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J Appl Physiol 85: 1509-1515, 1998;
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Vol. 85, Issue 4, 1509-1515, October 1998

Ozone enhances excitabilities of pulmonary C fibers to chemical and mechanical stimuli in anesthetized rats

Ching-Yin Ho1,2 and Lu-Yuan Lee1

1 Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536; and 2 Institute of Physiology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan 11221

Acute exposure to ozone (O3) enhances pulmonary chemoreflex response to capsaicin, and an increased sensitivity of bronchopulmonary C-fiber afferent endings may be involved. The present study was aimed at determining the effect of O3 on the responses of pulmonary C fibers to chemical and mechanical stimuli. A total of 31 C fibers were studied in anesthetized, open-chest, and vagotomized rats. During control, right atrial injection of a low dose of capsaicin abruptly evoked a short and mild burst of discharge [0.77 ± 0.28 impulses (imp)/s, 2-s average]. After acute exposure to O3 (3 parts/million for 30 min), there was no significant change in arterial blood pressure, tracheal pressure, or baseline activity of C fibers. However, the stimulatory effect of the same dose of capsaicin on these fibers was markedly enhanced (6.05 ± 0.88 impulses/s; P < 0.01) and prolonged immediately after O3 exposure, and returned toward control in 54 ± 6 min. Similarly, the pulmonary C-fiber response to injection of a low dose of lactic acid was also elevated after O3 exposure. Furthermore, O3 exposure significantly potentiated the C-fiber response to constant-pressure (tracheal pressure = 30 cmH2O) lung inflation (control: 0.19 ± 0.07 imp/s; after O3: 1.12 ± 0.26 imp/s; P < 0.01). In summary, these results show that the excitabilities of pulmonary C-fiber afferents to lung inflation and injections of chemical stimulants are markedly potentiated after acute exposure to O3, suggesting a possible involvement of these afferents in the O3-induced changes in breathing pattern and chest discomfort in humans.

airway irritation; apnea; capsaicin; lactic acid; lung inflation


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