title: Partial cardiopulmonary bypass in rats for evaluating ischemia-reperfusion injury.
abstract: The authors developed a miniaturized partial cardiopulmonary bypass model in rats by using membrane oxygenators. Sprague-Dawley rats underwent general anesthesia and tracheostomy for ventilation. Partial cardiopulmonary bypass was carried out through the jugular cannula (18 gauge) for venous blood drainage and through the femoral arterial cannula (24 gauge) at a flow of 50 ml/kg/min. Membrane oxygenators used in this study maintained arterial oxygen tensions (PaO2) at 300-500 mmHg and carbon dioxide tensions (PaCO2) at 25-35 mmHg, with a gas mixture of 95% O2 + 5% CO2 (n = 7) for at least 2 hr of bypass circulation. To test the feasibility of this system for investigation of ischemia-reperfusion injury, hypoxic challenges with gas mixtures of different oxygen concentrations were examined. After equilibration of the bypass circulation for 1 hr, the following gases were tested for 15 min: Group I, 95% air + 5% CO2 (FiO2 = 0.21, n = 5); Group II, 10% O2 + 5% CO2 + 85% N2 (FiO2 = 0.1, n = 5); and Group III, 95% N2 + 5% CO2 (FiO2 = 0, n = 5). Equilibrated PaO2 values after challenge with these gases for 15 min were as follows: Group I: 89.6 +/- 3.7, Group II: 53.8 +/- 1.4, Group III: 25.6 +/- 2.0 mmHg (p < 0.01 between Groups I and II, I and III, II and III; p < 0.01 vs. prehypoxic PaO2 values in all groups). PaO2 values returned to the previous level within 15 min after return to the standard gas mixture (95% O2 + 5% CO2) supply. This system provided stable cardiopulmonary bypass in rats for at least 2 hr and may be useful for investigation of ischemia-reperfusion injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takigami
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shiiya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasuda
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000592:standards*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010313:Partial Pressure; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000175:diagnosis*