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J Appl Physiol 51: 485-493, 1981;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 51, Issue 2 485-493, Copyright © 1981 by American Physiological Society

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Reflex tracheal contraction induced by stimulation of bronchial C-fibers in dogs

A. M. Roberts, M. P. Kaufman, D. G. Baker, J. K. Brown, H. M. Coleridge and J. C. Coleridge

Bradykinin stimulates the afferent vagal endings of bronchial C-fibers but has little effect on other pulmonary vagal afferents. In anesthetized dogs with open chest, we recorded transverse tension in the posterior wall (trachealis muscle) of an upper cervical tracheal segment and stimulated bronchial C-fibers selectively by injecting bradykinin (19 ng-3 microgram) into a bronchial artery. The recurrent and pararecurrent laryngeal nerves were cut so that the superior laryngeal nerves provided the motor supply to the segment. Bradykinin caused a dose-dependent increase in tracheal muscle tension and often a conspicuous decrease in heart rate, which were abolished by vagotomy or administration of atropine. Injection of bradykinin still evoked tracheal contraction when myelinated lung afferents were blocked by cooling the midcervical vagi to 7 degrees C, but contraction was abolished when unmyelinated lung afferents were blocked by cooling to 0-1 degrees C, the effects of cooling being reversible. Our results indicate that stimulation of bronchial C-fibers, like that of pulmonary C-fibers, evokes reflux contraction of airway smooth muscle and reflex cardiac slowing.


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