| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2847061 | Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology | 2014 | 9 Pages |
•CDP-choline clearly exerts hyperventilation effect in rats.•The inhibition of phospholipase A2 and phospholipase C activity obviously blocks the hyperventilation response induced by CDP-choline.•The blockade of cyclooxygenase enzymes activity greatly abolishes the respiratory effects of CDP-choline.•The inhibition of thromboxane synthesis substantially attenuates CDP-choline evoked hyperventilation responses.
CDP-choline is an endogenous metabolite in phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis. Exogenous administration of CDP-choline has been shown to affect brain metabolism and to exhibit cardiovascular, neuroendocrine neuroprotective actions. On the other hand, little is known regarding its respiratory actions and/or central mechanism of its respiratory effect. Therefore the current study was designed to investigate the possible effects of centrally injected CDP-choline on respiratory system and the mediation of the central cholinergic receptors and phospholipase to thromboxane signaling pathway on CDP-choline-induced respiratory effects in anaesthetized rats.Intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) administration of CDP-choline induced dose- and time-dependent increased respiratory rates, tidal volume and minute ventilation of male anaesthetized Spraque Dawley rats. İ.c.v. pretreatment with atropine failed to alter the hyperventilation responses to CDP-choline whereas mecamylamine, cholinergic nicotinic receptor antagonist, mepacrine, phospholipase A2 inhibitor, and neomycin phospholipase C inhibitor, blocked completely the hyperventilation induced by CDP-choline. In addition, central pretreatment with furegrelate, thromboxane A2 synthesis inhibitor, also partially blocked CDP-choline-evoked hyperventilation effects.These data show that centrally administered CDP-choline induces hyperventilation which is mediated by activation of central nicotinic receptors and phospholipase to thromboxane signaling pathway.
