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J Appl Physiol 91: 2342-2350, 2001;
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Vol. 91, Issue 5, 2342-2350, November 2001

Microinjection of acetazolamide into the fastigial nucleus augments respiratory output in the rat

Fadi Xu, Zhong Zhang, and Donald T. Frazier

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

The rostral fastigial nucleus (FNr) of the cerebellum facilitates the respiratory response to hypercapnia. We hypothesized that some FNr sites are chemosensitive to focal tissue acidosis and contribute, at least partially, to respiratory modulation. Minute ventilation (VE) was recorded in 21 anesthetized and spontaneously breathing rats. Acetazolamide (AZ; 50 µM) was microinjected unilaterally into the FNr while an isocapnic condition was maintained throughout the experiment. AZ (1 or 20 nl) injection into the FNr significantly elevated VE (46.0 ± 6.7%; P < 0.05), primarily via an increase in tidal volume (31.7 ± 3.8%; P < 0.05), with little effect on arterial blood pressure. This augmented ventilatory response was initiated at 6.3 ± 0.8 min and reached the peak at 19.7 ± 4.1 min after AZ administration. The same dose of AZ delivered into the interposed and lateral cerebellar nuclei, or vehicle injection into the FNr, failed to elicit detectable cardiorespiratory responses. To determine whether the ventilatory response to AZ injection into the FNr resulted from an increase in respiratory central drive, the minute phrenic nerve activity (MPN) was recorded in seven paralyzed and ventilated rats. Similar to VE, MPN was increased by 38.9 ± 8.9% (P < 0.05) after AZ administration. Our results suggest that elevation of CO2/H+ within the FNr facilitates respiratory output, supporting the presence of ventilatory chemoreception in rat FNr.

ventilatory chemoreception; interposed nucleus; cerebellar lateral nucleus


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