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Effect of Tracer and Intravenous Fat Emulsion on the Measurement of Reticuloendothelial System Function

Yulia Hirschberg, B.A.

New England Deaconess Hospital, Laboratory of Nutrition/Infection, Nutrition/Metabolism Laboratory, Cancer Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

James J. Pomposelli, B.S.

New England Deaconess Hospital, Laboratory of Nutrition/Infection, Nutrition/Metabolism Laboratory, Cancer Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

Edward A. Mascioli, M.D.

New England Deaconess Hospital, Laboratory of Nutrition/Infection, Nutrition/Metabolism Laboratory, Cancer Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

Bruce R. Bistrian, M.D., PH.D.

New England Deaconess Hospital, Laboratory of Nutrition/Infection, Nutrition/Metabolism Laboratory, Cancer Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

George L. Blackburn, M.D., PH.D

New England Deaconess Hospital, Laboratory of Nutrition/Infection, Nutrition/Metabolism Laboratory, Cancer Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

Since the addition of lipid to intravenous feeding formulas, animal and human studies have shown impairment of the reticuloendothelial system (RES) due to slow rates of clearance and gradual accumulation of long chain triglycerides (LCT) in the liver. Medium chain triglycerides (MCT) accumulate only minimally in the liver and do not impair the RES. However, results from animal studies using technetium sulfur colloid (TSC) to assess RES function have been inconclusive. The present study reevaluates RES function after lipid infusion in guinea pigs as measured by organ distribution of TSC. Guinea pigs were fed 300 kcal/kg/day of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) for 2.5 days, with 50% of nonprotein calories as fat in the form of LCT or MCT, then injected intravenously with 2.5 or 25 µCi of TSC, and uptake by liver, spleen, and lungs was determined. Liver, lungs, and spleen all increased in size after TPN with LCT or MCT. Liver TSC uptake was significantly affected by the dose of TSC (p < 0.05), with the high dose probably inducing an increased capacity of the liver to clear TSC from the blood. Liver uptake was not influenced by diet, but feeding MCT did significantly stimulate lung uptake of TSC (p < 0.0001). This suggests that the hepatic TSC uptake system is not saturable, and may not be an appropriate measure of Kupffer cell function since the colloid is not phagocytosed. However, TSC blood clearance remains an excellent prognostic indicator for bacteremia and mortality in humans, and is useful for measuring global RES function. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 14:463-466, 1990)

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 14, No. 5, 463-466 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/0148607190014005463
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