title: Cardiorespiratory control and cytokine profile in response to heat stress, hypoxia, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exposure during early neonatal period.
abstract: Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is one of the most common causes of postneonatal infant mortality in the developed world. An insufficient cardiorespiratory response to multiple environmental stressors (such as prone sleeping positioning, overwrapping, and infection), during a critical period of development in a vulnerable infant, may result in SIDS. However, the effect of multiple risk factors on cardiorespiratory responses has rarely been tested experimentally. Therefore, this study aimed to quantify the independent and possible interactive effects of infection, hyperthermia, and hypoxia on cardiorespiratory control in rats during the neonatal period. We hypothesized that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration will negatively impact cardiorespiratory responses to increased ambient temperature and hypoxia in neonatal rats. Sprague-Dawley neonatal rat pups were studied at postnatal day 6-8. Rats were examined at an ambient temperature of 33°C or 38°C. Within each group, rats were allocated to control, saline, or LPS (200 μg/kg) treatments. Cardiorespiratory and thermal responses were recorded and analyzed before, during, and after a hypoxic exposure (10% O2). Serum samples were taken at the end of each experiment to measure cytokine concentrations. LPS significantly increased cytokine concentrations (such as TNFα, IL-1β, MCP-1, and IL-10) compared to control. Our results do not support a three-way interaction between experimental factors on cardiorespiratory control. However, independently, heat stress decreased minute ventilation during normoxia and increased the hypoxic ventilatory response. Furthermore, LPS decreased hypoxia-induced tachycardia. Herein, we provide an extensive serum cytokine profile under various experimental conditions and new evidence that neonatal cardiorespiratory responses are adversely affected by dual interactions of environmental stress factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute & Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Fiona B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.affiliation: Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine B271, Health Sciences Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Kumaran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chandrasekharan
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute & Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Richard J A
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine B271, Health Sciences Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada hasans@ucalgary.ca.
authors.forename: Shabih U
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Hasan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D016207:Cytokines / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity; D060885:Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction; D010991:Plethysmography; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides
keywords: Cardiorespiratory; SIDS; cytokines; hyperthermia; hypoxia; infant; infection; inflammation; neonate
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