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J Appl Physiol 64: 323-328, 1988;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 64, Issue 1 323-328, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Cholinergic responsiveness of respiratory and vascular tissues in two different rat strains

M. Badier, M. Soler, M. Mallea, S. Delpierre and J. Orehek
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Unite 174, Marseille, France.

The airway and systemic arterial smooth muscle responsiveness to cholinergic agents of two strains of rats, Rat Albino (RA) and Brown Norway (BN), was compared in vivo and in vitro. In vivo, we measured the doses of carbachol that induced a 100% increase in lung resistance (PD100 RL), a 50% decrease in dynamic lung compliance (PD50 Cdyn), and the value of systolic blood pressure at the carbachol dose of 10 micrograms (Pa 10 micrograms). In vitro airway smooth muscle and systemic arterial smooth muscle responsiveness was assessed by measuring the maximal response to acetylcholine, the slope of the linear portion of the dose-response curve, and the negative logarithm of the molar concentration of acetylcholine producing 50% of the maximal response (pD2). PD100 and PD50 were about four times greater in BN rats than in RA rats. In contrast, Pa 10 micrograms was 1.5 lower in the BN rats. These differences persisted after bivagotomy. Tracheal pD2 was 25% greater in the RA than in the BN strain. The mean dose-response curve of parenchymal strips of RA rats was situated upward and to the left of the BN curve, but the reverse was observed for aortic smooth muscle dose-response curves. Thus 1) airway smooth muscle responsiveness to cholinergic agents is greater in RA strain than in BN, but the reverse is true for systemic arterial smooth muscle responsiveness; and 2) these differences are not due to factors extrinsic to the smooth muscle, since they occurred in vitro and may depend on different densities of muscarinic receptors.


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