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Lataro RM, Brognara F, Iturriaga R, Paton JFR. Inflammation of some visceral sensory systems and autonomic dysfunction in cardiovascular disease. Auton Neurosci 2024; 251:103137. [PMID: 38104365 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2023.103137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
Abstract
The sensitization and hypertonicity of visceral afferents are highly relevant to the development and progression of cardiovascular and respiratory disease states. In this review, we described the evidence that the inflammatory process regulates visceral afferent sensitivity and tonicity, affecting the control of the cardiovascular and respiratory system. Some inflammatory mediators like nitric oxide, angiotensin II, endothelin-1, and arginine vasopressin may inhibit baroreceptor afferents and contribute to the baroreflex impairment observed in cardiovascular diseases. Cytokines may act directly on peripheral afferent terminals that transmit information to the central nervous system (CNS). TLR-4 receptors, which recognize lipopolysaccharide, were identified in the nodose and petrosal ganglion and have been implicated in disrupting the blood-brain barrier, which can potentiate the inflammatory process. For example, cytokines may cross the blood-brain barrier to access the CNS. Additionally, pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α and some of their receptors have been identified in the nodose ganglion and carotid body. These pro-inflammatory cytokines also sensitize the dorsal root ganglion or are released in the nucleus of the solitary tract. In cardiovascular disease, pro-inflammatory mediators increase in the brain, heart, vessels, and plasma and may act locally or systemically to activate/sensitize afferent nervous terminals. Recent evidence demonstrated that the carotid body chemoreceptor cells might sense systemic pro-inflammatory molecules, supporting the novel proposal that the carotid body is part of the afferent pathway in the central anti-inflammatory reflexes. The exact mechanisms of how pro-inflammatory mediators affects visceral afferent signals and contribute to the pathophysiology of cardiovascular diseases awaits future research.
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- R M Lataro
- Department of Physiological Sciences, Center of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
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- Department of Nursing, General and Specialized, Nursing School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centro de Investigación en Fisiología y Medicina en Altura - FIMEDALT, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile
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- Manaaki Manawa - The Centre for Heart Research, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand
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Takeda Y, Kimura F, Takasawa S. Possible Molecular Mechanisms of Hypertension Induced by Sleep Apnea Syndrome/Intermittent Hypoxia. Life (Basel) 2024; 14:157. [PMID: 38276286 PMCID: PMC10821044 DOI: 10.3390/life14010157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Intermittent hypoxia (IH) is a central characteristic of sleep apnea syndrome (SAS), and it subjects cells in the body to repetitive apnea, chronic hypoxia, oxygen desaturation, and hypercapnia. Since SAS is linked to various serious cardiovascular complications, especially hypertension, many studies have been conducted to elucidate the mechanism of hypertension induced by SAS/IH. Hypertension in SAS is associated with numerous cardiovascular disorders. As hypertension is the most common complication of SAS, cell and animal models to study SAS/IH have developed and provided lots of hints for elucidating the molecular mechanisms of hypertension induced by IH. However, the detailed mechanisms are obscure and under investigation. This review outlines the molecular mechanisms of hypertension in IH, which include the regulation systems of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that activate the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and catecholamine biosynthesis in the sympathetic nervous system, resulting in hypertension. And hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs), Endotheline 1 (ET-1), and inflammatory factors are also mentioned. In addition, we will discuss the influences of SAS/IH in cardiovascular dysfunction and the relationship of microRNA (miRNA)s to regulate the key molecules in each mechanism, which has become more apparent in recent years. These findings provide insight into the pathogenesis of SAS and help in the development of future treatments.
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- Yoshinori Takeda
- Department of Biochemistry, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara 634-8521, Japan;
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara 634-8522, Japan;
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara 634-8522, Japan;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara 634-8521, Japan;
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Lv R, Liu X, Zhang Y, Dong N, Wang X, He Y, Yue H, Yin Q. Pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic approaches in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2023; 8:218. [PMID: 37230968 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-023-01496-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common breathing disorder in sleep in which the airways narrow or collapse during sleep, causing obstructive sleep apnea. The prevalence of OSAS continues to rise worldwide, particularly in middle-aged and elderly individuals. The mechanism of upper airway collapse is incompletely understood but is associated with several factors, including obesity, craniofacial changes, altered muscle function in the upper airway, pharyngeal neuropathy, and fluid shifts to the neck. The main characteristics of OSAS are recurrent pauses in respiration, which lead to intermittent hypoxia (IH) and hypercapnia, accompanied by blood oxygen desaturation and arousal during sleep, which sharply increases the risk of several diseases. This paper first briefly describes the epidemiology, incidence, and pathophysiological mechanisms of OSAS. Next, the alterations in relevant signaling pathways induced by IH are systematically reviewed and discussed. For example, IH can induce gut microbiota (GM) dysbiosis, impair the intestinal barrier, and alter intestinal metabolites. These mechanisms ultimately lead to secondary oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, and sympathetic activation. We then summarize the effects of IH on disease pathogenesis, including cardiocerebrovascular disorders, neurological disorders, metabolic diseases, cancer, reproductive disorders, and COVID-19. Finally, different therapeutic strategies for OSAS caused by different causes are proposed. Multidisciplinary approaches and shared decision-making are necessary for the successful treatment of OSAS in the future, but more randomized controlled trials are needed for further evaluation to define what treatments are best for specific OSAS patients.
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- Renjun Lv
- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250021, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, the 2nd Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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- Department of Geriatric Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250021, China.
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Limberg JK, Baker SE, Ott EP, Jacob DW, Scruggs ZM, Harper JL, Manrique-Acevedo CM. Endothelin-1 receptor blockade does not alter the sympathetic and hemodynamic response to acute intermittent hypoxia in men. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2022; 133:867-875. [PMID: 35952348 PMCID: PMC9560055 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00837.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Repeat exposures to low oxygen (intermittent hypoxia, IH), like that observed in sleep apnea, elicit increases in muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and blood pressure (BP) in men. Endothelin (ET) receptor antagonists can attenuate the sympathetic and BP response to IH in rodents; whether these data translate to humans are unclear. We hypothesized that ET-receptor antagonism would ameliorate any rise in MSNA and BP following acute IH in humans. Twelve healthy men (31 ± 1 yr) completed two visits (control, bosentan) separated by at least 1 wk. MSNA, BP, and baroreflex sensitivity (modified Oxford) were assessed during normoxic rest before and following 30 min of IH. The midpoint (T50) for each individual's baroreflex curve was calculated. Acute IH increased plasma ET-1 (P < 0.01), MSNA burst frequency (P = 0.03), and mean BP (P < 0.01). There was no effect of IH on baroreflex sensitivity (P = 0.46), although an increase in T50 was observed (P < 0.01). MSNA burst frequency was higher (P = 0.04) and mean BP (P < 0.01) was lower following bosentan treatment compared with control. There was no effect of bosentan on baroreflex sensitivity (P = 0.53), although a lower T50 was observed on the bosentan visit (P < 0.01). There was no effect of bosentan on increases in MSNA (P = 0.81) or mean BP (P = 0.12) following acute IH. Acute IH results in an increase in ET-1, MSNA, and BP in healthy young men. The effect of IH on MSNA and BP is not attenuated following ET-receptor inhibition. Present data suggest that acute IH does not increase MSNA or BP through activation of ET-receptors in healthy young men.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Repeat exposures to low oxygen (intermittent hypoxia, IH) elicit increases in muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and blood pressure (BP) in men. Endothelin (ET) receptor antagonists can attenuate the sympathetic and BP response to IH in rodents; whether these data translate to humans were unclear. We show acute IH results in an increase in ET-1, MSNA, and BP in healthy young men; however, the effect of IH on MSNA and BP does not occur through activation of ET-receptors in healthy young men.
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- Jacqueline K Limberg
- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- Research Service, Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, Missouri
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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Gold OMS, Bardsley EN, Ponnampalam AP, Pauza AG, Paton JFR. Cellular basis of learning and memory in the carotid body. Front Synaptic Neurosci 2022; 14:902319. [PMID: 36046221 PMCID: PMC9420943 DOI: 10.3389/fnsyn.2022.902319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The carotid body is the primary peripheral chemoreceptor in the body, and critical for respiration and cardiovascular adjustments during hypoxia. Yet considerable evidence now implicates the carotid body as a multimodal sensor, mediating the chemoreflexes of a wide range of physiological responses, including pH, temperature, and acidosis as well as hormonal, glucose and immune regulation. How does the carotid body detect and initiate appropriate physiological responses for these diverse stimuli? The answer to this may lie in the structure of the carotid body itself. We suggest that at an organ-level the carotid body is comparable to a miniature brain with compartmentalized discrete regions of clustered glomus cells defined by their neurotransmitter expression and receptor profiles, and with connectivity to defined reflex arcs that play a key role in initiating distinct physiological responses, similar in many ways to a switchboard that connects specific inputs to selective outputs. Similarly, within the central nervous system, specific physiological outcomes are co-ordinated, through signaling via distinct neuronal connectivity. As with the brain, we propose that highly organized cellular connectivity is critical for mediating co-ordinated outputs from the carotid body to a given stimulus. Moreover, it appears that the rudimentary components for synaptic plasticity, and learning and memory are conserved in the carotid body including the presence of glutamate and GABAergic systems, where evidence pinpoints that pathophysiology of common diseases of the carotid body may be linked to deviations in these processes. Several decades of research have contributed to our understanding of the central nervous system in health and disease, and we discuss that understanding the key processes involved in neuronal dysfunction and synaptic activity may be translated to the carotid body, offering new insights and avenues for therapeutic innovation.
