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Ascorbyl palmitate augments hypoxic respiratory response in the cat
Authors:Mieczysław Pokorski  Ahlam Ramadan  Magdalena Marczak
Institution:(1) Department of Respiratory Research, Medical Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Abstract:The redox signaling is germane for the hypoxia-sensing mechanisms at the carotid body. This raises the strong possibility that agents possess reducing and antioxidant attributes, such as ascorbate, could influence the hypoxic respiratory response. However, water solubility of ascorbate makes its effectiveness at membrane-associated target sites dubious. In this study, we sought to determine the effect of ascorbyl-6-palmitate (AP), a lipidsoluble derivative of ascorbate which penetrates biomembranes, on hypoxic respiration in the anesthetized, paralyzed and ventilated cat. AP was given by gavage: 600 mg/kg daily for 6 days before the beginning of the acute experiment. Respiration was then assessed from the phrenic electroneurogram, from which peak phrenic amplitude, a surrogate of tidal component, respiratory frequency, and their product, the minute phrenic output, were quantified. The response to normocapnic hypoxia, 7% O2 in N2, in the AP-treated cats was compared with that in controls. We found that AP augmented hypoxic respiration, delayed the appearance of hypoxic depression and decreased it, although the stimulatory/depressant character was preserved. The results suggest that the ascorbate moiety of AP interacts with the hypoxiasensing mechanisms. Ascorbate may affect hypoxic respiration at multiple stages of chemotransduction pathways, which are subject to continuing uncertainties. The study highlights the augmentative effect of AP, a redox modulator, on hypoxic respiration, which may have a therapeutic potential.
Keywords:Ascorbyl palmitate  Carotid body  Cats  Chemoreceptors  Hypoxia  Phrenic nerve  Redox state  Respiration
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