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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-27
pubmed:abstractText
Spontaneous inhalation of acrolein vapor (350 ppm, 1 ml/100 g body wt) elicited an immediate and transient inhibitory effect on breathing in anesthetized rats, characterized by a prolongation of expiratory duration and accompanied by a bradycardia; ventilation was reduced by 47 +/- 6%, which returned to baseline after three to seven breaths. When both vagi were cooled to 6.6 +/- 0.1 degrees C, the reflex apneic response to lung inflation was completely abolished but the bradypneic response to acrolein was not affected. After perineural capsaicin treatment of both cervical vagi to selectively block the capsaicin-sensitive C-fiber afferents, acrolein no longer evoked an inhibitory effect on breathing; conversely, an augmented inspiration was consistently elicited with the first breath of acrolein inhalation, which was subsequently abolished by cooling both vagi to 6.5 degrees C. The inhibitory effect of inhaling acrolein at a lower concentration (200 ppm) was not detectable, whereas that of a higher concentration (600 ppm) was more intense and prolonged. All these responses were completely eliminated by bilateral vagotomy. These results suggest that inhaled acrolein activated both vagal C-fiber endings and rapidly adapting irritant receptors in the airways, but the acrolein-induced inhibitory effect on breathing was elicited primarily by the C-fiber afferent stimulation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
8750-7587
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1050-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Acute effects of acrolein on breathing: role of vagal bronchopulmonary afferents.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't