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Iturriaga R, Del Rio R, Alcayaga J. Carotid Body Inflammation: Role in Hypoxia and in the Anti-inflammatory Reflex. Physiology (Bethesda) 2021; 37:128-140. [PMID: 34866399 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00031.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Emergent evidence indicates that the carotid body (CB) chemoreceptors may sense systemic inflammatory molecules, and is an afferent-arm of the anti-inflammatory reflex. Moreover, a pro-inflammatory milieu within the CB is involved in the enhanced CB chemosensory responsiveness to oxygen following sustained and intermittent hypoxia. In this review, we focus on the physio-pathological participation of CBs in inflammatory diseases, such as sepsis and intermittent hypoxia.
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- Rodrigo Iturriaga
- Laboratorio de Neurobiologia. Departamento de Fisiologia. Centro de Excelencia en Biomedicina de Magallanes (CEBIMA), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago-1, Región, Chile.,Centro de Excelencia en Biomedicina de Magallanes (CEBIMA), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Excelencia en Biomedicina de Magallanes (CEBIMA), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Santiago, Chile.,Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Iturriaga R, Alcayaga J, Chapleau MW, Somers VK. Carotid body chemoreceptors: physiology, pathology, and implications for health and disease. Physiol Rev 2021; 101:1177-1235. [PMID: 33570461 PMCID: PMC8526340 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00039.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The carotid body (CB) is the main peripheral chemoreceptor for arterial respiratory gases O2 and CO2 and pH, eliciting reflex ventilatory, cardiovascular, and humoral responses to maintain homeostasis. This review examines the fundamental biology underlying CB chemoreceptor function, its contribution to integrated physiological responses, and its role in maintaining health and potentiating disease. Emphasis is placed on 1) transduction mechanisms in chemoreceptor (type I) cells, highlighting the role played by the hypoxic inhibition of O2-dependent K+ channels and mitochondrial oxidative metabolism, and their modification by intracellular molecules and other ion channels; 2) synaptic mechanisms linking type I cells and petrosal nerve terminals, focusing on the role played by the main proposed transmitters and modulatory gases, and the participation of glial cells in regulation of the chemosensory process; 3) integrated reflex responses to CB activation, emphasizing that the responses differ dramatically depending on the nature of the physiological, pathological, or environmental challenges, and the interactions of the chemoreceptor reflex with other reflexes in optimizing oxygen delivery to the tissues; and 4) the contribution of enhanced CB chemosensory discharge to autonomic and cardiorespiratory pathophysiology in obstructive sleep apnea, congestive heart failure, resistant hypertension, and metabolic diseases and how modulation of enhanced CB reactivity in disease conditions may attenuate pathophysiology.
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- Rodrigo Iturriaga
- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, and Centro de Excelencia en Biomedicina de Magallanes, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Alzahrani AA, Cao LL, Aldossary HS, Nathanael D, Fu J, Ray CJ, Brain KL, Kumar P, Coney AM, Holmes AP. β-Adrenoceptor blockade prevents carotid body hyperactivity and elevated vascular sympathetic nerve density induced by chronic intermittent hypoxia. Pflugers Arch 2021; 473:37-51. [PMID: 33210151 PMCID: PMC7782391 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-020-02492-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Carotid body (CB) hyperactivity promotes hypertension in response to chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH). The plasma concentration of adrenaline is reported to be elevated in CIH and our previous work suggests that adrenaline directly activates the CB. However, a role for chronic adrenergic stimulation in mediating CB hyperactivity is currently unknown. This study evaluated whether beta-blocker treatment with propranolol (Prop) prevented the development of CB hyperactivity, vascular sympathetic nerve growth and hypertension caused by CIH. Adult male Wistar rats were assigned into 1 of 4 groups: Control (N), N + Prop, CIH and CIH + Prop. The CIH paradigm consisted of 8 cycles h-1, 8 h day-1, for 3 weeks. Propranolol was administered via drinking water to achieve a dose of 40 mg kg-1 day-1. Immunohistochemistry revealed the presence of both β1 and β2-adrenoceptor subtypes on the CB type I cell. CIH caused a 2-3-fold elevation in basal CB single-fibre chemoafferent activity and this was prevented by chronic propranolol treatment. Chemoafferent responses to hypoxia and mitochondrial inhibitors were attenuated by propranolol, an effect that was greater in CIH animals. Propranolol decreased respiratory frequency in normoxia and hypoxia in N and CIH. Propranolol also abolished the CIH mediated increase in vascular sympathetic nerve density. Arterial blood pressure was reduced in propranolol groups during hypoxia. Propranolol exaggerated the fall in blood pressure in most (6/7) CIH animals during hypoxia, suggestive of reduced sympathetic tone. These findings therefore identify new roles for β-adrenergic stimulation in evoking CB hyperactivity, sympathetic vascular hyperinnervation and altered blood pressure control in response to CIH.
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- Abdulaziz A Alzahrani
- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- Respiratory Care Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- College of Medicine, Basic Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
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Barrera A, Morales-Loredo H, Garcia JM, Fregoso G, Pace CE, Mendiola PJ, Naik JS, Gonzalez Bosc LV, Kanagy NL. Simulated sleep apnea alters hydrogen sulfide regulation of blood flow and pressure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2020; 320:H511-H519. [PMID: 33275519 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00672.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
In sleep apnea, airway obstruction causes intermittent hypoxia (IH). In animal studies, IH-dependent hypertension is associated with loss of vasodilator hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and increased H2S activation of sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity in the carotid body. We previously reported that inhibiting cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE) to prevent H2S synthesis augments vascular resistance in control rats. The goal of this study was to evaluate the contribution of IH-induced changes in CSE signaling to increased blood pressure and vascular resistance. We hypothesized that chronic IH exposure eliminates CSE regulation of blood pressure (BP) and vascular resistance. In rats instrumented with venous catheters, arterial telemeters, and flow probes on the main mesenteric artery, the CSE inhibitor dl-propargylglycine (PAG, 50 mg/kg/day i.v. for 5 days) increased BP in Sham rats but decreased BP in IH rats [in mmHg, Sham (n = 11): 114 ± 4 to 131 ± 6; IH (n = 8): 131 ± 8 to 115 ± 7 mmHg, P < 0.05]. PAG treatment increased mesenteric vascular resistance in Sham rats but decreased it in IH rats (day 5/day 1: Sham: 1.50 ± 0.07; IH: 0.85 ± 0.19, P < 0.05). Administration of the ganglionic blocker hexamethonium (to evaluate SNS activity) decreased mesenteric resistance in PAG-treated Sham rats more than in saline-treated Sham rats or PAG-treated IH rats. CSE immunoreactivity in IH carotid bodies compared with those from Sham rats. However, CSE staining in small mesenteric arteries was less in arteries from IH than in Sham rats but not different in larger arteries (inner diameter > 200 µm). These results suggest endogenous H2S regulates blood pressure and vascular resistance, but this control is lost after IH exposure with decreased CSE expression in resistance size arteries. IH exposure concurrently increases carotid body CSE expression and relative SNS control of blood pressure, suggesting both vascular and carotid body H2S generation contribute to blood pressure regulation.NEW & NOTEWORTHY These results suggest that CSE's protective role in the vasculature is impaired by simulated sleep apnea, which also upregulates CSE in the carotid body. Thus, this enzyme system can exert both pro- and antihypertensive effects and may contribute to elevated SNS outflow in sleep apnea.
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- Adelaeda Barrera
- Vascular Physiology Group, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Vascular Physiology Group, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Vascular Physiology Group, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Vascular Physiology Group, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Vascular Physiology Group, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Vascular Physiology Group, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Vascular Physiology Group, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Vascular Physiology Group, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Vascular Physiology Group, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Stocco E, Barbon S, Tortorella C, Macchi V, De Caro R, Porzionato A. Growth Factors in the Carotid Body-An Update. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21197267. [PMID: 33019660 PMCID: PMC7594035 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The carotid body may undergo plasticity changes during development/ageing and in response to environmental (hypoxia and hyperoxia), metabolic, and inflammatory stimuli. The different cell types of the carotid body express a wide series of growth factors and corresponding receptors, which play a role in the modulation of carotid body function and plasticity. In particular, type I cells express nerve growth factor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, neurotrophin 3, glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, ciliary neurotrophic factor, insulin-like-growth factor-I and -II, basic fibroblast growth factor, epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor-α and -β, interleukin-1β and -6, tumor necrosis factor-α, vascular endothelial growth factor, and endothelin-1. Many specific growth factor receptors have been identified in type I cells, indicating autocrine/paracrine effects. Type II cells may also produce growth factors and express corresponding receptors. Future research will have to consider growth factors in further experimental models of cardiovascular, metabolic, and inflammatory diseases and in human (normal and pathologic) samples. From a methodological point of view, microarray and/or proteomic approaches would permit contemporary analyses of large groups of growth factors. The eventual identification of physical interactions between receptors of different growth factors and/or neuromodulators could also add insights regarding functional interactions between different trophic mechanisms.
