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Short-Duration Hypothermia Induction in Rats using Models for Studies examining Clinical Relevance and Mechanisms
Published on: March 3, 2021
Mechanism of suppression of physiological functions in hypothermia and means for their stimulation without body
G S Fedorov1, N K Arokina, K P Ivanov
1I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 6 Makarov Bank, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Abstract:
Cold-suppressed thermoregulatory reactions and respiration in rats in deep hypothermia (rectal body temperature (25-22 degrees C) were shown to be stimulated by injecting disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) solution into the blood stream of cold rats at a dose of 16.5 mg/100 g (0.0045 mmol/100 g). EDTA binds Ca2+ ions in the blood, forming complexes. Increases in cold shivering and pulmonary respiration (by 5 min after the start of administration) coincided with a reduction in the blood Ca2+ concentration by 42-45% of normal. By 15 min after the start of the EDTA injection, the blood Ca2+ concentration returned to the normal level present in cold rats before EDTA treatment. This was accompanied by suppression of cold shivering and pulmonary respiration. Repeated injection of EDTA into the blood stream produced a new drop in blood Ca2+ and repeated stimulation of cold shivering and pulmonary respiration.
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