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APPETITE, OBESITY, DIGESTION, AND METABOLISM

Blood flow responses in celiac and superior mesenteric arteries in the initial phase of digestion

¹Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies; ²Institute of Health Science, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan; and ³Department of Exercise Science and Physiology, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Submitted 1 August 2007 ; accepted in final form 1 April 2008

Blood flow (BF) responses in the celiac artery (CA) and superior mesenteric artery (SMA) during and immediately after a meal are poorly understood. We characterized postprandial BF responses in these arteries in the initial phase of digestion. After a baseline measurement in the overnight fasting state, healthy subjects ingested solid food (300 kcal) and water ad libitum within 5 min (4.6 ± 0.2 min, means ± SE), and then rested for 60 min in the postprandial state. Mean blood velocities (MBVs) in CA (n = 7) and SMA (n = 9) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were measured throughout the procedure. The MAP was divided by the MBV to yield the resistance index (RI). The MBV in CA and SMA started increasing within a minute after beginning the meal. The MBV in CA rapidly reached its peak increase (60 ± 8% change from baseline) at 5 ± 1 min after the start of the meal, whereas the MBV in SMA gradually reached its peak increase (134 ± 14%) at 41 ± 4 min after the start of the meal, reflecting a decrease in the RI for both CA and SMA. These findings suggested an earlier increase in CA and SMA MBV, implying that the increase of BF in some parts of the small intestine precedes the arrival of chyme.

visceral artery; food intake; postprandial splanchnic hyperemia

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