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Getsy PM, Coffee GA, Kelley TJ, Lewis SJ. Male histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) knockout mice have enhanced ventilatory responses to hypoxic challenge. Front Physiol 2024; 14:1332810. [PMID: 38384929 PMCID: PMC10880035 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1332810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
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Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) is a class II histone deacetylase that is predominantly localized in the cytoplasm of cells. HDAC6 associates with microtubules and regulates acetylation of tubulin and other proteins. The possibility that HDAC6 participates in hypoxic signaling is supported by evidence that 1) hypoxic gas challenges cause microtubule depolymerization, 2) expression of hypoxia inducible factor alpha (HIF-1α) is regulated by microtubule alterations in response to hypoxia, and 3) inhibition of HDAC6 prevents HIF-1α expression and protects tissue from hypoxic/ischemic insults. The aim of this study was to address whether the absence of HDAC6 alters ventilatory responses during and/or after hypoxic gas challenge (10% O2, 90% N2 for 15 min) in adult male wildtype (WT) C57BL/6 mice and HDAC6 knock-out (KO) mice. Key findings were that 1) baseline values for frequency of breathing, tidal volume, inspiratory and expiratory times, and end expiratory pause were different between knock-out mice and wildtype mice, 2) ventilatory responses during hypoxic challenge were more robust in KO mice than WT mice for recorded parameters including, frequency of breathing, minute ventilation, inspiratory and expiratory durations, peak inspiratory and expiratory flows, and inspiratory and expiratory drives, and 3) responses upon return to room-air were markedly different in KO compared to WT mice for frequency of breathing, minute ventilation, inspiratory and expiratory durations, end expiratory pause (but not end inspiratory pause), peak inspiratory and expiratory flows, and inspiratory and expiratory drives. These data suggest that HDAC6 may have a fundamentally important role in regulating the hypoxic ventilatory response in mice.
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- Paulina M. Getsy
- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, CWRU, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, CWRU, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Functional Electrical Stimulation Center, CWRU, Cleveland, OH, United States
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Missaghi K, Le Gal JP, Mercier J, Grover M, Beauséjour PA, Chartré S, Messihad O, Auclair F, Dubuc R. Revisiting the two rhythm generators for respiration in lampreys. Front Neuroanat 2024; 17:1270535. [PMID: 38250023 PMCID: PMC10796688 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2023.1270535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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In lampreys, respiration consists of a fast and a slow rhythm. This study was aimed at characterizing both anatomically and physiologically the brainstem regions involved in generating the two rhythms. The fast rhythm generator has been located by us and others in the rostral hindbrain, rostro-lateral to the trigeminal motor nucleus. More recently, this was challenged by researchers reporting that the fast rhythm generator was located more rostrally and dorsomedially, in a region corresponding to the mesencephalic locomotor region. These contradictory observations made us re-examine the location of the fast rhythm generator using anatomical lesions and physiological recordings. We now confirm that the fast respiratory rhythm generator is in the rostro-lateral hindbrain as originally described. The slow rhythm generator has received less attention. Previous studies suggested that it was composed of bilateral, interconnected rhythm generating regions located in the caudal hindbrain, with ascending projections to the fast rhythm generator. We used anatomical and physiological approaches to locate neurons that could be part of this slow rhythm generator. Combinations of unilateral injections of anatomical tracers, one in the fast rhythm generator area and another in the lateral tegmentum of the caudal hindbrain, were performed to label candidate neurons on the non-injected side of the lateral tegmentum. We found a population of neurons extending from the facial to the caudal vagal motor nuclei, with no clear clustering in the cell distribution. We examined the effects of stimulating different portions of the labeled population on the respiratory activity. The rostro-caudal extent of the population was arbitrarily divided in three portions that were each stimulated electrically or chemically. Stimulation of either of the three sites triggered bursts of discharge characteristic of the slow rhythm, whereas inactivating any of them stopped the slow rhythm. Substance P injected locally in the lateral tegmentum accelerated the slow respiratory rhythm in a caudal hindbrain preparation. Our results show that the fast respiratory rhythm generator consists mostly of a population of neurons rostro-lateral to the trigeminal motor nucleus, whereas the slow rhythm generator is distributed in the lateral tegmentum of the caudal hindbrain.
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- Kianoush Missaghi
- Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche en Activité Physique Adaptée (GRAPA), Département des Sciences de l’Activité Physique, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Groupe de Recherche en Activité Physique Adaptée (GRAPA), Département des Sciences de l’Activité Physique, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Groupe de Recherche en Activité Physique Adaptée (GRAPA), Département des Sciences de l’Activité Physique, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche en Activité Physique Adaptée (GRAPA), Département des Sciences de l’Activité Physique, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Hao X, Yang Y, Liu J, Zhang D, Ou M, Ke B, Zhu T, Zhou C. The Modulation by Anesthetics and Analgesics of Respiratory Rhythm in the Nervous System. Curr Neuropharmacol 2024; 22:217-240. [PMID: 37563812 PMCID: PMC10788885 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x21666230810110901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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Rhythmic eupneic breathing in mammals depends on the coordinated activities of the neural system that sends cranial and spinal motor outputs to respiratory muscles. These outputs modulate lung ventilation and adjust respiratory airflow, which depends on the upper airway patency and ventilatory musculature. Anesthetics are widely used in clinical practice worldwide. In addition to clinically necessary pharmacological effects, respiratory depression is a critical side effect induced by most general anesthetics. Therefore, understanding how general anesthetics modulate the respiratory system is important for the development of safer general anesthetics. Currently used volatile anesthetics and most intravenous anesthetics induce inhibitory effects on respiratory outputs. Various general anesthetics produce differential effects on respiratory characteristics, including the respiratory rate, tidal volume, airway resistance, and ventilatory response. At the cellular and molecular levels, the mechanisms underlying anesthetic-induced breathing depression mainly include modulation of synaptic transmission of ligand-gated ionotropic receptors (e.g., γ-aminobutyric acid, N-methyl-D-aspartate, and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors) and ion channels (e.g., voltage-gated sodium, calcium, and potassium channels, two-pore domain potassium channels, and sodium leak channels), which affect neuronal firing in brainstem respiratory and peripheral chemoreceptor areas. The present review comprehensively summarizes the modulation of the respiratory system by clinically used general anesthetics, including the effects at the molecular, cellular, anatomic, and behavioral levels. Specifically, analgesics, such as opioids, which cause respiratory depression and the "opioid crisis", are discussed. Finally, underlying strategies of respiratory stimulation that target general anesthetics and/or analgesics are summarized.
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- Xuechao Hao
- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
- Laboratory of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Centre of Translational Medicine of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
- Laboratory of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Centre of Translational Medicine of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
- Laboratory of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Centre of Translational Medicine of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Laboratory of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Centre of Translational Medicine of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Laboratory of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Centre of Translational Medicine of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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Olmos-Pastoresa CA, Vázquez-Mendoza E, López-Meraz ML, Pérez-Estudillo CA, Beltran-Parrazal L, Morgado-Valle C. Transgenic rodents as dynamic models for the study of respiratory rhythm generation and modulation: a scoping review and a bibliometric analysis. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1295632. [PMID: 38179140 PMCID: PMC10764557 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1295632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
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The pre-Bötzinger complex, situated in the ventrolateral medulla, serves as the central generator for the inspiratory phase of the respiratory rhythm. Evidence strongly supports its pivotal role in generating, and, in conjunction with the post-inspiratory complex and the lateral parafacial nucleus, in shaping the respiratory rhythm. While there remains an ongoing debate concerning the mechanisms underlying these nuclei's ability to generate and modulate breathing, transgenic rodent models have significantly contributed to our understanding of these processes. However, there is a significant knowledge gap regarding the spectrum of transgenic rodent lines developed for studying respiratory rhythm, and the methodologies employed in these models. In this study, we conducted a scoping review to identify commonly used transgenic rodent lines and techniques for studying respiratory rhythm generation and modulation. Following PRISMA guidelines, we identified relevant papers in PubMed and EBSCO on 29 March 2023, and transgenic lines in Mouse Genome Informatics and the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium. With strict inclusion and exclusion criteria, we identified 80 publications spanning 1997-2022 using 107 rodent lines. Our findings revealed 30 lines focusing on rhythm generation, 61 on modulation, and 16 on both. The primary in vivo method was whole-body plethysmography. The main in vitro method was hypoglossal/phrenic nerve recordings using the en bloc preparation. Additionally, we identified 119 transgenic lines with the potential for investigating the intricate mechanisms underlying respiratory rhythm. Through this review, we provide insights needed to design more effective experiments with transgenic animals to unravel the mechanisms governing respiratory rhythm. The identified transgenic rodent lines and methodological approaches compile current knowledge and guide future research towards filling knowledge gaps in respiratory rhythm generation and modulation.
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Cerebrales, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Cerebrales, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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Hérent C, Diem S, Usseglio G, Fortin G, Bouvier J. Upregulation of breathing rate during running exercise by central locomotor circuits in mice. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2939. [PMID: 37217517 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38583-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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While respiratory adaptation to exercise is compulsory to cope with the increased metabolic demand, the neural signals at stake remain poorly identified. Using neural circuit tracing and activity interference strategies in mice, we uncover here two systems by which the central locomotor network can enable respiratory augmentation in relation to running activity. One originates in the mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR), a conserved locomotor controller. Through direct projections onto the neurons of the preBötzinger complex that generate the inspiratory rhythm, the MLR can trigger a moderate increase of respiratory frequency, prior to, or even in the absence of, locomotion. The other is the lumbar enlargement of the spinal cord containing the hindlimb motor circuits. When activated, and through projections onto the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN), it also potently upregulates breathing rate. On top of identifying critical underpinnings for respiratory hyperpnea, these data also expand the functional implication of cell types and pathways that are typically regarded as "locomotor" or "respiratory" related.
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- Coralie Hérent
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, 91400, Saclay, France
- Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Foundation, 1400-038, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, 91400, Saclay, France
- Institute of Functional Genomics, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, 34094, Montpellier, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, 91400, Saclay, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'École Normale Supérieure (IBENS), École Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, 75005, Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, 91400, Saclay, France.
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Van Horn MR, Benfey NJ, Shikany C, Severs LJ, Deemyad T. Neuron-astrocyte networking: astrocytes orchestrate and respond to changes in neuronal network activity across brain states and behaviors. J Neurophysiol 2021; 126:627-636. [PMID: 34259027 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00062.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Astrocytes are known to play many important roles in brain function. However, research underscoring the extent to which astrocytes modulate neuronal activity is still underway. Here we review the latest evidence regarding the contribution of astrocytes to neuronal oscillations across the brain, with a specific focus on how astrocytes respond to changes in brain state (e.g., sleep, arousal, stress). We then discuss the general mechanisms by which astrocytes signal to neurons to modulate neuronal activity, ultimately driving changes in behavior, followed by a discussion of how astrocytes contribute to respiratory rhythms in the medulla. Finally, we contemplate the possibility that brain stem astrocytes could modulate brainwide oscillations by communicating the status of oxygenation to higher cortical areas.
