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COLAÇO R, MORENO N, FEIJÓ J. On the fast lane: mitochondria structure, dynamics and function in growing pollen tubes. J Microsc 2012; 247:106-18. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2012.03628.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Tse A, Yan L, Lee AK, Tse FW. Autocrine and paracrine actions of ATP in rat carotid body. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2012; 90:705-11. [PMID: 22509744 DOI: 10.1139/y2012-054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Carotid bodies are peripheral chemoreceptors that detect lowering of arterial blood O(2) level. The carotid body comprises clusters of glomus (type I) cells surrounded by glial-like sustentacular (type II) cells. Hypoxia triggers depolarization and cytosolic [Ca(2+)] ([Ca(2+)](i)) elevation in glomus cells, resulting in the release of multiple transmitters, including ATP. While ATP has been shown to be an important excitatory transmitter in the stimulation of carotid sinus nerve, there is considerable evidence that ATP exerts autocrine and paracrine actions in carotid body. ATP acting via P2Y(1) receptors, causes hyperpolarization in glomus cells and inhibits the hypoxia-mediated [Ca(2+)](i) rise. In contrast, adenosine (an ATP metabolite) triggers depolarization and [Ca(2+)](i) rise in glomus cells via A(2A) receptors. We suggest that during prolonged hypoxia, the negative and positive feedback actions of ATP and adenosine may result in an oscillatory Ca(2+) signal in glomus cells. Such mechanisms may allow cyclic release of transmitters from glomus cells during prolonged hypoxia without causing cellular damage from a persistent [Ca(2+)](i) rise. ATP also stimulates intracellular Ca(2+) release in sustentacular cells via P2Y(2) receptors. The autocine and paracrine actions of ATP suggest that ATP has important roles in coordinating chemosensory transmission in the carotid body.
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- Amy Tse
- Department of Pharmacology and Center for Neuroscience, 9-70 Medical Science Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H7, Canada.
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Effects of exogenous hydrogen sulphide on calcium signalling, background (TASK) K channel activity and mitochondrial function in chemoreceptor cells. Pflugers Arch 2012; 463:743-54. [PMID: 22419174 PMCID: PMC3323823 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-012-1089-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2012] [Accepted: 02/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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It has been proposed that endogenous H2S mediates oxygen sensing in chemoreceptors; this study investigates the mechanisms by which H2S excites carotid body type 1 cells. H2S caused a rapid reversible increase in intracellular calcium with EC50 ≈ 6 μM. This [Ca2+]i response was abolished in Ca-free Tyrode. In perforated patch current clamp recordings, H2S depolarised type 1 cells from −59 to −35 mV; this was accompanied by a robust increase in [Ca2+]i. Voltage clamping at the resting membrane potential abolished the H2S-induced rise in [Ca2+]i. H2S inhibited background K+ current in whole cell perforated patch and reduced background K+ channel activity in cell-attached patch recordings. It is concluded that H2S excites type 1 cells through the inhibition of background (TASK) potassium channels leading to membrane depolarisation and voltage-gated Ca2+ entry. These effects mimic those of hypoxia. H2S also inhibited mitochondrial function over a similar concentration range as assessed by NADH autofluorescence and measurement of intracellular magnesium (an index of decline in MgATP). Cyanide inhibited background K channels to a similar extent to H2S and prevented H2S exerting any further influence over channel activity. These data indicate that the effects of H2S on background K channels are a consequence of inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation. Whilst this does not preclude a role for endogenous H2S in oxygen sensing via the inhibition of cytochrome oxidase, the levels of H2S required raise questions as to the viability of such a mechanism.
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The discovery of the sensory nature of the carotid body dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. Following these seminal discoveries, research into carotid body mechanisms moved forward progressively through the 20th century, with many descriptions of the ultrastructure of the organ and stimulus-response measurements at the level of the whole organ. The later part of 20th century witnessed the first descriptions of the cellular responses and electrophysiology of isolated and cultured type I and type II cells, and there now exist a number of testable hypotheses of chemotransduction. The goal of this article is to provide a comprehensive review of current concepts on sensory transduction and transmission of the hypoxic stimulus at the carotid body with an emphasis on integrating cellular mechanisms with the whole organ responses and highlighting the gaps or discrepancies in our knowledge. It is increasingly evident that in addition to hypoxia, the carotid body responds to a wide variety of blood-borne stimuli, including reduced glucose and immune-related cytokines and we therefore also consider the evidence for a polymodal function of the carotid body and its implications. It is clear that the sensory function of the carotid body exhibits considerable plasticity in response to the chronic perturbations in environmental O2 that is associated with many physiological and pathological conditions. The mechanisms and consequences of carotid body plasticity in health and disease are discussed in the final sections of this article.
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- Prem Kumar
- School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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Ca2+ homeostasis and exocytosis in carotid glomus cells: role of mitochondria. Cell Calcium 2011; 51:155-63. [PMID: 22209034 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2011.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2011] [Revised: 11/07/2011] [Accepted: 12/04/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In oxygen sensing carotid glomus (type 1) cells, the hypoxia-triggered depolarization can be mimicked by mitochondrial inhibitors. We examined the possibility that, other than causing glomus cell depolarization, mitochondrial inhibition can regulate transmitter release via changes in Ca(2+) dynamics. Under whole-cell voltage clamp conditions, application of the mitochondrial inhibitors, carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) or cyanide caused a dramatic slowing in the decay of the depolarization-triggered Ca(2+) signal in glomus cells. In contrast, inhibition of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX), plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase (PMCA) pump or sarco-endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA) pump had much smaller effects. Consistent with the notion that mitochondrial Ca(2+) uptake is the dominant mechanism in cytosolic Ca(2+) removal, inhibition of the mitochondrial uniporter with ruthenium red slowed the decay of the depolarization-triggered Ca(2+) signal. Hypoxia also slowed cytosolic Ca(2+) removal, suggesting a partial impairment of mitochondrial Ca(2+) uptake. Using membrane capacitance measurement, we found that the increase in the duration of the depolarization-triggered Ca(2+) signal after mitochondrial inhibition was associated with an enhancement of the exocytotic response. The role of mitochondria in the regulation of Ca(2+) signal and transmitter release from glomus cells highlights the importance of mitochondria in hypoxic chemotransduction in the carotid bodies.
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Ward DS, Karan SB, Pandit JJ. Hypoxia: developments in basic science, physiology and clinical studies. Anaesthesia 2011; 66 Suppl 2:19-26. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06930.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Park D, Han CZ, Elliott MR, Kinchen JM, Trampont PC, Das S, Collins S, Lysiak JJ, Hoehn KL, Ravichandran KS. Continued clearance of apoptotic cells critically depends on the phagocyte Ucp2 protein. Nature 2011; 477:220-4. [PMID: 21857682 DOI: 10.1038/nature10340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2010] [Accepted: 06/28/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Rapid and efficient removal of apoptotic cells by phagocytes is important during development, tissue homeostasis and in immune responses. Efficient clearance depends on the capacity of a single phagocyte to ingest multiple apoptotic cells successively, and to process the corpse-derived cellular material. However, the factors that influence continued clearance by phagocytes are not known. Here we show that the mitochondrial membrane potential of the phagocyte critically controls engulfment capacity, with lower potential enhancing engulfment and vice versa. The mitochondrial membrane protein Ucp2, which acts to lower the mitochondrial membrane potential, was upregulated in phagocytes engulfing apoptotic cells. Loss of Ucp2 reduced phagocytic capacity, whereas Ucp2 overexpression enhanced engulfment. Mutational and pharmacological studies indicated a direct role for Ucp2-mediated mitochondrial function in phagocytosis. Macrophages from Ucp2-deficient mice were impaired in phagocytosis in vitro, and Ucp2-deficient mice showed profound in vivo defects in clearing dying cells in the thymus and testes. Collectively, these data indicate that mitochondrial membrane potential and Ucp2 are key molecular determinants of apoptotic cell clearance. As Ucp2 is linked to metabolic diseases and atherosclerosis, this newly discovered role for Ucp2 in apoptotic cell clearance has implications for the complex aetiology and pathogenesis of these diseases.
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- Daeho Park
- Center for Cell Clearance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Characterization of an ATP-sensitive K(+) channel in rat carotid body glomus cells. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2011; 177:247-55. [PMID: 21536154 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Revised: 04/14/2011] [Accepted: 04/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Carotid body glomus (CB) cells express different types of K(+) channels such as TASK, BK, and Kv channels, and hypoxia has been shown to inhibit these channels. Here we report the presence of a ∼72-pS channel that has not been described previously in CB cells. In cell-attached patches with 150 mM K(+) in the pipette and bath solutions, TASK-like channels were present (∼15 and ∼36-pS). After formation of inside-out patches, a 72-pS channel became transiently active in ∼18% of patches. The 72-pS channel was K(+)-selective, inhibited by 2-4 mM ATP and 10-100 μM glybenclamide. The 72-pS channel was observed in CB cells isolated from newborn, 2-3 week and 10-12 week-old rats. Reverse transcriptase-PCR and immunocytochemistry showed that Kir6.1, Kir6.2, SUR1 and SUR2 were expressed in CB glomus cells as well as in non-glomus cells. Acute hypoxia (∼15 mmHg O(2)) inhibited TASK-like channels but failed to activate the 72-pS channel in cell-attached CB cells. K(+) channel openers (diazoxide, pinacidil, levcromakalim), sodium cyanide and removal of extracellular glucose also did not activate the 72-pS channel in the cell-attached state. The hypoxia-induced elevation of intracellular [Ca(2+)] was unchanged by glybenclamide or diazoxide. NaCN-induced increase in [Ca(2+)] was not affected by 10 μM glybenclamide but inhibited by 100 μM glybenclamide. Acute glucose deprivation did not elevate [Ca(2+)] in the presence or absence of glybenclamide. These results show that an ATP-sensitive K(+) channel is expressed in the plasma membrane of CB cells, but is not activated by short-term metabolic inhibition. The functional relevance of the 72-pS channel remains to be determined.
