title: Neutrophil enhancement of reperfusion-induced capillary fluid filtration associated with hypercholesterolemia.
abstract: Fluid filtration rate (Jv/S) from individual mesenteric capillaries in normocholesterolemic and hypercholesterolemic rats was measured before and after 30 min each of ischemia and reperfusion (I/R). The median I/R-induced increase in Jv/S (I/R vs. baseline) was 44% in normocholesterolemic rats (n = 11) and 97% in hypercholesterolemic rats (n = 11). A positive correlation slope of 0.20% per mg/dl resulted when the percent Jv/S increase vs. plasma cholesterol concentration (P = 0.02) was plotted, demonstrating that hypercholesterolemia enhances the capillary response to I/R. Because microvascular pressure did not change significantly after I/R in either group of rats, the increments in Jv/S likely reflect increased capillary permeability. In hypercholesterolemic rats rendered neutropenic with antineutrophil serum, I/R did not elicit a significant increase in Jv/S, suggesting that activated neutrophils mediate the exaggerated endothelial barrier dysfunction associated with hypercholesterolemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 71130-3932, USA. nharri@lsumc.edu
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Granger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002199:Capillary Permeability; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012016:Reference Values; D015424:Reperfusion