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J Appl Physiol 50: 1036-1044, 1981;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 50, Issue 5 1036-1044, Copyright © 1981 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of acute and chronic hypercapnia on oxygen tolerance in rats

J. M. Clark

Groups of 16-52 normal or CO2-adapted rats were exposed top 100% O2 or to O2 with 60 Torr PICO2 (O2-CO2) at pressures of 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0 ATA. Exposure durations for 50% mortality (LD50) in normal rats at 4.0, 3.0, 2.0, 1.5, and 1.0 ATA O2 were 6.3, 9.3, 17.2, 27.4, and 76.1 h, respectively. Corresponding LD50 values for normal rats exposed to O2-CO2 were 2.0, 2.9, 16.3, 24.8, and 74.8 h. Survival times of CO2-adapted rats exposed to O2 were nearly identical to those of normal rats. LD50 values for CO2-adapted rat exposed to O2-CO2 were 4.1, 7.5, 17.9, 23.6, and 65.4 h, respectively. These data confirm acceleration of O2 intoxication by acute hypercapnia at 4.0 and 3.0 ATA, but they show less prominent effects at 2.0, 1.5, and 1.0 ATA. Hypercapnia adaptation clearly has a protective effect in rats exposed to O2-CO2 at 4.0 and 3.0 ATA. At 2.0, 1.5, and 1.0 ATA, where acute hypercapnia has less effect, the effects of CO2 adaptation are also less prominent. The observed changes in oxygen tolerance can be explained by cerebral vasodilation with increased brain oxygenation in acute hypercapnia and by significant amelioration of this response during chronic hypercapnia.


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