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Activation of TREK currents by the neuroprotective agent riluzole in mouse sympathetic neurons. J Neurosci 2011; 31:1375-85. [PMID: 21273422 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2791-10.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background K2P channels play a key role in stabilizing the resting membrane potential, thereby modulating cell excitability in the central and peripheral somatic nervous system. Whole-cell experiments revealed a riluzole-activated current (I(RIL)), transported by potassium, in mouse superior cervical ganglion (mSCG) neurons. The activation of this current by riluzole, linoleic acid, membrane stretch, and internal acidification, its open rectification and insensitivity to most classic potassium channel blockers, indicated that I(RIL) flows through channels of the TREK [two-pore domain weak inwardly rectifying K channel (TWIK)-related K channel] subfamily. Whole-ganglia and single-cell reverse transcription-PCR demonstrated the presence of TREK-1, TREK-2, and TRAAK (TWIK-related arachidonic acid-activated K(+) channel) mRNA, and the expression of these three proteins was confirmed by immunocytochemistry in mSCG neurons. I(RIL) was enhanced by zinc, inhibited by barium and fluoxetine, but unaffected by quinine and ruthenium red, strongly suggesting that it was carried through TREK-1/2 channels. Consistently, a channel with properties identical with the heterologously expressed TREK-2 was recorded in most (75%) cell-attached patches. These results provide the first evidence for the expression of K2P channels in the mammalian autonomic nervous system, and they extend the impact of these channels to the entire nervous system.
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Sarkey JP, Chu M, McShane M, Bovo E, Ait Mou Y, Zima AV, de Tombe PP, Kartje GL, Martin JL. Nogo-A knockdown inhibits hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced activation of mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis in cardiomyocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2011; 50:1044-55. [PMID: 21420413 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2011] [Revised: 03/11/2011] [Accepted: 03/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Programmed cell death of cardiomyocytes following myocardial ischemia increases biomechanical stress on the remaining myocardium, leading to myocardial dysfunction that may result in congestive heart failure or sudden death. Nogo-A is well characterized as a potent inhibitor of axonal regeneration and plasticity in the central nervous system, however, the role of Nogo-A in non-nervous tissues is essentially unknown. In this study, Nogo-A expression was shown to be significantly increased in cardiac tissue from patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and from patients who have experienced an ischemic event. Nogo-A expression was clearly associated with cardiomyocytes in culture and was localized predominantly in the endoplasmic reticulum. In agreement with the findings from human tissue, Nogo-A expression was significantly increased in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes subjected to hypoxia/reoxygenation. Knockdown of Nogo-A in cardiomyocytes markedly attenuated hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced apoptosis, as indicated by the significant reduction of DNA fragmentation, phosphatidylserine translocation, and caspase-3 cleavage, by a mechanism involving the preservation of mitochondrial membrane potential, the inhibition of ROS accumulation, and the improvement of intracellular calcium regulation. Together, these data demonstrate that knockdown of Nogo-A may serve as a novel therapeutic strategy to prevent the loss of cardiomyocytes following ischemic/hypoxic injury.
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- J P Sarkey
- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA.
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Kozoriz MG, Church J, Ozog MA, Naus CC, Krebs C. Temporary sequestration of potassium by mitochondria in astrocytes. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:31107-19. [PMID: 20667836 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.082073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Increases in extracellular potassium concentration ([K(+)](o)), which can occur during neuronal activity and under pathological conditions such as ischemia, lead to a variety of potentially detrimental effects on neuronal function. Although astrocytes are known to contribute to the clearance of excess K(+)(o), the mechanisms are not fully understood. We examined the potential role of mitochondria in sequestering K(+) in astrocytes. Astrocytes were loaded with the fluorescent K(+) indicator PBFI and release of K(+) from mitochondria into the cytoplasm was examined after uncoupling the mitochondrial membrane potential with carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP). Under the experimental conditions employed, transient applications of elevated [K(+)](o) led to increases in K(+) within mitochondria, as assessed by increases in the magnitudes of cytoplasmic [K(+)] ([K(+)](i)) transients evoked by brief exposures to CCCP. When mitochondrial K(+) sequestration was impaired by prolonged application of CCCP, there was a robust increase in [K(+)](i) upon exposure to elevated [K(+)](o). Blockade of plasmalemmal K(+) uptake routes by ouabain, Ba(2+), or a mixture of voltage-activated K(+) channel inhibitors reduced K(+) uptake into mitochondria. Also, reductions in mitochondrial K(+) uptake occurred in the presence of mito-K(ATP) channel inhibitors. Rises in [K(+)](i) evoked by brief applications of CCCP following exposure to high [K(+)](o) were also reduced by gap junction blockers and in astrocytes isolated from connexin43-null mice, suggesting that connexins also play a role in K(+) uptake into astrocyte mitochondria. We conclude that mitochondria play a key role in K(+)(o) handling by astrocytes.
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- Michael G Kozoriz
- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Isoflurane protects cardiomyocytes and mitochondria by immediate and cytosol-independent action at reperfusion. Br J Pharmacol 2010; 160:220-32. [PMID: 20423337 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00698.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The volatile anaesthetic isoflurane protects the heart from ischaemia and reperfusion (I/R) injury when applied at the onset of reperfusion [anaesthetic postconditioning (APoC)]. However, the mechanism of APoC-mediated protection is unknown. In this study, we examined the effect of APoC on mitochondrial bioenergetics, mitochondrial matrix pH (pH(m)) and cytosolic pH (pH(i)), and intracellular Ca(2+). EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Cardiac mitochondria from Wistar rats were isolated after in vivo I/R with or without APoC (1.4%-vol isoflurane, 1 minimum alveolar concentration), and mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening, mitochondrial membrane potential (DeltaPsi(m)), and oxygen consumption were assessed. In isolated cardiomyocytes and isolated mitochondria I/R injury was produced in vitro, with or without APoC (0.5 mM isoflurane). Intracellular Ca(2+), pH(m), pH(i) and DeltaPsi(m) were monitored with SNARF-1, TMRE and fluo-4, respectively. Myocyte survival was assessed when APoC was induced at pH 7.4 and 7.8. In isolated mitochondria oxygen consumption and ATP synthesis were measured. KEY RESULTS In vivo APoC protected against mPTP opening, slowed mitochondrial respiration and depolarized mitochondria. APoC decreased the number of hypercontracted cardiomyocytes at pH 7.4, but not at pH 7.8. APoC attenuated intracellular Ca(2+) accumulation, maintained lower pH(m), and preserved DeltaPsi(m) during reoxygenation. Isoflurane did not affect the regulation of cytosolic pH. In mitochondria, APoC preserved ATP production rate and respiration. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS At reperfusion, APoC inhibited mitochondrial respiration, depolarized mitochondria and acidified pH(m). These events may lead to inhibition of mPTP opening and, consequently, to preserved DeltaPsi(m) and ATP synthesis. This reduces intracellular Ca(2+) overload and cell death.
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Teppema LJ, Dahan A. The Ventilatory Response to Hypoxia in Mammals: Mechanisms, Measurement, and Analysis. Physiol Rev 2010; 90:675-754. [DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00012.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The respiratory response to hypoxia in mammals develops from an inhibition of breathing movements in utero into a sustained increase in ventilation in the adult. This ventilatory response to hypoxia (HVR) in mammals is the subject of this review. The period immediately after birth contains a critical time window in which environmental factors can cause long-term changes in the structural and functional properties of the respiratory system, resulting in an altered HVR phenotype. Both neonatal chronic and chronic intermittent hypoxia, but also chronic hyperoxia, can induce such plastic changes, the nature of which depends on the time pattern and duration of the exposure (acute or chronic, episodic or not, etc.). At adult age, exposure to chronic hypoxic paradigms induces adjustments in the HVR that seem reversible when the respiratory system is fully matured. These changes are orchestrated by transcription factors of which hypoxia-inducible factor 1 has been identified as the master regulator. We discuss the mechanisms underlying the HVR and its adaptations to chronic changes in ambient oxygen concentration, with emphasis on the carotid bodies that contain oxygen sensors and initiate the response, and on the contribution of central neurotransmitters and brain stem regions. We also briefly summarize the techniques used in small animals and in humans to measure the HVR and discuss the specific difficulties encountered in its measurement and analysis.
