Acetazolamide on the ventral medulla of the cat increases phrenic output and delays the ventilatory response to CO2.

AUTOR(ES)

Coates, E L

RESUMO

1. Acetazolamide (0.1 mM) applied to the surface of the rostral ventrolateral medulla or microinjected beneath the medullary surface in chloralose-urethane-anaesthetized, vagotomized, carotid-denervated, paralysed, servo-ventilated cats produced a long-lasting increase in integrated phrenic nerve activity. 2. Extracellular pH measured beneath the rostral ventrolateral medulla exhibited a long-lasting decrease after surface acetazolamide but was not a good predictor, in each individual animal, of changes in phrenic activity. 3. Medullary carbonic anhydrase inhibition reduced the slope and the half-time of the phrenic response to rapid step CO2 increases. Conversely, acetazolamide did not affect the phrenic response to steady-state CO2 increases. 4. These data indicate that localized inhibition of medullary carbonic anhydrase causes a centrally mediated increase in ventilation that we attribute to medullary tissue hypercapnia and acidosis. In addition, these data indicate that medullary carbonic anhydrase may play a role in central CO2 chemotransduction.

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