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Amplified cardiorespiratory activity by hypoxia in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats

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Journal Title:
Acta Physiologica Sinica
Issue:
4
DOI:
10.13294/j.aps.2019.0023
Key Word:
颈动脉体;肺通气;高血压;低氧;carotid body;ventilation;hypertension;hypoxia

Abstract: Activation of peripheral respiratory chemoreceptors provokes respiratory and cardiovascular reflexes,providing a novel understanding of pathogenic mechanism of hypertension.Here we hypothesize that activation of peripheral respiratory chemoreceptors by hypoxia causes enhanced cardiorespiratory activity in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs).Using whole body plethysmography in combination with radio telemetry,pulmonary ventilation,arterial blood pressure and heart rate were examined in SHRs and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats.We found that exposure to hypoxia induced greater increases in tidal volume and minute ventilation volume in SHRs compared to WKY rats.In addition,hypoxia caused a robust increase in arterial blood pressure and heart rate in SHRs relative to WKY counterparts.After carotid body denervation,the hypoxic ventilatory response was significantly decreased in both SHRs and WKY rats,but without significant difference between the two strains;moreover,the differences of arterial blood pressure and heart rate changes during hypoxic exposure were statistically insignificant between SHRs and WKY rats.It is concluded that hypoxia remarkably potentiates cardiorespiratory activity in the SHRs,suggesting an enhanced sensitivity of carotid bodies to hypoxia.

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