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- Luc J. Teppema
- Department of Anesthesiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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To MS, Aromataris EC, Castro J, Roberts ML, Barritt GJ, Rychkov GY. Mitochondrial uncoupler FCCP activates proton conductance but does not block store-operated Ca2+ current in liver cells. Arch Biochem Biophys 2010; 495:152-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2010.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2009] [Revised: 01/05/2010] [Accepted: 01/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Fercher A, Ponomarev GV, Yashunski D, Papkovsky D. Evaluation of the derivates of phosphorescent Pt-coproporphyrin as intracellular oxygen-sensitive probes. Anal Bioanal Chem 2010; 396:1793-803. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-3399-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2009] [Revised: 12/10/2009] [Accepted: 12/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Buckler KJ. Two-pore domain k(+) channels and their role in chemoreception. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 661:15-30. [PMID: 20204721 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-500-2_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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A number of tandem P-domain K(+)- channels (K(2)P) generate background K(+)-currents similar to those found in enteroreceptors that sense a diverse range of physiological stimuli including blood pH, carbon dioxide, oxygen, potassium and glucose. This review presents an overview of the properties of both cloned K(2)P tandem-P-domain K-channels and the endogenous chemosensitive background K-currents found in central chemoreceptors, peripheral chemoreceptors, the adrenal gland and the hypothalamus. Although the identity of many of these endogenous channels has yet to be confirmed they show striking similarities to a number of K(2)P channels especially those of the TASK subgroup. Moreover these channels seem often (albeit not exclusively) to be involved in pH and nutrient/metabolic sensing.
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- Keith J Buckler
- Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK.
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Gomez-Niño A, Obeso A, Baranda JA, Santo-Domingo J, Lopez-Lopez JR, Gonzalez C. MaxiK potassium channels in the function of chemoreceptor cells of the rat carotid body. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2009; 297:C715-22. [PMID: 19570892 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00507.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hypoxia activates chemoreceptor cells of the carotid body (CB) promoting an increase in their normoxic release of neurotransmitters. Catecholamine (CA) release rate parallels the intensity of hypoxia. Coupling of hypoxia to CA release requires cell depolarization, produced by inhibition of O(2)-regulated K(+) channels, and Ca(2+) entering the cells via voltage-operated channels. In rat chemoreceptor cells hypoxia inhibits large-conductance, calcium-sensitive K channels (maxiK) and a two-pore domain weakly inward rectifying K(+) channel (TWIK)-like acid-sensitive K(+) channel (TASK)-like channel, but the significance of maxiK is controversial. A proposal envisions maxiK contributing to set the membrane potential (E(m)) and the hypoxic response, but the proposal is denied by authors finding that maxiK inhibition does not depolarize chemoreceptor cells or alters intracellular Ca(2+) concentration or CA release in normoxia or hypoxia. We found that maxiK channel blockers (tetraethylammonium and iberiotoxin) did not modify CA release in rat chemoreceptor cells, in either normoxia or hypoxia, and iberiotoxin did not alter the Ca(2+) transients elicited by hypoxia. On the contrary, both maxiK blockers increased the responses elicited by dinitrophenol, a stimulus we demonstrate does not affect maxiK channels in isolated patches of rat chemoreceptor cells. We conclude that in rat chemoreceptor cells maxiK channels do not contribute to the genesis of the E(m), and that their full inhibition by hypoxia, preclude further inhibition by maxiK channel blockers. We suggest that full inhibition of this channel is required to generate the spiking behavior of the cells in acute hypoxia.
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- Angela Gomez-Niño
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Fisiología, Universidad de Valladolid, Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 47005 Valladolid, Spain
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Wu S, Hyrc KL, Moulder KL, Lin Y, Warmke T, Snider BJ. Cellular calcium deficiency plays a role in neuronal death caused by proteasome inhibitors. J Neurochem 2009; 109:1225-36. [PMID: 19476541 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06037.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) is reduced in cultured neurons undergoing neuronal death caused by inhibitors of the ubiquitin proteasome system. Activation of calcium entry via voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels restores cytosolic Ca(2+) levels and reduces this neuronal death (Snider et al. 2002). We now show that this reduction in [Ca(2+)](i) is transient and occurs early in the cell death process, before activation of caspase 3. Agents that increase Ca(2+) influx such as activation of voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels or stimulation of Ca(2+) entry via the plasma membrane Na-Ca exchanger attenuate neuronal death only if applied early in the cell death process. Cultures treated with proteasome inhibitors had reduced current density for voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels and a less robust increase in [Ca(2+)](i) after depolarization. Levels of endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) were reduced and capacitative Ca(2+) entry was impaired early in the cell death process. Mitochondrial Ca(2+) was slightly increased. Preventing the transfer of Ca(2+) from mitochondria to cytosol increased neuronal vulnerability to this death while blockade of mitochondrial Ca(2+) uptake via the uniporter had no effect. Programmed cell death induced by proteasome inhibition may be caused in part by an early reduction in cytosolic and endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+,) possibly mediated by dysfunction of voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels. These findings may have implications for the treatment of disorders associated with protein misfolding in which proteasome impairment and programmed cell death may occur.
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- Shengzhou Wu
- Laboratory of B. Joy Snider, Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Sustained Hypoxia Enhances TASK-like Current Inhibition by Acute Hypoxia in Rat Carotid Body Type-I Cells. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2009; 648:83-8. [DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2259-2_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Marionneau C, Aimond F, Brunet S, Niwa N, Finck B, Kelly DP, Nerbonne JM. PPARalpha-mediated remodeling of repolarizing voltage-gated K+ (Kv) channels in a mouse model of metabolic cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2008; 44:1002-1015. [PMID: 18482733 PMCID: PMC2577840 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2007] [Revised: 03/15/2008] [Accepted: 03/27/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Diabetes is associated with increased risk of diastolic dysfunction, heart failure, QT prolongation and rhythm disturbances independent of age, hypertension or coronary artery disease. Although these observations suggest electrical remodeling in the heart with diabetes, the relationship between the metabolic and the functional derangements is poorly understood. Exploiting a mouse model (MHC-PPARalpha) with cardiac-specific overexpression of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha), a key driver of diabetes-related lipid metabolic dysregulation, the experiments here were aimed at examining directly the link(s) between alterations in cardiac fatty acid metabolism and the functioning of repolarizing, voltage-gated K(+) (Kv) channels. Electrophysiological experiments on left (LV) and right (RV) ventricular myocytes isolated from young (5-6 week) MHC-PPARalpha mice revealed marked K(+) current remodeling: I(to,f) densities are significantly (P<0.01) lower, whereas I(ss) densities are significantly (P<0.001) higher in MHC-PPARalpha, compared with age-matched wild type (WT), LV and RV myocytes. Consistent with the observed reductions in I(to,f) density, expression of the KCND2 (Kv4.2) transcript is significantly (P<0.001) lower in MHC-PPARalpha, compared with WT, ventricles. Western blot analyses revealed that expression of the Kv accessory protein, KChIP2, is also reduced in MHC-PPARalpha ventricles in parallel with the decrease in Kv4.2. Although the properties of the endogenous and the "augmented" I(ss) suggest a role(s) for two pore domain K(+) channel (K2P) pore-forming subunits, the expression levels of KCNK2 (TREK1), KCNK3 (TASK1) and KCNK5 (TASK2) in MHC-PPARalpha and WT ventricles are not significantly different. The molecular mechanisms underlying I(to,f) and I(ss) remodeling in MHC-PPARalpha ventricular myocytes, therefore, are distinct.
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- Céline Marionneau
- Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Sutendra G, Michelakis ED. Chapter 5 A Mitochondria-AOS-Kv Channel Axis in Health and Disease; New Insights and Therapeutic Targets for Vascular Disease and Cancer. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1063-5823(08)00205-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Key Roles for AMP-activated Protein Kinase in the Function of the Carotid Body? INTEGRATION IN RESPIRATORY CONTROL 2008; 605:63-8. [DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73693-8_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Cheng YM, Kelly T, Church J. Potential contribution of a voltage-activated proton conductance to acid extrusion from rat hippocampal neurons. Neuroscience 2007; 151:1084-98. [PMID: 18201832 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2007] [Revised: 11/23/2007] [Accepted: 12/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We examined the potential contribution of a voltage-gated proton conductance (gH+) to acid extrusion from cultured postnatal rat hippocampal neurons. In neurons loaded with Ca2+- and/or pH-sensitive fluorophores, transient exposures to 25-139.5 mM external K+ (K+o) or 20 microM veratridine in the presence of 2 mM Ca2+o (extracellular pH (pHo) constant at 7.35) caused reversible increases and decreases in intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) and intracellular pH (pHi), respectively. In contrast, under external Ca2+-free conditions, the same stimuli failed to affect [Ca2+]i but caused an increase in pHi, the magnitude of which was related to the [K+]o applied and the change in membrane potential. Consistent with the properties of gH+s in other cell types, the magnitude of the rise in pHi observed in the absence of external Ca2+ was not affected by the removal of external Na+ but was sensitive to external Zn2+ and temperature and was dependent on the measured transmembrane pH gradient (DeltapHmemb). Increasing DeltapH(memb) by pretreatment with carbonylcyanide-p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone augmented both the high-[K+]o-evoked rise in pHi and the Zn2+-sensitive component of the rise in pHi, suggestive of increased acid extrusion via a gH+. The inhibitory effect of Zn2+ at a given DeltapHmemb was further enhanced by increasing pHo from 7.35-7.8, consistent with a pHo-dependent inhibition of the putative gH+ by Zn2+. Under conditions designed to isolate H+ currents, a voltage-dependent outward current was recorded from whole-cell patch-clamped neurons. Although the outward current appeared to show some selectivity for protons, it was not sensitive to Zn2+ or temperature and the H+-selective component could not be separated from a larger conductance of unknown selectivity. Nonetheless, taken together, the results suggest that a Zn2+-sensitive proton conductive pathway is present in rat hippocampal neurons and contributes to H+ efflux under depolarizing conditions.
