Co, Ltd (Kumamoto, Japan). All enzymes were obtained from CF
Boehringer und Soehne. Other reagents were of analytical
grade.
Statistics
All data were analyzed with the Statistical
Analysis System (SAS) computer program. All values are reported
as mean±SD; Student's t test was used for determination of
statistical significance.
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Changes in Brain ATP, Phosphocreatine, and Lactate Contents and
Cortical Blood Flow After Ligation
Fig 2
compares the relationships between hematocrit
and brain tissue metabolites after ischemia in the three
groups. When hematocrit was approximately 30% the ischemic
brain ATP content in both the 2,3-DPGenriched and subnormal RBC
groups ranged from 1.64 to 1.96 and from 1.60 to 1.63 µmol/g tissue,
respectively. They were preserved at 80% of the ATP level in the
nonischemic control group. As hematocrit was reduced to less
than 25% the ischemic brain ATP content remarkably decreased
in the 2,3-DPGsubnormal RBC group (Fig 2A
, open triangles). However,
a slight change in the ischemic brain ATP content was also
observed in the 2,3-DPGenriched RBC group under the same conditions
(Fig 2A
, solid circles). The brain ATP content in the
nonischemic control group was maintained at 1.77 to 2.22
µmol/g tissue, with hematocrit values between 20% and 30% (Fig 2A
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open circles). The ischemic brain phosphocreatine contents in
the 2,3-DPGenriched RBC groups were kept at 3.07 to 3.47 µmol/g
tissue, with hematocrit values from 20% to 30% (Fig 2B
, solid
circles). However, in the 2,3-DPGsubnormal RBC group the
ischemic brain phosphocreatine content ranged from 2.48 to 2.96
µmol/g tissue and was already slightly different from the
ischemic brain phosphocreatine content in the two groups at a
30% hematocrit level. As hematocrit was reduced to less than 25% the
ischemic brain phosphocreatine content decreased to 1.50
µmol/g tissue in the 2,3-DPGsubnormal RBC group (Fig 2B
, open
triangles). The brain phosphocreatine content in the
nonischemic control group was maintained at 3.33 to 3.80
µmol/g tissue, with hematocrit values ranging from 20% to 30% (Fig 2B
, open circles). When hematocrit was approximately 30%, the
ischemic brain lactate content in both the 2,3-DPGenriched
and subnormal RBC groups ranged from 3.58 to 5.64 and from 2.55 to
3.69 µmol/g tissue, respectively. Their values were slightly higher
than those observed at the nonischemic control level. As
hematocrit was reduced to less than 25% the ischemic brain
lactate content remarkably increased in the 2,3-DPGsubnormal RBC
group (Fig 2C
, open triangles) although a slight increase in the
2,3-DPGenriched RBC group was observed under the same conditions (Fig 2C
, solid circles). The brain lactate content in the
nonischemic control group was maintained at 1.29 to 1.97
µmol/g tissue, with hematocrit values between 20% and 30% (Fig 2C
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open circles).
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Cortical blood flow in both the 2,3-DPGenriched and subnormal RBC
groups was reduced to 49.4±7.1% and 48.5±8.7% of the
preischemic control level, respectively, and there was no
significant difference in the changes between the two groups (Fig 3
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Before and after ischemia, blood
PaCO2 and PaO2 as
well as arterial pH were all kept within normal ranges.
Mean arterial blood pressure increased by 20 to 25 mm Hg
60 minutes after ligation (Table 2
). These results were
essentially similar to those of Fujishima et al.19 In
addition, there was no significant difference in these
parameters between the 2,3-DPGenriched and subnormal
RBC groups.
