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PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
Volume 50, Issue 2, Pages 236-241Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-200108000-00012
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- NCRR NIH HHS [P20 RR-15576] Funding Source: Medline
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL-65270, HL-66358, HL-63912] Funding Source: Medline
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The temporal trajectory of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-beta receptor activation within the dorsocaudal brainstem parallels that of the mild hypoxic ventilatory depression (HVD) seen in adult rats. We hypothesized that enhanced PDGF-beta receptor activity may account for the particularly prominent HVD of developing mammals. To study this issue, 2-, 5-, 10-, and 20-d-old rats underwent hypoxic challenges (10% O-2 for 30 min) after pretreatment with either vehicle (Veh) or the selective PDGF-beta receptor antagonist CGP57148B (intraperitoneal 100 mg/kg). The developmental characteristics and magnitude of the peak hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) were not modified by the PDGF-beta receptor blocker. However, HVD was markedly I attenuated by CGP57148B, and such effect, although still present, gradually abated with increasing postnatal age [p < 0.001, analysis of variance (ANOVA)]. Hypercapnic ventilatory responses were not affected by CGP57148B. The expression of PDGF-beta receptor in the dorsocaudal brainstem was assessed by immunoblotting and confirmed progressively decreasing expression with maturation. We conclude that PDGF-beta receptor activation during hypoxia is an important contributor to HVD at all postnatal ages but more particularly in the immature rat.
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