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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 275: H615-H625, 1998;
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Vol. 275, Issue 2, H615-H625, August 1998

Ultrastructural effects of intravascularly injected polyethylene glycol-hemoglobin in intestinal mucosa

Ann L. Baldwin, Lisa M. Wilson, and J. Edward Valeski

Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724-5051

Polyethylene glycol (PEG)-conjugated Hb (PEG-Hb) is being considered as a blood substitute. Previously, we showed that PEG-Hb extravasates rapidly from the intestinal mucosa and causes transient epithelial sloughing, resulting in temporary unimpeded passage of material between the intestinal lumen and the microcirculation. The present study quantifies the time course of factors related to this disturbance. Anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats (350-450 g) were injected with a bolus of PEG-Hb (10 mg/ml) in saline. Control animals received saline, alone or with Dextran 70 (5 mg/ml). After 2, 8, 15, 60, or 90 min, the small intestine was perfusion fixed for microscopy (4 animals for each time point). Epithelial cell detachment and mucosal mast cell degranulation peaked at 2 and 8-15 min, respectively, but by 90 min were back to normal. Goblet cell secretion increased with time up to 8-15 min, after which it leveled off. Mean interstitial width was significantly greater 8 min after injection than for controls and continued to increase with time. In capillaries, endothelial fenestral diaphragms were replaced by thick, amorphous structures. Mesenteric mast cell degranulation was significantly greater 60-90 min after injection compared with controls. We propose that these results are consistent with intravascular injection of PEG-Hb invoking a transient inflammatory response in the intestine.

rat; epithelium; mast cells; goblet cells; endothelium; fenestrae; collagen; electron microscopy


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