Acute hypoxic ventilation

Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 79, Issue 5 1504-1511, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Acute hypoxic ventilation, carotid body cell division, and dopamine content during early hypoxia in rats

D. Bee and D. J. Pallot
Department of Medicine, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

In a previous study, we showed that the acute hypoxic ventilatory response was blunted in anesthetized chronically hypoxic rats and was restored by blockade of the dopamine D2 receptor with domperidone. We now report observations made during 1-8 days of exposure to 10% O2 on the acute hypoxic ventilatory response and the effect of domperidone and relate them to dopamine content and cellular proliferation in the carotid body. Hypoxic exposure caused a parallel shift in the hypoxic response curve to higher levels of ventilation and arterial oxygen saturation. The greatest response occurred on day 1 and was unaffected by domperidone: dopamine content diminished and mitotic activity increased. By 8 days, hypoxic ventilation approached normal and was significantly augmented by domperidone; in the carotid body, dopamine levels had risen above the control level and mitoses had diminished. Thus the increase in ventilation was inversely related to carotid body dopamine content, which was depressed. The possibility of a causal relationship is discussed.


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