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- Marion R Van Horn
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
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- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.,Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Takakura AC, Malheiros-Lima MR, Moreira TS. Excitatory and inhibitory modulation of parafacial respiratory neurons in the control of active expiration. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2021; 289:103657. [PMID: 33781931 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2021.103657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In order to increase ventilation, the respiratory system engages active expiration through recruitment of abdominal muscles. Here, we reviewed the new advances in the modulation of parafacial respiratory (pF) region to trigger active expiration. In addition, we also made a comprehensive discussion of experiments indicating that the lateral aspect of the pF (pFL) is anatomically and functionally distinct from the adjacent and partially overlapping chemosensitive neurons of the ventral aspect of the pF (pFV) also named the retrotrapezoid nucleus. Recent evidence suggest a complex network responsible for the generation of active expiration and neuromodulatory systems that influence its activity. The activity of the pFL is tonically inhibited by inhibitory inputs and also receives excitatory inputs from chemoreceptors (central x peripheral) as well as from catecholaminergic C1 neurons. Therefore, the modulatory inputs and the physiological conditions under which these mechanisms are used to recruit active expiration and increase ventilation need further investigation.
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- Ana C Takakura
- Department of Pharmacology, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Lei F, Wang W, Fu Y, Wang J, Zheng Y. Oxidative stress in retrotrapezoid nucleus/parafacial respiratory group and impairment of central chemoreception in rat offspring exposed to maternal cigarette smoke. Reprod Toxicol 2021; 100:35-41. [PMID: 33383163 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2020.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We have reported that smoking during pregnancy is associated with deficit in neonatal central chemoreception. However, the underlying mechanism is not well clarified. In this study, we developed a rat model of maternal cigarette smoke (CS) exposure. Pregnant rats were exposed to CS during gestational day 1-20. Offspring were studied on postnatal day 2. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) content and expressions of antioxidant proteins in retrotrapezoid nucleus/parafacial respiratory group (RTN/pFRG) were examined by fluorogenic dye MitoSOX™ Red and Western blotting, respectively. The response of hypoglossal rootlets discharge to acidification was also detected with micro-injection of H2O2 into RTN/pFRG of offspring brainstem slices in vitro. Results showed that maternal CS exposure led to an increase in ROS production, and brought about decreases in mitochondrial superoxide dismutase and Kelch-like ECH-associated protein-1, and an increase in NF-E2-related factor 2 in offspring RTN/pFRG. Catalase and glutathione reductase expressions were not significantly changed. Moreover, oxidative stress induced by micro-injection of H2O2 into RTN/pFRG in vitro inhibited the discharge response of hypoglossal rootlets to acidification. These findings suggest that maternal CS exposure results in oxidative stress in RTN/pFRG of rat offspring, which might play a role in the impairment of central chemoreception.
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- Fang Lei
- West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, PR China; Department of Physiology, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, PR China.
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Volatile Anesthetics Activate a Leak Sodium Conductance in Retrotrapezoid Nucleus Neurons to Maintain Breathing during Anesthesia in Mice. Anesthesiology 2020; 133:824-838. [PMID: 32773689 DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000003493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Volatile anesthetics moderately depress respiratory function at clinically relevant concentrations. Phox2b-expressing chemosensitive neurons in the retrotrapezoid nucleus, a respiratory control center, are activated by isoflurane, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. The hypothesis of this study was that the sodium leak channel contributes to the volatile anesthetics-induced modulation of retrotrapezoid nucleus neurons and to respiratory output. METHODS The contribution of sodium leak channels to isoflurane-, sevoflurane-, and propofol-evoked activity of Phox2b-expressing retrotrapezoid nucleus neurons and respiratory output were evaluated in wild-type and genetically modified mice lacking sodium leak channels (both sexes). Patch-clamp recordings were performed in acute brain slices. Whole-body plethysmography was used to measure the respiratory activity. RESULTS Isoflurane at 0.42 to 0.50 mM (~1.5 minimum alveolar concentration) increased the sodium leak channel-mediated holding currents and conductance from -75.0 ± 12.9 to -130.1 ± 34.9 pA (mean ± SD, P = 0.002, n = 6) and 1.8 ± 0.5 to 3.6 ± 1.0 nS (P = 0.001, n = 6), respectively. At these concentrations, isoflurane increased activity of Phox2b-expressing retrotrapezoid nucleus neurons from 1.1 ± 0.2 to 2.8 ± 0.2 Hz (P < 0.001, n = 5), which was eliminated by bath application of gadolinium or genetic silencing of sodium leak channel. Genetic silencing of sodium leak channel in the retrotrapezoid nucleus resulted in a diminished ventilatory response to carbon dioxide in mice under control conditions and during isoflurane anesthesia. Sevoflurane produced an effect comparable to that of isoflurane, whereas propofol did not activate sodium leak channel-mediated holding conductance. CONCLUSIONS Isoflurane and sevoflurane increase neuronal excitability of chemosensitive retrotrapezoid nucleus neurons partly by enhancing sodium leak channel conductance. Sodium leak channel expression in the retrotrapezoid nucleus is required for the ventilatory response to carbon dioxide during anesthesia by isoflurane and sevoflurane, thus identifying sodium leak channel as a requisite determinant of respiratory output during anesthesia of volatile anesthetics. EDITOR’S PERSPECTIVE
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Ghali MGZ, Ghali GZ. Mechanisms Contributing to the Generation of Mayer Waves. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:395. [PMID: 32765203 PMCID: PMC7381285 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Mayer waves may synchronize overlapping propriobulbar interneuronal microcircuits constituting the respiratory rhythm and pattern generator, sympathetic oscillators, and cardiac vagal preganglionic neurons. Initially described by Sir Sigmund Mayer in the year 1876 in the arterial pressure waveform of anesthetized rabbits, authors have since extensively observed these oscillations in recordings of hemodynamic variables, including arterial pressure waveform, peripheral resistance, and blood flow. Authors would later reveal the presence of these oscillations in sympathetic neural efferent discharge and brainstem and spinal zones corresponding with sympathetic oscillators. Mayer wave central tendency proves highly consistent within, though the specific frequency band varies extensively across, species. Striking resemblance of the Mayer wave central tendency to the species-specific baroreflex resonant frequency has led the majority of investigators to comfortably presume, and generate computational models premised upon, a baroreflex origin of these oscillations. Empirical interrogation of this conjecture has generated variable results and derivative interpretations. Sinoaortic denervation and effector sympathectomy variably reduces or abolishes spectral power contained within the Mayer wave frequency band. Refractorines of Mayer wave generation to barodeafferentation lends credence to the hypothesis these waves are chiefly generated by brainstem propriobulbar and spinal cord propriospinal interneuronal microcircuit oscillators and likely modulated by the baroreflex. The presence of these waves in unitary discharge of medullary lateral tegmental field and rostral ventrolateral medullary neurons (contemporaneously exhibiting fast sympathetic rhythms [2-6 and 10 Hz bands]) in spectral variability in vagotomized pentobarbital-anesthetized and unanesthetized midcollicular (i.e., intercollicular) decerebrate cats supports genesis of Mayer waves by supraspinal sympathetic microcircuit oscillators. Persistence of these waves following high cervical transection in vagotomized unanesthetized midcollicular decerebrate cats would seem to suggest spinal sympathetic microcircuit oscillators generate these waves. The widespread presence of Mayer waves in brainstem sympathetic-related and non-sympathetic-related cells would seem to betray a general tendency of neurons to oscillate at this frequency. We have thus presented an extensive and, hopefully cohesive, discourse evaluating, and evolving the interpretive consideration of, evidence seeking to illumine our understanding of origins of, and insight into mechanisms contributing to, the genesis of Mayer waves. We have predicated our arguments and conjectures in the substance and matter of empirical data, though we have occasionally waxed philosophical beyond these traditional confines in suggesting interpretations exceeding these limits. We believe our synthesis and interpretation of the relevant literature will fruitfully inspire future studies from the perspective of a more intimate appreciation and conceptualization of network mechanisms generating oscillatory variability in neuronal and neural outputs. Our evaluation of Mayer waves informs a novel set of disciplines we term quantum neurophysics extendable to describing subatomic reality. Beyond informing our appreciation of mechanisms generating sympathetic oscillations, Mayer waves may constitute an intrinsic property of neurons extant throughout the cerebrum, brainstem, and spinal cord or reflect an emergent property of interactions between arteriogenic and neuronal oscillations.
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- Michael G Z Ghali
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Neuroscience, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Oslo, Olso, Norway.,Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.,Department of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, United States.,Department of Neurological Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,United States Environmental Protection Agency, Arlington, VA, United States.,Department of Toxicology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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Beyeler SA, Hodges MR, Huxtable AG. Impact of inflammation on developing respiratory control networks: rhythm generation, chemoreception and plasticity. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2020; 274:103357. [PMID: 31899353 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2019.103357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Revised: 11/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
The respiratory control network in the central nervous system undergoes critical developmental events early in life to ensure adequate breathing at birth. There are at least three "critical windows" in development of respiratory control networks: 1) in utero, 2) newborn (postnatal day 0-4 in rodents), and 3) neonatal (P10-13 in rodents, 2-4 months in humans). During these critical windows, developmental processes required for normal maturation of the respiratory control network occur, thereby increasing vulnerability of the network to insults, such as inflammation. Early life inflammation (induced by LPS, chronic intermittent hypoxia, sustained hypoxia, or neonatal maternal separation) acutely impairs respiratory rhythm generation, chemoreception and increases neonatal risk of mortality. These early life impairments are also greater in young males, suggesting sex-specific impairments in respiratory control. Further, neonatal inflammation has a lasting impact on respiratory control by impairing adult respiratory plasticity. This review focuses on how inflammation alters respiratory rhythm generation, chemoreception and plasticity during each of the three critical windows. We also highlight the need for additional mechanistic studies and increased investigation into how glia (such as microglia and astrocytes) play a role in impaired respiratory control after inflammation. Understanding how inflammation during critical windows of development disrupt respiratory control networks is essential for developing better treatments for vulnerable neonates and preventing adult ventilatory control disorders.
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- Sarah A Beyeler
- Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, United States
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
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- Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, United States.