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Aldossary HS, Alzahrani AA, Nathanael D, Alhuthail EA, Ray CJ, Batis N, Kumar P, Coney AM, Holmes AP. G-Protein-Coupled Receptor (GPCR) Signaling in the Carotid Body: Roles in Hypoxia and Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21176012. [PMID: 32825527 PMCID: PMC7503665 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21176012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The carotid body (CB) is an important organ located at the carotid bifurcation that constantly monitors the blood supplying the brain. During hypoxia, the CB immediately triggers an alarm in the form of nerve impulses sent to the brain. This activates protective reflexes including hyperventilation, tachycardia and vasoconstriction, to ensure blood and oxygen delivery to the brain and vital organs. However, in certain conditions, including obstructive sleep apnea, heart failure and essential/spontaneous hypertension, the CB becomes hyperactive, promoting neurogenic hypertension and arrhythmia. G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are very highly expressed in the CB and have key roles in mediating baseline CB activity and hypoxic sensitivity. Here, we provide a brief overview of the numerous GPCRs that are expressed in the CB, their mechanism of action and downstream effects. Furthermore, we will address how these GPCRs and signaling pathways may contribute to CB hyperactivity and cardiovascular and respiratory disease. GPCRs are a major target for drug discovery development. This information highlights specific GPCRs that could be targeted by novel or existing drugs to enable more personalized treatment of CB-mediated cardiovascular and respiratory disease.
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- Hayyaf S. Aldossary
- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; (H.S.A.); (A.A.A.); (D.N.); (E.A.A.); (C.J.R.); (P.K.); (A.M.C.)
- College of Medicine, Basic Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; (H.S.A.); (A.A.A.); (D.N.); (E.A.A.); (C.J.R.); (P.K.); (A.M.C.)
- Respiratory Care Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 24381, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; (H.S.A.); (A.A.A.); (D.N.); (E.A.A.); (C.J.R.); (P.K.); (A.M.C.)
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; (H.S.A.); (A.A.A.); (D.N.); (E.A.A.); (C.J.R.); (P.K.); (A.M.C.)
- Collage of Sciences and Health Professions, Basic Sciences Department, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; (H.S.A.); (A.A.A.); (D.N.); (E.A.A.); (C.J.R.); (P.K.); (A.M.C.)
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK;
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; (H.S.A.); (A.A.A.); (D.N.); (E.A.A.); (C.J.R.); (P.K.); (A.M.C.)
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; (H.S.A.); (A.A.A.); (D.N.); (E.A.A.); (C.J.R.); (P.K.); (A.M.C.)
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; (H.S.A.); (A.A.A.); (D.N.); (E.A.A.); (C.J.R.); (P.K.); (A.M.C.)
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +44-121-415-8161
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Mosqueira M, Iturriaga R. Chronic hypoxia changes gene expression profile of primary rat carotid body cells: consequences on the expression of NOS isoforms and ET-1 receptors. Physiol Genomics 2019; 51:109-124. [DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00114.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Sustained chronic hypoxia (CH) produces morphological and functional changes in the carotid body (CB). Nitric oxide (NO) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) play a major role as modulators of the CB oxygen chemosensory process. To characterize the effects of CH related to normoxia (Nx) on gene expression, particularly on ET-1 and NO pathways, primary cultures of rat CB cells were exposed to 7 days of CH. Total RNA was extracted, and cDNA-32P was synthesized and hybridized with 1,185 genes printed on a nylon membrane Atlas cDNA Expression Array. Out of 324 differentially expressed genes, 184 genes were upregulated, while 140 genes were downregulated. The cluster annotation and protein network analyses showed that both NO and ET-1 signaling pathways were significantly enriched and key elements of each pathway were differentially expressed. Thus, we assessed the effect of CH at the protein level of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isoforms and ET-1 receptors. CH induced an increase in the expression of endothelial NOS, inducible NOS, and ETB. During CH, the administration of SNAP, a NO donor, upregulated ETB. Treatment with Tezosentan (ET-1 receptor blocker) during CH upregulated all three NOS isoforms, while the NOS blocker L-NAME induced upregulation of iNOS and ETB and downregulated the protein levels of ETA. These results show that CH for 7 days changed the cultured cell CB gene expression profile, the NO and ET-1 signaling pathways were highly enriched, and these two signaling pathways interfered with the protein expression of each other.
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- Matías Mosqueira
- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago Chile
- Cardio-Ventilatory Muscle Physiology Laboratory, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago Chile
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Li J, Yang S, Yu F, Ji E, Woodrow Weiss J. Endothelin-1 enhanced carotid body chemosensory activity in chronic intermittent hypoxia through PLC, PKC and p38MAPK signaling pathways. Neuropeptides 2019; 74:44-51. [PMID: 30579678 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2018.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 11/24/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Endothelin-1 (ET-1), as it functions as a neuromodulator, has been associated with hypertension in chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) which attribute to enhanced carotid body sensibility to hypoxia. However, the molecular mechanism of ET-1 on carotid body sensibility in CIH is still not clear. Here, effect of ET-1 on carotid body chemosensory stimulation in rats exposed to either CIH or room air (Normoxia) was explored. Furthermore, Phospholipase C (PLC), Protein kinase C (PKC) or p38 MAPK antagonists were adopted to clarify the signalling pathways involved. Results showed that ET-1 induced a higher increase of carotid sinus nerve activity (CSNA) in animals exposed to CIH. Both ETA and ETB receptor expression were up-regulated by CIH exposure, but only ETA is responsible for ET-1 induced CSNA increase. Additional, the increase was inhibited by PLC, PKC, p38 MAPK antagonists and calcium channel blocker. Our findings support that ETA receptor mediates ET-1-induced CSNA increase through PLC, PKC and p38 MAPK signalling pathways in chronic intermittent hypoxia. Also, our study indicated that calcium influx was necessary for enhancing effect of ET-1 on CSNA.
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- Jieru Li
- Department of Physiology, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China.
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
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Endothelin-1-Mediated Mechanisms in the Carotid Body Modulates Cardiovascular Responses in Rats Exposed to Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia. Int J Pept Res Ther 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10989-018-9794-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Andrade DC, Haine L, Toledo C, Diaz HS, Quintanilla RA, Marcus NJ, Iturriaga R, Richalet JP, Voituron N, Del Rio R. Ventilatory and Autonomic Regulation in Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Potential Protective Role for Erythropoietin? Front Physiol 2018; 9:1440. [PMID: 30374309 PMCID: PMC6196773 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common form of sleep disordered breathing and is associated with wide array of cardiovascular morbidities. It has been proposed that during OSA, the respiratory control center (RCC) is affected by exaggerated afferent signals coming from peripheral/central chemoreceptors which leads to ventilatory instability and may perpetuate apnea generation. Treatments focused on decreasing hyperactivity of peripheral/central chemoreceptors may be useful to improving ventilatory instability in OSA patients. Previous studies indicate that oxidative stress and inflammation are key players in the increased peripheral/central chemoreflex drive associated with OSA. Recent data suggest that erythropoietin (Epo) could also be involved in modulating chemoreflex activity as functional Epo receptors are constitutively expressed in peripheral and central chemoreceptors cells. Additionally, there is some evidence that Epo has anti-oxidant/anti-inflammatory effects. Accordingly, we propose that Epo treatment during OSA may reduce enhanced peripheral/central chemoreflex drive and normalize the activity of the RCC which in turn may help to abrogate ventilatory instability. In this perspective article we discuss the potential beneficial effects of Epo administration on ventilatory regulation in the setting of OSA.
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- David C Andrade
- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Investigación en Fisiología del Ejercicio, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratoire Hypoxie and Poumon - EA2363, Université Paris 13, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA, United States
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- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratoire Hypoxie and Poumon - EA2363, Université Paris 13, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Hypoxie and Poumon - EA2363, Université Paris 13, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Excelencia en Biomedicina de Magallanes (CEBIMA), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW An abnormal heightened carotid body (CB) chemoreflex, which produces autonomic dysfunction and sympathetic overactivation, is the common hallmark of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), resistant hypertension, systolic heart failure (HF), and cardiometabolic diseases. Accordingly, it has been proposed that the elimination of the CB chemosensory input to the brainstem may reduce the autonomic and cardiorespiratory alterations in sympathetic-associated diseases in humans. RECENT FINDINGS A growing body of evidence obtained in preclinical animal models support that an enhanced CB discharge produces sympathetic hyperactivity, baroreflex sensitivity and heart rate variability impairment, breathing instability, hypertension, and insulin resistance. The elimination CB chemosensory input reduces the sympathetic hyperactivity, the elevated arterial blood pressure in OSA and hypertensive models, abolishes breathing instability and improves animal survival in HF models, and restores insulin tolerance in metabolic models. These results highlight the role played by the enhanced CB drive in the progression of sympathetic-related diseases and support the proposal that the surgical ablation of the CB is useful to restore the autonomic balance and normal cardiorespiratory function in humans. Accordingly, the CB ablation has been used in pilot human studies as a therapeutic treatment for resistant hypertension and HF-induced sympathetic hyperactivity. In this review, I will discuss the supporting evidence for a crucial contribution of the CB in the central autonomic dysfunction and the pros and cons of the CB ablation as a therapy to revert autonomic overactivation. The CB ablation could be a useful method to reverse the enhanced chemoreflex in HF and severe hypertension, but caution is required before extensive use of bilateral CB ablation, which abolished ventilatory responses to hypoxia and may impair baroreceptor function.