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- Y M Cheng
- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
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Henrich M, Buckler KJ. Effects of anoxia, aglycemia, and acidosis on cytosolic Mg2+, ATP, and pH in rat sensory neurons. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2007; 294:C280-94. [PMID: 17977942 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00345.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sensory neurons can detect ischemia and transmit pain from various organs. Whereas the primary stimulus in ischemia is assumed to be acidosis, little is known about how the inevitable metabolic challenge influences neuron function. In this study we have investigated the effects of anoxia, aglycemia, and acidosis upon intracellular Mg(2+) concentration [Mg(2+)](i) and intracellular pH (pH(i)) in isolated sensory neurons. Anoxia, anoxic aglycemia, and acidosis all caused a rise in [Mg(2+)](i) and a fall in pH(i). The rise in [Mg(2+)](i) in response to acidosis appears to be due to H(+) competing for intracellular Mg(2+) binding sites. The effects of anoxia and aglycemia were mimicked by metabolic inhibition and, in a dorsal root ganglia (DRG)-derived cell line, the rise in [Mg(2+)](i) during metabolic blockade was closely correlated with fall in intracellular ATP concentration ([ATP](i)). Increase in [Mg(2+)](i) during anoxia and aglycemia were therefore assumed to be due to MgATP hydrolysis. Even brief periods of anoxia (<3 min) resulted in rapid internal acidosis and a rise in [Mg(2+)](i) equivalent to a decline in MgATP levels of 15-20%. With more prolonged anoxia (20 min) MgATP depletion is estimated to be around 40%. With anoxic aglycemia, the [Mg(2+)](i) rise occurs in two phases: the first beginning almost immediately and the second after an 8- to 10-min delay. Within 20 min of anoxic aglycemia [Mg(2+)](i) was comparable to that observed following complete metabolic inhibition (dinitrophenol + 2-deoxyglucose, DNP + 2-DOG) indicating a near total loss of MgATP. The consequences of these events therefore need to be considered in the context of sensory neuron function in ischemia.
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- Michael Henrich
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford OX1 3PT, United Kingdom
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The carotid body is a peripheral sensory organ that can transduce modest falls in the arterial PO2 (partial pressure of oxygen) into a neural signal that provides the afferent limb of a set of stereotypic cardiorespiratory reflexes that are graded according to the intensity of the stimulus. The stimulus sensed is tissue PO2 and this can be estimated to be around 50 mmHg during arterial normoxia, falling to between 10–40 mmHg during hypoxia. The chemoafferent hypoxia stimulus-response curve is exponential, rising in discharge frequency with falling PO2, and with no absolute threshold apparent in hyperoxia. Although the oxygen sensor has not been definitely identified, it is believed to reside within type I cells of the carotid body, and presently two major hypotheses have been put forward to account for the sensing mechanism. The first relies upon alterations in the cell energy status that is sensed by the cytosolic enzyme AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) subsequent to hypoxia-induced increases in the cellular AMP/ATP ratio during hypoxia. AMPK is localized close to the plasma membrane and its activation can inhibit both large conductance, calcium-activated potassium (BK) and background, TASK-like potassium channels, inducing membrane depolarization, voltage-gated calcium entry and neurosecretion of a range of transmitter and modulator substances, including catecholamines, ATP and acetylcholine. The alternative hypothesis considers a role for haemoxygenase-2, which uses oxygen as a substrate and may act to gate an associated BK channel through the action of its products, carbon monoxide and possibly haem. It is likely however, that these and other hypotheses of oxygen transduction are not mutually exclusive and that each plays a role, via its own particular sensitivity, in shaping the full response of this organ between hyperoxia and anoxia.
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- Prem Kumar
- Department of Physiology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K.
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Varas R, Wyatt CN, Buckler KJ. Modulation of TASK-like background potassium channels in rat arterial chemoreceptor cells by intracellular ATP and other nucleotides. J Physiol 2007; 583:521-36. [PMID: 17615104 PMCID: PMC2156202 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.135657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The carotid body's physiological role is to sense arterial oxygen, CO(2) and pH. It is however, also powerfully excited by inhibitors of oxidative phosphorylation. This latter observation is the cornerstone of the mitochondrial hypothesis which proposes that oxygen is sensed through changes in energy metabolism. All of these stimuli act in a similar manner, i.e. by inhibiting a background TASK-like potassium channel (K(B)) they induce membrane depolarization and thus neurosecretion. In this study we have evaluated the role of ATP in modulating K(B) channels. We find that K(B) channels are strongly activated by MgATP (but not ATP(4)(-)) within the physiological range (K(1/2) = 2.3 mm). This effect was mimicked by other Mg-nucleotides including GTP, UTP, AMP-PCP and ATP-gamma-S, but not by PP(i) or AMP, suggesting that channel activity is regulated by a Mg-nucleotide sensor. Channel activation by MgATP was not antagonized by either 1 mm AMP or 500 microm ADP. Thus MgATP is probably the principal nucleotide regulating channel activity in the intact cell. We therefore investigated the effects of metabolic inhibition upon both [Mg(2+)](i), as an index of MgATP depletion, and channel activity in cell-attached patches. The extent of increase in [Mg(2+)](i) (and thus MgATP depletion) in response to inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation were consistent with a decline in [MgATP](i) playing a prominent role in mediating inhibition of K(B) channel activity, and the response of arterial chemoreceptors to metabolic compromise.
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- Rodrigo Varas
- Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, Sherrington Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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Wyatt CN, Evans AM. AMP-activated protein kinase and chemotransduction in the carotid body. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2007; 157:22-9. [PMID: 17409030 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2006] [Revised: 01/18/2007] [Accepted: 01/22/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a key component of a kinase cascade that regulates energy balance at the cellular level. Our recent research has raised the possibility that AMPK may also function to couple hypoxic inhibition of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation to O(2)-sensitive K(+) channel inhibition and hence underpin carotid body type I cell excitation. Thus, in addition to maintaining the cellular energy state AMPK may act as the primary metabolic sensor and effector of hypoxic chemotransduction in type I cells. These findings provide a unifying link between two previously separate theories pertaining to O(2)-sensing in the carotid body, namely the 'membrane hypothesis' and the 'mitochondrial hypothesis'. Furthermore, our data suggest that in addition to its effects at the cellular level the AMPK signalling cascade can mediate vital physiological mechanisms essential for meeting the metabolic needs of the whole organism.
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Buckler KJ. TASK-like potassium channels and oxygen sensing in the carotid body. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2007; 157:55-64. [PMID: 17416212 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2006] [Revised: 02/12/2007] [Accepted: 02/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chemosensing by type-1 cells of the carotid body involves a series of events which culminate in the calcium-dependent secretion of neurotransmitter substances which then excite afferent nerves. This response is mediated via membrane depolarisation and voltage-gated calcium entry. Studies utilising isolated cells indicates that the membrane depolarisation in response to hypoxia, and acidosis, appears to be primarily mediated via the inhibition of a background K(+)-current. The pharmacological and biophysical characteristics of these channels suggest that they are probably closely related to the TASK subfamily of tandem-P-domain K(+)-channels. Indeed they show greatest similarity to TASK-1 and -3. In addition to being sensitive to hypoxia and acidosis, the background K(+)-channels of the type-1 cell are also remarkably sensitive to inhibition of mitochondrial energy metabolism. Metabolic poisons are known potent stimulants of the carotid body and cause membrane depolarisation of type-1 cells. In the presence of metabolic inhibitors hypoxic sensitivity is lost suggesting that oxygen sensing may itself be mediated via depression of mitochondrial energy production. Thus these TASK-like background channels play a central role in mediating the chemotransduction of several different stimuli within the type-1 cell. The mechanisms by which metabolic/oxygen sensitivity might be conferred upon these channels are briefly discussed.
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- Keith J Buckler
- Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, Sherrington Building, Parks Road, Oxford, UK.
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Chang DTW, Reynolds IJ. Mitochondrial trafficking and morphology in healthy and injured neurons. Prog Neurobiol 2006; 80:241-68. [PMID: 17188795 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2006.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2006] [Revised: 09/14/2006] [Accepted: 09/18/2006] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Mitochondria are the primary generators of ATP and are important regulators of intracellular calcium homeostasis. These organelles are dynamically transported along lengthy neuronal processes, presumably for appropriate distribution to cellular regions of high metabolic demand and elevated intracellular calcium, such as synapses. The removal of damaged mitochondria that produce harmful reactive oxygen species and promote apoptosis is also thought to be mediated by transport of mitochondria to autophagosomes. Mitochondrial trafficking is therefore important for maintaining neuronal and mitochondrial health while cessation of movement may lead to neuronal and mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondrial morphology is also dynamic and is remodeled during neuronal injury and disease. Recent studies reveal different manifestations and mechanisms of impaired mitochondrial movement and altered morphology in injured neurons. These are likely to cause varied courses toward neuronal degeneration and death. The goal of this review is to provide an appreciation of the full range of mitochondrial function, morphology and trafficking, and the critical role these parameters play in neuronal physiology and pathophysiology.
