Influência do controle vagal na resistência vascular pulmonar e desvio intracardíaco em Crotalus durissus (Squamata: Viperidae)
2012; Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2639-6459
Autores Tópico(s)Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
ResumoIn non crocodilian reptiles, the ventricle is partially divided and allows venous blood, low in oxygen, to recirculate the systemic circuit, which is referred to as a right-to-left shunt (R-L shunt), or the oxygen-rich blood to return to the pulmonary circuit, referred to as a left-toright shunt (L-R shunt). In theory, if intracardiac shunts provide any adaptive advantage, it would be controlled rather than be a passive consequence of changes in vascular resistances. The vagus nerve innervates the pulmonary trunk and has a role in controlling the resistance of the pulmonary circuit (Rpul). Thus, the control of Rpul could set the direction of the resulting shunt. In this study we hypothesized that the lack of vagal tone causes changes in control of intracardiac shunts in animals subjected to variations in temperature and activity. Therefore, we compared two groups of South American rattlesnakes, Crotalus durissus, with the vagus nerve intact or severed, subjected to the same conditions of temperature and activity. Hemodynamic parameters were measured by occlusive cannulation. Generally, increasing the temperature and the activity increased heart rate (fH), cardiac output (CO), pulmonary blood flow (Qpul) and systemic blood flow (Qsys), although only activity has caused to develop a R-L shunt in response to increased demand for O2 in the tissues. The activity was also responsible for increase in mean systemic and pulmonary arterial pressure. Unilateral vagotomy also increased blood flow, but did not affect fH. The absence of vagal control has more effect in controlling Rpul, causing changes in shunt patterns, especially when the animal was active. Under such condition, the organism seemed to offset the effects on hemodynamic shunt, resulting from changes in systemic resistance, with changes in CO. Thus, CO is elevated until Qpul is at an appropriate level for the metabolic demand, even if there is a consequent increase in Qsys. This resulted in a R-L shunt at all experimental temperatures despite being more evident at low temperatures. LISTA DE ABREVIATURAS E SIGLAS
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