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J Appl Physiol 63: 2418-2425, 1987;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 63, Issue 6 2418-2425, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Role of substance P in hypercapnic excitation of carotid chemoreceptors

N. R. Prabhakar, J. Mitra and N. S. Cherniack
Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.

Experiments were performed on 17 anesthetized, paralyzed, and artificially ventilated cats to evaluate the importance of substance P-like peptide (SP) on the carotid body responses to CO2. Single or paucifiber carotid chemoreceptor activity was recorded from the peripheral end of the cut carotid sinus nerve. In eight of the cats the influence of SP on hyperoxic hypercapnic responses was studied. While the animals breathed 100% O2, intracarotid infusion of SP (1 microgram.kg-1.min-1, 3 min) increased chemoreceptor activity by +4.8 +/- 0.3 impulses/s. After SP infusion, inhalation of CO2 in O2 caused a rapid increase in activity that reached a peak and then adapted to a lower level, whereas similar levels of CO2 before SP caused only a gradual increase in carotid body discharge rate without any overshoot in response. Furthermore SP significantly increased the magnitude and slope of the CO2 response. In the other nine cats the effect of intracarotid infusion of an SP antagonist, [D-Pro2,D-Trp7,9] SP (10-15 micrograms.kg-1.min-1), on carotid body responses to 1) hyperoxic hypercapnia (7% CO2-93% O2), 2) isocapnic hypoxia (11% O2-89% N2), and 3) hypoxic hypercapnia (11% O2-7% CO2-82% N2) was examined. SP antagonist had no effect on carotid body response to hyperoxic hypercapnia but significantly attenuated the chemoreceptor excitation caused by isocapnic hypoxia and hypoxic hypercapnia. These results suggest that 1) SP may play an important role in carotid body responses to hypoxia but not to CO2, and 2) the mechanisms of stimulation of the carotid body by hypercapnia and by hypoxia differ.


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