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Toledo C, Andrade DC, Díaz HS, Pereyra KV, Schwarz KG, Díaz-Jara E, Oliveira LM, Takakura AC, Moreira TS, Schultz HD, Marcus NJ, Del Rio R. Rostral ventrolateral medullary catecholaminergic neurones mediate irregular breathing pattern in volume overload heart failure rats. J Physiol 2019; 597:5799-5820. [PMID: 31642520 DOI: 10.1113/jp278845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS A strong association between disordered breathing patterns, elevated sympathetic activity, and enhanced central chemoreflex drive has been shown in experimental and human heart failure (HF). The aim of this study was to determine the contribution of catecholaminergic rostral ventrolateral medulla catecholaminergic neurones (RVLM-C1) to both haemodynamic and respiratory alterations in HF. Apnoea/hypopnoea incidence (AHI), breathing variability, respiratory-cardiovascular coupling, cardiac autonomic control and cardiac function were analysed in HF rats with or without selective ablation of RVLM-C1 neurones. Partial lesion (∼65%) of RVLM-C1 neurones reduces AHI, respiratory variability, and respiratory-cardiovascular coupling in HF rats. In addition, the deleterious effects of central chemoreflex activation on cardiac autonomic balance and cardiac function in HF rats was abolished by ablation of RVLM-C1 neurones. Our findings suggest that RVLM-C1 neurones play a pivotal role in breathing irregularities in volume overload HF, and mediate the sympathetic responses induced by acute central chemoreflex activation. ABSTRACT Rostral ventrolateral medulla catecholaminergic neurones (RVLM-C1) modulate sympathetic outflow and breathing under normal conditions. Heart failure (HF) is characterized by chronic RVLM-C1 activation, increased sympathetic activity and irregular breathing patterns. Despite studies showing a relationship between RVLM-C1 and sympathetic activity in HF, no studies have addressed a potential contribution of RVLM-C1 neurones to irregular breathing in this context. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the contribution of RVLM-C1 neurones to irregular breathing patterns in HF. Sprague-Dawley rats underwent surgery to induce volume overload HF. Anti-dopamine β-hydroxylase-saporin toxin (DβH-SAP) was used to selectively lesion RVLM-C1 neurones. At 8 weeks post-HF induction, breathing pattern, blood pressures (BP), respiratory-cardiovascular coupling (RCC), central chemoreflex function, cardiac autonomic control and cardiac function were studied. Reduction (∼65%) of RVLM-C1 neurones resulted in attenuation of irregular breathing, decreased apnoea-hypopnoea incidence (11.1 ± 2.9 vs. 6.5 ± 2.5 events h-1 ; HF+Veh vs. HF+DβH-SAP; P < 0.05) and improved cardiac autonomic control in HF rats. Pathological RCC was observed in HF rats (peak coherence >0.5 between breathing and cardiovascular signals) and was attenuated by DβH-SAP treatment (coherence: 0.74 ± 0.12 vs. 0.54 ± 0.10, HF+Veh vs. HF+DβH-SAP rats; P < 0.05). Central chemoreflex activation had deleterious effects on cardiac function and cardiac autonomic control in HF rats that were abolished by lesion of RVLM-C1 neurones. Our findings reveal that RVLM-C1 neurones play a major role in irregular breathing patterns observed in volume overload HF and highlight their contribution to cardiac dysautonomia and deterioration of cardiac function during chemoreflex activation.
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- Camilo Toledo
- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Excelencia en Biomedicina de Magallanes (CEBIMA), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Investigación en Fisiología del Ejercicio, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA, USA
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Excelencia en Biomedicina de Magallanes (CEBIMA), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
- Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE-UC), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Garcia AJ, Viemari JC, Khuu MA. Respiratory rhythm generation, hypoxia, and oxidative stress-Implications for development. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2019; 270:103259. [PMID: 31369874 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2019.103259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Encountered in a number of clinical conditions, repeated hypoxia/reoxygenation during the neonatal period can pose both a threat to immediate survival as well as a diminished quality of living later in life. This review focuses on our current understanding of central respiratory rhythm generation and the role that hypoxia and reoxygenation play in influencing rhythmogenesis. Here, we examine the stereotypical response of the inspiratory rhythm from the preBötzinger complex (preBötC), basic neuronal mechanisms that support rhythm generation during the peri-hypoxic interval, and the physiological consequences of inspiratory network responsivity to hypoxia and reoxygenation, acute and chronic intermittent hypoxia, and oxidative stress. These topics are examined in the context of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, apneas of prematurity, and neonatal abstinence syndrome.
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- Alfredo J Garcia
- Institute for Integrative Physiology, Section of Emergency Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, 60637, IL, United States
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, P3M team, UMR7289 CNRS & AMU, Faculté de Médecine de la Timone, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, Marseille, 13005, France
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- Institute for Integrative Physiology, Section of Emergency Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, 60637, IL, United States
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Wu Y, Proch KL, Teran FA, Lechtenberg RJ, Kothari H, Richerson GB. Chemosensitivity of Phox2b-expressing retrotrapezoid neurons is mediated in part by input from 5-HT neurons. J Physiol 2019; 597:2741-2766. [PMID: 30866045 PMCID: PMC6826216 DOI: 10.1113/jp277052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS Neurons of the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) and medullary serotonin (5-HT) neurons are both candidates for central CO2 /pH chemoreceptors, but it is not known how interactions between them influence their responses to pH. We found that RTN neurons in brain slices were stimulated by exogenous 5-HT and by heteroexchange release of endogenous 5-HT, and these responses were blocked by antagonists of 5-HT7 receptors. The pH response of RTN neurons in brain slices was markedly reduced by the same antagonists of 5-HT7 receptors. Similar results were obtained in dissociated, primary cell cultures prepared from the ventral medulla, where it was also found that the pH response of RTN neurons was blocked by preventing 5-HT synthesis and enhanced by blocking 5-HT reuptake. Exogenous 5-HT did not enable latent intrinsic RTN chemosensitivity. RTN neurons may play more of a role as relays from other central and peripheral chemoreceptors than as CO2 sensors. ABSTRACT Phox2b-expressing neurons in the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) and serotonin (5-HT) neurons in the medullary raphe have both been proposed to be central respiratory chemoreceptors. How interactions between these two sets of neurons influence their responses to acidosis is not known. Here we recorded from mouse Phox2b+ RTN neurons in brain slices, and found that their response to moderate hypercapnic acidosis (pH 7.4 to ∼7.2) was markedly reduced by antagonists of 5-HT7 receptors. RTN neurons were stimulated in response to heteroexchange release of 5-HT, indicating that RTN neurons are sensitive to endogenous 5-HT. This electrophysiological behaviour was replicated in primary, dissociated cell cultures containing 5-HT and RTN neurons grown together. In addition, pharmacological inhibition of 5-HT synthesis in culture reduced RTN neuron chemosensitivity, and blocking 5-HT reuptake enhanced chemosensitivity. The effect of 5-HT on RTN neuron chemosensitivity was not explained by a mechanism whereby activation of 5-HT7 receptors enables or potentiates intrinsic chemosensitivity of RTN neurons, as exogenous 5-HT did not enhance the pH response. The ventilatory response to inhaled CO2 of mice was markedly decreased in vivo after systemic treatment with ketanserin, an antagonist of 5-HT2 and 5-HT7 receptors. These data indicate that 5-HT and RTN neurons may interact synergistically in a way that enhances the respiratory chemoreceptor response. The primary role of RTN neurons may be as relays and amplifiers of the pH response from 5-HT neurons and other chemoreceptors rather than as pH sensors themselves.
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- Yuanming Wu
- Department of NeurologyUniversity of IowaIowa CityIA52242USA
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- Department of NeurologyUniversity of IowaIowa CityIA52242USA
- Graduate Program in NeuroscienceUniversity of IowaIowa CityIA52242USA
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- Department of NeurologyUniversity of IowaIowa CityIA52242USA
- Graduate Program in NeuroscienceUniversity of IowaIowa CityIA52242USA
- Iowa Neuroscience InstituteUniversity of IowaIowa CityIA52242USA
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity of IowaIowa CityIA52242USA
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- Department of NeurologyUniversity of IowaIowa CityIA52242USA
- Graduate Program in NeuroscienceUniversity of IowaIowa CityIA52242USA
- Department of Molecular Physiology & BiophysicsUniversity of IowaIowa CityIA52242USA
- Neurology ServiceVeterans Affairs Medical CenterIowa CityIA52242USA
- Iowa Neuroscience InstituteUniversity of IowaIowa CityIA52242USA
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Andrade DC, Haine L, Toledo C, Diaz HS, Quintanilla RA, Marcus NJ, Iturriaga R, Richalet JP, Voituron N, Del Rio R. Ventilatory and Autonomic Regulation in Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Potential Protective Role for Erythropoietin? Front Physiol 2018; 9:1440. [PMID: 30374309 PMCID: PMC6196773 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common form of sleep disordered breathing and is associated with wide array of cardiovascular morbidities. It has been proposed that during OSA, the respiratory control center (RCC) is affected by exaggerated afferent signals coming from peripheral/central chemoreceptors which leads to ventilatory instability and may perpetuate apnea generation. Treatments focused on decreasing hyperactivity of peripheral/central chemoreceptors may be useful to improving ventilatory instability in OSA patients. Previous studies indicate that oxidative stress and inflammation are key players in the increased peripheral/central chemoreflex drive associated with OSA. Recent data suggest that erythropoietin (Epo) could also be involved in modulating chemoreflex activity as functional Epo receptors are constitutively expressed in peripheral and central chemoreceptors cells. Additionally, there is some evidence that Epo has anti-oxidant/anti-inflammatory effects. Accordingly, we propose that Epo treatment during OSA may reduce enhanced peripheral/central chemoreflex drive and normalize the activity of the RCC which in turn may help to abrogate ventilatory instability. In this perspective article we discuss the potential beneficial effects of Epo administration on ventilatory regulation in the setting of OSA.
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- David C Andrade
- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Investigación en Fisiología del Ejercicio, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratoire Hypoxie and Poumon - EA2363, Université Paris 13, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA, United States
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- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratoire Hypoxie and Poumon - EA2363, Université Paris 13, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Hypoxie and Poumon - EA2363, Université Paris 13, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Excelencia en Biomedicina de Magallanes (CEBIMA), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
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Mei-Ling Liu J, Fair SR, Kaya B, Zuniga JN, Mostafa HR, Alves MJ, Stephens JA, Jones M, Aslan MT, Czeisler C, Otero JJ. Development of a Novel FIJI-Based Method to Investigate Neuronal Circuitry in Neonatal Mice. Dev Neurobiol 2018; 78:1146-1167. [PMID: 30136762 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Revised: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The emergence of systems neuroscience tools requires parallel generation of objective analytical workflows for experimental neuropathology. We developed an objective analytical workflow that we used to determine how specific autonomic neural lineages change during postnatal development. While a wealth of knowledge exists regarding postnatal alterations in respiratory neural function, how these neural circuits change and develop in the weeks following birth remains less clear. In this study, we developed our workflow by combining genetic mouse modeling and quantitative immunofluorescent confocal microscopy and used this to examine the postnatal development of neural circuits derived from the transcription factors NKX2.2 and OLIG3 into three medullary respiratory nuclei. Our automated FIJI-based image analysis workflow rapidly and objectively quantified synaptic puncta in user-defined anatomic regions. Using our objective workflow, we found that the density and estimated total number of Nkx2.2-derived afferents into the pre-Bötzinger Complex significantly decreased with postnatal age during the first three weeks of postnatal life. These data indicate that Nkx2.2-derived structures differentially influence pre-Bötzinger Complex respiratory oscillations at different stages of postnatal development.
