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J Appl Physiol 57: 413-418, 1984;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 57, Issue 2 413-418, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society

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An efferent pathway mediating reflex tracheal dilation in awake dogs

G. Bowes, E. J. Shakin, E. A. Phillipson and N. Zamel

Lung inflation is known to produce reflex relaxation of tracheal smooth muscle (TSM) and dilation of the upper airway, but the specific efferent pathway involved has not been established. Therefore we examined TSM tone in four trained awake dogs by measuring pressure changes in the water-filled cuff of an endotracheal tube that was inserted into the lower cervical trachea through a permanent tracheostomy. Under control conditions, sustained lung inflation with 1 liter of air produced apnea (Hering-Breuer inflation reflex) and a decrease in cuff pressure (Pcuff) of 37.4 +/- 12.0 (mean +/- SD) cmH2O. beta-Adrenergic blockade with propranolol had no effect on either the apneic or TSM responses to lung inflation. Efferent parasympathetic blockade with atropine sulfate (1.2-2.4 mg) abolished TSM tone, which was then restored to control levels by a continuous intravenous infusion of serotonin (14-28 micrograms X kg-1 X min-1). Under these conditions, lung inflation still induced reflex apnea but no longer relaxed TSM tone (mean decrease in Pcuff, 2.7 +/- 1.4 cmH2O, P less than 0.001). The findings indicate that reflex tracheal dilation in response to lung inflation is mediated by an efferent cholinergic (parasympathetic) pathway.


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