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J Appl Physiol 72: 2255-2258, 1992;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 72, Issue 6 2255-2258, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of aspartic acid on control of ventilation in androgenized and ovariectomized female rats

E. H. Schlenker, M. Goldman and G. Holman
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion 57069.

Previously we observed that acute subcutaneous administration of aspartic acid (580 mg/kg) depressed ventilation in awake male, but not female, rats, suggesting that this agent may be used as a marker for sexual dimorphism in the control of ventilation. Moreover, males castrated postpubertally showed a response similar to that of intact male rats. Thus the hormonal milieu of male rats appear not to be necessary to elicit the masculine type of ventilatory response to aspartic acid. The purpose of this study was 1) to determine whether adult female rats androgenized by the administration of testosterone propionate (TP) 1 day after birth would alter their ventilation in response to aspartic acid to be more malelike and 2) to compare these results with those of intact (I) and ovariectomized (O) female rats. Minute ventilation and O2 consumption in air and in response to aspartic acid administration were evaluated in awake animals in all three groups. Furthermore the minute ventilation of all rats to a hypercapnic challenge was also evaluated. Ovariectomy resulted in rats increased body weights but decreased weight-corrected ventilation and O2 consumption compared with TP-treated and I animals. Minute ventilation after hypercapnic challenge in the three groups was similar. TP-treated rats responded to aspartic acid administration with a marked depression of ventilation similar to that previously noted in males, whereas neither I nor O rats showed such a response. The depression of ventilation in the TP-treated group in response to aspartic acid was not a consequence of a depression of O2 consumption.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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