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- Jillian Mei-Ling Liu
- Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Center for Biostatistics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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Forster HV. Julius H. Comroe Distinguished Lecture: Interdependence of neuromodulators in the control of breathing. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2018; 125:1511-1525. [PMID: 30138081 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00477.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In vitro and in vivo anesthetized studies led to the conclusion that "deficiencies in one neuromodulator are immediately compensated by the action of other neuromodulators," which suggests an interdependence among neuromodulators. This concept was the focus of the 2018 Julius H. Comroe Lecture to the American Physiological Society in which I summarized our published studies testing the hypothesis that if modulatory interdependence was robust, breathing would not decrease during dialysis of antagonists to G protein-coupled excitatory receptors or agonists to inhibitory receptors into the ventral respiratory column (VRC) or the hypoglossal motor nuclei (HMN). We found breathing was not decreased during unilateral VRC dialyses of antagonists to excitatory muscarinic, serotonergic, and neurokinin-1 receptors alone or in combinations nor was breathing decreased with unilateral VRC dialysis of a µ-opioid receptor agonist. Analyses of the effluent dialysate revealed locally increased serotonin (excitatory) during muscarinic receptor blockade and decreased γ-aminobutyric acid (inhibitory) during dialysis of opioid agonists, suggesting an interdependence of neuromodulators through release of compensatory neuromodulators. Bilateral dialysis of receptor antagonists or agonist in the VRC increased breathing, which does not support the concept that unchanged breathing with unilateral dialyses was due to contralateral compensation. In contrast, in the HMN neither unilateral nor bilateral dialysis of the excitatory receptor antagonists altered breathing, but unilateral dialysis of the opioid receptor agonist decreased breathing. We conclude: 1) there is site-dependent interdependence of neuromodulators during physiologic conditions, and 2) attributing physiologic effects to a specific receptor perturbation is complicated by local compensatory mechanisms.
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- Hubert V Forster
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Neuroscience Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Hong H, Kamerman-Kretzmer R, Kato R, Rosser T, VanHirtum-Das M, Davidson Ward SL. Case Report of Pediatric Channelopathies With UNC80 and KCNJ11 Mutations Having Abnormal Respiratory Control Treated With Positive Airway Pressure Therapy. J Clin Sleep Med 2018; 14:1419-1425. [PMID: 30092901 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.7288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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ABSTRACT There have been no published reports of central respiratory control abnormalities in pediatric patients with UNC80 or KCNJ11 mutations which cause neurologic channelopathies. We describe an 8-year-old male with a pathogenic UNC80 mutation, intellectual disability, hypotonia and epilepsy with severe central sleep apnea (213.5 events/h) on polysomnography (PSG). We also describe a 20-month-old female with a KCNJ11 mutation, neonatal diabetes and developmental delay who had severe central sleep apnea (131.1 events/h). Both patients had irregular respiratory patterns during sleep and wakefulness and were placed on empiric bilevel positive airway pressure therapy, which was well tolerated with resolution of abnormal respiratory control and hypercapnia. Patients with UNC80 and KCNJ11 gene mutations may have abnormal respiratory rhythm during sleep and wakefulness, mirroring animal models. We recommend routine PSG tests and further investigation into the respiratory control of patients with pediatric channelopathies involved in chemoreceptor function or central integration of respiratory control.
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- Hanna Hong
- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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Marina N, Turovsky E, Christie IN, Hosford PS, Hadjihambi A, Korsak A, Ang R, Mastitskaya S, Sheikhbahaei S, Theparambil SM, Gourine AV. Brain metabolic sensing and metabolic signaling at the level of an astrocyte. Glia 2018; 66:1185-1199. [PMID: 29274121 PMCID: PMC5947829 DOI: 10.1002/glia.23283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Revised: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Astrocytes support neuronal function by providing essential structural and nutritional support, neurotransmitter trafficking and recycling and may also contribute to brain information processing. In this article we review published results and report new data suggesting that astrocytes function as versatile metabolic sensors of central nervous system (CNS) milieu and play an important role in the maintenance of brain metabolic homeostasis. We discuss anatomical and functional features of astrocytes that allow them to detect and respond to changes in the brain parenchymal levels of metabolic substrates (oxygen and glucose), and metabolic waste products (carbon dioxide). We report data suggesting that astrocytes are also sensitive to circulating endocrine signals-hormones like ghrelin, glucagon-like peptide-1 and leptin, that have a major impact on the CNS mechanisms controlling food intake and energy balance. We discuss signaling mechanisms that mediate communication between astrocytes and neurons and consider how these mechanisms are recruited by astrocytes activated in response to various metabolic challenges. We review experimental data suggesting that astrocytes modulate the activities of the respiratory and autonomic neuronal networks that ensure adaptive changes in breathing and sympathetic drive in order to support the physiological and behavioral demands of the organism in ever-changing environmental conditions. Finally, we discuss evidence suggesting that altered astroglial function may contribute to the pathogenesis of disparate neurological, respiratory and cardiovascular disorders such as Rett syndrome and systemic arterial hypertension.
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- Nephtali Marina
- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Physiology & PharmacologyUniversity College LondonLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
- Research Department of Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of MedicineUniversity College LondonLondonWC1E 6JJUnited Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Intracellular SignallingInstitute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of SciencesPushchinoRussia
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Physiology & PharmacologyUniversity College LondonLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Physiology & PharmacologyUniversity College LondonLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Physiology & PharmacologyUniversity College LondonLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Physiology & PharmacologyUniversity College LondonLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Physiology & PharmacologyUniversity College LondonLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Physiology & PharmacologyUniversity College LondonLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Physiology & PharmacologyUniversity College LondonLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Physiology & PharmacologyUniversity College LondonLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Physiology & PharmacologyUniversity College LondonLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
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Organization of the core respiratory network: Insights from optogenetic and modeling studies. PLoS Comput Biol 2018; 14:e1006148. [PMID: 29698394 PMCID: PMC5940240 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The circuit organization within the mammalian brainstem respiratory network, specifically within and between the pre-Bötzinger (pre-BötC) and Bötzinger (BötC) complexes, and the roles of these circuits in respiratory pattern generation are continuously debated. We address these issues with a combination of optogenetic experiments and modeling studies. We used transgenic mice expressing channelrhodopsin-2 under the VGAT-promoter to investigate perturbations of respiratory circuit activity by site-specific photostimulation of inhibitory neurons within the pre-BötC or BötC. The stimulation effects were dependent on the intensity and phase of the photostimulation. Specifically: (1) Low intensity (≤ 1.0 mW) pulses delivered to the pre-BötC during inspiration did not terminate activity, whereas stronger stimulations (≥ 2.0 mW) terminated inspiration. (2) When the pre-BötC stimulation ended in or was applied during expiration, rebound activation of inspiration occurred after a fixed latency. (3) Relatively weak sustained stimulation (20 Hz, 0.5-2.0 mW) of pre-BötC inhibitory neurons increased respiratory frequency, while a further increase of stimulus intensity (> 3.0 mW) reduced frequency and finally (≥ 5.0 mW) terminated respiratory oscillations. (4) Single pulses (0.2-5.0 s) applied to the BötC inhibited rhythmic activity for the duration of the stimulation. (5) Sustained stimulation (20 Hz, 0.5-3.0 mW) of the BötC reduced respiratory frequency and finally led to apnea. We have revised our computational model of pre-BötC and BötC microcircuits by incorporating an additional population of post-inspiratory inhibitory neurons in the pre-BötC that interacts with other neurons in the network. This model was able to reproduce the above experimental findings as well as previously published results of optogenetic activation of pre-BötC or BötC neurons obtained by other laboratories. The proposed organization of pre-BötC and BötC circuits leads to testable predictions about their specific roles in respiratory pattern generation and provides important insights into key circuit interactions operating within brainstem respiratory networks.
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Calik MW, Carley DW. Effects of Cannabinoid Agonists and Antagonists on Sleep and Breathing in Sprague-Dawley Rats. Sleep 2018; 40:3926048. [PMID: 28934522 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsx112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Study Objectives There are no pharmacological treatments for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, but dronabinol showed promise in a small pilot study. In anesthetized rats, dronabinol attenuates reflex apnea via activation of cannabinoid (CB) receptors located on vagal afferents; an effect blocked by cannabinoid type 1 (CB1) and/or type 2 (CB2) receptor antagonists. Here, using a natural model of central sleep apnea, we examine the effects of dronabinol, alone and in combination with selective antagonists in conscious rats chronically instrumented to stage sleep and measure cessation of breathing. Methods Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were anesthetized and implanted with bilateral stainless steel screws into the skull for electroencephalogram recording and bilateral wire electrodes into the nuchal muscles for electromyogram recording. Each animal was recorded by polysomnography on multiple occasions separated by at least 3 days. The study was a fully nested, repeated measures crossover design, such that each rat was recorded following each of 8 intraperitoneal injections: vehicle; vehicle and CB1 antagonist (AM 251); vehicle and CB2 antagonist (AM 630); vehicle and CB1/CB2 antagonist; dronabinol; dronabinol and CB1 antagonist; dronabinol and CB2 antagonist; and dronabinol and CB1/CB2 antagonist. Results Dronabinol decreased the percent time spent in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. CB receptor antagonists did not reverse this effect. Dronabinol also decreased apneas during sleep, and this apnea suppression was reversed by CB1 or CB1/CB2 receptor antagonism. Conclusions Dronabinol's effects on apneas were dependent on CB1 receptor activation, while dronabinol's effects on REM sleep were CB receptor-independent.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists/pharmacology
- Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists/therapeutic use
- Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonists/pharmacology
- Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonists/therapeutic use
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dronabinol/pharmacology
- Dronabinol/therapeutic use
- Electroencephalography
- Electromyography
- Indoles/pharmacology
- Male
- Piperidines/pharmacology
- Polysomnography
- Pyrazoles/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1/agonists
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1/metabolism
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2/agonists
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2/metabolism
- Respiration/drug effects
- Sleep/drug effects
- Sleep Apnea, Central/drug therapy
- Sleep Apnea, Central/physiopathology
- Sleep, REM/drug effects
- Vagus Nerve/physiology
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- Michael W Calik
- Center for Narcolepsy, Sleep and Health Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Center for Narcolepsy, Sleep and Health Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Stojanovska V, Miller SL, Hooper SB, Polglase GR. The Consequences of Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis on Brainstem Respiratory Centers: Implications for Neurochemical Development and Altered Functions by Inflammation and Prostaglandins. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:26. [PMID: 29449803 PMCID: PMC5799271 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Preterm birth is a major cause for neonatal morbidity and mortality, and is frequently associated with adverse neurological outcomes. The transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life at birth is particularly challenging for preterm infants. The main physiological driver for extrauterine transition is the establishment of spontaneous breathing. However, preterm infants have difficulty clearing lung liquid, have insufficient surfactant levels, and underdeveloped lungs. Further, preterm infants have an underdeveloped brainstem, resulting in reduced respiratory drive. These factors facilitate the increased requirement for respiratory support. A principal cause of preterm birth is intrauterine infection/inflammation (chorioamnionitis), and infants with chorioamnionitis have an increased risk and severity of neurological damage, but also demonstrate impaired autoresuscitation capacity and prevalent apnoeic episodes. The brainstem contains vital respiratory centers which provide the neural drive for breathing, but the impact of preterm birth and/or chorioamnionitis on this brain region is not well understood. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the role and function of the brainstem respiratory centers, and to highlight the proposed mechanisms of how preterm birth and chorioamnionitis may affect central respiratory functions.
