TY - JOUR
T1 - Pharmacological correction of hypothermic P50 shift does not alter outcome from focal cerebral ischemia in rats
AU - Wainwright, Mark S.
AU - Sheng, Huaxin
AU - Sato, Yukie
AU - Burkhard Mackensen, G.
AU - Steffen, Robert P.
AU - Pearlstein, Robert D.
AU - Warner, David S.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Hypothermia decreases the arterial Po2 at which hemoglobin is 50% saturated (P50), increasing hemoglobin O2-binding affinity. We used RSR13, a synthetic allosteric modifier of hemoglobin that increases P50, to study the role of altered hemoglobin O2-binding affinity in mild hypothermic neuroprotection. RSR13 (150 mg/kg iv) restored P50 to normothermic values. Rats underwent 70 min of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) at 30.0, 34.0, or 37.5°C with hemoglobin saturation held at 98-100%. The 34.0°C group received RSR13 or vehicle before ischemia. After 7 days of recovery, infarct volumes were reduced in all hypothermic groups, without evidence of a detrimental effect on infarct size or neurological score as a result of P50 correction. To examine for a beneficial effect of P50 correction, ischemia duration was increased to 120 min in rats maintained at 34.0°C. Correction of P50 by RSR13 did not alter cerebral infarct sizes or neurological scores. The decrease in P50, caused by mild hypothermia, could not be associated with infarct size or neurological deficit resulting from ischemic brain hypoxia in rats.
AB - Hypothermia decreases the arterial Po2 at which hemoglobin is 50% saturated (P50), increasing hemoglobin O2-binding affinity. We used RSR13, a synthetic allosteric modifier of hemoglobin that increases P50, to study the role of altered hemoglobin O2-binding affinity in mild hypothermic neuroprotection. RSR13 (150 mg/kg iv) restored P50 to normothermic values. Rats underwent 70 min of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) at 30.0, 34.0, or 37.5°C with hemoglobin saturation held at 98-100%. The 34.0°C group received RSR13 or vehicle before ischemia. After 7 days of recovery, infarct volumes were reduced in all hypothermic groups, without evidence of a detrimental effect on infarct size or neurological score as a result of P50 correction. To examine for a beneficial effect of P50 correction, ischemia duration was increased to 120 min in rats maintained at 34.0°C. Correction of P50 by RSR13 did not alter cerebral infarct sizes or neurological scores. The decrease in P50, caused by mild hypothermia, could not be associated with infarct size or neurological deficit resulting from ischemic brain hypoxia in rats.
KW - Allosteric modification
KW - Brain
KW - Hypothermia
KW - RSR13
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U2 - 10.1152/ajpheart.00863.2001
DO - 10.1152/ajpheart.00863.2001
M3 - Article
C2 - 11959653
AN - SCOPUS:0036087226
SN - 0363-6135
VL - 282
SP - H1863-H1870
JO - American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
JF - American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
IS - 5 51-5
ER -