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Skeletal muscle microvascular recruitment by physiological hyperinsulinemia precedes increases in total blood flow
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posted on 2002-01-01, 00:00 authored by Michelle KeskeMichelle Keske, D Dawson, A D H Clark, J R Lindner, S Rattigan, M G Clark, E J BarrettSupraphysiological doses of insulin enhance total limb blood flow and recruit capillaries in skeletal muscle. Whether these processes change in response to physiological hyperinsulinemia is uncertain. To examine this, we infused either saline (n = 6) or insulin (euglycemic clamp, 3.0 mU x min(-1) x kg(-1), n = 9) into anesthetized rats for 120 min. Femoral artery flow was monitored continuously using a Doppler flow probe, and muscle microvascular recruitment was assessed by metabolism of infused 1-methylxanthine (1-MX) and by contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEU). Insulin infusion raised plasma insulin concentrations by approximately 10-fold. Compared with saline, physiological hyperinsulinemia increased femoral artery flow (1.02 +/- 0.10 vs. 0.68 +/- 0.09 ml/min; P < 0.05), microvascular recruitment (measured by 1-MX metabolism [6.6 +/- 0.5 vs. 4.5 +/- 0.48 nmol/min; P < 0.05] as well as by CEU [167.0 +/- 39.8 vs. 28.2 +/- 13.8%; P < 0.01]), and microvascular flow velocity (beta, 0.14 +/- 0.02 vs. 0.09 +/- 0.02 s(-1)). Subsequently, we studied the time dependency of insulin's vascular action in a second group (n = 5) of animals. Using CEU, microvascular volume was measured at 0, 30, and 90 min of insulin infusion. Insulin augmented microvascular perfusion within 30 min (52.8 +/- 14.8%), and this persisted at 90 min (64.6 +/- 9.9%). Microvascular recruitment occurred without changes to femoral artery flow or beta. We conclude that insulin increases tissue perfusion by recruiting microvascular beds, and at physiological concentrations this precedes increases in total muscle blood flow by 60-90 min.
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DiabetesVolume
51Issue
1Pagination
42 - 48Publisher
American Diabetes AssociationLocation
New York, N.Y.Publisher DOI
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0012-1797eISSN
1939-327XLanguage
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2002, American Diabetes AssociationUsage metrics
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AnimalsBiotransformationCapillariesHindlimbHyperinsulinismInfusions, IntravenousInsulinKineticsMaleMicrocirculationMuscle, SkeletalRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRegional Blood FlowUric AcidXanthine OxidaseXanthinesScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineEndocrinology & MetabolismMYOCARDIAL CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHYINSULIN-RESISTANCEGLUCOSE-UPTAKECAPILLARY RECRUITMENTHEMODYNAMIC ACTIONSIN-VIVORATMICROBUBBLESMETABOLISMMECHANISM
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