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- Vanesa Stojanovska
- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University and Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University and Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University and Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Brainstem mechanisms underlying the cough reflex and its regulation. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2017; 243:60-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2017.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Toledo C, Andrade DC, Lucero C, Arce-Alvarez A, Díaz HS, Aliaga V, Schultz HD, Marcus NJ, Manríquez M, Faúndez M, Del Rio R. Cardiac diastolic and autonomic dysfunction are aggravated by central chemoreflex activation in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction rats. J Physiol 2017; 595:2479-2495. [PMID: 28181258 DOI: 10.1113/jp273558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is associated with disordered breathing patterns, and sympatho-vagal imbalance. Although it is well accepted that altered peripheral chemoreflex control plays a role in the progression of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying deterioration of cardiac function in HFpEF are poorly understood. We found that central chemoreflex is enhanced in HFpEF and neuronal activation is increased in pre-sympathetic regions of the brainstem. Our data showed that activation of the central chemoreflex pathway in HFpEF exacerbates diastolic dysfunction, worsens sympatho-vagal imbalance and markedly increases the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias in rats with HFpEF. ABSTRACT Heart failure (HF) patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) display irregular breathing, sympatho-vagal imbalance, arrhythmias and diastolic dysfunction. It has been shown that tonic activation of the central and peripheral chemoreflex pathway plays a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of HF with reduced ejection fraction. In contrast, no studies to date have addressed chemoreflex function or its effect on cardiac function in HFpEF. Therefore, we tested whether peripheral and central chemoreflexes are hyperactive in HFpEF and if chemoreflex activation exacerbates cardiac dysfunction and autonomic imbalance. Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 32) were subjected to sham or volume overload to induce HFpEF. Resting breathing variability, chemoreflex gain, cardiac function and sympatho-vagal balance, and arrhythmia incidence were studied. HFpEF rats displayed [mean ± SD; chronic heart failure (CHF) vs. Sham, respectively] a marked increase in the incidence of apnoeas/hypopnoeas (20.2 ± 4.0 vs. 9.7 ± 2.6 events h-1 ), autonomic imbalance [0.6 ± 0.2 vs. 0.2 ± 0.1 low/high frequency heart rate variability (LF/HFHRV )] and cardiac arrhythmias (196.0 ± 239.9 vs. 19.8 ± 21.7 events h-1 ). Furthermore, HFpEF rats showed increase central chemoreflex sensitivity but not peripheral chemosensitivity. Accordingly, hypercapnic stimulation in HFpEF rats exacerbated increases in sympathetic outflow to the heart (229.6 ± 43.2% vs. 296.0 ± 43.9% LF/HFHRV , normoxia vs. hypercapnia, respectively), incidence of cardiac arrhythmias (196.0 ± 239.9 vs. 576.7 ± 472.9 events h-1 ) and diastolic dysfunction (0.008 ± 0.004 vs. 0.027 ± 0.027 mmHg μl-1 ). Importantly, the cardiovascular consequences of central chemoreflex activation were related to sympathoexcitation since these effects were abolished by propranolol. The present results show that the central chemoreflex is enhanced in HFpEF and that acute activation of central chemoreceptors leads to increases of cardiac sympathetic outflow, cardiac arrhythmogenesis and impairment in cardiac function in rats with HFpEF.
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- Camilo Toledo
- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Centre, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA, USA
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Molkov YI, Rubin JE, Rybak IA, Smith JC. Computational models of the neural control of breathing. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2016; 9. [PMID: 28009109 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2016] [Revised: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The ongoing process of breathing underlies the gas exchange essential for mammalian life. Each respiratory cycle ensues from the activity of rhythmic neural circuits in the brainstem, shaped by various modulatory signals, including mechanoreceptor feedback sensitive to lung inflation and chemoreceptor feedback dependent on gas composition in blood and tissues. This paper reviews a variety of computational models designed to reproduce experimental findings related to the neural control of breathing and generate predictions for future experimental testing. The review starts from the description of the core respiratory network in the brainstem, representing the central pattern generator (CPG) responsible for producing rhythmic respiratory activity, and progresses to encompass additional complexities needed to simulate different metabolic challenges, closed-loop feedback control including the lungs, and interactions between the respiratory and autonomic nervous systems. The integrated models considered in this review share a common framework including a distributed CPG core network responsible for generating the baseline three-phase pattern of rhythmic neural activity underlying normal breathing. WIREs Syst Biol Med 2017, 9:e1371. doi: 10.1002/wsbm.1371 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
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- Yaroslav I Molkov
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Cellular and Systems Neurobiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Joubert F, Loiseau C, Perrin-Terrin AS, Cayetanot F, Frugière A, Voituron N, Bodineau L. Key Brainstem Structures Activated during Hypoxic Exposure in One-day-old Mice Highlight Characteristics for Modeling Breathing Network in Premature Infants. Front Physiol 2016; 7:609. [PMID: 28018238 PMCID: PMC5145891 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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We mapped and characterized changes in the activity of brainstem cell groups under hypoxia in one-day-old newborn mice, an animal model in which the central nervous system at birth is particularly immature. The classical biphasic respiratory response characterized by transient hyperventilation, followed by severe ventilation decline, was associated with increased c-FOS immunoreactivity in brainstem cell groups: the nucleus of the solitary tract, ventral reticular nucleus of the medulla, retrotrapezoid/parafacial region, parapyramidal group, raphe magnus nucleus, lateral, and medial parabrachial nucleus, and dorsal subcoeruleus nucleus. In contrast, the hypoglossal nucleus displayed decreased c-FOS immunoreactivity. There were fewer or no activated catecholaminergic cells activated in the medulla oblongata, whereas ~45% of the c-FOS-positive cells in the dorsal subcoeruleus were co-labeled. Approximately 30% of the c-FOS-positive cells in the parapyramidal group were serotoninergic, whereas only a small portion were labeled for serotonin in the raphe magnus nucleus. None of the c-FOS-positive cells in the retrotrapezoid/parafacial region were co-labeled for PHOX2B. Thus, the hypoxia-activated brainstem neuronal network of one-day-old mice is characterized by (i) the activation of catecholaminergic cells of the dorsal subcoeruleus nucleus, a structure implicated in the strong depressive pontine influence previously reported in the fetus but not in newborns, (ii) the weak activation of catecholaminergic cells of the ventral reticular nucleus of the medulla, an area involved in hypoxic hyperventilation, and (iii) the absence of PHOX2B-positive cells activated in the retrotrapezoid/parafacial region. Based on these results, one-day-old mice could highlight characteristics for modeling the breathing network of premature infants.
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- Fanny Joubert
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S1158 Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S1158 Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S1158 Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et CliniqueParis, France; Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris 13, EA2363 Hypoxie et PoumonsBobigny, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Aix Marseille Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 7289 Marseille, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S1158 Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris 13, EA2363 Hypoxie et Poumons Bobigny, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S1158 Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique Paris, France
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Effects of a TRPV1 agonist capsaicin on respiratory rhythm generation in brainstem-spinal cord preparation from newborn rats. Pflugers Arch 2016; 469:327-338. [PMID: 27900462 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-016-1912-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Revised: 11/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The heat-sensitive transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) channels are expressed in the peripheral and central nervous systems. However, there is no report on how the activation of TRPV1 causes the modulation of neuronal activity in the medullary respiratory center. We examined effects of capsaicin, a specific agonist of TRPV1 channels, on respiratory rhythm generation in brainstem-spinal cord preparation from newborn rats. Capsaicin induced a biphasic response in the respiratory rhythm (a transient decrease followed by an increase in the C4 rate). The second-phase excitatory effect (but not the initial inhibitory effect) in the biphasic response was partly blocked by capsazepine or AMG9810 (TRPV1 antagonists). Capsaicin caused strong desensitization. After its washout, the strength of C4 burst inspiratory activity was augmented once per four to five respiratory cycles. The preinspiratory and inspiratory neurons showed tonic firings due to membrane depolarization during the initial inhibitory phase. In the presence of TTX, capsaicin increased the fluctuation of the membrane potential of the CO2-sensitive preinspiratory neurons in the parafacial respiratory group (pFRG), accompanied by slight depolarization. The C4 inspiratory activity did not stop, even 60-90 min after the application of 50/100 μM capsaicin. Voltage-sensitive dye imaging demonstrated that the spatiotemporal pattern of the respiratory rhythm generating networks after application of capsaicin (50 μM, 70-90 min) was highly similar to the control. A histochemical analysis using TRPV1 channel protein antibodies and mRNA demonstrated that the TRPV1 channel-positive cells were widely distributed in the reticular formation of the medulla, including the pFRG. Our results showed that the application of capsaicin in the medulla has various influences on the respiratory center: transient inhibitory and subsequent excitatory effects on the respiratory rhythm and periodical augmentation of the inspiratory burst pattern. The effects of capsaicin were partially blocked by TRPV1 antagonists but could be also induced at least partially via the non-specific action. Our results also suggested a minor contribution of the TRPV1 channels to central chemoreception.
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Deficiency of CPEB2-Confined Choline Acetyltransferase Expression in the Dorsal Motor Nucleus of Vagus Causes Hyperactivated Parasympathetic Signaling-Associated Bronchoconstriction. J Neurosci 2016; 36:12661-12676. [PMID: 27810937 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0557-16.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Revised: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein 2 (CPEB2) is an RNA-binding protein and translational regulator. To understand the physiological function of CPEB2, we generated CPEB2 knock-out (KO) mice and found that most died within 3 d after birth. CPEB2 is highly expressed in the brainstem, which controls vital functions, such as breathing. Whole-body plethysmography revealed that KO neonates had aberrant respiration with frequent apnea. Nevertheless, the morphology and function of the respiratory rhythm generator and diaphragm neuromuscular junctions appeared normal. We found that upregulated translation of choline acetyltransferase in the CPEB2 KO dorsal motor nucleus of vagus resulted in hyperactivation of parasympathetic signaling-induced bronchoconstriction, as evidenced by increased pulmonary acetylcholine and phosphorylated myosin light chain 2 in bronchial smooth muscles. Specific deletion of CPEB2 in cholinergic neurons sufficiently caused increased apnea in neonatal pups and airway hyper-reactivity in adult mice. Moreover, inhalation of an anticholinergic bronchodilator reduced apnea episodes in global and cholinergic CPEB2-KO mice. Together, the elevated airway constriction induced by cholinergic transmission in KO neonates may account for the respiratory defect and mortality. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT This study first generated and characterized cpeb2 gene-deficient mice. CPEB2-knock-out (KO) mice are born alive but most die within 3 d after birth showing no overt defects in anatomy. We found that the KO neonates showed severe apnea and altered respiratory pattern. Such respiratory defects could be recapitulated in mice with pan-neuron-specific or cholinergic neuron-specific ablation of the cpeb2 gene. Further investigation revealed that cholinergic transmission in the KO dorsal motor nucleus of vagus was overactivated because KO mice lack CPEB2-suppressed translation of the rate-limiting enzyme in the production of acetylcholine (i.e., choline acetyltransferase). Consequently, increased parasympathetic signaling leads to hyperactivated bronchoconstriction and abnormal respiration in the KO neonates.
