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J Appl Physiol 84: 417-424, 1998;
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Vol. 84, Issue 2, 417-424, February 1998

Role of pulmonary C fibers in adenosine-induced respiratory inhibition in anesthetized rats

Kevin Kwong, Ju-Lun Hong, Robert F. Morton and Lu-Yuan Lee

Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536

Kwong, Kevin, Ju-Lun Hong, Robert F. Morton, and Lu-Yuan Lee. Role of pulmonary C fibers in adenosine-induced respiratory inhibition in anesthetized rats. J. Appl. Physiol. 84(2): 417-424, 1998.---The clinical use of adenosine is commonly associated with pulmonary side effects, namely dyspnea, that suggest the possible involvement of bronchopulmonary sensory afferents. Our objective in this study was to characterize the effects of adenosine on breathing and to determine whether the vagal pulmonary afferents play a role in mediating these effects. We measured respiratory and cardiovascular changes in anesthetized, spontaneously breathing rats after bolus injections of adenosine at therapeutic doses. Right atrial injection of adenosine (0.04-0.6 mg/kg) elicits, in a dose-dependent manner, a pulmonary chemoreflex-like response consisting of a delayed apnea, bradycardia, and hypotension. In contrast, the classic capsaicin-elicited pulmonary chemoreflex occurs immediately after injection. Perineural capsaicin treatment of the cervical vagi blocked the adenosine-induced respiratory inhibition. Left ventricular administration of adenosine failed to elicit an apneic response. Pretreatment with the adenosine A1-receptor antagonist 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine attenuated the adenosine-induced apnea. These results indicate that adenosine elicits a respiratory inhibition via stimulation of pulmonary C fibers and that activation of the A1-receptor is probably involved. It is unclear, however, what accounts for the exceedingly long latency in this response.

dyspnea; vagus nerve; pulmonary chemoreflex; A1-receptor; 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine

The Journal of Applied Physiology 84(2):417-424
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