title: Ventilatory response to keto-doxapram in intact and carotid body denervated lambs.
abstract: We aimed to investigate the role of the carotid bodies in the ventilatory response to keto-doxapram, and whether this response was dose-dependent; we studied two group (n = 5 per group) of awake, intact and carotid-body denervated (CBD) lambs, aged 10-15 days. At 20 min intervals, they received 0.5, 1.0, 2.5 and 5.0 m g/kg mg/kg of keto-doxapram as an intravenous bolus infusion. Plasma keto-doxapram was measured (HPLC). Ventilation was recorded via a face mask and a pneumotachograph. In intact lambs, an immediate dose-dependent increase in minute ventilation (V1) was observed. At 2 min, VI increased from baseline by 125 +/- 28, 212 +/- 49, 378 +/- 41 and 637 +/- 92 mol.kg 1.min 1 (mean +/- SE, P less than 0.01) corresponding to the foregoing incremental doses. A significant correlation was observed between the peak VI and the corresponding plasma keto-doxapram concentrations (r = 0.73, P less than 0.0003). In CBD lambs, VI increased significantly less than in intact animals. In conclusion, early ventilatory response to keto-doxapram depends mainly on intact carotid bodies, and the effect is dose-dependent.
authors.affiliation: Departement de Pédiatrie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bairam
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Canet
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Praud
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Aranda
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bureau
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002344:Carotid Body / Q000502:physiology*; D003714:Denervation; D004315:Doxapram / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D012756:Sheep; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D004315:Doxapram