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Pansani AP, Xavier CH, de Castro CH, Scorza FA, Colugnati DB. Could the retrotrapezoid nucleus neurons tell us something about SUDEP? Epilepsy Behav 2016; 61:86-87. [PMID: 27337159 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Aline P Pansani
- Laboratório Integrado de Fisiopatologia Cardiovascular e Neurológica, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, ICB, Universidade Federal de Goiás, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiologia e Terapêutica Cardiovascular, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, ICB, Universidade Federal de Goiás, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório Integrado de Fisiopatologia Cardiovascular e Neurológica, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, ICB, Universidade Federal de Goiás, GO, Brazil
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- Disciplina de Neurociência, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório Integrado de Fisiopatologia Cardiovascular e Neurológica, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, ICB, Universidade Federal de Goiás, GO, Brazil
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Toledo C, Andrade DC, Lucero C, Schultz HD, Marcus N, Retamal M, Madrid C, Del Rio R. Contribution of peripheral and central chemoreceptors to sympatho-excitation in heart failure. J Physiol 2016; 595:43-51. [PMID: 27218485 DOI: 10.1113/jp272075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a major public health problem. Tonic hyper-activation of sympathetic neural outflow is commonly observed in patients with CHF. Importantly, sympatho-excitation in CHF exacerbates its progression and is strongly related to poor prognosis and high mortality risk. Increases in both peripheral and central chemoreflex drive are considered markers of the severity of CHF. The principal peripheral chemoreceptors are the carotid bodies (CBs) and alteration in their function has been described in CHF. Mainly, during CHF the CB chemosensitivity is enhanced leading to increases in ventilation and sympathetic outflow. In addition to peripheral control of breathing, central chemoreceptors (CCs) are considered a dominant mechanism in ventilatory regulation. Potentiation of the ventilatory and sympathetic drive in response to CC activation has been shown in patients with CHF as well as in animal models. Therefore, improving understanding of the contribution of the peripheral and central chemoreflexes to augmented sympathetic discharge in CHF could help in developing new therapeutic approaches intended to attenuate the progression of CHF. Accordingly, the main focus of this review is to discuss recent evidence that peripheral and central chemoreflex function are altered in CHF and that they contribute to autonomic imbalance and progression of CHF.
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- Camilo Toledo
- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Center of Biomedical Research, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Center of Biomedical Research, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Center of Biomedical Research, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA, USA
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- Centro de Fisiología Celular e Integrativa, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Fisiología Celular e Integrativa, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Center of Biomedical Research, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Kuo FS, Falquetto B, Chen D, Oliveira LM, Takakura AC, Mulkey DK. In vitro characterization of noradrenergic modulation of chemosensitive neurons in the retrotrapezoid nucleus. J Neurophysiol 2016; 116:1024-35. [PMID: 27306669 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00022.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Chemosensitive neurons in the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) regulate breathing in response to CO2/H(+) changes and serve as an integration center for other autonomic centers, including brain stem noradrenergic neurons. Norepinephrine (NE) contributes to respiratory control and chemoreception, and, since disruption of NE signaling may contribute to several breathing disorders, we sought to characterize effects of NE on RTN chemoreception. All neurons included in this study responded similarly to CO2/H(+) but showed differential sensitivity to NE; we found that NE activated (79%), inhibited (7%), or had no effect on activity (14%) of RTN chemoreceptors. The excitatory effect of NE on RTN chemoreceptors was dose dependent, retained in the presence of neurotransmitter receptor blockers, and could be mimicked and blocked by pharmacological manipulation of α1-adrenergic receptors (ARs). In addition, NE-activation was blunted by XE991 (KCNQ channel blocker), and partially occluded the firing response to serotonin, suggesting involvement of KCNQ channels. However, in whole cell voltage clamp, activation of α1-ARs decreased outward current and conductance by what appears to be a mixed effect on multiple channels. The inhibitory effect of NE on RTN chemoreceptors was blunted by an α2-AR antagonist. A third group of RTN chemoreceptors was insensitive to NE. We also found that chemosensitive RTN astrocytes do not respond to NE with a change in voltage or by releasing ATP to enhance activity of chemosensitive neurons. These results indicate NE modulates subsets of RTN chemoreceptors by mechanisms involving α1- and α2-ARs.
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- Fu-Shan Kuo
- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut; and
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut; and
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut; and
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Gourévitch B, Cai J, Mellen N. Cellular and network-level adaptations to in utero methadone exposure along the ventral respiratory column in the neonate rat. Exp Neurol 2016; 287:S0014-4886(16)30063-2. [PMID: 27009496 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) occurs in babies chronically exposed to opioids during pregnancy. NAS shares features with opioid withdrawal symptoms seen in adults, including autonomic dysregulation. Here, the effect of low-dose in utero methadone (MTD) exposure on respiration-modulated networks along the ventral respiratory column (VRC) in ventrolateral medulla was investigated in the neonate Sprague-Dawley rat. MTD was administered via drinking water (3mg/kg/day in drinking water of the mother E7-E21). Lower expression levels of myelin-associated proteins phosphorylated axonal neurofilament subunit H (pNFH), 2',3'-Cyclicnucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (CNPase) and myelin basic protein (MBP), in MTD-exposed pups compared to controls at P3, P6 and P10 indicated MTD transport across the placenta. We investigated whether in utero MTD exposure led to network-level excitability changes consistent with tolerance, and also probed for changes in endogenous opioid modulation of respiratory networks. To this end, high-speed (45.5Hz) optical recordings of respiratory network activity in control and MTD-exposed neonate (P0-P2) pups before and during administration of the μ-opioid receptor antagonist naloxone (NAL; 10μM) were carried out. Spike rate was estimated from optical traces via deconvolution, and coupling between all neuron pairs in recorded networks was quantified using the normalized transfer entropy (NTE). Recordings of local networks along the VRC, together with recordings of respiratory output from ventral root C1 did not reveal changes in respiratory activity at the system level, but cellular and network changes in MTD-exposed pups were consistent with the development of opioid tolerance. MTD-exposed pups were found to have i. higher neuronal firing rates; ii. higher covariance between neuronal activity and motor output; iii. more bidirectionally and unidirectionally coupled neurons, and fewer uncoupled neurons; iv. stronger coupling and shorter integration times between network constituents. The μ-opioid receptor antagonist NAL did not alter system-level function. The correlation between the activity of neurons caudal to -400μm and motor output was significantly reduced in control animals following NAL. In both control and MTD-exposed pups, the relative number of neurons whose correlation with motor output increased following NAL followed a rostrocaudal gradient along the VRC, with fewer neurons caudally, and more neurons rostrally. The up-regulation of coupling strength, firing rate and coefficient of variation between neurons and motor output following in utero opioid exposure suggests that these networks may contribute to NAS in infants born to opioid-dependent mothers.
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- Boris Gourévitch
- NeuroPSI, UMR CNRS 8195, Bâtiment 446, 91405 Orsay cedex, France; Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 446, 91405 Orsay cedex, France
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- Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40206, USA
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- Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40206, USA.
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Wilson RJA, Teppema LJ. Integration of Central and Peripheral Respiratory Chemoreflexes. Compr Physiol 2016; 6:1005-41. [PMID: 27065173 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c140040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A debate has raged since the discovery of central and peripheral respiratory chemoreceptors as to whether the reflexes they mediate combine in an additive (i.e., no interaction), hypoadditive or hyperadditive manner. Here we critically review pertinent literature related to O2 and CO2 sensing from the perspective of system integration and summarize many of the studies on which these seemingly opposing views are based. Despite the intensity and quality of this debate, we have yet to reach consensus, either within or between species. In reviewing this literature, we are struck by the merits of the approaches and preparations that have been brought to bear on this question. This suggests that either the nature of combination is not important to system responses, contrary to what has long been supposed, or that the nature of the combination is more malleable than previously assumed, changing depending on physiological state and/or respiratory requirement.
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- Richard J A Wilson
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Alberta Children Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Role of Astrocytes in Central Respiratory Chemoreception. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 949:109-145. [PMID: 27714687 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40764-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Astrocytes perform various homeostatic functions in the nervous system beyond that of a supportive or metabolic role for neurons. A growing body of evidence indicates that astrocytes are crucial for central respiratory chemoreception. This review presents a classical overview of respiratory central chemoreception and the new evidence for astrocytes as brainstem sensors in the respiratory response to hypercapnia. We review properties of astrocytes for chemosensory function and for modulation of the respiratory network. We propose that astrocytes not only mediate between CO2/H+ levels and motor responses, but they also allow for two emergent functions: (1) Amplifying the responses of intrinsic chemosensitive neurons through feedforward signaling via gliotransmitters and; (2) Recruiting non-intrinsically chemosensitive cells thanks to volume spreading of signals (calcium waves and gliotransmitters) to regions distant from the CO2/H+ sensitive domains. Thus, astrocytes may both increase the intensity of the neuron responses at the chemosensitive sites and recruit of a greater number of respiratory neurons to participate in the response to hypercapnia.
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Lavezzi AM, Ottaviani G, Matturri L. Developmental alterations of the auditory brainstem centers--pathogenetic implications in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. J Neurol Sci 2015; 357:257-63. [PMID: 26254624 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.07.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2015] [Revised: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), despite the success of campaigns to reduce its risks, is the leading cause of infant death in the Western world. Even though the pathogenesis remains unexplained, brainstem abnormalities of the neuronal network that mediates breathing and protective responses to asphyxia, particularly in the arousal phase from sleep, are believed to play a fundamental role. This is the first study to identify, in SIDS, developmental defects of specific brainstem centers involved in hearing pathways, particularly in the cochlear and vestibular nuclei, in the superior olivary complex and in the inferior colliculus, suggesting a possible influence of the acoustic system on respiratory activity. In 49 SIDS cases and 20 controls an in-depth anatomopathological examination of the autonomic nervous system was performed, with the main aim of detecting developmental alterations of brainstem structures controlling both the respiratory and auditory activities. Overall, a significantly higher incidence of cytoarchitectural alterations of both the auditory and respiratory network components were observed in SIDS victims compared with matched controls. Even if there is not sufficient evidence to presume that developmental defects of brainstem auditory structures can affect breathing, our findings, showing that developmental deficit in the control respiratory areas are frequently accompanied by alterations of auditory structures, highlight an additional important element for the understanding the pathogenetic mechanism of SIDS.
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- Anna M Lavezzi
- "Lino Rossi" Research Center for the study and prevention of unexpected perinatal death and SIDS - Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.
