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Mechanisms for the tachypneic response to the thromboxane A2 mimetic U-46,619 in rabbits.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8141386     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
These experiments were designed to determine if intravenous infusion of the thromboxane A2 mimetic, U-46,619, would elicit tachypnea in the rabbit, and if so whether the afferent signal was generated by receptors innervated by myelinated or unmyelinated vagal nerve fibers. Intravenous infusion of U-46,619 (0.5 microgram/kg delivered over 10 s) increased breathing frequency (26%) and right ventricular blood pressure (59%) in the anesthetized rabbit (n = 10). Systemic arterial blood pressure, heart rate, and tidal volume were unaffected by the infusion of U-46,619. When myelinated fiber conduction in the vagus nerve was eliminated by bilaterally cooling the nerve to 6 degrees C, the increase in breathing frequency was only 5% above baseline levels. The tachypneic response to U-46,619 was totally eliminated when both myelinated and unmyelinated fiber conduction was abolished by cooling the vagi to 0 degree C. The increase in right ventricular blood pressure after U-46,619 infusion was unaffected by vagal cooling. Because most (> 80%) of the tachypneic response to U-46,619 was eliminated by blockade of myelinated vagal fiber conduction, we conclude that the tachypneic response to U-46,619 is mediated mostly by receptors innervated by myelinated vagal afferent fibers in the anesthetized rabbit.
Authors:
J A Carrithers; F Liu; H W Shirer; J A Orr
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of physiology     Volume:  266     ISSN:  0002-9513     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Physiol.     Publication Date:  1994 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-04-26     Completed Date:  1994-04-26     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370511     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  R321-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid
Afferent Pathways / physiology
Animals
Blood Pressure / drug effects
Feedback
Female
Heart Rate / drug effects
Male
Muscle, Smooth / drug effects,  physiology
Nerve Fibers / drug effects,  physiology
Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / drug effects,  physiology
Neural Conduction / drug effects
Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic / pharmacology*
Rabbits
Respiration / drug effects*
Thromboxane A2 / analogs & derivatives*,  pharmacology
Tidal Volume / drug effects
Trachea / drug effects,  physiology
Vagus Nerve / physiology*
Vasoconstrictor Agents / pharmacology
Ventricular Function, Right / drug effects,  physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; 0/Vasoconstrictor Agents; 57576-52-0/Thromboxane A2; 76898-47-0/15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid

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