TABLE 2.
Mean ± SD (n = 9) of glucose (mM), lactate (mM), magnesium (mM), calcium (mM) and osmolality (mOsm/kg) in control (C), wound (W) and wound + stress (WS) during an 8-week experimental timespan (secondary stress responses).
| Group | Pre-stress | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M ± SD | M ± SD | M ± SD | M ± SD | M ± SD | M ± SD | M ± SD | M ± SD | M ± SD | |||
| Glucose (mM) | C | 2.71 ± 0.13 | 3.66 ± 0.38* | 3.78 ± 0.82* | 3.43 ± 0.37* | 3.32 ± 0.47* | 3.52 ± 0.39* | 3.49 ± 0.22* | 3.58 ± 0.39* | 3.68 ± 0.43* | |
| W | 4.07 ± 0.72* | 3.32 ± 0.32* | 3.44 ± 0.34* | 4.06 ± 1.14* | 3.27 ± 0.30* | 3.63 ± 0.43* | 3.57 ± 0.48* | 3.48 ± 0.16* | |||
| WS | 4.03 ± 0.84* | 3.54 ± 0.49* | 3.58 ± 0.32* | 3.44 ± 0.38* | 3.43 ± 0.30* | 3.64 ± 0.26* | 3.69 ± 0.64* | 3.82 ± 0.41* | |||
| Lactate (mM) | C | 3.23 ± 0.69 | 3.67 ± 0.97 | 3.71 ± 1.02 | 3.99 ± 0.74 | 4.60 ± 0.71* | 4.39 ± 0.97* | 4.62 ± 1.09* | 4.79 ± 0.81* | 5.73 ± 0.90*a | |
| W | 4.56 ± 1.87 | 3.71 ± 1.17 | 5.08 ± 1.35* | 4.34 ± 1.05* | 3.72 ± 0.65 | 5.12 ± 2.04* | 5.14 ± 1.45* | 4.27 ± 0.65*b | |||
| WS | 4.33 ± 1.31 | 4.20 ± 1.29 | 4.89 ± 1.53* | 4.14 ± 0.51* | 3.41 ± 0.58 | 5.29 ± 1.27* | 4.54 ± 1.57 | 4.87 ± 0.99*ab | |||
| Magnesium (mM) | C | 1.20 ± 0.35 | 1.18 ± 0.17 | 1.43 ± 0.41a | 1.12 ± 0.28 | 1.02 ± 0.24 | 1.05 ± 0.13 | 0.96 ± 0.31a | 1.45 ± 0.47 | 1.44 ± 0.38ab | |
| W | 1.41 ± 0.35 | 1.01 ± 0.23b | 1.29 ± 0.34 | 1.17 ± 0.28 | 1.14 ± 0.28 | 1.60 ± 0.30*b | 1.50 ± 0.33 | 1.75 ± 0.25*a | |||
| WS | 1.34 ± 0.49 | 1.07 ± 0.16b | 1.40 ± 0.36 | 1.14 ± 0.20 | 1.06 ± 0.20 | 1.40 ± 0.41*b | 1.22 ± 0.43 | 1.17 ± 0.34b | |||
| Calcium (mM) | C | 3.17 ± 0.29 | 3.42 ± 0.25 | 3.49 ± 0.36 | 3.29 ± 0.20 | 3.24 ± 0.37 | 3.31 ± 0.15 | 2.97 ± 0.65a | 3.54 ± 0.27 | 3.53 ± 0.30*a | |
| W | 3.32 ± 0.36 | 3.19 ± 0.39 | 3.40 ± 0.31 | 3.29 ± 0.25 | 3.23 ± 0.43 | 3.61 ± 0.19b | 3.49 ± 0.26 | 3.76 ± 0.22*a | |||
| WS | 3.22 ± 0.33 | 3.19 ± 0.21 | 3.46 ± 0.23 | 3.33 ± 0.24 | 3.32 ± 0.17 | 3.39 ± 0.25ab | 3.10 ± 0.59 | 3.18 ± 0.35*b | |||
| Chloride (mM) | C | 133.1 ± 5.9 | 128.1 ± 8.7*a | 131.4 ± 20.8 | 115.4 ± 13.2*a | 120.4 ± 12.3*ab | 106.9 10.2*a | 117.9 ± 11.5* | 112.8 ± 7.0* | 108.9 ± 12.4*a | |
| W | 108.8 ± 10.7*b | 116.8 ± 10.4 | 103.8 ± 12.3*a | 109.3 ± 12.8*a | 114.7 ± 13.5*a | 119.9 ± 14.4 | 119.6 ± 7.0* | 116.4 ± 15.3*a | |||
| WS | 126.8 ± 11.2*a | 125.2 ± 10.1 | 130.9 ± 10.2*b | 131.3 ± 14.0*b | 128.4 ± 6.4b | 125.8 ± 12.1 | 117.6 ± 13.8* | 131.3 ± 6.7b | |||
| Osmolality (mOsm/Kg) | C | 408.3 ± 25.7 | 348.8 ± 10.3*a | 381.3 ± 41.6 | 403.3 ± 37.9 | 416.6 ± 30.1 | 429.7 ± 30.9 | 433.9 ± 38.0 | 448.1 ± 39.3* | 437.8 ± 27.1a | |
| W | 389.1 ± 28.7b | 399.7 ± 40.2 | 427.6 ± 37.1 | 417.6 ± 30.7 | 441.8 ± 81.0 | 466.7 ± 56.3* | 432.0 ± 26.5 | 418.6 ± 29.0ab | |||
| WS | 393.9 ± 32.2b | 402.3 ± 28.1 | 400.0 ± 30.7 | 406.4 ± 30.9 | 398.2 ± 29.9 | 435.7 ± 34.3 | 413.8 ± 32.2 | 403.2 ± 21.8b | |||
C = Control, W = Wound, WS = Wound and Stress. Values represent means ± SD, n = 9 per treatment/week. Means in a column (week) within the same measurement that have differing superscript letters a-b indicate significant differences (p < 0.05). Asterisks* show a significant difference compared to the Pre-stress group (p < 0.05).