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- Diane T W Chang
- Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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Foster KA, Galeffi F, Gerich FJ, Turner DA, Müller M. Optical and pharmacological tools to investigate the role of mitochondria during oxidative stress and neurodegeneration. Prog Neurobiol 2006; 79:136-71. [PMID: 16920246 PMCID: PMC1994087 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2006.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2006] [Revised: 07/10/2006] [Accepted: 07/11/2006] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Mitochondria are critical for cellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production; however, recent studies suggest that these organelles fulfill a much broader range of tasks. For example, they are involved in the regulation of cytosolic Ca(2+) levels, intracellular pH and apoptosis, and are the major source of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Various reactive molecules that originate from mitochondria, such as ROS, are critical in pathological events, such as ischemia, as well as in physiological events such as long-term potentiation, neuronal-vascular coupling and neuronal-glial interactions. Due to their key roles in the regulation of several cellular functions, the dysfunction of mitochondria may be critical in various brain disorders. There has been increasing interest in the development of tools that modulate mitochondrial function, and the refinement of techniques that allow for real time monitoring of mitochondria, particularly within their intact cellular environment. Innovative imaging techniques are especially powerful since they allow for mitochondrial visualization at high resolution, tracking of mitochondrial structures and optical real time monitoring of parameters of mitochondrial function. The techniques discussed include classic imaging techniques, such as rhodamine-123, the highly advanced semi-conductor nanoparticles (quantum dots), and wide field microscopy as well as high-resolution multiphoton imaging. We have highlighted the use of these techniques to study mitochondrial function in brain tissue and have included studies from our laboratories in which these techniques have been successfully applied.
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- Kelley A. Foster
- Research and Surgery Services Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Neurosurgery and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3807, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Research and Surgery Services Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Neurosurgery and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3807, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Zentrum für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Abteilung Neuro- und Sinnesphysiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Research and Surgery Services Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Neurosurgery and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3807, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- DFG Center Molecular Physiology of the Brain, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany
- Zentrum für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Abteilung Neuro- und Sinnesphysiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany
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Martínez-Burgos MA, Granados MP, González A, Rosado JA, Yago MD, Salido GM, Martínez-Victoria E, Mañas M, Pariente JA. Involvement of ryanodine-operated channels in tert-butylhydroperoxide-evoked Ca2+ mobilisation in pancreatic acinar cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 209:2156-64. [PMID: 16709917 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species and related oxidative damage have been implicated in the initiation of acute pancreatitis, a disease characterised in its earliest stages by disruption of intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis. The present study was carried out in order to establish the effect of the organic pro-oxidant, tert-butylhydroperoxide (tBHP), on the mobilisation of intracellular Ca2+ stores in isolated rat pancreatic acinar cells and the mechanisms underlying this effect. Cytosolic free Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]c) were monitored using a digital microspectrofluorimetric system in fura-2 loaded cells. In the presence of normal extracellular Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]o), perfusion of pancreatic acinar cells with 1 mmol l-1 tBHP caused a slow sustained increase in [Ca2+]c. This increase was also observed in a nominally Ca2+-free medium, indicating a release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores. Pretreatment of cells with tBHP abolished the typical Ca2+ response of both the physiological agonist CCK-8 (1 nmol l-1) and thapsigargin (TPS, 1 micromol l-1), an inhibitor of the SERCA pump, in the absence of extracellular Ca2+. Similar results were observed with carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP, 0.5 micromol l-1), a mitochondrial uncoupler. In addition, depletion of either agonist-sensitive Ca2+ pools by CCK-8 or TPS or mitochondrial Ca2+ pools by FCCP were unable to prevent the tBHP-induced Ca2+ release. By contrast, simultaneous administration of TPS and FCCP clearly abolished the tBHP-induced Ca2+ release. These results show that tBHP releases Ca2+ from agonist-sensitive intracellular stores and from mitochondria. On the other hand, simultaneous application of FCCP and of 2-aminoethoxydiphenylborane (2-APB), a blocker of IP3-mediated Ca2+ release, was unable to suppress the increase in [Ca2+]c induced by tBHP, while the application of 50 micromol l-1 of ryanodine (which is able to block the ryanodine channels) inhibits tBHP-evoked Ca2+ mobilisation. These findings indicate that tBHP releases Ca2+ from non-mitochondrial Ca2+ pools through ryanodine channels.
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- María A Martínez-Burgos
- Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, Department of Physiology, University of Granada, C/Ramón y Cajal, 4. 18071, Granada, Spain.
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Faustino EVS, Donnelly DF. Lamotrigine and phenytoin, but not amiodarone, impair peripheral chemoreceptor responses to hypoxia. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2006; 101:1633-40. [PMID: 16902058 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00633.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Amiodarone, lamotrigine, and phenytoin, common antiarrhythmic and antiepileptic drugs, inhibit a persistent sodium current in neurons (I(NaP)). Previous results from our laboratory suggested that I(NaP) is critical for functionality of peripheral chemoreceptors. In this study, we determined the effects of therapeutic levels of amiodarone, lamotrigine, and phenytoin on peripheral chemoreceptor and ventilatory responses to hypoxia. Action potentials (APs) of single chemoreceptor afferents were recorded using suction electrodes advanced into the petrosal ganglion of an in vitro rat peripheral chemoreceptor complex. AP frequency (at Po(2) approximately 150 Torr and Po(2) approximately 90 Torr), conduction time, duration, and amplitude were measured before and during perfusion with therapeutic dosages of the drug or vehicle. Hypoxia-induced catecholamine secretion within the carotid body was measured using amperometry. With the use of whole body plethysmography, respiration was measured in unanesthesized rats while breathing room air, 12% O(2), and 5% CO(2), before and after intraperitoneal administration of amiodarone, lamotrigine, phenytoin, or vehicle. Lamotrigine (10 microM) and phenytoin (5 microM), but not amiodarone (5 microM), decreased chemoreceptor AP frequency without affecting other AP parameters or magnitude of catecholamine secretion. Similarly, lamotrigine (5 mg/kg) and phenytoin (10 mg/kg) blunted the hypoxic but not the hypercapnic ventilatory response. In contrast, amiodarone (2.5 mg/kg) did not alter the ventilatory response to hypoxia or hypercapnia. We conclude that lamotrigine and phenytoin at therapeutic levels impair peripheral chemoreceptor function and ventilatory response to acute hypoxia. These are consistent with I(NaP) serving an important function in AP generation and may be clinically important in the care of patients using these drugs.
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- Edward Vincent S Faustino
- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., PO Box 208064, New Haven, CT 06520-8064, USA.
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Lim DY, Park HG, Miwa S. CCCP enhances catecholamine release from the perfused rat adrenal medulla. Auton Neurosci 2006; 128:37-47. [PMID: 16461015 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2006.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2005] [Revised: 01/06/2006] [Accepted: 01/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The present study was designed to investigate the effect of carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP), a mitochondrial uncoupler, on secretion of catecholamines from the isolated perfused model of the rat adrenal gland and to establish the mechanism of its adrenomedullary secretion. The perfusion of CCCP (3x10(-5) M) into an adrenal vein of for 90 min caused a great increase in catecholamine secretion. Tachyphylaxis to catecholamine-releasing effect of CCCP was not observed by repeated perfusion of it. The net catecholamine-releasing effects of CCCP were depressed by pretreament with pirenzepine (a selective muscarinic M(1)-receptor antagonist), chlorisondamine (a selective neuronal nicotinic receptor antagonist), nicardipine (an L-type Ca2+-channel antagonist), TMB-8 (an intracellular Ca2+-antagonist), and the perfusion of EGTA plus Ca2+-free medium, respectively. In the presence of CCCP (3x10(-5) M), catecholamine secretory responses induced by ACh (5.32x10(-3) M), high K+ (5.6x10(-2) M, a direct membrane depolarizer), DMPP (10(-4) M, (a selective neuronal nicotinic receptor agonist), and McN-A-343 (10(-4) M, (a selective muscarinic M1-receptor agonist) were significantly enhanced. CCCP also significantly enhanced the catecholamine secretory responses evoked by Bay-K-8644 (10(-5) M), L-type Ca2+ channel activator, and cyclopiazonic acid (10(-5) M), an inhibitor of Ca2+-ATPase. Furthermore, the perfusion of FCCP (3x10(-5) M), a similar mitochondrial uncoupler, into an adrenal vein of for 90 min also caused a great increase in catecholamine secretion in a similar pattern with CCCP. Taken together, the results demonstrate that CCCP causes the catecholamine secretion from the perfused rat adrenal medulla in a calcium-dependent fashion. It is thought that this catecholamine secretory enhancement of CCCP may be mediated by both cholinergic receptor stimulation and membrane depolarization, which are relevant to the cytoplasmic Ca2+ increase by stimulation of the Ca2+ influx as well as by the inhibition of Ca2+ uptake into the cytoplasmic Ca2+ stores (both endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria in chromaffin cells). It also seems that protonophores, such as CCCP, suppress mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake and increase the stimulated secretion of catecholamine by the secretagogues. These results indicate that mitochondria modulate catecholamine secretion by regulating the Ca2+ mobilization for exocytosis.
