Bilateral vagotomy or atropine pre-treatment reduces experimental diesel-soot induced lung inflammation
| Autor: | Nicola J. Barton, S. Newman, Ken Donaldson, J.D. McNeilly, Daniel S. McQueen, Susan M. Bond, Rodger Duffin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Atropine
Male medicine.medical_specialty Pulmonary Circulation Neutrophils medicine.medical_treatment Blood Pressure Muscarinic Antagonists Vagotomy Toxicology Heart Rate Internal medicine Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor medicine Animals Respiratory system Rats Wistar Vehicle Emissions Pharmacology Vagovagal reflex business.industry Macrophages Pneumonia Neutrophilia Vagus nerve Rats Endocrinology Data Interpretation Statistical Acute Disease Respiratory Mechanics medicine.symptom business Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Acetylcholine medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Toxicology and applied pharmacology. 219(1) |
| ISSN: | 0041-008X |
| Popis: | To investigate the role of the vagus nerve in acute inflammatory and cardiorespiratory responses to diesel particulate (DP) in the rat airway, we measured changes in respiration, blood pressure and neutrophils in lungs of urethane anesthetized Wistar rats 6-h post-instillation of DP (500 {mu}g) and studied the effect of mid-cervical vagotomy or atropine (1 mg kg{sup -1}) pre-treatment. In conscious rats, we investigated DP, with and without atropine pre-treatment. DP increased neutrophil level in BAL (bronchoalveolar lavage) fluid from intact anesthetized rats to 2.5 {+-} 0.7 x 10{sup 6} cells (n = 8), compared with saline instillation (0.3 {+-} 0.1 x 10{sup 6}, n = 7; P < 0.05). Vagotomy reduced DP neutrophilia to 0.8 {+-} 0.2 x 10{sup 6} cells (n = 8; P < 0.05 vs. intact); atropine reduced DP-induced neutrophilia to 0.3 {+-} 0.2 x 10{sup 6} (n = 4; P < 0.05). In conscious rats, DP neutrophilia of 8.5 {+-} 1.8 x 10{sup 6}, n = 4, was reduced by pre-treatment with atropine to 2.2 {+-} 1.2 x 10{sup 6} cells, n = 3. Hyperventilation occurred 6 h after DP in anesthetized rats with intact vagi, but not in bilaterally vagotomized or atropine pre-treated animals andmore » was abolished by vagotomy (P < 0.05, paired test). There were no significant differences in the other variables (mean blood pressure, heart rate and heart rate variability) measured before and 360 min after DP. In conclusion, DP activates a pro-inflammatory vago-vagal reflex which is reduced by atropine. Muscarinic ACh receptors in the rat lung are involved in DP-induced neutrophilia, and hence muscarinic antagonists may reduce airway and/or cardiovascular inflammation evoked by inhaled atmospheric DP in susceptible individuals.« less |
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