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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
The research activity upon erythropoiesis regulation carried out by the team in the Physiology Department and in the Institute of Medical Research of the Romanian Academy in Cluj-Napoca developed continuously after 1950. Our studies contributed to the isolation, identification and characterization of erythropoietin (Epo) and also to a better understanding of the nervous adaptation mechanisms to hypoxia. At present, it is well known that hypoxia acts upon erythropoiesis through Epo production. Direct central nervous stimulation through hypoxia induces, via a neuro-humoral mechanism, a sympatho-adrenal response and release of Epo. Adaptive polyglobulia as a response to hypoxia increases the capacity of oxygen binding and transport. In this paper we attempted to identify the role of the sympathetic nervous system in adaptation to hypoxia correlated with Epo secretion. Experiments were carried out in three groups of rats, respectively, with cervical, thoracic, and lumbar (without celiac) sympathectomy. The sympathectomized animals were submitted to hypobaric or to hemorrhagic hypoxia, in parallel with control groups. Erythrocytic parameters (red blood cells, reticulocytes, hematocrit, and haemoglobin) were repeatedly assayed during the following 2-4 weeks. The results showed that animals with cervical sympathectomy adapt in a deficient manner to hypoxia; lacking the adaptive sino-carotid reflexes, adaptation occurs through increased Epo secretion, animals with cervical sympathectomy having higher counts of reticulocytes and of red blood cells at the end of experiment than intact animals. Thoracic sympathectomy has little influence upon the erythrocytic response, as the largest part of the respiratory and circulatory sympathetic reactions occur via the cervical sympathetic nerve. Lumbar sympathectomy without removal of the celiac ganglion does not decrease the erythrocytic response as expected; on the contrary, the erythrocytic response is increased as compared to controls.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1223-4974
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39-40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Adaptation, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Adrenal Glands, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Altitude, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Anoxia, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Blood Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Erythrocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Erythropoietin, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Hematocrit, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Hemoglobins, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Hemorrhage, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Lumbosacral Region, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Neck, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Reticulocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Sympathectomy, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Sympathetic Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:15984663-Thorax
pubmed:articleTitle
The sympatho-adrenal response and erythropoietin production in adaptation to hypoxia.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Dept. of Physiology.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article