Efeitos da hipervolemia crônica sobre a motilidade gastrintestinal e transporte intestinal de água e eletrólitos em ratos sob nefrectomia parcial

Abstract

It is well established that the regulation of the corporal fluids is guaranteed by functional interaction between cardiovascular and renal systems. Currently, clinical and experimental evidences suggest that gastrointestinal (GI) tract (GIT) adjust their motor and absorptive activities due to acute changes in the blood volume. Although total or partial renal failure promotes corporal fluids changing. Several studies indicate a relationship among renal failure and GIT functions. In this work, we study the effect of a salt diet on GIT motility [gastric emptying (GE) and GI transit of liquids] and intestinal transport (IT) of H2O and electrolytes (Na+, K+ and Cl-) in partial nephrectomized (nefre5/6) or false-operated (FO) rats under hydrated and dehydrate conditions. For that, 138 male Wistar rats (180-220g) submitted to partial nephrectomy (nefre5/6) in two steps (0 and 7 days). After nefre5/6 or FO procedures, animals were distributed into 2 different experiments both containig two groups as follows: feed+1% saline or feed+water. For the hydrate conditions experiment, after 3d and under 24-hour fasting with free access to water or saline, 1.5ml of the test meal (phenol red 0.5 mg/mL containg 5% glucose) was gavaged in the awake animals. Next 10, 20 or 30 minutes, the animals were sacrificed by cervical dislocation. Following, excision of the abdominal viscera was performed in order to determine the GE rate and GI transit. Additionally, similar experiment were performed using 5mL of polyethylene glycol-PEG (30% - 20,000 DA) injected subcutaneous in the rats 4 hours before the beginning of the experiment in order to simulate the dehydrate conditions. For IT studies, anesthetized animals underwent ileal perfusion with Ringer+phenol red solution and were monitored along 60 min. For all experiments, mean arterial pressure - MAP, central venous pressure-CVP, heart rate-HR and blood volume-BV were monitored. Also, plasmatic concentrations of Ur, Cr, Na+, K+ and Cl- were determined. Compared with FO group, nefre5/6 did not change the GE or GI transit, neither hemodynamic or biochemical parameters, but promotes ileal secretion of water and electrolytes. On the other hand, comparing the salt diet and standard diet, the nefre5/6 animals caused: i) increases on the gastric retention of 47%, 26% and 38% (at 10, 20 and 30 minutes of postprandial time, respectively), ii) acceleration of the GI transit, iii) increases on the ileal secretion of water and electrolytes and, iv) increases BP, CVP, HR and BV. However, changes on the other plasmatic biochemical parameters were not observed in this study. The acute dehydration with PEG prevented gut motility and hemodynamic changes and the increase of gastrointestinal secretions. Gastrointestinal motility and absorptive adjustments due to salt diet on the partial nephrectomized animals, is related to blood volume levels and, can be reversed by acute dehydration. In conclusion, gastrointestinal tract can adjust both their motor as well as absorptive activities after chronic blood volume imbalances.