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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 276: H517-H529, 1999;
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Vol. 276, Issue 2, H517-H529, February 1999

In vivo effects of hydrostatic pressure on interstitium of abdominal wall muscle

El Rasheid Zakaria, Joanne Lofthouse, and Michael F. Flessner

Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642

Fluid loss from the peritoneal cavity to surrounding tissue varies directly with intraperitoneal hydrostatic pressure (Pip). According to Darcy's law [Q = -KA(dPif/dx)], fluid flux (Q) across a cross-sectional area (A) of tissue will increase with an increase in either hydraulic conductivity (K) or the interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure gradient (dPif/dx, where x is distance). Previously, we demonstrated that in the anterior abdominal muscle (AAM) of rats, dPif/dx increases by only 40%, whereas K rises fivefold between Pip of 1.5 and 8 mmHg. Because K is a function of interstitial volume (theta if), we hypothesized that perturbations of Pip would change Pif and expand the interstitium, increasing theta if. To test this hypothesis, we used dual-label quantitative autoradiography (QAR) to measure extracellular fluid volume (theta ec) and intravascular volume (theta iv) in the AAM of rats within the Pip range from -2.8 to +8 mmHg. theta if was obtained by subtraction (theta ec - theta iv). dPif/dx was measured with a micropipette and a servo-null system. Local theta iv did not vary with Pip and averaged 0.010 ± 0.002 ml/g, and theta if averaged 0.19 ± 0.01 ml/g at Pif <= 1.2 mmHg. However, theta if doubled between Pif of 1.2 and 4.2 mmHg (from 0.20 ± 0.00 to 0.39 ± 0.01 ml/g, respectively) but did not increase with further increases in Pif. This nonlinear pressure-volume relationship does not explain the fivefold increase in K with Pip. Because the interstitial matrix contributes to the interstitial resistance to fluid flow, and because hyaluronan (HA) is the only component of the matrix that is not anchored to the tissue, we hypothesized that the loss of interstitial HA was responsible for the continued decrease in interstitial resistance to fluid flow. We determined HA concentration in the rat AAM and adjacent subcutaneous tissue (SC) at Pip = 0 mmHg and after 2 h of dialysis at constant Pip = 6 mmHg. The HA content (normalized to dry weight) in the AAM was reduced from 487 ± 16 to 360 ± 27 µg/g dry tissue (n = 4, P < 0.05) and increased from 528 ± 72 to 1,050 ± 136 mg/g dry tissue (n = 4, P > 0.001) in the SC. We conclude that the mechanisms responsible for the increase in K with Pip include expansion of the interstitium, dilution of interstitial macromolecules, and washout from the AAM to SC of interstitial macromolecules responsible for resistance to fluid flow.

convection; hydraulic conductivity; compliance; peritoneal dialysis


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