Participation of nitric oxide in the nucleus isthmi in CO2-drive to breathing in toads

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1399-1405

  Gargaglioni, L H ^a   Branco, L G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibian; CO2; Hypercapnia; L NAME; Nitric oxide; Nucleus isthmi; Toad; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO PARACNEMIS; VERTEBRATA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FROGS AND TOADS; HEART RATE; HYPERCAPNIA; MESENCEPHALON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEART RATE; HYPERCAPNIA; MESENCEPHALON; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0033220292     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1999001100010     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Milsom WK (1991). Intermittent breathing in vertebrates. Annual Review of Physiology, 53: 87-105.
2. Kinkead R, Harris MB & Milson WK (1997). The role of the nucleus isthmi in respiratory pattern formation in bullfrogs Journal of Experimental Biology, 200 1781-1793.
3. Senn DG (1972). Development of tegmental and rhombencephalic structures in a frog (Rana temporaria). Acta Anatomica, 82: 525-548.
4. Burggren WW & Infantino RL (1994). The respiratory transition from water to air breathing during amphibian metamorphosis. American Zoology, 34: 238-246.
5. Knowles RG, Palacios M, Palmer RMJ & Moncada S (1989). Formation of nitric oxide from L-arginine in the central nervous system: A transduction mechanism of stimulation of the soluble guanylate cyclase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 86: 5159-5162.
6. Moncada S & Higgs EA (1993). The L-arginine-nitric oxide. New England Journal of Medicine, 329: 2002-2012.
7. Bredt DS & Snyder SH (1992). Nitric oxide, a novel neuronal messenger. Neuron, 18: 3-11.
8. Brüning G & Mayer B (1996). Localization of nitric oxide synthase in the brain of the frog, Xenopus laevis. Brain Research, 741: 331-343.
9. Glass ML, Wood SC & Johansen K (1978). The application of pneumotachography on small unrestrained animals. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 59A: 425-427.
10. Guimarães FS, Aguiar JC, Del Bel EA & Ballejo G (1994). Anxiolytic effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors microinjected into the dorsal central grey. NeuroReport, 5: 1929-1932.
11. Dejong HJ & Gans C (1969). On the mechanism of respiration in bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana: a reassessment. Journal of Morphology, 127: 259-290.
12. Jones RM (1982). How toads breathe: control of air flow to and from the lung by the nares in Bufo marinus. Respiration Physiology, 49: 251-265.
13. Boutilier RG (1984). Characterization of the intermittent breathing n Xenopus laevis. Journal of Experimental Biology, 110: 291-309.
14. Shelton G & Boutilier RG (1982). Apnoea in amphibians and reptiles. Journal of Experimental Biology, 100: 245-273.
15. Kruhøffer M, Glass ML, Abe AS & Johansen K (1987). Control of breathing in an amphibian Bufo paracnemis: effects of temperature and hypoxia. Respiration Physiology, 69: 267-275.
16. Ishii K, Ishii K & Husakabe T (1985). Chemo- and baroreceptor innervation of the aortic trunk of the toad Bufo vulgaris. Respiration Physiology, 60: 365-375.
17. Van Vliet BN & West NH (1992). Functional characteristics of arterial chemoreceptors in an amphibian (Bufo marinus). Respiration Physiology, 88: 113-127.
18. Branco LGS, Glass ML & Hoffmann A (1992). Central chemoreceptor drive to breathing in unanesthetized toads, Bufo paracmenis. Respiration Physiology, 87: 195-204.
19. Branco LGS, Glass ML, Wang T & Hoffmann A (1993). Temperature and central chemoreceptor drive to ventilation in toad (Bufo paracnemis). Respiration Physiology, 93: 337-346.
20. Shelton G, Jones R & Milsom WK (1986). Control of breathing in ectotherm vertebrates. In: Fishman AP, Cherniack NS, Widdicombe JG & Geiger SR (Editors), Handbook of Physiology. Section 3, The Respiratory System Control of Breathing. Vol. 2. Part 2, American Physiological Society, Bethesda, MD, 857-909.
21. 2/pH chemoreceptors in ventilatory control. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 28: 1147-1160
22. Jarrard LE (1991). Use of ibotenic acid to selectively lesion brain structures. In: Conn MP (Editor), Lesions and Transplantations. Methods in Neuroscience. Vol. 7. Academic Press, New York, 58-70.
23. Watanabe K, Tanaka T & Yonemasu Y (1987). Ibotenic acid-induced limbic seizures and neuronal degeneration. Brain and Nerve, 39: 505-508.
24. Ogawa H, Mizysawa A, Kikuchi Y, Hida W, Miki H & Shirato K (1995). Nitric oxide as retrograde messenger in the nucleus tractus solitarii of rats during hypoxia. Journal of Physiology. 486: 494-504.
25. ω-nitro-L-arginine on ventilatory response to hypercapnia in anesthetized cats. Journal of Applied Physiology, 82: 292-297.
26. Nattie EE & Li AH (1995). Rat retrotrapezoid nucleus iono- and metabotropic glutamate receptors and the control of breathing. Journal of Applied Physiology, 78: 153-163.
27. Ma S, Abboud FM & Felder RB (1995). Effects of L-arginine-derived nitric oxide synthesis on neuronal activity in nucleus tractus solitarius. American Journal of Physiology, 268: 487-491.
28. Ling L, Karius DR, Fiscus RR & Speck DF (1992). Endogenous nitric oxide required for an integrative respiratory function in the cat brain. Journal of Neurophysiology, 68: 1910-1912.
29. Moncada S, Palmer RMJ & Higgs EA (1991). Nitric oxide: physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology. Pharmacological Reviews, 43: 109-142.
30. Rees DD, Palmer R, Schultz R, Hodson H & Moncada S (1990). Characterization of three inhibitors of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in vitro and in vivo. British Journal of Pharmacology, 101: 746-752.
31. Iadecola C, Xu X, Zhang F, Hu J & el-Fakahany EE (1994). Prolonged inhibition of nitric oxide synthase by short-term systemic administration of nitro-L-arginine methyl ester Neurochemical Research, 19: 501-505.
32. Cappendijk SLT, Vries R & Dzoljic MR (1993). Inhibitory effect of nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitors on naloxone-precipitated withdrawal syndrome in morphine-dependent mice. Neuroscience Letters. 162: 97-100.
33. Li ZS, Furnes JB, Young HM & Campbell G (1992). Nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity and NADPH diaphorase enzyme activity in neurons of the gastrointestinal tract of the toad, Bufo marinus. Archives of Histology and Cytology, 55: 333-350.
34. Bodegas ME, Villaro AC, Montuenga LM, Moncada S, Riveros-Moreno V & Sesma P (1995). Neuronal nitric oxide synthase mmunoreactivity in the respiratory tract of the frog, Rana temporaria. Histochemical Journal, 27: 812-818.