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Kim SJ, Fong AY, Pilowsky PM, Abbott SBG. Sympathoexcitation following intermittent hypoxia in rat is mediated by circulating angiotensin II acting at the carotid body and subfornical organ. J Physiol 2018; 596:3217-3232. [PMID: 29645283 DOI: 10.1113/jp275804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS In anaesthetized rats, acute intermittent hypoxia increases sympathetic nerve activity, sympathetic peripheral chemoreflex sensitivity and central sympathetic-respiratory coupling. Renin-angiotensin system inhibition prevents the sympathetic effects of intermittent hypoxia, with intermittent injections of angiotensin II into the systemic circulation replicating these effects. Bilateral carotid body denervation reduces the sympathetic effects of acute intermittent hypoxia and eliminates the increases in chemoreflex sensitivity and sympathetic-respiratory coupling. Pharmacological inhibition of the subfornical organ also reduces the sympathetic effects of acute intermittent hypoxia, although it has no effect on the increases in chemoreflex sensitivity and central sympathetic-respiratory coupling. Combining both interventions eliminates the sympathetic effects of both intermittent hypoxia and angiotensin II. ABSTRACT Circulating angiotensin II (Ang II) is vital for arterial pressure elevation following intermittent hypoxia in rats, although its importance in the induction of sympathetic changes is unclear. We tested the contribution of the renin-angiotensin system to the effects of acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) in anaesthetized and ventilated rats. There was a 33.7 ± 2.9% increase in sympathetic nerve activity (SNA), while sympathetic chemoreflex sensitivity and central sympathetic-respiratory coupling increased by one-fold following AIH. The sympathetic effects of AIH were prevented by blocking angiotensin type 1 receptors with systemic losartan. Intermittent systemic injections of Ang II (Int.Ang II) elicited similar sympathetic responses to AIH. To identify the neural pathways responsible for the effects of AIH and Int.Ang II, we performed bilateral carotid body denervation, which reduced the increase in SNA by 56% and 45%, respectively. Conversely, pharmacological inhibition of the subfornical organ (SFO), an established target of circulating Ang II, reduced the increase in SNA following AIH and Int.Ang II by 65% and 59%, respectively, although it did not prevent the sensitization of the sympathetic peripheral chemoreflex, nor the increase in central sympathetic-respiratory coupling. Combined carotid body denervation and inhibition of the SFO eliminated the enhancement of SNA following AIH and Int.Ang II. Repeated systemic injections of phenylephrine caused an elevation in SNA similar to AIH, and this effect was prevented by a renin inhibitor, aliskiren. Our findings show that the sympathetic effects of AIH are the result of RAS-mediated activations of the carotid bodies and the SFO.
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- Seung Jae Kim
- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Heart Research Institute, 7 Eliza Street, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Heart Research Institute, 7 Eliza Street, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Liu Y, Li C, Jia X, Huang L, Weiss JW. AMPA Receptor-Dependent Glutamatergic Signaling is Present in the Carotid Chemoreceptor. Neuroscience 2018; 382:59-68. [PMID: 29723577 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.04.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Revised: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Exposure to both sustained and intermittent hypoxia for as little as a day produces sustained augmentation of carotid chemoreceptor sensitivity; however, the molecular basis for this chemoreflex plasticity remains uncertain. We previously reported that NMDA receptor-dependent glutamatergic signaling in rat carotid body played a role in altered hypoxic sensitivity after exposure to cyclic intermittent hypoxia (CIH). Here we found that mRNAs of multiple AMPA and Kainate glutamate receptors were expressed in rat carotid body. The AMPA receptor subunit GluR1 showed intense immunoreactivity in the carotid body, co-localizing with tyrosine hydroxylase in type I cells. Treatment of rat carotid body-derived primary cells with AMPA activated ERK1/2 in a time-dependent manner. Exposing Sprague-Dawley rats to CIH for 8 h/day for 3 weeks significantly enhanced the expression level of GluA1 mRNA as well as GluR1 protein in the carotid body. In addition, our results showed that multiple of vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUTs) and excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs) were expressed in the rat carotid body, indicating that glutamate might be as a neurotransmitter stored, released and uptake in the carotid body. Finally, we found that mRNAs of GluA1, GluA2 and GluA3 as well as PSD-95-like membrane-associated granulate kinase family members, PSD-95, PSD-93, and SAP97, were expressed in human carotid body. Our data suggest AMPA receptor-dependent glutamatergic signaling is present in the carotid body and might be involved in the carotid chemoreceptor response to hypoxia.
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- Yuzhen Liu
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Henan Key Laboratory of Neural Regeneration, Weihui, Henan 453100, China; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Henan Key Laboratory of Neural Regeneration, Weihui, Henan 453100, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Henan Key Laboratory of Neural Regeneration, Weihui, Henan 453100, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Henan Key Laboratory of Neural Regeneration, Weihui, Henan 453100, China
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Prabhakar NR. Carotid body chemoreflex: a driver of autonomic abnormalities in sleep apnoea. Exp Physiol 2018; 101:975-85. [PMID: 27474260 DOI: 10.1113/ep085624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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What is the topic of this review? This article presents emerging evidence for heightened carotid body chemoreflex activity as a major driver of sympathetic activation and hypertension in sleep apnoea patients. What advances does it heighlight? This article discusses the recent advances on cellular, molecular and epigenetic mechanisms underlying the exaggerated chemoreflex in experimental models of sleep apnoea. The carotid bodies are the principal peripheral chemoreceptors for detecting changes in arterial blood oxygen concentration, and the resulting chemoreflex is a potent regulator of the sympathetic tone, blood pressure and breathing. Sleep apnoea is a disease of the respiratory system that affects several million adult humans. Apnoeas occur during sleep, often as a result of obstruction of the upper airway (obstructive sleep apnoea) or because of defective respiratory rhythm generation by the CNS (central sleep apnoea). Patients with sleep apnoea exhibit several co-morbidities, with the most notable among them being heightened sympathetic nerve activity and hypertension. Emerging evidence suggests that intermittent hypoxia resulting from periodic apnoea stimulates the carotid body, and the ensuing chemoreflex mediates the increased sympathetic tone and hypertension in sleep apnoea patients. Rodent models of intermittent hypoxia that simulate the O2 saturation profiles encountered during sleep apnoea have provided important insights into the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the heightened carotid body chemoreflex. This article describes how intermittent hypoxia affects the carotid body function and discusses the cellular, molecular and epigenetic mechanisms underlying the exaggerated chemoreflex.
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- Nanduri R Prabhakar
- Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology of O2 Sensing, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Cho HJ, Heo W, Han JW, Lee YH, Park JM, Kang MJ, Yoon JH, Lee MG, Kim CH, Kim JY. Chronological Change of Right Ventricle by Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia in Mice. Sleep 2017. [PMID: 28637196 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsx103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Study Objective No studies have investigated sequential changes in the heart on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), along with observation of functional lung phenotypes and genetics, over the duration of chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH). We investigated chronological changes in heart and lung phenotypes after CIH using a mouse model to provide new insights into the pathophysiology of sleep apnea-induced cardiovascular disease. Methods C57BL/6J adult male mice were randomized to 4 or 8 weeks of CIH. Cardiac cine-MRI images were analyzed to assess functional parameters of right ventricle (RV). Histopathological features of myocytes and pulmonary vessels, as well as genes involved in the endothelin (ET) system, were investigated. Results Function of the RV reduced significantly at 4 weeks and continuously decreased following another 4 weeks of CIH, although the rate of decrease was attenuated. Notably, persistence of reduced ejection fraction and end-systole RV wall thickness (WT) and increases in the ET system of the lungs and blood strongly implied the development of pulmonary hypertension after 8 weeks of CIH. Conclusions RV dysfunction with reduced end-systole RV WT could be a late phenotype in long-standing CIH and possibly also in obstructive sleep apnea.
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- Hyung-Ju Cho
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,The Airway Mucus Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Research Center for Human Natural Defense System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Research Center for Human Natural Defense System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Research Center for Human Natural Defense System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,The Airway Mucus Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Research Center for Human Natural Defense System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,The Airway Mucus Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with increased pro-migratory activation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 and reduced expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0182509. [PMID: 28817576 PMCID: PMC5560693 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Placentas from gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are often hypervascularized; however, participation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors in this placental adaptation is unclear. We aimed to test whether changes in phosphorylation of tyrosine 951 or tyrosine 1175 (pY951 or pY1175) of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (KDR) are associated with the proangiogenic state observed in placentas from GDM. We obtained placental samples from women with normal pregnancies (n = 24) or GDM (n = 18). We measured the relative expression of markers for endothelial cell number (CD31, CD34), VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 (Flt-1), KDR, pY951 and pY1175 of KDR in placental homogenate. Immunohistochemistry of placental blood vessels were performed using CD34. Proliferation and migration of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) obtained from normal pregnancy and GDM were determined in absence or presence of conditioned medium (CM) harvested from GDM or normoglycemic HUVEC cultures. GDM was associated with more CD31 and CD34 protein compared to normal pregnancy. High number, but reduced area of placental blood vessels was found in GDM. Reduced Flt-1 levels (mRNA and protein) are associated with reduced KDR mRNA, but higher KDR protein levels in placentas from GDM. No significant changes in Y951-or Y1175-phosphorylation of KDR in placentas from GDM were found. GDM did not alter proliferation of HUVECs, but enhanced migration. Conditioned medium harvested from GDM HUVEC cultures enhanced KDR protein amount, tube formation capacity and cell migration in HUVEC isolated from normoglycemic pregnancies. The data indicate that GDM is associated with reduced expression of Flt-1 but high pro-migratory activation of KDR reflecting a proangiogenic state in GDM.
