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J Appl Physiol 63: 2490-2498, 1987;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 63, Issue 6 2490-2498, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Catecholamines abolish vagal but not acetylcholine tone in the intact cat trachea

D. G. Baker and H. Don
Department of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco 94143.

To obtain evidence in the airways that catecholamines inhibit cholinergic neurotransmission, we recorded transverse tension in the posterior wall of an upper tracheal segment in anesthetized cats and compared the inhibitory effect of stimulating cervical sympathetic nerves when segment contraction was evoked by endogenous acetylcholine (vagal tone) with the effect when contraction was evoked by exogenous acetylcholine applied directly to the mucosal surface of the tracheal segment (ACh tone). We found that sympathetic stimulation abolished all contraction evoked by vagal tone but reduced ACh tone by only one-half. In a second group of cats we compared the inhibitory effects of sympathetic stimulation and intravenous isoproterenol during vagal and ACh tone and also during tone evoked by exogenous 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT tone). Sympathetic stimulation or isoproterenol injection abolished all vagal and 5-HT tone but again reduced ACh tone by only one-half. Our results suggest that catecholamines released from sympathetic nerves or injected into the circulation completely inhibit vagal tone. This inhibition may be partially responsible for inducing relaxation in airway smooth muscle.


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