Abstract
Baseline ventilation, hemoglobin concentration (Hb) and P50 were significantly lower in guinea-pigs than in rats. Chronic sodium cyanate (NaOCN) administration did not significantly increase hemoglobin concentration in either guinea-pigs or rats. It decreased the P50 significantly less in guinea-pigs than in rats. The high Hb-O2 affinity experimentally induced did not modify the hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) of guinea-pigs and rats. At the same level of acute hypoxia, HVR was significantly lower in NaOCN guinea-pigs than in NaOCN rats. Guinea-pigs, genotypically adapted animals to high altitude, displayed relatively minor ventilatory and Hb-O2 affinity changes to NaOCN, and a relatively minor HVR to acute hypoxia. They probably use tissue and biochemical adaptive mechanisms, in addition to their limited extracellular responses to successfully tolerate ambient hypoxia.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 675-680 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part A: Physiology |
| Volume | 109 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1994 |
Keywords
- Altitude
- Cyanate
- Genetic adaptation
- Guinea-pig
- Hemoglobin-oxygen affinity
- Hypoxia
- Hypoxic ventilatory response
- Ventilation
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