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RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 172, Issue 3, Pages 94-105Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.04.025
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Breathing; Caffeine; PDE; Respiratory rhythm; Rolipram; Theophylline
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR)
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Hypothetic mechanisms for respirogenic methylxanthine actions include blockade of adenosine receptors or phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) in inspiratory pre-Botzinger complex (preBotC) networks. Here, we studied this by analyzing stimulating caffeine and theophylline actions on p.-opioid-depressed inspiratory-related rhythm in the ventrolateral aspect of rat brainstem slices. The methylxanthines restored DAMGO (0.5-1 mu M) depressed rhythm only at >1 mM, which is similar to 10-fold higher than selective for adenosine receptors. Adenosine receptor blockers did neither counter DAMGO inhibition nor change control rhythm, similar to adenosine (0.1-2.5 mM). The specific PDE4 blocker rolipram (5 mu M) restored DAMGO-depressed rhythm incompletely, but effectively reversed similar inhibition by clinical p.-agonist (fentanyl, 0.1 mu M). At 0.25 mu M, rolipram boosted incomplete recovery by 1 mM theophylline of DAMGO-depressed rhythm. Findings indicate that methylxanthines excite rhythmogenic preBotC networks via blockade of cAMP dependent PDE4 and suggest that specific PDE4 inhibitors (plus low methylxanthine doses) stimulate breathing effectively. We discuss why methylxanthine doses for preBotC stimulation need to be higher than those for respirogenic effects in vivo. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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