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J Appl Physiol 73: 96-100, 1992;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 73, Issue 1 96-100, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Medullary CO2 chemoreceptor neuron identification by c-fos immunocytochemistry

M. Sato, J. W. Severinghaus and A. I. Basbaum
Department of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0542.

In a search for CO2 chemoreceptor neurons in the brain stem, we used immunocytochemistry to monitor the expression of neuronal c-fos, a marker of increased activity, after 1 h of exposure to CO2 in five groups of Sprague-Dawley rats (294 +/- 20 g): five air breathing controls, three breathing 10% CO2, three breathing 13% CO2, three breathing 15% CO2, and three breathing 15% CO2 and treated with morphine (10 mg/kg sc). After exposure the rats were anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium and perfused intracardially with 4% paraformaldehyde. The brain stem was removed and cryoprotected, and then 50-microns frozen sections were cut and immunostained for the fos protein. Brain stem fos-immunoreactive neurons were plotted and counted in the superficial 0.5 mm of the ventral medullary surface. Thirteen to 15% CO2 evoked fos-like immunoreactivity (FLI) in 321 +/- 146 neurons/rat. Significant CO2-induced labeling was confined within the superficial 150 microns: 67% of identified cells were less than 50 microns below the surface, greater than 90% between 1.0 and 3.0 mm from the midline, and approximately 60% in the rostral half of the medulla. Thirteen to 15% CO2 also evoked FLI in the area of the nucleus tractus solitarius but not in other medullary regions. Morphine (10 mg/kg sc) did not suppress high CO2-evoked FLI in either the ventral medullary surface or the nucleus tractus solitarius, although it eliminated excitement and hyperventilation. We suggest that respiratory CO2 chemoreceptor neurons can be identified in rats by their expression of c-fos after 1 h of hypercapnia.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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