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Disodium cromoglycate stabilizes mast cell degranulation while reducing the number of hemoglobin-induced microvascular leaks in rat mesentery

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

Submitted 26 June 2003 ; accepted in final form 23 December 2003

Blood substitutes, such as diaspirin cross-linked Hb (DBBF-Hb), have been considered for use during blood transfusions. Unfortunately, bolus injection of modified Hb has been shown to rapidly increase the leakage of microvessels to plasma albumin. This effect may result from production of excess reactive oxygen species (ROS) and could be linked to the observed increase in degranulated mast cells (DMC). Disodium cromoglycate (cromolyn) stabilizes mast cells and therefore might minimize the venular permeability in the rat mesentery. In 10 anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats, the mesenteric preparation was continuously suffused with cromolyn while the microvasculature was filled with DBBF-Hb solution (10 mg/ml) for 10 min. Six animals received cromolyn pretreatment [two intravascular injections over 30 min (experiment A)] and four animals received pretreatment with 2% HEPES-buffered saline (HBS)-BSA (experiment B). Two more animals were pretreated with HBS-BSA without DBBF-Hb infusion but with cromolyn suffusion (experiment C). Another set of experiments was performed on five animals without cromolyn suffusion or any pretreatment but with DBBF-Hb infusion (experiment D). All groups then received a 1-min perfusion of FITC-albumin, fixation for 60 min, and microscopic examination. Experiments A and B demonstrated a significant reduction in the number of venular leaks and DMC compared with experiment D, but not in the area of venular leaks. These results suggest mast cell degranulation is not a major contributor to microvascular leakage induced by DBBF-Hb.

blood substitutes; cromolyn; venular leaks; diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin

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