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Wang J, Hogan JO, Kim D. Voltage- and receptor-mediated activation of a non-selective cation channel in rat carotid body glomus cells. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2016; 237:13-21. [PMID: 28013061 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2016.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Revised: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A recent study showed that hypoxia activates a Ca2+-sensitive, Na+-permeable non-selective cation channel (NSC) in carotid body glomus cells. We studied the effects of mitochondrial inhibitors that increase Ca2+ influx via Ca2+ channel (Cav), and receptor agonists that release Ca2+ from endoplasmic reticulum (ER) on NSC. Mitochondrial inhibitors (NaCN, FCCP, H2S, NO) elevated [Ca2+]i and activated NSC. Angiotensin II and acetylcholine that elevate [Ca2+]i via the Gq-IP3 pathway activated NSC. However, endothelin-1 (Gq) and 5-HT (Gq) showed little or no effect on [Ca2+]i and did not activate NSC. Adenosine (Gs) caused a weak rise in [Ca2+]i but did not activate NSC. Dopamine (Gs) and γ-aminobytyric acid (Gi) were ineffective in raising [Ca2+]i and failed to activate NSC. Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) produced by depletion of Ca2+ stores with cyclopiazonic acid activated NSC. Our results show that Ca2+ entry via Cav, ER Ca2+ release and SOCE can activate NSC. Thus, NSC contributes to both voltage- and receptor-mediated excitation of glomus cells.
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- Jiaju Wang
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA.
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Yuan G, Peng YJ, Khan SA, Nanduri J, Singh A, Vasavda C, Semenza GL, Kumar GK, Snyder SH, Prabhakar NR. H2S production by reactive oxygen species in the carotid body triggers hypertension in a rodent model of sleep apnea. Sci Signal 2016; 9:ra80. [PMID: 27531649 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aaf3204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Sleep apnea is a prevalent respiratory disease in which episodic cessation of breathing causes intermittent hypoxia. Patients with sleep apnea and rodents exposed to intermittent hypoxia exhibit hypertension. The carotid body senses changes in blood O2 concentrations, and an enhanced carotid body chemosensory reflex contributes to hypertension in sleep apnea patients. A rodent model of intermittent hypoxia that mimics blood O2 saturation profiles of patients with sleep apnea has shown that increased generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the carotid body enhances the chemosensory reflex and triggers hypertension. CO generated by heme oxygenase-2 (HO-2) induces a signaling pathway that inhibits hydrogen sulfide (H2S) production by cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE), leading to suppression of carotid body activity. We found that ROS inhibited CO generation by HO-2 in the carotid body and liver through a mechanism that required Cys(265) in the heme regulatory motif of heterologously expressed HO-2. We showed that ROS induced by intermittent hypoxia inhibited CO production and increased H2S concentrations in the carotid body, which stimulated its neural activity. In rodents, blockade of H2S synthesis by CSE, by either pharmacologic or genetic approaches, inhibited carotid body activation and hypertension induced by intermittent hypoxia. Thus, our results indicate that oxidant-induced inactivation of HO-2, which leads to increased CSE-dependent H2S production in the carotid body, is a critical trigger of hypertension in rodents exposed to intermittent hypoxia.
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- Guoxiang Yuan
- Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology for O2 Sensing, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology for O2 Sensing, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology for O2 Sensing, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology for O2 Sensing, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology for O2 Sensing, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Biological Chemistry, and McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology for O2 Sensing, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology for O2 Sensing, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Prabhakar NR, Peng YJ, Kumar GK, Nanduri J. Peripheral chemoreception and arterial pressure responses to intermittent hypoxia. Compr Physiol 2016; 5:561-77. [PMID: 25880505 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c140039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Carotid bodies are the principal peripheral chemoreceptors for detecting changes in arterial blood oxygen levels, and the resulting chemoreflex is a potent regulator of blood pressure. Recurrent apnea with intermittent hypoxia (IH) is a major clinical problem in adult humans and infants born preterm. Adult patients with recurrent apnea exhibit heightened sympathetic nerve activity and hypertension. Adults born preterm are predisposed to early onset of hypertension. Available evidence suggests that carotid body chemoreflex contributes to hypertension caused by IH in both adults and neonates. Experimental models of IH provided important insights into cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying carotid body chemoreflex-mediated hypertension. This article provides a comprehensive appraisal of how IH affects carotid body function, underlying cellular, molecular, and epigenetic mechanisms, and the contribution of chemoreflex to the hypertension.
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- Nanduri R Prabhakar
- Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology for O2 Sensing, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Andrade DC, Lucero C, Toledo C, Madrid C, Marcus NJ, Schultz HD, Del Rio R. Relevance of the Carotid Body Chemoreflex in the Progression of Heart Failure. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:467597. [PMID: 26779536 PMCID: PMC4686619 DOI: 10.1155/2015/467597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a global health problem affecting millions of people. Autonomic dysfunction and disordered breathing patterns are commonly observed in patients with CHF, and both are strongly related to poor prognosis and high mortality risk. Tonic activation of carotid body (CB) chemoreceptors contributes to sympathoexcitation and disordered breathing patterns in experimental models of CHF. Recent studies show that ablation of the CB chemoreceptors improves autonomic function and breathing control in CHF and improves survival. These exciting findings indicate that alterations in CB function are critical to the progression of CHF. Therefore, better understanding of the physiology of the CB chemoreflex in CHF could lead to improvements in current treatments and clinical management of patients with CHF characterized by high chemosensitivity. Accordingly, the main focus of this brief review is to summarize current knowledge of CB chemoreflex function in different experimental models of CHF and to comment on their potential translation to treatment of human CHF.
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- David C. Andrade
- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Center of Biomedical Research, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, 8900000 Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Center of Biomedical Research, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, 8900000 Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Center of Biomedical Research, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, 8900000 Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Fisiología Celular e Integrativa, Clínica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo, 7500000 Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA 50312, USA
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- Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Center of Biomedical Research, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, 8900000 Santiago, Chile
- Dirección de Investigación, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima 15067, Peru
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Atanasova DY, Lazarov NE. Morphological changes in the rat carotid body following acute sodium nitrite treatment. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2015; 221:11-8. [PMID: 26528896 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2015.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The carotid body (CB) is a small neural crest-derived chemosensory organ that detects the chemical composition of the arterial blood and responds to its changes by regulating breathing. The effects of acute nitrite treatment on the CB morphology in rats were examined by morphometry. We found that 1h after administrating a single dose of sodium nitrite, the CB underwent structural changes characterized by a prominent increase in its size with a marked, several-fold dilation of the blood vessels. The obvious CB enlargement mostly due to apparent vasodilation and glomus cell hypertrophy was at its highest one day later and persisted until the fifth day. 20 days after the treatment, the CB regained its size to the normoxic control state. Morphometric analysis revealed that the CB size increase in treated animals is statistically significant when compared to that of untreated controls. It can be inferred that the nitrite-exposed CB displays remarkable structural plasticity and enlarges its size mostly through vascular expansion.
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- Dimitrinka Y Atanasova
- Institute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria; Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria; Department of Anatomy and Histology, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Carotid body oxygen sensing and adaptation to hypoxia. Pflugers Arch 2015; 468:59-70. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-015-1734-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Revised: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Prabhakar NR, Semenza GL. Regulation of carotid body oxygen sensing by hypoxia-inducible factors. Pflugers Arch 2015; 468:71-75. [PMID: 26265380 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-015-1719-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Revised: 06/25/2015] [Accepted: 07/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Oxygen (O2) sensing by the carotid body and its chemosensory reflex is critical for homeostatic regulation of breathing and blood pressure. Carotid body responses to hypoxia are not uniform but instead exhibit remarkable inter-individual variations. The molecular mechanisms underlying variations in carotid body O2 sensing are not known. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) and HIF-2 mediate transcriptional responses to hypoxia. This article reviews the emerging evidence that proper expression of the HIF-α isoforms is a key molecular determinant for carotid body O2 sensing. HIF-1α deficiency leads to a blunted carotid body hypoxic response, which is due to increased abundance of HIF-2α, elevated anti-oxidant enzyme activity, and a reduced intracellular redox state. Conversely, HIF-2α deficiency results in augmented carotid body sensitivity to hypoxia, which is due to increased abundance of HIF-1α, elevated pro-oxidant enzyme activity, and an oxidized intracellular redox state. Double heterozygous mice with equally reduced HIF-1α and HIF-2α showed no abnormality in redox state or carotid body O2 sensing. Thus, mutual antagonism between HIF-α isoforms determines the redox state and thereby establishes the set point for hypoxic sensing by the carotid body.
