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Renin and ACTH responses to hypercapnia and hypoxia after chronic carotid chemodenervation. Am J Physiol 1984 Sep;247(3 Pt 2):R412-7

Date

09/01/1984

Pubmed ID

6089593

DOI

10.1152/ajpregu.1984.247.3.R412

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-18844480972 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   22 Citations

Abstract

We studied the effect of chronic carotid body denervation on renin (plasma renin activity, PRA), adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), blood pressure, and hematocrit responses to acute normocapnic (arterial CO2 partial pressure, PaCO2, 35 Torr) and hypercapnic (PaCO2, 65 Torr) hypoxia (arterial O2 partial pressure, PaO2, 31 Torr) in five anesthetized, artificially ventilated dogs. Animals were studied at least 3 days before and again at least 10 days after carotid body denervation (bilateral carotid sinus nerve resection). Increases in PRA during hypercapnic normoxia [21.8 +/- 6.4 ng angiotensin I (ANG I) X ml-1 X 3 h-1] and normocapnic hypoxia (13.3 +/- 4.2 ng ANG I X ml-1 X 3 h-1) were not attenuated by carotid body denervation. Increases in ACTH during normocapnic hypoxia (117 +/- 34 pg/ml) were attenuated but not eliminated by carotid body denervation; the increase in ACTH during hypercapnic hypoxia (295 +/- 93 pg/ml) was not attenuated by carotid body denervation. Both the blood pressure and hematocrit responses to normocapnic and hypercapnic hypoxia were attenuated by carotid body denervation. We concluded that 1) the renin response to hypercapnia and hypoxia is not a carotid chemoreflex, 2) the ACTH response to hypoxia is partially a carotid chemoreflex, and 3) blood pressure and hematocrit responses to hypoxia are primarily carotid chemoreflexes.

Author List

Raff H, Shinsako J, Dallman MF

Author

Hershel Raff PhD Professor in the Academic Affairs department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Animals
Arteries
Blood Pressure
Carbon Dioxide
Carotid Body
Denervation
Dogs
Female
Hematocrit
Hypercapnia
Hypoxia
Male
Oxygen
Partial Pressure
Renin
Time Factors