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MESH Headings
- 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester/pharmacology
- Acetylcholine/metabolism
- Acetylcholine/pharmacology
- Adrenal Medulla/drug effects
- Adrenal Medulla/metabolism
- Animals
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Channel Agonists/pharmacology
- Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/drug effects
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/metabolism
- Calcium Signaling/drug effects
- Calcium Signaling/physiology
- Calcium-Transporting ATPases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Calcium-Transporting ATPases/metabolism
- Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone/analogs & derivatives
- Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone/pharmacology
- Catecholamines/metabolism
- Chelating Agents/pharmacology
- Cholinergic Agonists/pharmacology
- Exocytosis/drug effects
- Exocytosis/physiology
- Male
- Mitochondria/drug effects
- Mitochondria/metabolism
- Muscarinic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptor, Muscarinic M1/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor, Muscarinic M1/metabolism
- Receptors, Cholinergic/drug effects
- Receptors, Cholinergic/metabolism
- Uncoupling Agents/pharmacology
- Up-Regulation/drug effects
- Up-Regulation/physiology
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- Dong-Yoon Lim
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-759, Korea.
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Lahiri S, Roy A, Baby SM, Hoshi T, Semenza GL, Prabhakar NR. Oxygen sensing in the body. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 91:249-86. [PMID: 16137743 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2005.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This review is divided into three parts: (a) The primary site of oxygen sensing is the carotid body which instantaneously respond to hypoxia without involving new protein synthesis, and is historically known as the first oxygen sensor and is therefore placed in the first section (Lahiri, Roy, Baby and Hoshi). The carotid body senses oxygen in acute hypoxia, and produces appropriate responses such as increases in breathing, replenishing oxygen from air. How this oxygen is sensed at a relatively high level (arterial PO2 approximately 50 Torr) which would not be perceptible by other cells in the body, is a mystery. This response is seen in afferent nerves which are connected synaptically to type I or glomus cells of the carotid body. The major effect of oxygen sensing is the increase in cytosolic calcium, ultimately by influx from extracellular calcium whose concentration is 2 x 10(4) times greater. There are several contesting hypotheses for this response: one, the mitochondrial hypothesis which states that the electron transport from the substrate to oxygen through the respiratory chain is retarded as the oxygen pressure falls, and the mitochondrial membrane is depolarized leading to the calcium release from the complex of mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum. This is followed by influx of calcium. Also, the inhibitors of the respiratory chain result in mitochondrial depolarization and calcium release. The other hypothesis (membrane model) states that K(+) channels are suppressed by hypoxia which depolarizes the membrane leading to calcium influx and cytosolic calcium increase. Evidence supports both the hypotheses. Hypoxia also inhibits prolyl hydroxylases which are present in all the cells. This inhibition results in membrane K(+) current suppression which is followed by cell depolarization. The theme of this section covers first what and where the oxygen sensors are; second, what are the effectors; third, what couples oxygen sensors and the effectors. (b) All oxygen consuming cells have a built-in mechanism, the transcription factor HIF-1, the discovery of which has led to the delineation of oxygen-regulated gene expression. This response to chronic hypoxia needs new protein synthesis, and the proteins of these genes mediate the adaptive physiological responses. HIF-1alpha, which is a part of HIF-1, has come to be known as master regulator for oxygen homeostasis, and is precisely regulated by the cellular oxygen concentration. Thus, the HIF-1 encompasses the chronic responses (gene expression in all cells of the body). The molecular biology of oxygen sensing is reviewed in this section (Semenza). (c) Once oxygen is sensed and Ca(2+) is released, the neurotransmittesr will be elaborated from the glomus cells of the carotid body. Currently it is believed that hypoxia facilitates release of one or more excitatory transmitters from glomus cells, which by depolarizing the nearby afferent terminals, leads to increases in the sensory discharge. The transmitters expressed in the carotid body can be classified into two major categories: conventional and unconventional. The conventional neurotransmitters include those stored in synaptic vesicles and mediate their action via activation of specific membrane bound receptors often coupled to G-proteins. Unconventional neurotransmitters are those that are not stored in synaptic vesicles, but spontaneously generated by enzymatic reactions and exert their biological responses either by interacting with cytosolic enzymes or by direct modifications of proteins. The gas molecules such as NO and CO belong to this latter category of neurotransmitters and have unique functions. Co-localization and co-release of neurotransmitters have also been described. Often interactions between excitatory and inhibitory messenger molecules also occur. Carotid body contains all kinds of transmitters, and an interplay between them must occur. But very little has come to be known as yet. Glimpses of these interactions are evident in the discussion in the last section (Prabhakar).
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- S Lahiri
- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, 19104-6085, USA.
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Faustino EVS, Donnelly DF. An important functional role of persistent Na+ current in carotid body hypoxia transduction. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2006; 101:1076-84. [PMID: 16778007 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00090.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Systemic hypoxia in mammals is sensed and transduced by the carotid body into increased action potential (AP) frequency on the sinus nerve, resulting in increased ventilation. The mechanism of hypoxia transduction is not resolved, but previous work suggested that fast Na(+) channels play an important role in determining the rate and timing of APs (Donnelly, DF, Panisello JM, and Boggs D. J Physiol. 511: 301-311, 1998). We speculated that Na(+) channel activity between APs, termed persistent Na(+) current (I(NaP)), is responsible for AP generation that and riluzole and phenytoin, which inhibit this current, would impair organ function. Using whole cell patch clamp recording of intact petrosal neurons with projections to the carotid body, we demonstrated that I(NaP) is present in chemoreceptor afferent neurons and is inhibited by riluzole. Furthermore, discharge frequencies of single-unit, chemoreceptor activity, in vitro, during normoxia (Po(2) 150 Torr) and during acute hypoxia (Po(2) 90 Torr) were significantly reduced by riluzole concentrations at or above 5 microM, and by phenytoin at 100 microM, without significant affect on nerve conduction time, AP magnitude (inferred from extracellular field), and AP duration. The effect of both drugs appeared solely postsynaptic because hypoxia-induced catecholamine release in the carotid body was not altered by either drug. The respiratory response of unanesthetized, unrestrained 2-wk-old rats to acute hypoxia (12% inspired O(2) fraction), which was measured with whole body plethysmography, was significantly reduced after treatment with riluzole (2 mg/kg ip) and phenytoin (20 mg/kg ip). We conclude that I(NaP) is present in chemoreceptor afferent neurons and serves an important role in peripheral chemoreceptor function and, hence, in the ventilatory response to hypoxia.
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- Edward Vincent S Faustino
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care and Applied Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., PO Box 208064, New Haven, CT 06520-8064, USA.
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Yamamoto Y, König P, Henrich M, Dedio J, Kummer W. Hypoxia induces production of nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species in glomus cells of rat carotid body. Cell Tissue Res 2006; 325:3-11. [PMID: 16534602 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0178-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2005] [Accepted: 01/24/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The carotid body is an arterial chemoreceptor organ that senses arterial pO(2) and pH. Previous studies have indicated that both reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) are important potential mediators that may be involved in the response of the carotid body to hypoxia. However, whether their production by the chemosensitive elements of the carotid body is indeed oxygen-dependent is currently unclear. Thus, we have investigated their production under normoxic (20% O(2)) and hypoxic (1% O(2)) conditions in slice preparations of the rat carotid body by using fluorescent indicators and confocal microscopy. NO-synthesizing enzymes were identified by immunohistochemistry and histochemistry, and the subcellular localization of the NO-sensitive indicator diaminofluorescein was determined by a photoconversion technique and electron microscopy. Glomus cells of the carotid body responded to hypoxia by increases in both ROS and NO production. The hypoxia-induced increase in NO generation required (to a large extent, but not completely) extracellular calcium. Glomus cells were immunoreactive to endothelial NO synthase but not to the neuronal or inducible isoforms. Ultrastructurally, the NO-sensitive indicator was observed in mitochondrial membranes after exposure to hypoxia. The data show that glomus cells respond to exposure to hypoxia by the enhanced production of both ROS and NO. NO production by glomus cells is probably mediated by endothelial NO synthase, which is activated by calcium influx. The presence of NO indicator in mitochondria suggests the hypoxic regulation of mitochondrial function via NO in glomus cells.
