Respiratory muscle reserve in rats during heavy exercise |
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Authors: | Gosselin, Luc E. Megirian, David Rodman, Joshua Mueller, Donna Farkas, Gaspar A. |
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Abstract: | Gosselin, Luc E., David Megirian, Joshua Rodman, DonnaMueller, and Gaspar A. Farkas. Respiratory muscle reserve in ratsduring heavy exercise. J. Appl.Physiol. 83(4): 1405-1409, 1997.The extent towhich the respiratory pump muscles limit maximal aerobic capacity inquadrupeds is not entirely clear. To examine the effect of reducedrespiratory muscle reserve on aerobic capacity, whole bodypeak oxygen consumption(O2 peak) wasmeasured in healthy Sprague-Dawley rats before and after Sham,unilateral, or bilateral hemidiaphragm denervation (Dnv) surgery.O2 peak wasdetermined by using a graded treadmill running test.Hemidiaphragm paralysis was verified after testing byrecording the absence of electromyographic activity duringinspiration. Before surgery, O2 peak averaged 86, 87, and 92 ml · kg1 · min1for the Sham, unilateral, and bilateral Dnv groups, respectively. Twoweeks after surgery, there was no significant change inO2 peak foreither the Sham or unilateral Dnv group. However,O2 peak decreased~19% in the bilateral Dnv group 2 wk after surgery. These findingsstrongly suggest that the pulmonary system in rats is designed suchthat during heavy exercise, the remaining respiratory pump muscles areable to compensate for the loss of one hemidiaphragm, but not of both. |
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