PMID- 22683731 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121018 LR - 20131121 IS - 1540-0514 (Electronic) IS - 1073-2322 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 2 DP - 2012 Aug TI - Mesenteric lymph return is an important contributor to vascular hyporeactivity and calcium desensitization after hemorrhagic shock. PG - 186-95 LID - 10.1097/SHK.0b013e31825f1c9b [doi] AB - Vascular hyporeactivity is an important factor in irreversible shock, whereas calcium desensitization is one of the mechanisms of vascular hyporeactivity, and the intestinal lymphatic pathway plays an important role in multiple organ injury after severe hemorrhagic shock (HS). In this study, our aims were to determine the effects of mesenteric lymph on vascular reactivity during HS and the mechanisms involved. First, the in vivo pressor response was observed by intravenous injection of norepinephrine (3 mug/kg) at different time points after HS. We found that mesenteric lymph duct ligation (MLDL) and mesenteric lymph drainage (MLD) enhanced the pressor response at multiple time points after shock. Next, vascular reactivity and calcium sensitivity in superior mesenteric artery (SMA) vascular rings were examined using an isolated organ perfusion system. Vascular reactivity and calcium sensitivity were higher for SMA rings from rats that had undergone HS plus MLDL or MLD that those from rats that had undergone only HS. The effects of MLDL and MLD on vascular reactivity and calcium sensitivity were significantly increased following incubation with the calcium sensitizer angiotensin II and were reduced after incubation with the calcium sensitivity inhibitor insulin. When SMA rings from normal rats were incubated with mesenteric lymph from rats subjected to HS, lymph obtained 0 to 0.5 h after shock enhanced vascular reactivity and calcium sensitivity, whereas lymph obtained 1 to 3 h after shock blunted these effects. We finally examined vascular reactivity and calcium sensitivity in HS rats subjected to MLD at 0 to 3 h or 1 to 3 h after shock. We found that contractile activity of SMAs in response to norepinephrine or Ca was higher in HS rats subjected to MLD at 1 to 3 h after shock compared with rats subjected to MLD at 0 to 3 h after shock. These results indicate that mesenteric lymph return plays an important role in biphasic changes in vascular reactivity during HS. Even more importantly, mesenteric lymph 1 h after shock was an important contributor to vascular hyporeactivity, and its mechanism of action was related to calcium desensitization. Targeting lymph may therefore have therapeutic potential in the treatment of severe shock-induced hypotension. FAU - Zhao, Zi-Gang AU - Zhao ZG AD - Institute of Microcirculation, Hebei North University, Hebei, People's Republic of China. FAU - Niu, Chun-Yu AU - Niu CY FAU - Wei, Yan-Ling AU - Wei YL FAU - Zhang, Yu-Ping AU - Zhang YP FAU - Si, Yong-Hua AU - Si YH FAU - Zhang, Jing AU - Zhang J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Shock JT - Shock (Augusta, Ga.) JID - 9421564 RN - 0 (Vasoconstrictor Agents) RN - 11128-99-7 (Angiotensin II) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) RN - X4W3ENH1CV (Norepinephrine) SB - IM MH - Angiotensin II/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Calcium/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Ligation MH - Lymph/physiology MH - Lymphatic Vessels/*physiology MH - Male MH - Mesenteric Artery, Superior/drug effects/*physiology MH - Mesentery MH - Muscle Contraction/drug effects MH - Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects MH - Norepinephrine/administration & dosage/pharmacology MH - Random Allocation MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Shock, Hemorrhagic/*physiopathology MH - Vasoconstriction/drug effects/*physiology MH - Vasoconstrictor Agents/pharmacology EDAT- 2012/06/12 06:00 MHDA- 2012/10/19 06:00 CRDT- 2012/06/12 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/10/19 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1097/SHK.0b013e31825f1c9b [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Shock. 2012 Aug;38(2):186-95. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0b013e31825f1c9b.