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- Yoshio Yamamoto
- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University, Aulweg 123, 35385 Giessen, Germany
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Granados MP, Salido GM, González A, Pariente JA. Dose-dependent effect of hydrogen peroxide on calcium mobilization in mouse pancreatic acinar cells. Biochem Cell Biol 2006; 84:39-48. [PMID: 16462888 DOI: 10.1139/o05-150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We have employed confocal laser scanning microscopy to investigate how intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) is influenced by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in collagenase-dispersed mouse pancreatic acinar cells. In the absence of extracellular calcium, treatment of cells with increasing concentrations of H2O2resulted in an increase in [Ca2+]i, indicating the release of calcium from intracellular stores. Micromolar concentrations of H2O2induced an oscillatory pattern, whereas 1 mmol H2O2/L caused a slow and sustained increase in [Ca2+]i. H2O2abolished the typical calcium release stimulated by thapsigargin or by the physiological agonist cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8). Depletion of either agonist-sensitive or mitochondrial calcium pools was unable to prevent calcium release induced by 1 mmol H2O2/L, but depletion of both stores abolished it. Additionally, lower H2O2concentrations were able to release calcium only after depletion of mitochondrial calcium stores. Treatment with either the phospholipase C inhibitor U-73122 or the inhibitor of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor xestospongin C did not modify calcium release from the agonist-sensitive pool induced by 100 µmol H2O2/L, suggesting the involvement of a mechanism independent of IP3 generation. In addition, H2O2reduced amylase release stimulated by CCK-8. Finally, either the H2O2-induced calcium mobilization or the inhibitory effect of H2O2on CCK-8-induced amylase secretion was abolished by dithiothreitol, a sulphydryl reducing agent. We conclude that H2O2at micromolar concentrations induces calcium release from agonist- sensitive stores, and at millimolar concentrations H2O2can also evoke calcium release from the mitochondria. The action of H2O2is mediated by oxidation of sulphydryl groups of calcium ATPases independently of IP3 generation.Key words: hydrogen peroxide, pancreatic acinar cells, intracellular calcium stores, amylase secretion.
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- María P Granados
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sc., University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain
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Ihara Y, Urata Y, Goto S, Kondo T. Role of calreticulin in the sensitivity of myocardiac H9c2 cells to oxidative stress caused by hydrogen peroxide. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2006; 290:C208-21. [PMID: 16135540 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00075.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Calreticulin (CRT), a Ca2+-binding molecular chaperone in the endoplasmic reticulum, plays a vital role in cardiac physiology and pathology. Oxidative stress is a main cause of myocardiac apoptosis in the ischemic heart, but the function of CRT under oxidative stress is not fully understood. In the present study, the effect of overexpression of CRT on susceptibility to apoptosis under oxidative stress was examined using myocardiac H9c2 cells transfected with the CRT gene. Under oxidative stress due to H2O2, the CRT-overexpressing cells were highly susceptible to apoptosis compared with controls. In the overexpressing cells, the levels of cytoplasmic free Ca2+([Ca2+]i) were significantly increased by H2O2, whereas in controls, only a slight increase was observed. The H2O2-induced apoptosis was enhanced by the increase in [Ca2+]icaused by thapsigargin in control cells but was suppressed by BAPTA-AM, a cell-permeable Ca2+chelator in the CRT-overexpressing cells, indicating the importance of the level of [Ca2+]iin the sensitivity to H2O2-induced apoptosis. Suppression of CRT by the introduction of the antisense cDNA of CRT enhanced cytoprotection against oxidative stress compared with controls. Furthermore, we found that the levels of activity of calpain and caspase-12 were elevated through the regulation of [Ca2+]iin the CRT-overexpressing cells treated with H2O2compared with controls. Thus we conclude that the level of CRT regulates the sensitivity to apoptosis under oxidative stress due to H2O2through a change in Ca2+homeostasis and the regulation of the Ca2+-calpain-caspase-12 pathway in myocardiac cells.
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- Yoshito Ihara
- Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Disease, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki Univ. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
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Carotid body chemoreceptors respond to a decrease in arterial oxygen tension by increasing spiking activity on the sinus nerve. Our understanding of the oxygen-transducing ability of the organ arose from studies in the 1930s intended to understand how metabolic poisons stimulated breathing. Since that time, an intimate link between energy state and hypoxia sensing has been assumed and forms the basis of the metabolic hypothesis of oxygen sensing. This hypothesis is supported by studies demonstrating a loss of mitochondrial potential in carotid body cells at oxygen tensions that cause no change in cells from other tissues. Although the nature of the coupling between mitochondrial function and nerve excitation remains unresolved, experimental evidence supports roles for (1) release of mitochondrial calcium stores, (2) modulation of membrane channels that are linked to mitochondrial complexes I and IV, and (3) generation of signaling intermediates, such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) from complex I and III of the electron transport chain. If the mitochondrion is the oxygen-sensing site for peripheral chemoreceptors, then there exists the potential ability to manipulate, perhaps pharmacologically, the sensing function by alterations in expression of uncoupler proteins or chemicals that can alter the affinity of cytochrome oxidase for oxygen. Such manipulation may be useful for the treatment of hypoventilation syndromes or high altitude accommodation.
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- David F Donnelly
- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Baby SM, Roy A, Lahiri S. Role of mitochondria in the regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in the rat carotid body glomus cells. Histochem Cell Biol 2005; 124:69-76. [PMID: 16034640 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-005-0028-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/19/2005] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) protein, a heterodimeric transcription factor that regulates transcriptional activation of several genes, is involved in adaptive responses to hypoxia. Earlier, we have reported that in carotid body (CB), the peripheral oxygen sensing organ, HIF-1alpha is up-regulated during hypoxia. One model proposes that an intact mitochondrial respiratory chain is necessary for this regulation of HIF-1alpha. To test this hypothesis in the CB glomus cells, we studied the effect of mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) inhibitors: rotenone (complex I; 1 microM), malonate (complex II; 0.5 M), antimycin A (complex III; 1 microg/ml), sodium azide (complex IV; 5 mM), and uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation: carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP; 1 mM) on HIF-1alpha expression during normoxia and hypoxia. Inhibitors and uncoupler of mitochondrial ETC abrogated hypoxia-induced HIF-1alpha expression in isolated glomus cells significantly (P < 0.001). Effect of rotenone during hypoxia was abolished by succinate (4 mM), a substrate for complex II. Further, HIF-1alpha expression was not altered by any of these mitochondrial inhibitors during normoxia. Taken together, these results strongly indicate that a functional mitochondrial ETC is required for the stabilization of HIF-1alpha, and further the connection between HIF-1alpha and mitochondria in CB oxygen sensing is reiterated.
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- Santhosh M Baby
- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085, USA
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Ge Y, Yoshiie K, Kuribayashi F, Lin M, Rikihisa Y. Anaplasma phagocytophilum inhibits human neutrophil apoptosis via upregulation of bfl-1, maintenance of mitochondrial membrane potential and prevention of caspase 3 activation. Cell Microbiol 2005; 7:29-38. [PMID: 15617521 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2004.00427.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The inhibition of neutrophil apoptosis plays a central role in human granulocytic anaplasmosis. Intracellular signalling pathways through which the obligatory intracellular bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum inhibits the spontaneous apoptosis of human peripheral blood neutrophils were investigated. bfl-1 mRNA levels in uninfected neutrophils after 12 h in culture were reduced to approximately 5-25% of 0 h levels, but remained high in infected neutrophils. The eukaryotic RNA synthesis inhibitor, actinomycin D, prevented the maintenance of bfl-1 mRNA levels by A. phagocytophilum. Differences in mcl-1, bax, bcl-w, bad or bak mRNA levels in infected versus uninfected neutrophils were not remarkable. By using mitochondrial fluorescent dyes, Mitotracker Red and JC-1, it was found that most uninfected neutrophils lost mitochondrial membrane potential after 10-12 h incubation, whereas A. phagocytophilum-infected neutrophils maintained high membrane potential. Caspase 3 activity and the degree of apoptosis were lower in dose-dependent manner in A. phagocytophilum-infected neutrophils at 16 h post infection, as compared to uninfected neutrophils. Anti-active caspase 3 antibody labelling showed less positively stained population in infected neutrophils compared to those in uninfected neutrophils after 12 h incubation. These results suggest that A. phagocytophilum inhibits human neutrophil apoptosis via transcriptional upregulation of bfl-1 and inhibition of mitochondria-mediated activation of caspase 3.
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- Yan Ge
- Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Venkataraman S, Wagner BA, Jiang X, Wang HP, Schafer FQ, Ritchie JM, Patrick BC, Oberley LW, Buettner GR. Overexpression of manganese superoxide dismutase promotes the survival of prostate cancer cells exposed to hyperthermia. Free Radic Res 2005; 38:1119-32. [PMID: 15512801 DOI: 10.1080/10715760400010470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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It has been hypothesized that exposure of cells to hyperthermia results in an increased flux of reactive oxygen species (ROS), primarily superoxide anion radicals, and that increasing antioxidant enzyme levels will result in protection of cells from the toxicity of these ROS. In this study, the prostate cancer cell line, PC-3, and its manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD)-overexpressing clones were subjected to hyperthermia (43 degrees C, 1 h). Increased expression of MnSOD increased the mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP). Hyperthermic exposure of PC-3 cells resulted in increased ROS production, as determined by aconitase inactivation, lipid peroxidation, and H2O2 formation with a reduction in cell survival. In contrast, PC-3 cells overexpressing MnSOD had less ROS production, less lipid peroxidation, and greater cell survival compared to PC-3 Wt cells. Since MnSOD removes superoxide, these results suggest that superoxide free radical or its reaction products are responsible for part of the cytotoxicity associated with hyperthermia and that MnSOD can reduce cellular injury and thereby enhance heat tolerance.