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- Nanduri R Prabhakar
- Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology of O2 Sensing, Biological Sciences Division, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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- Institute for Cell Engineering; Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. .,McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
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Weiss JW, Tamisier R, Liu Y. Sympathoexcitation and arterial hypertension associated with obstructive sleep apnea and cyclic intermittent hypoxia. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2015; 119:1449-54. [PMID: 26251511 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00315.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by repetitive episodes of upper airway obstruction during sleep. These obstructive episodes are characterized by cyclic intermittent hypoxia (CIH), by sleep fragmentation, and by hemodynamic instability, and they result in sustained sympathoexcitation and elevated arterial pressure that persist during waking, after restoration of normoxia. Early studies established that 1) CIH, rather than sleep disruption, accounts for the increase in arterial pressure; 2) the increase in arterial pressure is a consequence of the sympathoactivation; and 3) arterial hypertension after CIH exposure requires an intact peripheral chemoreflex. More recently, however, evidence has accumulated that sympathoactivation and hypertension after CIH are also dependent on altered central sympathoregulation. Furthermore, although many molecular pathways are activated in both the carotid chemoreceptor and in the central nervous system by CIH exposure, two specific neuromodulators-endothelin-1 and angiotensin II-appear to play crucial roles in mediating the sympathetic and hemodynamic response to intermittent hypoxia.
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- J Woodrow Weiss
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts;
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- Sleep Laboratory and EFCR, Pôle Rééducation et Physiologie, University Hospital, HP2 Laboratory (Hypoxia: Pathophysiology) INSERM ERI 17, EA 3745 Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France; and
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- First Afflicted Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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Iturriaga R, Moya EA, Del Rio R. Inflammation and oxidative stress during intermittent hypoxia: the impact on chemoreception. Exp Physiol 2015; 100:149-55. [DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2014.079525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Rodrigo Iturriaga
- Laboratorio de Neurobiología; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Santiago Chile
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- Laboratorio de Neurobiología; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Santiago Chile
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- Laboratorio de Neurobiología; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Santiago Chile
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica; Universidad Autónoma de Chile; Santiago Chile
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Iturriaga R, Andrade DC, Del Rio R. Enhanced carotid body chemosensory activity and the cardiovascular alterations induced by intermittent hypoxia. Front Physiol 2014; 5:468. [PMID: 25520668 PMCID: PMC4251310 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The carotid body (CB) plays a main role in the maintenance of the oxygen homeostasis. The hypoxic stimulation of the CB increases the chemosensory discharge, which in turn elicits reflex sympathetic, cardiovascular, and ventilatory adjustments. An exacerbate carotid chemosensory activity has been associated with human sympathetic-mediated diseases such as hypertension, insulin resistance, heart failure, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Indeed, the CB chemosensory discharge becomes tonically hypereactive in experimental models of OSA and heart failure. Chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH), a main feature of OSA, enhances CB chemosensory baseline discharges in normoxia and in response to hypoxia, inducing sympathetic overactivity and hypertension. Oxidative stress, increased levels of ET-1, Angiotensin II and pro-inflammatory cytokines, along with a reduced production of NO in the CB, have been associated with the enhanced carotid chemosensory activity. In this review, we will discuss new evidence supporting a main role for the CB chemoreceptor in the autonomic and cardiorespiratory alterations induced by intermittent hypoxia, as well as the molecular mechanisms involved in the CB chemosensory potentiation.
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- Rodrigo Iturriaga
- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Center of Biomedical Research, Universidad Autónoma de Chile Santiago, Chile
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Conde SV, Sacramento JF, Guarino MP, Gonzalez C, Obeso A, Diogo LN, Monteiro EC, Ribeiro MJ. Carotid body, insulin, and metabolic diseases: unraveling the links. Front Physiol 2014; 5:418. [PMID: 25400585 PMCID: PMC4212612 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The carotid bodies (CB) are peripheral chemoreceptors that sense changes in arterial blood O2, CO2, and pH levels. Hypoxia, hypercapnia, and acidosis activate the CB, which respond by increasing the action potential frequency in their sensory nerve, the carotid sinus nerve (CSN). CSN activity is integrated in the brain stem to induce a panoply of cardiorespiratory reflexes aimed, primarily, to normalize the altered blood gases, via hyperventilation, and to regulate blood pressure and cardiac performance, via sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activation. Besides its role in the cardiorespiratory control the CB has been proposed as a metabolic sensor implicated in the control of energy homeostasis and, more recently, in the regulation of whole body insulin sensitivity. Hypercaloric diets cause CB overactivation in rats, which seems to be at the origin of the development of insulin resistance and hypertension, core features of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Consistent with this notion, CB sensory denervation prevents metabolic and hemodynamic alterations in hypercaloric feed animal. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is another chronic disorder characterized by increased CB activity and intimately related with several metabolic and cardiovascular abnormalities. In this manuscript we review in a concise manner the putative pathways linking CB chemoreceptors deregulation with the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and arterial hypertension. Also, the link between chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) and insulin resistance is discussed. Then, a final section is devoted to debate strategies to reduce CB activity and its use for prevention and therapeutics of metabolic diseases with an emphasis on new exciting research in the modulation of bioelectronic signals, likely to be central in the future.
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- Sílvia V Conde
- CEDOC, Centro Estudos Doenças Crónicas, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal
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- CEDOC, Centro Estudos Doenças Crónicas, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal
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- CEDOC, Centro Estudos Doenças Crónicas, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal ; Health Research Unit - UIS, School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria Leiria, Portugal
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Universidad de Valladolid Valladolid, España
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Universidad de Valladolid Valladolid, España
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- CEDOC, Centro Estudos Doenças Crónicas, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal
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- CEDOC, Centro Estudos Doenças Crónicas, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal
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- CEDOC, Centro Estudos Doenças Crónicas, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal
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Nunes AR, Holmes AP, Conde SV, Gauda EB, Monteiro EC. Revisiting cAMP signaling in the carotid body. Front Physiol 2014; 5:406. [PMID: 25389406 PMCID: PMC4211388 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Chronic carotid body (CB) activation is now recognized as being essential in the development of hypertension and promoting insulin resistance; thus, it is imperative to characterize the chemotransduction mechanisms of this organ in order to modulate its activity and improve patient outcomes. For several years, and although controversial, cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) was considered an important player in initiating the activation of the CB. However, its relevance was partially displaced in the 90s by the emerging role of the mitochondria and molecules such as AMP-activated protein kinase and O2-sensitive K+ channels. Neurotransmitters/neuromodulators binding to metabotropic receptors are essential to chemotransmission in the CB, and cAMP is central to this process. cAMP also contributes to raise intracellular Ca2+ levels, and is intimately related to the cellular energetic status (AMP/ATP ratio). Furthermore, cAMP signaling is a target of multiple current pharmacological agents used in clinical practice. This review (1) provides an outline on the classical view of the cAMP-signaling pathway in the CB that originally supported its role in the O2/CO2 sensing mechanism, (2) presents recent evidence on CB cAMP neuromodulation and (3) discusses how CB activity is affected by current clinical therapies that modify cAMP-signaling, namely dopaminergic drugs, caffeine (modulation of A2A/A2B receptors) and roflumilast (PDE4 inhibitors). cAMP is key to any process that involves metabotropic receptors and the intracellular pathways involved in CB disease states are likely to involve this classical second messenger. Research examining the potential modification of cAMP levels and/or interactions with molecules associated with CB hyperactivity is currently in its beginning and this review will open doors for future explorations.
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- Ana R Nunes
- CEDOC, Chronic Diseases Research Center, NOVA Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal
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- School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham Birmingham, UK
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- CEDOC, Chronic Diseases Research Center, NOVA Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal
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- Neonatology Research Laboratories, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA
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- CEDOC, Chronic Diseases Research Center, NOVA Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal
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Iturriaga R. Intermittent hypoxia: endothelin-1 and hypoxic carotid body chemosensory potentiation. Exp Physiol 2014; 98:1550-1. [PMID: 24148781 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.075820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Acurio J, Troncoso F, Bertoglia P, Salomon C, Aguayo C, Sobrevia L, Escudero C. Potential role of A2B adenosine receptors on proliferation/migration of fetal endothelium derived from preeclamptic pregnancies. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:274507. [PMID: 24877077 PMCID: PMC4024414 DOI: 10.1155/2014/274507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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To investigate the functionality of A2B adenosine receptor (A2BAR) and the nitric oxide (NO) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling pathway in the endothelial cell proliferation/migration during preeclampsia, we used human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) isolated from normal pregnancies (n = 15) or pregnancies with preeclampsia (n = 15). Experiments were performed in presence or absence of the nonselective adenosine receptor agonist NECA, the A2BAR selective antagonist MRS-1754, and the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor L-NAME. Results indicated that cells from preeclampsia exhibited a significant higher protein level of A2BAR and logEC50 for NECA-mediated proliferation than normotensive pregnancies. The stimulatory effect of NECA (10 μM, 24 h) on cell proliferation was prevented by MRS-1754 (5 nM) coincubation only in cells from normotensive pregnancies. Nevertheless, L-NAME (100 μM, 24 h) reduced the NECA-induced cell proliferation/migration in HUVEC from normal pregnancy; however in preeclampsia only NECA-induced cell proliferation was reduced by L-NAME. Moreover, NECA increased protein nitration and abundance of VEGF in cells from normal pregnancy and effect prevented by MRS-1754 coincubation. Nevertheless, in preeclampsia NECA did not affect the protein level of VEGF. In conclusion HUVECs from preeclampsia exhibit elevated protein level of A2BAR and impairment of A2BAR-mediated NO/VEGF signaling pathway.
