Abstract
Previous studies in cats using isolated NaClCO2 perfusion of the lower brainstem demonstrated an intrinsic chemosensitivity of sympathoexcitatory bulbospinal neurones within the rostroventrolateral medulla (RVLM). In the present experiments, the effects of inhibitors of enzymatic and cellular systems, known to be involved in pH regulation, were investigated. Isolated perfusion of the lower brainstem with CO2-enriched solutions was performed and preganglionic sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) was recorded. Drugs were locally injected into the left RVLM with glass micropipettes. Perfusion of the RVLM with CO2enriched solutions over a period of 15 s induced a marked increase in SNA. The magnitude of absolute changes in SNA during perfusion depended on the level of basal SNA before perfusion. Microinjections of 4,4′-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2′-disulphonic acid (DIDS) and acetazolamide (ACZ) induced a marked rise in basal SNA, whereas diethylpyrocarbonate (DEPC) and ethylisopropylamiloride (EIPA) had no significant effect on basal SNA. After application of DIDS and DEPC, the peak change in SNA due to perfusion of the RVLM with CO2-enriched solutions was slightly diminished. Furthermore, neither ACZ nor EIPA produced any significant influence on the slope, peak change and time course of the increase in SNA compared with control perfusions. We conclude that the enzymatic and cellular carrier systems tested in this study are not or only slightly involved in central sympathetic chemosensitivity.
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König, S.A., Offner, B., Czachurski, J. et al. Effects of inhibitors of enzymatic and cellular pH-regulating systems on central sympathetic chemosensitivity. Pflugers Arch. 430, 690–696 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386163
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