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J Appl Physiol 68: 1634-1639, 1990;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 68, Issue 4 1634-1639, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Influence of tidal volume on histamine-induced bronchoconstriction in guinea pigs

M. Benichou, A. M. Lorino, H. Lorino, I. Macquin-Mavier, N. Istin and A. Harf
Departement de Physiologie, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale U296, Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France.

The effects of tidal volume amplitude on bronchopulmonary reactivity were investigated in three groups of 14 anesthetized paralyzed mechanically ventilated guinea pigs. Animals of group 1 served as control; in animals of group 2, both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems were blocked; in animals of group 3, only the parasympathetic system was blocked. In each group, the animals were randomly divided into two subgroups characterized by their ventilatory pattern: rate of 60/min with a 6-ml/kg tidal volume or rate of 40/min with a 9-ml/kg tidal volume. Bronchopulmonary reactivity to infused histamine was assessed by the respiratory compliance and conductance values measured during bronchoconstriction and expressed as a percentage of the corresponding basal values. In group 1 the animals ventilated with a 9-ml/kg tidal volume were found significantly less reactive than those ventilated with a 6-ml/kg tidal volume. This difference was abolished in groups 2 and 3. These results demonstrate that the effects of increased tidal volume on bronchopulmonary reactivity are vagally mediated and suggest that the decrease observed in histamine-induced bronchoconstriction is mainly due to reflex effects evoked by stretch receptor stimulation.


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