Neill WA, Jensen PE, Rich GB, Werschkul JD. Effect of decreased O2 supply to tissue on the lactate: pyruvate ratio in blood.
J Clin Invest 1969;
48:1862-9. [PMID:
5822591 PMCID:
PMC322422 DOI:
10.1172/jci106152]
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Abstract
Experiments were performed with trained conscious dogs with permanently implanted intravascular catheters. With the dogs in a basal resting state, the concentrations of lactate (L) and pyruvate (P) in arterial blood fluctuated widely from day to day, whereas their concentration ratio (L/P) remained relatively constant. By contrast, decrease in tissue O(2) supply induced by severe chronic anemia increased the arterial blood L/P, specifically, with only random accompanying changes in the lactate or pyruvate concentrations themselves. When systemic O(2) consumption was increased acutely by muscular exercise, cardiac output increased, and the changes in blood L/P were small and not consistent between different dogs. But when O(2) supply to the tissues was simultaneously limited by anemia, L/P increased during exercise, and the magnitude of the increase was proportional to the severity of the anemia. These results suggest that changes in blood L/P during exercise are related specifically to tissue O(2) supply.
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