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- "Lino Rossi" Research Center for the study and prevention of unexpected perinatal death and SIDS - Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Italy; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Italy
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- "Lino Rossi" Research Center for the study and prevention of unexpected perinatal death and SIDS - Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Italy
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Tani M, Yazawa I, Ikeda K, Kawakami K, Onimaru H. Long-lasting facilitation of respiratory rhythm by treatment with TRPA1 agonist, cinnamaldehyde. J Neurophysiol 2015; 114:989-98. [PMID: 26108952 PMCID: PMC4725117 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00282.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are widely distributed in the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system. We examined the effects of TRP ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) agonists (cinnamaldehyde and allyl isothiocyanate) on respiratory rhythm generation in brainstem-spinal cord preparations from newborn rats [postnatal days 0-3 (P0-P3)] and in in situ-perfused preparations from juvenile rats (P11-P13). Preparations were superfused with modified Krebs solution at 25-26°C, and activity of inspiratory C4 ventral root (or phrenic nerve) was monitored. In the newborn rat, an in vitro preparation of cinnamaldehyde (0.5 mM) induced typically biphasic responses in C4 rate: an initial short increase and subsequent decrease, then a gradual recovery of rhythm during 15 min of bath application. After washout, the respiratory rhythm rate further increased, remaining 200% of control for >120 min, indicating long-lasting facilitation. Allyl isothiocyanate induced effects similar to those of cinnamaldehyde. The long-lasting facilitation of respiratory rhythm was partially antagonized by the TRPA1 antagonist HC-030031 (10 μM). We obtained similar long-lasting facilitation in an in situ-perfused reparation from P11-P13 rats. On the basis of results from transection experiments of the rostral medulla and whole-cell recordings from preinspiratory neurons in the parafacial respiratory group (pFRG), we suggest that the rostral medulla, including the pFRG, is important to the induction of long-lasting facilitation. A histochemical analysis demonstrated a wide distribution of TRPA1 channel-positive cells in the reticular formation of the medulla, including the pFRG. Our findings suggest that TRPA1 channel activation could induce long-lasting facilitation of respiratory rhythm and provide grounds for future study on the roles of TRPA1 channels in the CNS.
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- Mariho Tani
- Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Biology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan; and
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- Division of Biology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan;
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Ikeda K, Takahashi M, Sato S, Igarashi H, Ishizuka T, Yawo H, Arata S, Southard-Smith EM, Kawakami K, Onimaru H. A Phox2b BAC Transgenic Rat Line Useful for Understanding Respiratory Rhythm Generator Neural Circuitry. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0132475. [PMID: 26147470 PMCID: PMC4492506 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The key role of the respiratory neural center is respiratory rhythm generation to maintain homeostasis through the control of arterial blood pCO2/pH and pO2 levels. The neuronal network responsible for respiratory rhythm generation in neonatal rat resides in the ventral side of the medulla and is composed of two groups; the parafacial respiratory group (pFRG) and the pre-Bötzinger complex group (preBötC). The pFRG partially overlaps in the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN), which was originally identified in adult cats and rats. Part of the pre-inspiratory (Pre-I) neurons in the RTN/pFRG serves as central chemoreceptor neurons and the CO2 sensitive Pre-I neurons express homeobox gene Phox2b. Phox2b encodes a transcription factor and is essential for the development of the sensory-motor visceral circuits. Mutations in human PHOX2B cause congenital hypoventilation syndrome, which is characterized by blunted ventilatory response to hypercapnia. Here we describe the generation of a novel transgenic (Tg) rat harboring fluorescently labeled Pre-I neurons in the RTN/pFRG. In addition, the Tg rat showed fluorescent signals in autonomic enteric neurons and carotid bodies. Because the Tg rat expresses inducible Cre recombinase in PHOX2B-positive cells during development, it is a potentially powerful tool for dissecting the entire picture of the respiratory neural network during development and for identifying the CO2/O2 sensor molecules in the adult central and peripheral nervous systems.
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- Keiko Ikeda
- Division of Biology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
- Division of Biology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
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- Division of Biology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
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- Division of Biology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, and Pharmacology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences and JST/CREST, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, and Pharmacology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
- Department of Developmental Biology and Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences and JST/CREST, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Center for Biotechnology, Showa University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Division of Biology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
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Burke PGR, Kanbar R, Basting TM, Hodges WM, Viar KE, Stornetta RL, Guyenet PG. State-dependent control of breathing by the retrotrapezoid nucleus. J Physiol 2015; 593:2909-26. [PMID: 25820491 DOI: 10.1113/jp270053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS This study explores the state dependence of the hypercapnic ventilatory reflex (HCVR). We simulated an instantaneous increase or decrease of central chemoreceptor activity by activating or inhibiting the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) by optogenetics in conscious rats. During quiet wake or non-REM sleep, hypercapnia increased both breathing frequency (fR ) and tidal volume (VT ) whereas, in REM sleep, hypercapnia increased VT exclusively. Optogenetic inhibition of RTN reduced VT in all sleep-wake states, but reduced fR only during quiet wake and non-REM sleep. RTN stimulation always increased VT but raised fR only in quiet wake and non-REM sleep. Phasic RTN stimulation produced active expiration and reduced early expiratory airflow (i.e. increased upper airway resistance) only during wake. We conclude that the HCVR is highly state-dependent. The HCVR is reduced during REM sleep because fR is no longer under chemoreceptor control and thus could explain why central sleep apnoea is less frequent in REM sleep. ABSTRACT Breathing has different characteristics during quiet wake, non-REM or REM sleep, including variable dependence on PCO2. We investigated whether the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN), a proton-sensitive structure that mediates a large portion of the hypercapnic ventilatory reflex, regulates breathing differently during sleep vs. wake. Electroencephalogram, neck electromyogram, blood pressure, respiratory frequency (fR ) and tidal volume (VT ) were recorded in 28 conscious adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. Optogenetic stimulation of RTN with channelrhodopsin-2, or inhibition with archaerhodopsin, simulated an instantaneous increase or decrease of central chemoreceptor activity. Both opsins were delivered with PRSX8-promoter-containing lentiviral vectors. RTN and catecholaminergic neurons were transduced. During quiet wake or non-REM sleep, hypercapnia (3 or 6% FI,CO2 ) increased both fR and VT whereas, in REM sleep, hypercapnia increased VT exclusively. RTN inhibition always reduced VT but reduced fR only during quiet wake and non-REM sleep. RTN stimulation always increased VT but raised fR only in quiet wake and non-REM sleep. Blood pressure was unaffected by either stimulation or inhibition. Except in REM sleep, phasic RTN stimulation entrained and shortened the breathing cycle by selectively shortening the post-inspiratory phase. Phasic stimulation also produced active expiration and reduced early expiratory airflow but only during wake. VT is always regulated by RTN and CO2 but fR is regulated by CO2 and RTN only when the brainstem pattern generator is in autorhythmic mode (anaesthesia, non-REM sleep, quiet wake). The reduced contribution of RTN to breathing during REM sleep could explain why certain central apnoeas are less frequent during this sleep stage.
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- Peter G R Burke
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beyrouth, Lebanon
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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Marchenko V, Ghali MGZ, Rogers RF. The role of spinal GABAergic circuits in the control of phrenic nerve motor output. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2015; 308:R916-26. [PMID: 25833937 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00244.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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While supraspinal mechanisms underlying respiratory pattern formation are well characterized, the contribution of spinal circuitry to the same remains poorly understood. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that intraspinal GABAergic circuits are involved in shaping phrenic motor output. To this end, we performed bilateral phrenic nerve recordings in anesthetized adult rats and observed neurogram changes in response to knocking down expression of both isoforms (65 and 67 kDa) of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65/67) using microinjections of anti-GAD65/67 short-interference RNA (siRNA) in the phrenic nucleus. The number of GAD65/67-positive cells was drastically reduced on the side of siRNA microinjections, especially in the lateral aspects of Rexed's laminae VII and IX in the ventral horn of cervical segment C4, but not contralateral to microinjections. We hypothesize that intraspinal GABAergic control of phrenic output is primarily phasic, but also plays an important role in tonic regulation of phrenic discharge. Also, we identified respiration-modulated GABAergic interneurons (both inspiratory and expiratory) located slightly dorsal to the phrenic nucleus. Our data provide the first direct evidence for the existence of intraspinal GABAergic circuits contributing to the formation of phrenic output. The physiological role of local intraspinal inhibition, independent of descending direct bulbospinal control, is discussed.
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- Vitaliy Marchenko
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Molkov YI, Shevtsova NA, Park C, Ben-Tal A, Smith JC, Rubin JE, Rybak IA. A closed-loop model of the respiratory system: focus on hypercapnia and active expiration. PLoS One 2014; 9:e109894. [PMID: 25302708 PMCID: PMC4193835 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Breathing is a vital process providing the exchange of gases between the lungs and atmosphere. During quiet breathing, pumping air from the lungs is mostly performed by contraction of the diaphragm during inspiration, and muscle contraction during expiration does not play a significant role in ventilation. In contrast, during intense exercise or severe hypercapnia forced or active expiration occurs in which the abdominal “expiratory” muscles become actively involved in breathing. The mechanisms of this transition remain unknown. To study these mechanisms, we developed a computational model of the closed-loop respiratory system that describes the brainstem respiratory network controlling the pulmonary subsystem representing lung biomechanics and gas (O2 and CO2) exchange and transport. The lung subsystem provides two types of feedback to the neural subsystem: a mechanical one from pulmonary stretch receptors and a chemical one from central chemoreceptors. The neural component of the model simulates the respiratory network that includes several interacting respiratory neuron types within the Bötzinger and pre-Bötzinger complexes, as well as the retrotrapezoid nucleus/parafacial respiratory group (RTN/pFRG) representing the central chemoreception module targeted by chemical feedback. The RTN/pFRG compartment contains an independent neural generator that is activated at an increased CO2 level and controls the abdominal motor output. The lung volume is controlled by two pumps, a major one driven by the diaphragm and an additional one activated by abdominal muscles and involved in active expiration. The model represents the first attempt to model the transition from quiet breathing to breathing with active expiration. The model suggests that the closed-loop respiratory control system switches to active expiration via a quantal acceleration of expiratory activity, when increases in breathing rate and phrenic amplitude no longer provide sufficient ventilation. The model can be used for simulation of closed-loop control of breathing under different conditions including respiratory disorders.
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- Yaroslav I. Molkov
- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Cellular and Systems Neurobiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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The cellular and circuit mechanisms generating the rhythm of breathing in mammals have been under intense investigation for decades. Here, we try to integrate the key discoveries into an updated description of the basic neural processes generating respiratory rhythm under in vivo conditions.
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- Diethelm W Richter
- Department of Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; and Cellular and Systems Neurobiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland
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Bongianni F, Mutolo D, Cinelli E, Pantaleo T. Neural mechanisms underlying respiratory rhythm generation in the lamprey. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2014; 224:17-26. [PMID: 25220696 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2014.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Revised: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The isolated brainstem of the adult lamprey spontaneously generates respiratory activity. The paratrigeminal respiratory group (pTRG), the proposed respiratory central pattern generator, has been anatomically and functionally characterized. It is sensitive to opioids, neurokinins and acetylcholine. Excitatory amino acids, but not GABA and glycine, play a crucial role in the respiratory rhythmogenesis. These results are corroborated by immunohistochemical data. While only GABA exerts an important modulatory control on the pTRG, both GABA and glycine markedly influence the respiratory frequency via neurons projecting from the vagal motoneuron region to the pTRG. Noticeably, the removal of GABAergic transmission within the pTRG causes the resumption of rhythmic activity during apnea induced by blockade of glutamatergic transmission. The same result is obtained by microinjections of substance P or nicotine into the pTRG during apnea. The results prompted us to present some considerations on the phylogenesis of respiratory pattern generation. They may also encourage comparative studies on the basic mechanisms underlying respiratory rhythmogenesis of vertebrates.
