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Large Arteriolar Component of Oxygen Delivery Implies Safe Margin of Oxygen Supply to Cerebral Tissue
Author(s) -
Sakadzic Sava,
Mandeville Emiri,
Gag Louis,
Musacchia Joseph,
Yaseen Mohammad,
Yucel Meryem,
Lefebvre Joel,
Lesage Frederic,
Dale Anders,
EikermannHaerter Katharina,
Ayata Cenk,
Srinivasan Vivek,
Lo Eng,
Devor Anna,
Boas David
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.794.1
Subject(s) - oxygenation , cerebral blood flow , blood flow , cerebral cortex , medicine , oxygen delivery , brain tissue , cardiology , biomedical engineering , anesthesia , oxygen , chemistry , organic chemistry
What is the organization of cerebral microvascular oxygenation and morphology that allows adequate tissue oxygenation at different activity levels? We addressed this question in the mouse cerebral cortex using Two‐Photon Microscopy imaging of intravascular O2 partial pressure and Optical Coherence Tomography imaging of blood flow combined with numerical modeling. Surprisingly, our measurements show that parenchymal arterioles are responsible for 50% of the extracted O2 at baseline activity and the majority of the remaining O2 exchange takes place within the first few capillary branches. Most capillaries release little O2 at baseline acting as an O2 reserve that is recruited during increased neuronal activity or decreased blood flow. Our results challenge the common perception that capillaries are the major site of O2 delivery to cerebral tissue. The understanding of oxygenation distribution along arterio‐capillary paths may have profound implications for the interpretation of BOLD fMRI signal and for evaluating microvascular O2 delivery capacity to support cerebral tissue in disease. Funding sources: AHA SDG7600037 and NIH grants EB000790, NS055104, NS057476, and K99AG042026.