The purpose of this research was to develop new techniques to 1) rapidly sample venous O2 saturation to determine contraction-by-contraction oxygen uptake (Vo2), and 2) precisely control the rate and pattern of blood flow adjustment from one chosen steady state to another. An indwelling inline oximeter probe connected to an Oximetrix 3 meter was used to sample venous oxygen concentration ([O2]) (via fractional saturation of Hb with O2). Data from the Oximetrix 3 were filtered, deconvolved, and processed by a moving average second by second. Computer software and a program written in-house were used to control blood flow with a peristaltic pump. The isolated canine gastrocnemius muscle complex (GS) in situ was utilized to test these techniques. A step change in metabolic rate was elicited by stimulating GS muscles via their sciatic nerves (supramaximal voltage, 8 V; 50 Hz, 0.2-ms pulse width; train duration. 200 ms) at a rate of either 1 contraction/2 s, or 2 contractions/3 s. With arterial [O2] maintained constant, blood flow and calculated venous [O2] were averaged over each contraction cycle and used in the Fick equation to calculate contraction-bycontraction Vo 2. About 5-8 times more data points were obtained with this method compared with traditional manual sampling. Software-controlled pump perfusion enabled the ability to mimic spontaneous blood flow on-kinetics (τ: 14.3 s) as well as dramatically speed (τ: 2.0 s) and slow (τ: 63.3 s) on-kinetics. These new techniques significantly improve on existing methods for mechanistically altering blood flow kinetics as well as accurately measuring muscle oxygen consumption kinetics during transitions between metabolic rates.

Contraction-by-contraction (V) over dotO(2) and computer-controlled pump perfusion as novel techniques to study skeletal muscle metabolism in situ

Lai N;
2010-01-01

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to develop new techniques to 1) rapidly sample venous O2 saturation to determine contraction-by-contraction oxygen uptake (Vo2), and 2) precisely control the rate and pattern of blood flow adjustment from one chosen steady state to another. An indwelling inline oximeter probe connected to an Oximetrix 3 meter was used to sample venous oxygen concentration ([O2]) (via fractional saturation of Hb with O2). Data from the Oximetrix 3 were filtered, deconvolved, and processed by a moving average second by second. Computer software and a program written in-house were used to control blood flow with a peristaltic pump. The isolated canine gastrocnemius muscle complex (GS) in situ was utilized to test these techniques. A step change in metabolic rate was elicited by stimulating GS muscles via their sciatic nerves (supramaximal voltage, 8 V; 50 Hz, 0.2-ms pulse width; train duration. 200 ms) at a rate of either 1 contraction/2 s, or 2 contractions/3 s. With arterial [O2] maintained constant, blood flow and calculated venous [O2] were averaged over each contraction cycle and used in the Fick equation to calculate contraction-bycontraction Vo 2. About 5-8 times more data points were obtained with this method compared with traditional manual sampling. Software-controlled pump perfusion enabled the ability to mimic spontaneous blood flow on-kinetics (τ: 14.3 s) as well as dramatically speed (τ: 2.0 s) and slow (τ: 63.3 s) on-kinetics. These new techniques significantly improve on existing methods for mechanistically altering blood flow kinetics as well as accurately measuring muscle oxygen consumption kinetics during transitions between metabolic rates.
2010
oxygen uptake kinetics; oxidative metabolism; exercise; blood flow;perfusion; isolated muscle
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