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- Sujatha Venkataraman
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program, EMRB 68, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1101, USA.
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The integrity of mitochondrial function is fundamental to cell life. It follows that disturbances of mitochondrial function will lead to disruption of cell function, expressed as disease or even death. In this review, I consider recent developments in our knowledge of basic aspects of mitochondrial biology as an essential step in developing our understanding of the contributions of mitochondria to disease. The identification of novel mechanisms that govern mitochondrial biogenesis and replication, and the delicately poised signalling pathways that coordinate the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes are discussed. As fluorescence imaging has made the study of mitochondrial function within cells accessible, the application of that technology to the exploration of mitochondrial bioenergetics is reviewed. Mitochondrial calcium uptake plays a major role in influencing cell signalling and in the regulation of mitochondrial function, while excessive mitochondrial calcium accumulation has been extensively implicated in disease. Mitochondria are major producers of free radical species, possibly also of nitric oxide, and are also major targets of oxidative damage. Mechanisms of mitochondrial radical generation, targets of oxidative injury and the potential role of uncoupling proteins as regulators of radical generation are discussed. The role of mitochondria in apoptotic and necrotic cell death is seminal and is briefly reviewed. This background leads to a discussion of ways in which these processes combine to cause illness in the neurodegenerative diseases and in cardiac reperfusion injury. The demands of mitochondria and their complex integration into cell biology extends far beyond the provision of ATP, prompting a radical change in our perception of mitochondria and placing these organelles centre stage in many aspects of cell biology and medicine.
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- Michael R Duchen
- Department of Physiology and Mitochondrial Biology Group, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Rocher A, Geijo-Barrientos E, Cáceres AI, Rigual R, González C, Almaraz L. Role of voltage-dependent calcium channels in stimulus-secretion coupling in rabbit carotid body chemoreceptor cells. J Physiol 2004; 562:407-20. [PMID: 15528240 PMCID: PMC1665500 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.075523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We have defined Ca2+ channel subtypes expressed in rabbit carotid body (CB) chemoreceptor cells and their participation in the stimulus-evoked catecholamine (CA) release. Ca2+ currents (I(Ca)) activated at -30 mV, peaked at +10 mV and were fully blocked by 200 microm Cd2+. L-type channels (sensitive to 2 microm nisoldipine) activated at -30 mV and carried 21 +/- 2% of total I(Ca). Non-L-type channels activated at potentials positive to -10 mV and carried: N channels (sensitive to 1 microM omega-conotoxin-GVIA) 16 +/- 1% of total I(Ca), P/Q channels (sensitive to 3 microM omega-conotoxin-MVIIC after nisoldipine plus GVIA) 23 +/- 3% of total I(Ca) and R channels (resistant to all blockers combined) 40 +/- 3% of total I(Ca). CA release induced by hypoxia, hypercapnic acidosis, dinitrophenol (DNP) and high K(+)(o) in the intact CB was inhibited by 79-98% by 200 microm Cd2+. Hypoxia, hypercapnic acidosis and DNP, depolarized chemoreceptor cells and eventually generated repetitive action potential discharge. Nisoldipine plus MVIIC nearly abolished the release of CAs induced by hypoxia and hypercapnic acidosis and reduced by 74% that induced by DNP. All these secretory responses were insensitive to GVIA. 30 and 100 mm K(+)(o) brought resting membrane potential (E(m)) of chemoreceptor cells (-48.1 +/- 1.2 mV) to -22.5 and +7.2 mV, respectively. Thirty millimolar K(+)(o)-evoked release was abolished by nisoldipine but that induced by 100 mm K(+)(o) was mediated by activation of L, N, and P/Q channels. Data show that tested stimuli depolarize rabbit CB chemoreceptor cells and elicit CA release through Ca2+ entry via voltage-activated channels. Only L and P/Q channels are tightly coupled to the secretion of CA.
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- Asunción Rocher
- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, Campus de San Juan, 03550 San Juan, Alicante, Spain
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Eklund SE, Taylor D, Kozlov E, Prokop A, Cliffel DE. A microphysiometer for simultaneous measurement of changes in extracellular glucose, lactate, oxygen, and acidification rate. Anal Chem 2004; 76:519-27. [PMID: 14750842 DOI: 10.1021/ac034641z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A microphysiometer capable of measuring changes in extracellular glucose, lactate, oxygen, and acidification rate has been developed by incorporating modified electrodes into a standard Cytosensor Microphysiometer plunger. Glucose and lactate are measured indirectly at platinum electrodes by amperometric oxidation of hydrogen peroxide, which is produced from catalysis of glucose and lactate at films containing their respective entrapped oxidase. Oxygen is measured amperometrically at a platinum electrode coated with a Nafion film, while the acidification rate is measured potentiometrically by a Cytosensor Microphysiometer. Analytical information is obtained during the Cytosensor stop-flow cycles, where the electrodes measure changes in the extracellular medium corresponding to the consumption or production of the analyte by the cells. Modification of the Cytosensor plunger for multianalyte determination is described, and the operation of the technique is illustrated by the simultaneous measurement of all four analytes during the addition of fluoride and DNP to Chinese hamster ovary cells and fluoride and antimycin A to mouse fibroblast cells. Cell metabolic recovery and dynamics after exposure to agents can also be observed in specific cases.
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- Sven E Eklund
- Department of Chemistry, and Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education, Vanderbilt University, VU Station B, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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Rocher A, Geijo E, Caceres AI, Gonzalez C, Almaraz L. A reevaluation of the mechanisms involved in the secretion of catecholamine evoked by 2,4-dinitrophenol from chemoreceptor cells of the rabbit carotid body. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2004; 536:85-93. [PMID: 14635653 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9280-2_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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- A Rocher
- Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valladolid/CSIC
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Wyatt CN, Buckler KJ. Effect of mitochondrial inhibitors on type I cells. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2004; 536:55-8. [PMID: 14635649 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9280-2_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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This mini-review summarizes the present knowledge regarding central oxygen-chemosensitive sites with special emphasis on their function in regulating changes in cardiovascular and respiratory responses. These oxygen-chemosensitive sites are distributed throughout the brain stem from the thalamus to the medulla and may form an oxygen-chemosensitive network. The ultimate effect on respiratory or sympathetic activity presumably depends on the specific neural projections from each of these brain stem oxygen-sensitive regions as well as on the developmental age of the animal. Little is known regarding the cellular mechanisms involved in the chemotransduction process of the central oxygen sensors. The limited information available suggests some conservation of mechanisms used by other oxygen-sensing systems, e.g., carotid body glomus cells and pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells. However, major gaps exist in our understanding of the specific ion channels and oxygen sensors required for transducing central hypoxia by these central oxygen-sensitive neurons. Adaptation of these central oxygen-sensitive neurons during chronic or intermittent hypoxia likely contributes to responses in both physiological conditions (ascent to high altitude, hypoxic conditioning) and clinical conditions (heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, hypoventilation syndromes). This review underscores the lack of knowledge about central oxygen chemosensors and highlights real opportunities for future research.
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- Judith A Neubauer
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Deparment of Medicine, Uversity of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0019, USA.
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- Keith Buckler
- Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Redondo PC, Salido GM, Rosado JA, Pariente JA. Effect of hydrogen peroxide on Ca2+ mobilisation in human platelets through sulphydryl oxidation dependent and independent mechanisms. Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 67:491-502. [PMID: 15037201 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2003.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2003] [Accepted: 09/26/2003] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Using Fura-2-loaded human platelets we studied the nature of the mechanisms involved in Ca2+ signalling mediated by H2O2. In a Ca2+-free medium, H2O2 (10 microM-100 mM) induced a concentration-dependent increase in [Ca2+]i. Depletion of either agonist-sensitive or mitochondrial Ca2+ pools reduced this effect while depletion of both stores abolished it. Xestospongin C, an inositol 1,3,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor inhibitor, reduced Ca2+ release evoked by 1 mM H2O2 by 45%, indicating that H2O2-induced Ca2+ release involves interaction with IP3 receptors. Blockade of the IP3 turnover by lithium or treatment with U-73122 did not modify H2O2-induced Ca2+ release from the agonist-sensitive pool, suggesting the involvement of a mechanism independent of IP3 generation. H2O2 inhibited Ca2+ reuptake into the agonist-sensitive stores mediated by the sarcoendoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA). Thimerosal (5 microM), a sulphydryl reagent, induced Ca2+ release from the agonist-sensitive stores. This event was impaired by treatment with 2 mM DTT, which also inhibited H2O2-induced Ca2+ release from the agonist-sensitive pool but not from mitochondria. H2O2 reduced the ability of the plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase (PMCA) to extrude Ca2+ by 75%, an effect that was unaffected by DTT. Consistent with this, thimerosal did not modify the PMCA activity. Finally, exposure to H2O2 triggered platelet aggregation, which was slower than that observed after agonist stimulation. We conclude that H2O2 induced Ca2+ release from agonist-sensitive stores by oxidation of sulphydryl groups in SERCA and the IP3 receptors independently of IP3 generation. In addition, H2O2 induced Ca2+ release from mitochondria and inhibited the PMCA activity by different mechanisms in human platelets.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pedro C Redondo
- Department of Physiology, University of Extremadura, Av Universidad s/n, 10071 Caceres, Spain
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