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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 278: H1627-H1639, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 5, H1627-H1639, May 2000

Interstitial fluid pressure, composition of interstitium, and interstitial exclusion of albumin in hypothyroid rats

Helge Wiig, Rolf K. Reed, and Olav Tenstad

Department of Physiology, University of Bergen, 5009 Bergen, Norway

Lack of thyroid hormones may affect the composition and structure of the interstitium. Hypothyrosis was induced in rats by thyroidectomy 4-12 wk before the experiments. In hypothyroid rats (n = 16), interstitial fluid pressure measured with micropipettes in hindlimb skin and muscle averaged +0.1 ± 0.2 and +0.5 ± 0.2 mmHg, respectively, with corresponding pressures in control rats (n = 16) of -1.5 ± 0.1 (P < 0.001) and -0.8 ± 0.1 mmHg (P < 0.001). Interstitial fluid volume, measured as the difference between the distribution volumes of 51Cr-EDTA and 125I-labeled BSA, was similar or lower in skin and higher in hypothyroid muscle. Total protein and albumin concentration in plasma and interstitial fluid (isolated from implanted wicks) was lower in hypothyroid compared with control rats. Hyaluronan content (n = 9) in rat hindlimb skin was 2.05 ± 0.15 and 1.92 ± 0.09 mg/g dry wt (P > 0.05) in hypothyroid and control rats, respectively, with corresponding content in hindlimb skeletal muscle of 0.35 ± 0.07 and 0.23 ± 0.01 mg/g dry wt (P < 0.01). Interstitial exclusion of albumin in skin and muscle was measured after 125I-labeled rat serum albumin infusion for 120-168 h with an implanted osmotic pump. Relative excluded volume for albumin (Ve/Vi) was calculated as 1 - Va/Vi, and averaged 28 and 28% in hindlimb muscle (P > 0.05), 44 and 45% in hindlimb skin (P > 0.05), and 19 and 32% in back skin (P < 0.05) in hypothyroid and control rats, respectively. Albumin mass was higher in back skin in spite of a lower interstitial fluid albumin concentration, a finding explained by a reduced Ve/Vi in back skin in hypothyroid rats. These experiments suggest that lack of thyroid hormones in rats changes the interstitial matrix again leading to reduced interstitial compliance and changes in the transcapillary fluid balance.

extracellular space; albumin space; extracellular matrix; interstitial fluid protein concentration; interstitial fluid albumin concentration; muscle; skin


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