[Effect of frostbite under hypoxia on microcirculatory perfusion in rats]. 1997

P Yan, and Z Yang, and J Liu, and F Li, and Y Liu, and F Sun
Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Tianjin.

Changes of microcirculatory perfusion in rats following cold injury of right hind leg under hypoxia were investigated. Male Wistar rats weighing 200 +/- 20 g were randomly divided into three groups: frostbite at normoxia (FN) group; frostbite during acute hypoxia (4 h at 6000 m simulated altitude, FAH) group and frostbite during hypoxia after acclimation (exposure to hypoxia at 6000 m, 4 h daily for 4 weeks, FHAC) group. The results showed that the microcirculatory perfusion of both hind legs decreased markedly in FN after cold injury. It suggests that the frostbite damage can affect microcirculatory perfusion of another leg besides the region of frostbite. The fall of microcirculatory perfusion before freezing in FAH group indicated that there was a compensatory blood redistribution during acute hypoxia. The changes of microcirculatory perfusion in FAH group post-freezing indicated that acute hypoxia can aggravate the frostbite damage. The microcirculatory perfusion of FHAC group pre-freezing was significantly lower than that of FN and FAH group, and after freezing the perfusion of frostbitten leg in FHAC group was significantly lower than that in FN group, suggesting that hypoxia acclimation may cause disturbance of microcirculation and worsen the frostbite damage at high altitude.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008833 Microcirculation The circulation of the BLOOD through the MICROVASCULAR NETWORK. Microvascular Blood Flow,Microvascular Circulation,Blood Flow, Microvascular,Circulation, Microvascular,Flow, Microvascular Blood,Microvascular Blood Flows,Microvascular Circulations
D005627 Frostbite Damage to tissues as the result of low environmental temperatures. Frostbites
D006614 Hindlimb Either of two extremities of four-footed non-primate land animals. It usually consists of a FEMUR; TIBIA; and FIBULA; tarsals; METATARSALS; and TOES. (From Storer et al., General Zoology, 6th ed, p73) Hindlimbs
D000064 Acclimatization Adaptation to a new environment or to a change in the old. Acclimation
D000531 Altitude A vertical distance measured from a known level on the surface of a planet or other celestial body. Altitudes
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000860 Hypoxia Sub-optimal OXYGEN levels in the ambient air of living organisms. Anoxia,Oxygen Deficiency,Anoxemia,Deficiency, Oxygen,Hypoxemia,Deficiencies, Oxygen,Oxygen Deficiencies
D017208 Rats, Wistar A strain of albino rat developed at the Wistar Institute that has spread widely at other institutions. This has markedly diluted the original strain. Wistar Rat,Rat, Wistar,Wistar Rats
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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