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J Appl Physiol 42: 349-354, 1977;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 42, Issue 3 349-354, Copyright © 1977 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of chronic exposure to cold on some responses to catecholamines

M. J. Fregly, F. P. Field, E. L. Nelson Jr, P. E. Tyler and R. Dasler

An objective of these studies was to test the responsiveness of cold-adapted (8 wk, 5 degrees C) rats to a specific beta-adrenergic agonist. Twenty-four hours after removal from cold, increases in tail skin temperature (Tsk) and colonic temperature (Tco) were measured for 2 h in air at 25 degrees C following subcutaneous (sc) administration of 28, 70 or 136 mug d,l-isoproterenol sulfate dihydrate/kg body wt to restrained male rats. Cold-adapted rats responded to each dose of isoproterenol with greater increases in Tsk than controls. Tco of both groups increased at the two highest doses, but cold-adapted rats showed a greater rise. Thus, cold-adapted rats showed greater metabolic (Tco) and vascular (Tsk) responsiveness to the beta-adrenergic agonist, isoproterenol, than nonadapted controls. No effect of the alpha-adrenergic agonist, phenylephrine (50 or 100 mug/kg body weight, sc), was observed on Tco or Tsk. A second objective was to study the tension developed by aortic smooth muscle rings of cold-adapted and control rats both during stimulation of alpha-adrenergic receptors by norepinephrine and membrane depolarization by KCl. Adaptation to cold air appeared to suppress alpha-adrenergic responsiveness in aortic segments but did not alter responsiveness to KCl. This suggests an unchanged contractile mechanism in aortic rings of cold-adapted rats and a reduced responsiveness either at the level of the alpha-receptor or at a site immediately beyond.


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