Clinically Relevant Infusion Rates of μ-Opioid Agonist Remifentanil Cause Bradypnea in Decerebrate Dogs but not Via Direct Effects in the pre-Botzinger Complex Region
Clinically Relevant Infusion Rates of μ-Opioid Agonist Remifentanil Cause Bradypnea in Decerebrate Dogs but not Via Direct Effects in the pre-Botzinger Complex Region
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10.1152/jn.00188.2009
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
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2.5
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Zuperku, Edward J.
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Mustapic, Sanda;Radocaj, Tomislav;Zuperku, Edward J.
Mustapic S, Radocaj T, Sanchez A, Dogas Z, Stucke AG, Hopp FA, Stuth EA, Zuperku EJ. Clinically relevant infusion rates of mu-opioid agonist remifentanil cause bradypnea in decerebrate dogs but not via direct effects in the pre-Brotzinger Complex region. J Neurophysiol 103: 409-418, 2010. First published November 11, 2009; doi: 10.1152/jn.00188.2009. Systemic administration of mu-opioids at clinical doses for analgesia typically slows respiratory rate. Mu-opioid receptors (MORs) on pre-Botzinger Complex (pre-BotC) respiratory neurons, the putative kernel of respiratory rhythmogenesis, are potential targets. The purpose of this study was to determine the contribution of pre-BotC MORs to the bradypnea produced in vivo by intravenous administration of clinically relevant infusion rates of remifentanil (remi), a short-acting, potent mu-opioid analgesic. In decerebrate dogs, multibarrel micropipettes were used to record preBotC neuronal activity and to eject the opioid antagonist naloxone (NAL, 0.5 mM), the glutamate agonist D-homocysteic acid (DLH, 20 mM), or the MOR agonist [D-Ala(2), N-Me-Phe(4), gly-ol(5)]-enkephalin (DAMGO, 100 mu M). Inspiratory and expiratory durations (T-I and T-E) and peak phrenic nerve activity (PPA) were measured from the phrenic neurogram. The pre-BotC was functionally identified by its rate altering response (typically tachypnea) to DLH microinjection. During intravenous remi-induced bradypnea (similar to 60% decrease in central breathing frequency, f(B)), bilateral injections of NAL in the pre-BotC did not change T-I, T-E, f(B), and PPA. Also, NAL picoejected onto single pre-BotC neurons depressed by intravenous remi had no effect on their discharge. In contrast, similar to 60 mu g/kg of intravenous NAL rapidly reversed all remi-induced effects. In a separate group of dogs, microinjections of DAMGO in the pre-BotC increased f(B) by 44%, while subsequent intravenous remi infusion more than offset this DAMGO induced tachypnea. These results indicate that mu-opioids at plasma concentrations that cause profound analgesia produce their bradypneic effect via MORs located outside the pre-BotC region.