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| Discussion |
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We demonstrated previously that extracellular PEP could penetrate the
RBC membrane and be metabolized to 2,3-DPG and ATP accompanied by an
increase in P50.16 17 23 29 When canine RBCs
treated with PEP were autologously transfused, the elevated 2,3-DPG and
P50 values in the circulating blood were maintained during
the second day after the transfusion.24 Essentially the
same results were observed in open-heart surgery
patients.30 In the present study the 2,3-DPG
concentration in rat RBCs increased by 220% as a result of PEP
treatment in vitro, as shown previously in both human and canine RBCs
(Table 1
).16 23 24 The circulating blood 2,3-DPG
concentration increased to 200% of the pretransfusion level when these
cells were transfused (Fig 1
). The RBC oxygen-delivering capacity
increases as a reflection of 2,3-DPG increase in the cells. The
increased level of 2,3-DPG to 200% of normal value in rats exchanged
with the 2,3-DPGenriched RBCs resulted in an accelerated
oxygen-delivering activity that was approximately 175% that of normal
rats.31
Cerebral blood flow increases as hematocrit decreases, and this action forms the theoretical foundation of hemodilution therapy for cerebral ischemia.12 13 However, this increased blood flow does not necessarily improve the oxygen transport and oxygenation of cerebral tissue because it may be caused by the balance between the reduced arterial oxygen content and increased cerebral blood flow.12 14 15 18 In fact, the optimal value to which hematocrit should be reduced for the best compromise to be achieved in the improvement of cerebral blood flow and maintenance of oxygen delivery has not yet been satisfactorily determined. Wood et al15 demonstrated a favorable inverse relationship between regional cortical oxygen transport and hematocrit in ischemic brain, and Kiyohara et al14 also found that there is a significant inverse U-shaped correlation between hematocrit and ATP content in ischemic brain, with a maximal hematocrit level of 37%. The optimal hematocrit value for brain ischemia has been considered to be just above 30%.13 18
In the present study the ischemic brain ATP,
phosphocreatine, and lactate contents did not differ between the
2,3-DPGenriched and subnormal RBC groups at a hematocrit value of
30% (Fig 2
), indicating that this value is approximately optimal for
ischemic brain tissue oxygenation in the
2,3-DPGsubnormal RBC group. However, when hematocrit was reduced to
less than 25% the ischemic brain ATP and phosphocreatine
contents remarkably decreased and the lactate content substantially
increased in the 2,3-DPGsubnormal RBC group. In contrast, in the
2,3-DPGenriched RBC group ischemic brain ATP and
phosphocreatine contents were kept as high as those in the
nonischemic group, and the lactate content increased moderately
under the same conditions (Fig 2
), indicating that the impairment of
ischemic brain metabolism caused by the
insufficient oxygen supply was compensated with the high
oxygen-delivering capacity of the 2,3-DPGenriched RBCs. The decrease
of phosphocreatine preceded that of ATP in the 2,3-DPGsubnormal group
(Fig 2A
and 2B
), consistent with previous
results.32
Cortical blood flow decreased to 10% of preischemic levels
60 minutes after bilateral carotid ligation in spontaneously
hypertensive rats in which hematocrit was normal.19 33 In
the present study the degree of reduction in cortical blood flow
remained at 50%, with hematocrit ranging from 20 to 30% (Fig 3
). This
indicates that hemodilution, during which hematocrit values were
reduced from 50% to 20-30%, increases cerebral blood flow during
brain ischemia. Cortical blood flow did not differ
significantly between the 2,3-DPGenriched and subnormal RBC groups
(Fig 3
).
We could conclude from these data that the ischemic brain metabolism of the 2,3-DPGenriched RBC group was kept as normal as that of the nonischemic group, whereas that of the 2,3-DPGsubnormal RBC group deteriorated, because 2,3-DPGenriched RBCs had a high oxygen-delivering capacity and thus could compensate for the insufficient oxygen supply in extremely anemic conditions. These results also suggest that 2,3-DPGenriched RBCs modified by PEP may be clinically useful during hemodilution therapy in stroke patients.
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Received May 23, 1994; revision received March 28, 1995; accepted April 20, 1995.
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