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- Fulvia Bongianni
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Sezione Scienze Fisiologiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B. Morgagni 63, 50134 Firenze, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Sezione Scienze Fisiologiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B. Morgagni 63, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Sezione Scienze Fisiologiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B. Morgagni 63, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Sezione Scienze Fisiologiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B. Morgagni 63, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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Tupal S, Huang WH, Picardo MCD, Ling GY, Del Negro CA, Zoghbi HY, Gray PA. Atoh1-dependent rhombic lip neurons are required for temporal delay between independent respiratory oscillators in embryonic mice. eLife 2014; 3:e02265. [PMID: 24842997 PMCID: PMC4060005 DOI: 10.7554/elife.02265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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All motor behaviors require precise temporal coordination of different muscle groups. Breathing, for example, involves the sequential activation of numerous muscles hypothesized to be driven by a primary respiratory oscillator, the preBötzinger Complex, and at least one other as-yet unidentified rhythmogenic population. We tested the roles of Atoh1-, Phox2b-, and Dbx1-derived neurons (three groups that have known roles in respiration) in the generation and coordination of respiratory output. We found that Dbx1-derived neurons are necessary for all respiratory behaviors, whereas independent but coupled respiratory rhythms persist from at least three different motor pools after eliminating or silencing Phox2b- or Atoh1-expressing hindbrain neurons. Without Atoh1 neurons, however, the motor pools become temporally disorganized and coupling between independent respiratory oscillators decreases. We propose Atoh1 neurons tune the sequential activation of independent oscillators essential for the fine control of different muscles during breathing.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02265.001.
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- Srinivasan Tupal
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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Duffin J, Mateika JH. Cross-Talk opposing view: peripheral and central chemoreflexes have additive effects on ventilation in humans. J Physiol 2014; 591:4351-3. [PMID: 24037126 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.256800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Remote control of respiratory neural network by spinal locomotor generators. PLoS One 2014; 9:e89670. [PMID: 24586951 PMCID: PMC3930745 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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During exercise and locomotion, breathing rate rapidly increases to meet the suddenly enhanced oxygen demand. The extent to which direct central interactions between the spinal networks controlling locomotion and the brainstem networks controlling breathing are involved in this rhythm modulation remains unknown. Here, we show that in isolated neonatal rat brainstem-spinal cord preparations, the increase in respiratory rate observed during fictive locomotion is associated with an increase in the excitability of pre-inspiratory neurons of the parafacial respiratory group (pFRG/Pre-I). In addition, this locomotion-induced respiratory rhythm modulation is prevented both by bilateral lesion of the pFRG region and by blockade of neurokinin 1 receptors in the brainstem. Thus, our results assign pFRG/Pre-I neurons a new role as elements of a previously undescribed pathway involved in the functional interaction between respiratory and locomotor networks, an interaction that also involves a substance P-dependent modulating mechanism requiring the activation of neurokinin 1 receptors. This neurogenic mechanism may take an active part in the increased respiratory rhythmicity produced at the onset and during episodes of locomotion in mammals.
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Buchanan GF. Timing, sleep, and respiration in health and disease. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2014; 119:191-219. [PMID: 23899599 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-396971-2.00008-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Breathing is perhaps the physiological function that is most vital to human survival. Without breathing and adequate oxygenation of tissues, life ceases. As would be expected for such a vital function, breathing occurs automatically, without the requirement of conscious input. Breathing is subject to regulation by a variety of factors including circadian rhythms and vigilance state. Given the need for breathing to occur continuously with little tolerance for interruption, it is not surprising that breathing is subject to both circadian phase-dependent and vigilance-state-dependent regulation. Similarly, the information regarding respiratory state, including blood-gas concentrations, can affect circadian timing and sleep-wake state. The exact nature of the interactions between breathing, circadian phase, and vigilance state can vary depending upon the species studied and the methodologies employed. These interactions between breathing, circadian phase, and vigilance state may have important implications for a variety of human diseases, including sleep apnea, asthma, sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, and sudden infant death syndrome.
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- Gordon F Buchanan
- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, and Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Cinelli E, Mutolo D, Robertson B, Grillner S, Contini M, Pantaleo T, Bongianni F. GABAergic and glycinergic inputs modulate rhythmogenic mechanisms in the lamprey respiratory network. J Physiol 2014; 592:1823-38. [PMID: 24492840 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.268086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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We have previously shown that GABA and glycine modulate respiratory activity in the in vitro brainstem preparations of the lamprey and that blockade of GABAA and glycine receptors restores the respiratory rhythm during apnoea caused by blockade of ionotropic glutamate receptors. However, the neural substrates involved in these effects are unknown. To address this issue, the role of GABAA, GABAB and glycine receptors within the paratrigeminal respiratory group (pTRG), the proposed respiratory central pattern generator, and the vagal motoneuron region was investigated both during apnoea induced by blockade of glutamatergic transmission and under basal conditions through microinjections of specific antagonists. The removal of GABAergic, but not glycinergic transmission within the pTRG, causes the resumption of rhythmic respiratory activity during apnoea, and reveals the presence of a modulatory control of the pTRG under basal conditions. A blockade of GABAA and glycine receptors within the vagal region strongly increases the respiratory frequency through disinhibition of neurons projecting to the pTRG from the vagal region. These neurons were retrogradely labelled (neurobiotin) from the pTRG. Intense GABA immunoreactivity is observed both within the pTRG and the vagal area, which corroborates present findings. The results confirm the pTRG as a primary site of respiratory rhythm generation, and suggest that inhibition modulates the activity of rhythm-generating neurons, without any direct role in burst formation and termination mechanisms.
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- Elenia Cinelli
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Sezione Scienze Fisiologiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale G.B. Morgagni 63, 50134 Firenze, Italy.
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Sobrinho CR, Wenker IC, Poss EM, Takakura AC, Moreira TS, Mulkey DK. Purinergic signalling contributes to chemoreception in the retrotrapezoid nucleus but not the nucleus of the solitary tract or medullary raphe. J Physiol 2014; 592:1309-23. [PMID: 24445316 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.268490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Several brain regions are thought to function as important sites of chemoreception including the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS), medullary raphe and retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN). In the RTN, mechanisms of chemoreception involve direct H(+)-mediated activation of chemosensitive neurons and indirect modulation of chemosensitive neurons by purinergic signalling. Evidence suggests that RTN astrocytes are the source of CO2-evoked ATP release. However, it is not clear whether purinergic signalling also influences CO2/H(+) responsiveness of other putative chemoreceptors. The goals of this study are to determine if CO2/H(+)-sensitive neurons in the NTS and medullary raphe respond to ATP, and whether purinergic signalling in these regions influences CO2 responsiveness in vitro and in vivo. In brain slices, cell-attached recordings of membrane potential show that CO2/H(+)-sensitive NTS neurons are activated by focal ATP application; however, purinergic P2-receptor blockade did not affect their CO2/H(+) responsiveness. CO2/H(+)-sensitive raphe neurons were unaffected by ATP or P2-receptor blockade. In vivo, ATP injection into the NTS increased cardiorespiratory activity; however, injection of a P2-receptor blocker into this region had no effect on baseline breathing or CO2/H(+) responsiveness. Injections of ATP or a P2-receptor blocker into the medullary raphe had no effect on cardiorespiratory activity or the chemoreflex. As a positive control we confirmed that ATP injection into the RTN increased breathing and blood pressure by a P2-receptor-dependent mechanism. These results suggest that purinergic signalling is a unique feature of RTN chemoreception.
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- Cleyton R Sobrinho
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, 1524, Prof. Lineu Prestes Avenue, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. ; D. K. Mulkey: Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, 75 N Eagleville Rd, Unit 3156, Storrs, CT 06269-3156, USA.
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Dick TE, Hsieh YH, Dhingra RR, Baekey DM, Galán RF, Wehrwein E, Morris KF. Cardiorespiratory coupling: common rhythms in cardiac, sympathetic, and respiratory activities. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2014; 209:191-205. [PMID: 24746049 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-63274-6.00010-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Cardiorespiratory coupling is an encompassing term describing more than the well-recognized influences of respiration on heart rate and blood pressure. Our data indicate that cardiorespiratory coupling reflects a reciprocal interaction between autonomic and respiratory control systems, and the cardiovascular system modulates the ventilatory pattern as well. For example, cardioventilatory coupling refers to the influence of heart beats and arterial pulse pressure on respiration and is the tendency for the next inspiration to start at a preferred latency after the last heart beat in expiration. Multiple complementary, well-described mechanisms mediate respiration's influence on cardiovascular function, whereas mechanisms mediating the cardiovascular system's influence on respiration may only be through the baroreceptors but are just being identified. Our review will describe a differential effect of conditioning rats with either chronic intermittent or sustained hypoxia on sympathetic nerve activity but also on ventilatory pattern variability. Both intermittent and sustained hypoxia increase sympathetic nerve activity after 2 weeks but affect sympatho-respiratory coupling differentially. Intermittent hypoxia enhances sympatho-respiratory coupling, which is associated with low variability in the ventilatory pattern. In contrast, after constant hypobaric hypoxia, 1-to-1 coupling between bursts of sympathetic and phrenic nerve activity is replaced by 2-to-3 coupling. This change in coupling pattern is associated with increased variability of the ventilatory pattern. After baro-denervating hypobaric hypoxic-conditioned rats, splanchnic sympathetic nerve activity becomes tonic (distinct bursts are absent) with decreases during phrenic nerve bursts and ventilatory pattern becomes regular. Thus, conditioning rats to either intermittent or sustained hypoxia accentuates the reciprocal nature of cardiorespiratory coupling. Finally, identifying a compelling physiologic purpose for cardiorespiratory coupling is the biggest barrier for recognizing its significance. Cardiorespiratory coupling has only a small effect on the efficiency of gas exchange; rather, we propose that cardiorespiratory control system may act as weakly coupled oscillator to maintain rhythms within a bounded variability.
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- Thomas E Dick
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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Gallego J. Genetic diseases: congenital central hypoventilation, Rett, and Prader-Willi syndromes. Compr Physiol 2013; 2:2255-79. [PMID: 23723037 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c100037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The present review summarizes current knowledge on three rare genetic disorders of respiratory control, congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS), Rett syndrome (RTT), and Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). CCHS is characterized by lack of ventilatory chemosensitivity caused by PHOX2B gene abnormalities consisting mainly of alanine expansions. RTT is associated with episodes of tachypneic and irregular breathing intermixed with breathholds and apneas and is caused by mutations in the X-linked MECP2 gene encoding methyl-CpG-binding protein. PWS manifests as sleep-disordered breathing with apneas and episodes of hypoventilation and is caused by the loss of a group of paternally inherited genes on chromosome 15. CCHS is the most specific disorder of respiratory control, whereas the breathing disorders in RTT and PWS are components of a more general developmental disorder. The main clinical features of these three disorders are reviewed with special emphasis on the associated brain abnormalities. In all three syndromes, disease-causing genetic defects have been identified, allowing the development of genetically engineered mouse models. New directions for future therapies based on these models or, in some cases, on clinical experience are delineated. Studies of CCHS, RTT, and PWS extend our knowledge of the molecular and cellular aspects of respiratory rhythm generation and suggest possible pharmacological approaches to respiratory control disorders. This knowledge is relevant for the clinical management of many respiratory disorders that are far more prevalent than the rare diseases discussed here.
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- Jorge Gallego
- Inserm U676 and University of Paris Diderot, Paris, France.
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