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J Appl Physiol 55: 534-540, 1983;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 55, Issue 2 534-540, Copyright © 1983 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of chronic hypoxia on pulmonary vascular responses to biogenic amines

R. J. Porcelli and M. J. Bergman

The effects of chronic hypoxia on pulmonary vascular resistance changes (% delta Rpv) to histamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), norepinephrine (NE), and KCl were studied in isolated perfused lungs from control rats and rats exposed to 7, 14, and 28 days of hypoxia. Histamine, which produced linear increases in % delta Rpv with increasing doses in the control, was reversed to vasodilation by chronic hypoxia of 7 and 14 days and at 28 days, vasodilation to this amine still predominated (7 out of 10). Control responses to 5-HT were unaltered by 7 days of hypoxia but enhanced at 14 and 28 days. Control responses to NE showed either vasoconstriction or vasodilation; at 7 days of hypoxia, NE had no significant vasoactivity; however, at 14 days, vasoconstriction and vasodilation were both observed, with vasodilation being more effective. Lastly, the pressor responses to KCl were not affected by chronic hypoxia of any duration. These results suggest that chronic hypoxia: 1) does not alter pulmonary vascular contractility (KCl); 2) reduces H1 and alpha-receptor activity while enhancing H2- and beta-receptor activity; and 3) enhances the pressor responses to 5-HT by increasing either the efficacy of this amine or the number of 5-HT vasoconstrictor receptors.


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