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- The study investigates how increased blood viscosity from excessive erythrocytes affects oxygen supply to the skin in transgenic mice with high erythrocytosis.
- Researchers found that even though these mice had a fourfold increase in blood viscosity, their blood oxygen content nearly doubled without changing microvessel diameter.
- Ultimately, the findings suggest that higher erythrocyte levels do not improve oxygen delivery in capillaries, despite enhancing oxygen levels in larger blood vessels.
Article Abstract
Objective: Acclimatization to reduced environmental oxygen includes erythropoietin-regulated increase in erythrocytes enhancing the blood's oxygen content. However, increased hematocrit levels result in elevated blood viscosity that might impair microcirculation and tissue oxygenation. To assess this oxygen supply to the skin, the authors used erythropoietin overexpressing transgenic mice (tg6) that develop excessive erythrocytosis in an oxygen-independent manner. These animals have been previously reported to elevate their blood viscosity 4-fold.
Methods: The partial oxygen pressure (pO2) distribution was evaluated in microvessels as well as in subcutaneous interstitial tissue within a dorsal skinfold chamber of resting conscious mice using automated phosphorescence quenching.
Results: Compared to wildtype (wt) animals, transgenic blood viscosity increased 4-fold but microvessel diameter was not altered. Despite sharing similar blood pO2 as the wt siblings, tg6 animals nearly doubled their oxygen content. Moreover, tg6 erythrocytes reduced hemoglobin's oxygen affinity by decreased 2,3-DPG levels and an increased Hill number. Transgenic arterioles and venules showed increased pO2 compared to wt controls whereas capillary and tissue pO2 were not altered.
Conclusions: Excessive erythrocytosis does not elevate capillary oxygen delivery.
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