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J Appl Physiol 63: 66-74, 1987;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 63, Issue 1 66-74, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Almitrine bismesylate and the central and peripheral ventilatory response to CO2

C. N. Olievier, A. Berkenbosch, J. Degoede and E. W. Kruyt

Effects of almitrine bismesylate on the peripheral and central chemoreflex to a CO2 challenge during normoxia were studied in nine alpha-chloralose-urethan anesthetized cats. With the dynamic end-tidal CO2 forcing technique the ventilatory response after a square-wave change in end-tidal PCO2 (PETCO2) was partitioned into a central and a peripheral part using a two-compartment model. With almitrine administered intravenously (0.6 mg/kg followed by a maintenance dose of 0.4 mg.kg-1 X h-1) the CO2 sensitivity of the peripheral chemoreflex increased on the average from 0.315 to 0.564 l.min-1 X kPa-1 (P less than 0.001, 6 cats, 73 runs), whereas the CO2 sensitivity of the central chemoreflex remained the same (P = 0.87). The extrapolated PETCO2 at zero ventilation (apneic threshold) of the (total) steady-state response curve decreased on the average from 3.50 to 2.36 kPa (P less than 0.001). With the artificial brain stem perfusion technique it was confirmed that almitrine did not affect ventilation by administering it to the blood perfusing the brain stem. We conclude that almitrine bismesylate during normoxia enhances the CO2 sensitivity of the peripheral chemoreflex loop and decreases the apneic threshold due to an action located outside the brain stem.


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