Penumbral microcirculatory changes associated with peri-infarct depolarizations in the rat
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Penumbral microcirculatory changes associated with peri-infarct depolarizations in the rat
Abstract
Background and purpose: This study was designed to investigate the influence of peri-infarct depolarization elicited by occlusion of the middle cerebral artery on the dynamics of the microcirculation.
Methods: The microcirculation in the frontoparietal cortex of 9 rats was visualized in real time through a closed cranial window with the use of laser-scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy combined with intravenous fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-dextran and FITC-labeled erythrocytes. The direct current potential/electrocorticogram was continuously monitored. Intraluminal focal ischemia was induced for 2 hours in 6 rats anesthetized with halothane and mechanically ventilated. Reperfusion was monitored for 1 hour. Three rats underwent sham operation. Brains were removed 24 hours after occlusion and processed for histology.
Results: In control conditions, the velocity of fluorescent erythrocytes through capillaries was 0.51+/-0.19 mm/s (mean+/-SD), and the diameter of the arterioles studied was 33+/-12 microm. Under ischemia, erythrocyte velocity through capillaries was significantly decreased to 0.33+/-0.14 mm/s, while arteriole diameter did not change significantly. During spontaneous peri-infarct depolarizations, arteriole diameter was significantly increased (119+/-23% of baseline), while capillary erythrocyte velocity was further decreased by 14+/-34%. The direction of arteriolar blood flow episodically and transiently reversed during approximately half of the peri-infarct depolarizations. The decrease in capillary erythrocyte velocity was more pronounced (23+/-37%) in these cases. After reperfusion, the microcirculatory variables rapidly returned to baseline. All rats in the ischemic group had infarcts 24 hours after occlusion.
Conclusions: Peri-infarct depolarization has an adverse influence on penumbral microcirculation, reducing capillary perfusion by erythrocytes, despite dilatation of arterioles. These findings suggest that a steal phenomenon contributes to the deleterious effect of these depolarizations.
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