[The tissue oxygen partial pressure in organs of hens in the second half of embryogenesis and in the first days after hatching]

Abstract

The aim of the study was measure the development chick tissue partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) in the brain cerebral hemispheres, liver, M. pectoralis, M. gastrocnemius, and to estimate the correlation of this index with our previously measured values (laser-Doppler flowmetry) volume blood flow (BF) in these organs. We studied 10-, 15-, and 19-day embryos and 4-day chickens thatwere anesthetized with urethane. pO2 measurements were made in thesurface layers of organs by the membrane amperometric Clark-type O2-electrode with a diameter of about 50 microm of the cathode placed in the center of the sensor with an outer diameter of 3.4 mm. Disclosed noticeable distinction of both the organ tissue pO2 values, and the dynamics of their changes duringthe study period. The most important of them: (1) the lowest pO2 (and BF) is observed in the brain and particularly in the liver of 10-day embryos; (2) in the subsequent period of embryogenesis pO2 in the brain increases 1.9 times (rising and BF) in M. pectoralis it falls by 1.7 times and in the liver.and in M. gastrocnemius changes little wherein the BF in both liver and muscles is not changed, (3) after hatching pO2 in the liver and M. petoralis fold increased (also increasing and BF), and in the brain and M. gastrocnemius, despite the increase BF (greater in the niuscle) did not significant change. In the analysis ofthedata are considered two possible mechanisms of change of tissue pO2 in the developing organs of chickens, one is due to the peculiarities of intracardiac blood flows; and the other is related to thesingularity of the oxyhemoglobin dissociation in the blood capillary bed of organ, determined by the specifics of its oxidative metabolism.