|
|
||||||||
Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 68, Issue 3 1048-1052, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society
ARTICLES |
D. F. Donnelly and G. G. Haddad
Department of Pediatrics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520.
We examined the effects of carotid body denervation (CX, n = 9), CX + aortic nerve section (CAX, n = 9), and sham surgery (SHAM, n = 7) on cardiorespiratory and metabolic function in young piglets (less than 9 days). For comparison, 1-mo-old pigs were also studied. Studies were performed 1 day after surgery, during which time ventilation (barometric plethysmography), heart rate, blood pressure, arterial blood gases, and electroencephalogram were recorded under normoxia. CX and CAX piglets hypoventilated (arterial PCO2 = 47.1 +/- 2.6 and 45.4 +/- 3.1 Torr, respectively) compared with SHAM piglets (arterial PCO2 = 36.4 +/- 1.5 Torr). CX piglets had an average of 8.0 +/- 3.0 apneas/h, lasting, on average, 26 +/- 3 s. CAX piglets averaged 17.2 +/- 7.9 apneas/h, lasting 30 +/- 5 s. Such long apneas were never observed in SHAM animals. Mean heart rate and blood pressure in denervated piglets were not significantly different from those in SHAM piglets. In animals followed up poststudy, significantly high mortality was observed in CX (5 of 9) and CAX (6 of 9) piglets by 7 days after surgery but not in SHAM animals (0 of 7) despite identical environmental and feed conditions (P less than 0.05; chi 2). One-month-old denervated animals showed periodic breathing and hypoventilation, but none died. These results suggest that in the newborn piglet 1) peripheral chemoreceptors have an active role in maintaining normal ventilation and avoidance of prolonged apnea and 2) survivability in early life is critically dependent on peripheral chemoreceptors.
This article has been cited by other articles:
![]() |
J. L. Carroll, K. M. Boyle, M. J. Wasicko, and L. M. Sterni Dopamine D2 receptor modulation of carotid body type 1 cell intracellular calcium in developing rats Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, May 1, 2005; 288(5): L910 - L916. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
I. Kim, K. M. Boyle, and J. L. Carroll Postnatal development of E-4031-sensitive potassium current in rat carotid chemoreceptor cells J Appl Physiol, April 1, 2005; 98(4): 1469 - 1477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. Izumizaki, M. Pokorski, and I. Homma Role of the carotid bodies in chemosensory ventilatory responses in the anesthetized mouse J Appl Physiol, October 1, 2004; 97(4): 1401 - 1407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
K. Chardon, V. Bach, F. Telliez, V. Cardot, P. Tourneux, A. Leke, and J.-P. Libert Effect of caffeine on peripheral chemoreceptor activity in premature neonates: interaction with sleep stages J Appl Physiol, June 1, 2004; 96(6): 2161 - 2166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
J. Lopez-Barneo, R. del Toro, K. L. Levitsky, M. D. Chiara, and P. Ortega-Saenz Regulation of oxygen sensing by ion channels J Appl Physiol, March 1, 2004; 96(3): 1187 - 1195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
N. R. Prabhakar and Y.-J. Peng Peripheral chemoreceptors in health and disease J Appl Physiol, January 1, 2004; 96(1): 359 - 366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
E. B. Gauda, R. Cooper, S. M. Johnson, G. L. McLemore, and C. Marshall Autonomic microganglion cells: a source of acetylcholine in the rat carotid body J Appl Physiol, January 1, 2004; 96(1): 384 - 391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
Q. Liu, J. Kim, J. Cinotte, P. Homolka, and M. T. T. Wong-Riley Carotid body denervation effect on cytochrome oxidase activity in pre-Botzinger complex of developing rats J Appl Physiol, March 1, 2003; 94(3): 1115 - 1121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. Serra, D. Brozoski, M. Hodges, S. Roethle, R. Franciosi, and H. V. Forster Effects of carotid and aortic chemoreceptor denervation in newborn piglets J Appl Physiol, March 1, 2002; 92(3): 893 - 900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. Serra, D. Brozoski, N. Hedin, R. Franciosi, and H. V. Forster Mortality after carotid body denervation in rats J Appl Physiol, September 1, 2001; 91(3): 1298 - 1306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. F. Donnelly Developmental aspects of oxygen sensing by the carotid body J Appl Physiol, June 1, 2000; 88(6): 2296 - 2301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
T. F. Lowry, H. V. Forster, L. G. Pan, A. Serra, J. Wenninger, R. Nash, D. Sheridan, and R. A. Franciosi Effects on breathing of carotid body denervation in neonatal piglets J Appl Physiol, December 1, 1999; 87(6): 2128 - 2135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
T. F. Lowry, H. V. Forster, L. G. Pan, M. A. Korducki, J. Probst, R. A. Franciosi, and M. Forster Effect of carotid body denervation on breathing in neonatal goats J Appl Physiol, September 1, 1999; 87(3): 1026 - 1034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
L. M. Sterni, O. S. Bamford, M. J. Wasicko, and J. L. Carroll Chronic hypoxia abolished the postnatal increase in carotid body type I cell sensitivity to hypoxia Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, September 1, 1999; 277(3): L645 - L652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. Bairam, P. De Grandpre, C. Dauphin, and F. Marchal Effects of caffeine on carotid sinus nerve chemosensory discharge in kittens and cats J Appl Physiol, February 1, 1997; 82(2): 413 - 418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| Visit Other APS Journals Online |