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- Jesenia Acurio
- Vascular Physiology Laboratory, Group of Investigation in Tumor Angiogenesis (GIANT), Group of Research and Innovation in Vascular Health (GRIVAS Health), Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillán, Chile
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- Vascular Physiology Laboratory, Group of Investigation in Tumor Angiogenesis (GIANT), Group of Research and Innovation in Vascular Health (GRIVAS Health), Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillán, Chile
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- Vascular Physiology Laboratory, Group of Investigation in Tumor Angiogenesis (GIANT), Group of Research and Innovation in Vascular Health (GRIVAS Health), Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillán, Chile
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Herminda Martin Clinical Hospital, Chillan, Chile
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- University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Concepción, Chile
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- University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
- Cellular and Molecular Physiology Laboratory (CMPL), Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Vascular Physiology Laboratory, Group of Investigation in Tumor Angiogenesis (GIANT), Group of Research and Innovation in Vascular Health (GRIVAS Health), Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillán, Chile
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Escudero C, Celis C, Saez T, San Martin S, Valenzuela F, Aguayo C, Bertoglia P, Roberts J, Acurio J. Increased placental angiogenesis in late and early onset pre-eclampsia is associated with differential activation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2. Placenta 2014; 35:207-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2014.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2013] [Revised: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Donovan LM, Liu Y, Weiss JW. Effect of endothelin antagonism on apnea frequency following chronic intermittent hypoxia. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2014; 194:6-8. [PMID: 24468467 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2014.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2013] [Revised: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Chronic hypoxia increases the hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR). Augmented HVR contributes to central apneas seen in heart failure and complex sleep apnea. Endothelin receptor (ETR) antagonism decreases carotid body afferent activity following chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH). We speculated ETR antagonism would reduce HVR and apneas following CIH. HVR and apneas were measured after exposure to CIH and room air sham (SHAM). ETR blocker Ambrisentan was administered via the chow of CIH-exposed animals from days 1 to 12 of CIH (CIH/AMB). A separate crossover group was exposed to CIH and fed normal chow (placebo) days 1-6, and Ambrisentan days 7-12 (CIH/PLA-AMB). SHAM and CIH/PLA animals were fed placebo days 1-12. The CIH/AMB and CIH/PLA-AMB rats had reduced HVR compared to CIH/PLA, similar HVR compared to sham exposed animals, and reduced apnea frequency compared to CIH/PLA animals. The reduced HVR and post-hypoxic apneas resulting from Ambrisentan administration suggests ETR antagonists may have utility in reducing central apneas following CIH.
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- Lucas M Donovan
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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Angheben JMM, Schoorlemmer GHM, Rossi MV, Silva TA, Cravo SL. Cardiovascular responses induced by obstructive apnea are enhanced in hypertensive rats due to enhanced chemoreceptor responsivity. PLoS One 2014; 9:e86868. [PMID: 24466272 PMCID: PMC3900660 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), like patients with sleep apnea, have hypertension, increased sympathetic activity, and increased chemoreceptor drive. We investigated the role of carotid chemoreceptors in cardiovascular responses induced by obstructive apnea in awake SHR. A tracheal balloon and vascular cannulas were implanted, and a week later, apneas of 15 s each were induced. The effects of apnea were more pronounced in SHR than in control rats (Wistar Kyoto; WKY). Blood pressure increased by 57±3 mmHg during apnea in SHR and by 28±3 mmHg in WKY (p<0.05, n = 14/13). The respiratory effort increased by 53±6 mmHg in SHR and by 34±5 mmHg in WKY. The heart rate fell by 209±19 bpm in SHR and by 155±16 bpm in WKY. The carotid chemoreceptors were then inactivated by the ligation of the carotid body artery, and apneas were induced two days later. The inactivation of chemoreceptors reduced the responses to apnea and abolished the difference between SHR and controls. The apnea-induced hypertension was 11±4 mmHg in SHR and 8±4 mmHg in WKY. The respiratory effort was 15±2 mmHg in SHR and 15±2 mmHg in WKY. The heart rate fell 63±18 bpm in SHR and 52±14 bpm in WKY. Similarly, when the chemoreceptors were unloaded by the administration of 100% oxygen, the responses to apnea were reduced. In conclusion, arterial chemoreceptors contribute to the responses induced by apnea in both strains, but they are more important in SHR and account for the exaggerated responses of this strain to apnea.
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- Juliana M M Angheben
- Department of Physiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Peng YJ, Nanduri J, Raghuraman G, Wang N, Kumar GK, Prabhakar NR. Role of oxidative stress-induced endothelin-converting enzyme activity in the alteration of carotid body function by chronic intermittent hypoxia. Exp Physiol 2013; 98:1620-30. [PMID: 23913764 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.073700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) leads to remodelling of the carotid body function, manifested by an augmented sensory response to hypoxia and induction of sensory long-term facilitation (LTF). It was proposed that endothelin-1 (ET-1) contributes to CIH-induced hypoxic hypersensitivity of the carotid body. The objectives of the present study were as follows: (i) to delineate the mechanisms by which CIH upregulates ET-1 expression in the carotid body; and (ii) to assess whether ET-1 also contributes to sensory LTF. Experiments were performed on adult, male rats exposed to alternating cycles of 5% O2 (15 s) and room air (5 min), nine episodes per hour and 8 h per day for 10 days. Chronic intermittent hypoxia increased ET-1 levels in glomus cells without significantly altering prepro-endothelin-1 mRNA levels. The activity of endothelin-converting enzyme increased with concomitant elevation of ET-1 levels in CIH-exposed carotid bodies, and MnTMPyP, a membrane-permeable antioxidant, prevented these effects. Hypoxia facilitated ET-1 release from CIH-treated carotid bodies, which is a prerequisite for activation of ET receptors; however, hypoxia had no effect on ET-1 release from control carotid bodies. In CIH-exposed carotid bodies, mRNAs encoding ETA receptor were upregulated, and an ETA receptor-specific antagonist abolished CIH-induced hypersensitivity of the hypoxic response, whereas it had no effect on the sensory LTF. These results suggest that ECE-dependent increased production of ET-1 coupled with hypoxia-evoked ET-1 release and the ensuing ETA receptor activation mediate the CIH-induced carotid body hypersensitivity to hypoxia, but the ETA signalling pathway is not associated with sensory LTF elicited by CIH.
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- Ying-Jie Peng
- N. R. Prabhakar: Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology of O2 Sensing, Biological Sciences Division, MC 5068, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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The carotid body is a sensory organ for detecting arterial blood O2 levels and reflexly mediates systemic cardiac, vascular and respiratory responses to hypoxia. This article presents a brief review of the roles of gaseous messengers in the sensory transduction at the carotid body, genetic and epigenetic influences on hypoxic sensing and the role of the carotid body chemoreflex in cardiorespiratory diseases. Type I (also called glomus) cells, the site of O2 sensing in the carotid body, express haem oxygenase-2 and cystathionine-γ-lyase, the enzymes which catalyse the generation of CO and H2S, respectively. Physiological studies have shown that CO is an inhibitory gas messenger, which contributes to the low sensory activity during normoxia, whereas H2S is excitatory and mediates sensory stimulation by hypoxia. Hypoxia-evoked H2S generation in the carotid body requires the interaction of cystathionine-γ-lyase with haem oxygenase-2, which generates CO. Hypoxia-inducible factors 1 and 2 constitute important components of the genetic make-up in the carotid body, which influence hypoxic sensing by regulating the intracellular redox state via transcriptional regulation of pro- and antioxidant enzymes. Recent studies suggest that developmental programming of the carotid body response to hypoxia involves epigenetic changes, e.g. DNA methylation of genes encoding redox-regulating enzymes. Emerging evidence implicates heightened carotid body chemoreflex in the progression of autonomic morbidities associated with cardiorespiratory diseases, such as sleep-disordered breathing with apnoea, congestive heart failure and essential hypertension.
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- Nanduri R Prabhakar
- Institute for Integrative Physiology, Center for Systems Biology of O(2) Sensing, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Obstructive sleep apnea, oxidative stress and cardiovascular disease: lessons from animal studies. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2013; 2013:234631. [PMID: 23533685 PMCID: PMC3603718 DOI: 10.1155/2013/234631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2012] [Accepted: 01/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) diseases such as arterial hypertension, heart failure, and stroke. Based on human research, sympathetic activation, inflammation, and oxidative stress are thought to play major roles in the pathophysiology of OSA-related CV diseases. Animal models of OSA have shown that endothelial dysfunction, vascular remodelling, and systemic and pulmonary arterial hypertension as well as heart failure can develop in response to chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH). The available animal data are clearly in favour of oxidative stress playing a key role in the development of all of these CV manifestations of OSA. Presumably, the oxidative stress is due to an activation of NADPH oxidase and other free oxygen radicals producing enzymes within the CV system as evidenced by data from knockout mice and pharmacological interventions. It is hoped that animal models of OSA-related CV disease will continue to contribute to a deeper understanding of their underlying pathophysiology and will foster the way for the development of cardioprotective treatment options other than conventional CPAP therapy.
