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J Appl Physiol 39: 292-296, 1975;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 39, Issue 2 292-296, Copyright © 1975 by American Physiological Society

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Ventilatory interaction between hypoxia and [H+] at chemoreceptors of man

R. A. Gabel and R. B. Weiskopf

By measuring ventilation during isocapnic progressive hypoxia, peripheral chemoreceptor sensitivity to acute hypoxia (deltaV40) was measured in five normal young men under four sets of conditions: 1) at sea level at the subject's resting PCO2, 2) at sea level with PCO2 5 Torr above resting PCO2, 3) after 24 h at a simulated altitude of 4,267 m (PB = 447 Torr) at the subject's resting PCO2 measured during acute hyperoxia, and 4) after 24 h at high altitude, with PCO2 elevated to the subject's sea-level resting PCO2. With this experimental design, we were able to systematically vary the PCO2 and [H+] at the peripheral and central chemoreceptors of man. When mean pHa was decreased from 7.424 to 7.377 without significant change in PACO2, the mean deltaV40 increased from 18.0 to 55.9 1/min. Conversely, when mean PACO2 was altered between 33.8 and 41.6 Torr with pHa held relatively constant, the mean deltaV40 did not change. This suggests that it is the H+ and not CO2 which interacts with hypoxia in stimulating the ventilation of man. An additional finding was that the intrinsic sensitivity of the peripheral chemoreceptors to acute hypoxia did not change during 24 h of acclimatization to high altitude.


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