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Short chain fatty acid-induced hyperventilation is due to PGF2-alpha
1Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Abstract:
While studying the significance of the short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in the pathogenesis of hyperventilation, we have found that experimental rabbits injected with SCFA sodium salt (4 mmol/kg b.wt) develop hyperventilation 20 min later. This hyperventilation results in a decrease of PCO2 in the arterial blood from 32.05 +/- 1.18 to 24.55 +/- 0.83 (p < 0.001). The SCFAs also bring about pronounced mixed alkalosis. The prostaglandin F2-alpha (PGF2-alpha) in both the arterial and venous blood of rabbits increased significantly after treatment with SCFAs salts. If the rabbits are pretreated with indomethacin (10 mg/kg), the SCFAs do not cause hyperventilation. Therefore we can conclude, that the SCFAs bring about hyperventilation through an increase in the PGF2-alpha synthesis.
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