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Death by a thousand cuts in Alzheimer's disease: hypoxia--the prodrome. Neurotox Res 2013; 24:216-43. [PMID: 23400634 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-013-9379-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Revised: 01/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A wide range of clinical consequences may be associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) including systemic hypertension, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary hypertension, congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, glucose intolerance, impotence, gastroesophageal reflux, and obesity, to name a few. Despite this, 82 % of men and 93 % of women with OSA remain undiagnosed. OSA affects many body systems, and induces major alterations in metabolic, autonomic, and cerebral functions. Typically, OSA is characterized by recurrent chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH), hypercapnia, hypoventilation, sleep fragmentation, peripheral and central inflammation, cerebral hypoperfusion, and cerebral glucose hypometabolism. Upregulation of oxidative stress in OSA plays an important pathogenic role in the milieu of hypoxia-induced cerebral and cardiovascular dysfunctions. Strong evidence underscores that cerebral amyloidogenesis and tau phosphorylation--two cardinal features of Alzheimer's disease (AD), are triggered by hypoxia. Mice subjected to hypoxic conditions unambiguously demonstrated upregulation in cerebral amyloid plaque formation and tau phosphorylation, as well as memory deficit. Hypoxia triggers neuronal degeneration and axonal dysfunction in both cortex and brainstem. Consequently, neurocognitive impairment in apneic/hypoxic patients is attributable to a complex interplay between CIH and stimulation of several pathological trajectories. The framework presented here helps delineate the emergence and progression of cognitive decline, and may yield insight into AD neuropathogenesis. The global impact of CIH should provide a strong rationale for treating OSA and snoring clinically, in order to ameliorate neurocognitive impairment in aged/AD patients.
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Ortiz FC, Del Rio R, Ebensperger G, Reyes VR, Alcayaga J, Varas R, Iturriaga R. Inhibition of rat carotid body glomus cells TASK-like channels by acute hypoxia is enhanced by chronic intermittent hypoxia. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2013; 185:600-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2012.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2012] [Revised: 11/26/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Impaired A2A adenosine receptor/nitric oxide/VEGF signaling pathway in fetal endothelium during late- and early-onset preeclampsia. Purinergic Signal 2012. [PMID: 23179048 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-012-9341-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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To investigate whether fetal endothelial cell proliferation and migration are modulated by the A2A adenosine receptor (A2AAR), nitric oxide (NO) and the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling pathway, we isolated human umbilical vein endothelial cells from normal pregnancy (n = 23), preterm delivery (n = 4), and late-onset (LOPE, n = 10) and early-onset preeclampsia (EOPE, n = 8). We used the non-selective adenosine receptor agonist (NECA) and the selective agonist (CGS-21680) and/or selective antagonist (ZM-241385) for A2AAR. Also, the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor, L-NAME, was used in co-incubation with CGS-21680. Compared to normal pregnancy, EOPE exhibited low cell proliferation and migration associated with reduced expressions of A2AAR and VEGF and NO synthesis (i.e., total and phosphorylated serine(1177) endothelial NOS and nitrite formation). In contrast, LOPE exhibited the opposite behavior in all these markers compared to normal pregnancy or EOPE. Cell proliferation and migration were increased by CGS-21680 (or NECA) in all analyzed groups (EOPE>LOPE>normal pregnancy) compared to their respective basal conditions, an effect that was associated with high NO and VEGF synthesis and blocked by ZM-241385 with significantly different IC50 for each group (EOPE>LOPE>normal pregnancy). The differences seem independent of gestational age. L-NAME blocked the CGS-21680-mediated cell proliferation and migration in normal pregnancy and LOPE (IC50 = 36.2 ± 2.5 and 8.6 ± 2.2 nM, respectively) as well as the VEGF expression in normal pregnancy. Therefore, the A2AAR/NO/VEGF signaling pathway exhibits a pro-angiogenic effect in normal pregnancies and LOPE, whereas impairment in this pathway seems related to the reduced angiogenic capacity of the fetal endothelium in EOPE.
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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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Peng YJ, Nanduri J, Zhang X, Wang N, Raghuraman G, Seagard J, Kumar GK, Prabhakar NR. Endothelin-1 mediates attenuated carotid baroreceptor activity by intermittent hypoxia. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2011; 112:187-96. [PMID: 22016368 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00529.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The objectives of the present study were to examine the effects of intermittent hypoxia (IH) on arterial baroreflex function and assess the underlying mechanism(s). Experiments were performed on adult male rats treated with 14 days of IH (15 s of hypoxia, 5 min of normoxia; 8 h/day) or normoxia (control). Arterial blood pressures were elevated in IH-treated rats, and this effect was associated with attenuated heart rate and splanchnic sympathetic nerve responses to arterial baroreflex activation. In IH-treated rats, carotid baroreceptor responses to elevated sinus pressures were attenuated. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels were elevated in the carotid sinus region of IH-treated rats, and this effect was associated with increased endothelin converting enzyme (ECE) activity, which generates biologically active ET-1. ET(A) receptor antagonist prevented the effects of IH on carotid baroreceptor activity. In IH-treated rats, reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels were elevated in the carotid sinus region, and antioxidant treatment prevented the effects of IH on ET-1 levels, ECE activity, carotid baroreceptor activity, and baroreflex function. These results demonstrate that 1) IH attenuates arterial baroreflex function, which is in part due to reduced carotid baroreceptor responses to elevated carotid sinus pressure, and 2) IH-induced carotid baroreceptor dysfunction involves reactive oxygen species-dependent upregulation of ET-1 signaling in the carotid sinus region.
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- Ying-Jie Peng
- Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology for O(2) Sensing, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Del Rio R, Muñoz C, Arias P, Court FA, Moya EA, Iturriaga R. Chronic intermittent hypoxia-induced vascular enlargement and VEGF upregulation in the rat carotid body is not prevented by antioxidant treatment. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2011; 301:L702-11. [PMID: 21821731 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00128.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH), a characteristic of sleep obstructive apnea, enhances carotid body (CB) chemosensory responses to hypoxia, but its consequences on CB vascular area and VEGF expression are unknown. Accordingly, we studied the effect of CIH on CB volume, glomus cell numbers, blood vessel diameter and number, and VEGF immunoreactivity (VEGF-ir) in male Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to 5% O(2), 12 times/h for 8 h or sham condition for 21 days. We found that CIH did not modify the CB volume or the number of glomus cells but increased VEGF-ir and enlarged the vascular area by increasing the size of the blood vessels, whereas the number of the vessels was unchanged. Because oxidative stress plays an essential role in the CIH-induced carotid chemosensory potentiation, we tested whether antioxidant treatment with ascorbic acid may impede the vascular enlargement and the VEGF upregulation. Ascorbic acid, which prevents the CB chemosensory potentiation, failed to impede the vascular enlargement and the increased VEGF-ir. Thus present results suggest that the CB vascular enlargement induced by CIH is a direct effect of intermittent hypoxia and not secondary to the oxidative stress. Accordingly, the subsequent capillary changes may be secondary to the mechanisms involved in the neural chemosensory plasticity induced by intermittent hypoxia.
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- Rodrigo Del Rio
- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Del Rio R, Moya EA, Iturriaga R. Differential expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, endothelin-1 and nitric oxide synthases in the rat carotid body exposed to intermittent hypoxia. Brain Res 2011; 1395:74-85. [PMID: 21555119 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2011] [Revised: 03/30/2011] [Accepted: 04/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The enhanced carotid body (CB) chemosensory response to hypoxia induced by chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) has been attributed to oxidative stress, which is expected to increase the expression of chemosensory modulators including chemoexcitatory pro-inflammatory cytokines in the CB. Accordingly, we studied the time-course of the changes in the immunohistological expression of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, ET-1, iNOS, eNOS and 3-nitrotyrosine in the CB, along with the progression of enhanced CB chemosensory responses to acute hypoxia in male Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to CIH (5%O₂, 12 times/h per 8h) for 7, 14 and 21 days. Exposure to CIH for 7 days resulted in a sustained potentiation of CB chemosensory responses to acute hypoxia, which persisted until 21 days of CIH. The chemosensory potentiation was paralleled by an increased 3-nitrotyrosine expression in the CB. On the contrary, CIH produced a transient 2-fold increase of ET-1 immunoreactivity at 7 days, a decrease in eNOS immunoreactivity, and a delayed but progressive increase of TNF-α, IL-1β and iNOS immunoreactivity, which was not associated with changes in systemic plasma levels or immune cell invasion within the CB. Thus, present results suggest that the local expression of chemosensory modulators and pro-inflammatory cytokines in the CB may have different temporal contribution to the CB chemosensory potentiation induced by CIH.
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- Rodrigo Del Rio
- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile
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Central and peripheral neurons as well as neuroendocrine cells express a variety of neurotransmitters/modulators that play critical roles in regulation of physiological systems. The synthesis of several neurotransmitters/modulators is regulated by O(2)-requiring rate-limiting enzymes. Consequently, hypoxia resulting from perturbations in O(2) homeostasis can affect neuronal functions by altering neurotransmitter synthesis. Two broad categories of hypoxia are frequently encountered: continuous hypoxia (CH) and intermittent hypoxia (IH). CH is often seen during high altitude sojourns, whereas IH is experienced in sleep-disordered breathing with recurrent apneas (i.e., brief, repetitive cessations of breathing). This article presents what is currently known on the effects of both forms of hypoxia on neurotransmitter levels and neurotransmitter synthesizing enzymes in the central and peripheral nervous systems.
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- Ganesh K Kumar
- Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology of O(2) Sensing, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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