title: Effects of atrial natriuretic peptide on the extrasplenic microvasculature and lymphatics in the rat in vivo.
abstract: We developed a novel model using fluorescent intravital microscopy to study the effect of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) on the extrasplenic microcirculation. Continuous infusion of ANP into the splenic artery (10 ng min(-1) for 60 min) of male Long-Evans rats (220-250 g, n = 24) induced constriction of the splenic arterioles after 15 min (-7.2 +/- 6.6% from baseline diameter of 96 +/- 18.3 microm, mean +/- S.E.M.) and venules (-14.4 +/- 4.0% from 249 +/- 25.8 microm; P < 0.05). At the same time flow did not change in the arterioles (from 1.58 +/- 0.34 to 1.27 +/- 0.27 ml min(-1)), although it decreased in venules (from 1.67 +/- 0.23 to 1.15 +/- 0.20 ml min(-1)) and increased in the lymphatics (from 0.007 +/- 0.001 to 0.034 +/- 0.008 ml min(-1); P < 0.05). There was no significant change in mean arterial pressure (from 118 +/- 5 to 112 +/- 5 mmHg). After continuous ANP infusion for 60 min, the arterioles were dilated (108 +/- 16 microm, P < 0.05) but the venules remained constricted (223 +/- 24 microm). Blood flow decreased in both arterioles (0.76 +/- 0.12 ml min(-1)) and venules (1.03 +/- 0.18 ml min(-1); P < 0.05), but was now unchanged from baseline in the lymphatics (0.01 +/- 0.001 ml min(-1)). This was accompanied by a significant decrease in MAP (104 +/- 5 mmHg; P < 0.05). At 60 min, there was macromolecular leak from the lymphatics, as indicated by increased interstitial fluorescein isothiocyanate-bovine serum albumin fluorescence (grey level: 0 = black; 255 = white; from 55.8 +/- 7.6 to 71.8 +/- 5.9, P < 0.05). This study confirms our previous proposition that, in the extrasplenic microcirculation, ANP causes greater increases in post- than precapillary resistance, thus increasing intrasplenic capillary hydrostatic pressure (P(c)) and fluid efflux into the lymphatic system. Longer-term infusion of ANP also increases Pc, but this is accompanied by increased 'permeability' of the extrasplenic lymphatics, such that fluid is lost to perivascular third spaces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. zoe.brookes@sheffield.ac.uk
authors.forename: Zoë L S
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Brookes
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D042601:Lymphatic Vessels / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D013154:Spleen / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor
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