title: Carbachol effect on carotid body dopamine in vitro release in response to hypoxia in adult and pup rabbit.
abstract: Dopamine (DA) release from the adult carotid body (CB) is dependent, in part, upon CB cholinergic receptor stimulation. The aim of the present study was to determine the role of cholinergic stimulation on DA release from rabbit pup CB with reference to adult's. CBs sampled from adult (n = 52) and 10-day-old (n = 49) rabbits were incubated in vitro for 1 h in a surviving medium bubbled with either 100 or 8% O2 in N2, without (control) or in the presence of the cholinergic agonist carbachol 1 microM. In adults, DA released (DAr) in the medium was significantly larger with 1 microM carbachol compared with control in either 100 or 8% O(2) (P < 0.01). In pups, carbachol 1 microM had no effect in 100% O2 but significantly increased DAr compared with control in 8% O2 (P < 0.01). The data suggest that cholinergic mechanisms regulating DAr are not fully expressed in pup rabbit CBs, in contrast with adults and thus, exhibit maturation-related functional differences.
authors.affiliation: Unité de recherche en périnatologie, D0-707, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Hôpital Saint François d'Assise, Université Laval, 10, rue de l'Espinay, 45, rue leclerc, QC G1L 3L5, Québec, Canada. aida.bairam@crsfa.ulaval.ca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bairam
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Néji
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kinkead
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marchal
mesh_terms: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002344:Carotid Body / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D018679:Cholinergic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018679:Cholinergic Agonists; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; D002217:Carbachol; D010100:Oxygen; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine