期刊
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
卷 112, 期 9, 页码 1474-1481出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01477.2011
关键词
control of breathing; maternal separation; environment; chemoreflex; hypoxia
资金
- Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)
- Canada Research Chair in Respiratory Neurobiology
- Fonds de la recherche en sante du Quebec (FRSQ)
Fournier S, Kinkead R, Joseph V. Influence of housing conditions from weaning to adulthood on the ventilatory, thermoregulatory, and endocrine responses to hypoxia of adult female rats. J Appl Physiol 112: 1474-1481, 2012. First published February 9, 2012; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01477.2011.-Housing conditions affect animal physiology. We previously showed that the hypoxic ventilatory and thermoregulatory responses to hypoxia of adult male rats housed in triads during the juvenile period (postnatal day 21 to adulthood) were significantly reduced compared with animals housed in pairs. Because sex hormones influence development and responsiveness to environmental stressors, this study investigated the impact of housing on the respiratory and thermoregulatory physiology of female rats. Since neonatal stress attenuates the hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) of female rats at adulthood, experiments were performed both on control (undisturbed) animals and rats subjected to neonatal maternal separation (NMS; 3 h/day, postnatal days 3-12). At adulthood, ventilatory activity was measured by whole body plethysmography under normoxic and hypoxic conditions [fraction of inspired oxygen (FIO2) = 0.12; 20 min]. The ventilatory and body temperature responses to hypoxia of female rats raised in triads were reduced compared with rats housed in pairs. Housing female rats in triads did not affect basal or hypoxic plasma corticosterone levels but did increase levels of estradiol significantly. We conclude that modest changes in housing conditions (pairs vs. triads) from weaning to adulthood does influence basic homeostatic functions such as temperature and respiratory regulation. Triad housing can reverse the manifestations of respiratory instability at adulthood induced by stressful neonatal treatments. This should raise awareness of the benefits of increasing social interactions in clinical settings but also caution researchers of the potential impact of such subtle changes on experimental protocols and interpretation of results.
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