Alteration of carotid body chemoreflexes after neonatal intermittent hypoxia and caffeine treatment in rat pups
Alteration of carotid body chemoreflexes after neonatal intermittent hypoxia and caffeine treatment in rat pups
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DOI:
10.1016/j.resp.2011.05.006
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发表时间:
2011-08-15
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2.3
通讯作者:
Bairam, Aida
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作者:
Julien, Cecile A.;Joseph, Vincent;Bairam, Aida
In human neonates, caffeine therapy for apnoea of prematurity, especially when associated with hypoxemia, is maintained for several weeks after birth. In the present study, we used newborn rats and whole-body plethysmography to test whether chronic exposure to neonatal caffeine treatment (Na), alone or combined with neonatal intermittent hypoxia (n-IH) alters: (1) baseline ventilation and response to hypoxia (12% 02,20 min); and (2) response to acute i.p. injection of caffeine citrate (20 mg/kg) or domperidone, a peripheral dopamine D2 receptor antagonist (1 mg/kg). Four groups of rats were studied as follows: raised under normal conditions with daily gavage with water (NWT) or Na, or exposed to nIH (n-IH + NWT and n-IH + NCT) from postnatal days 3 to 12. In n-IH + NCT rats, baseline ventilation was higher than in the other groups. Caffeine or domperidone enhanced baseline ventilation only in NWT and n-IH + NWT rats, but neither caffeine nor domperidone affected the hypoxic ventilatory response in these groups. In n-IH + NWT rats, the response during the early phase of hypoxia (