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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]
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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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Cao K, Yuan W, Hou C, Wang Z, Yu J, Wang T. Hypoxic Signaling Pathways in Carotid Body Tumors. Cancers (Basel) 2024; 16:584. [PMID: 38339335 PMCID: PMC10854715 DOI: 10.3390/cancers16030584] [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: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Carotid body tumors (CBTs) are rare tumors with a 1-2 incidence per 100,000 individuals. CBTs may initially present without apparent symptoms, and symptoms begin to arise since tumors grow bigger to compress surrounding tissue, such as recurrent laryngeal nerve and esophagus. Also, the etiology of CBTs remains unclear since it is more likely to occur in those who live in high-altitude areas or suffer from chronic hypoxic diseases such as COPD. SDH mutations and familial inheritance have been reported to be related to CBTs. SDH complexes play crucial roles in aerobic respiration, and SDH mutations in CBTs have been reported to be associated with hypoxia. Hypoxic signaling pathways, specifically hypoxic markers, have attracted more research attention in tumor exploration. However, the existing literature on these signaling and markers lacks a systematic review. Also, therapeutic approaches in CBTs based on hypoxic signaling are rarely used in clinics. In this review, we concluded the role of hypoxic signaling and markers and their potential implications in the initiation and progression of CBTs. Our findings underscore the involvement of the SDH family, the HIF family, VEGFs, and inflammatory cytokines (ICs) in tumorigenesis and treatment. Of particular interest is the role played by SDHx, which has recently been linked to oxygen sensing through mutations leading to hereditary CBTs. Among the SDH family, SDHB and SDHD exhibit remarkable characteristics associated with metastasis and multiple tumors. Besides SDH mutations in CBTs, the HIF family also plays crucial roles in CBTs via hypoxic signaling pathways. The HIF family regulates angiogenesis during mammalian development and tumor growth by gene expression in CBTs. HIF1α could induce the transcription of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 (PDK1) to inhibit pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDH) by inhibiting the TCA cycle. Then, carotid body cells begin to hyperplasia and hypertrophy. At the same time, EPAS1 mutation, an activating mutation, could decrease the degradation of HIF2α and result in Pacak-Zhuang syndrome, which could result in paraganglioma. HIFs can also activate VEGF expression, and VEGFs act on Flk-1 to control the hyperplasia of type I cells and promote neovascularization. ICs also play a pivotal signaling role within the CB, as their expression is induced under hypoxic conditions to stimulate CB hyperplasia, ultimately leading to CBTs detecting hypoxic areas in tumors, and improving the hypoxic condition could enhance photon radiotherapy efficacy. Moreover, this review offers valuable insights for future research directions on understanding the relationship between hypoxic signaling pathways and CBTs.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China; (K.C.); (W.Y.); (C.H.); (Z.W.); (J.Y.)
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Iturriaga R. Carotid body contribution to the physio-pathological consequences of intermittent hypoxia: role of nitro-oxidative stress and inflammation. J Physiol 2023; 601:5495-5507. [PMID: 37119020 DOI: 10.1113/jp284112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
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Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), characterized by chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH), is considered to be an independent risk for hypertension. The pathological cardiorespiratory consequences of OSA have been attributed to systemic oxidative stress, inflammation and sympathetic overflow induced by CIH, but an emerging body of evidence indicates that a nitro-oxidative and pro-inflammatory milieu within the carotid body (CB) is involved in the potentiation of CB chemosensory responses to hypoxia, which contribute to enhance the sympathetic activity. Accordingly, autonomic and cardiovascular alterations induced by CIH are critically dependent on an abnormally heightened CB chemosensory input to the nucleus of tractus solitarius (NTS), where second-order neurons project onto the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), activating pre-sympathetic neurons that control pre-ganglionic sympathetic neurons. CIH produces oxidative stress and neuroinflammation in the NTS and RVLM, which may contribute to the long-term irreversibility of the CIH-induced alterations. This brief review is mainly focused on the contribution of nitro-oxidative stress and pro-inflammatory molecules on the hyperactivation of the hypoxic chemoreflex pathway including the CB and the brainstem centres, and whether the persistence of autonomic and cardiorespiratory alterations may depend on the glial-related neuroinflammation induced by the enhanced CB chemosensory afferent input.
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- Rodrigo Iturriaga
- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Investigación en Fisiología y Medicina de Altura, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile
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Lataro RM, Moraes DJA, Gava FN, Omoto ACM, Silva CAA, Brognara F, Alflen L, Brazão V, Colato RP, do Prado JC, Ford AP, Salgado HC, Paton JFR. P2X3 receptor antagonism attenuates the progression of heart failure. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1725. [PMID: 36977675 PMCID: PMC10050083 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37077-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Despite advances in the treatment of heart failure, prognosis is poor, mortality high and there remains no cure. Heart failure is associated with reduced cardiac pump function, autonomic dysregulation, systemic inflammation and sleep-disordered breathing; these morbidities are exacerbated by peripheral chemoreceptor dysfunction. We reveal that in heart failure the carotid body generates spontaneous, episodic burst discharges coincident with the onset of disordered breathing in male rats. Purinergic (P2X3) receptors were upregulated two-fold in peripheral chemosensory afferents in heart failure, and when antagonized abolished these episodic discharges, normalized both peripheral chemoreceptor sensitivity and the breathing pattern, reinstated autonomic balance, improved cardiac function, and reduced both inflammation and biomarkers of cardiac failure. Aberrant ATP transmission in the carotid body triggers episodic discharges that via P2X3 receptors play a crucial role in the progression of heart failure and as such offer a distinct therapeutic angle to reverse multiple components of its pathogenesis.
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- Renata 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 Physiology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Department of Clinical Veterinary, Agrarian Sciences Center, Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Center of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Manaaki Manawa-The Centre for Heart Research, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Lazarov NE, Atanasova DY. Neurochemical Plasticity of the Carotid Body. ADVANCES IN ANATOMY, EMBRYOLOGY, AND CELL BIOLOGY 2023; 237:105-122. [PMID: 37946079 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-44757-0_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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A striking feature of the carotid body (CB) is its remarkable degree of plasticity in a variety of neurotransmitter/modulator systems in response to environmental stimuli, particularly following hypoxic exposure of animals and during ascent to high altitude. Current evidence suggests that acetylcholine and adenosine triphosphate are two major excitatory neurotransmitter candidates in the hypoxic CB, and they may also be involved as co-transmitters in hypoxic signaling. Conversely, dopamine, histamine and nitric oxide have recently been considered inhibitory transmitters/modulators of hypoxic chemosensitivity. It has also been revealed that interactions between excitatory and inhibitory messenger molecules occur during hypoxia. On the other hand, alterations in purinergic neurotransmitter mechanisms have been implicated in ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia. Chronic hypoxia also induces profound changes in other neurochemical systems within the CB such as the catecholaminergic, peptidergic and nitrergic, which in turn may contribute to increased ventilatory and chemoreceptor responsiveness to hypoxia at high altitude. Taken together, current data suggest that complex interactions among transmitters markedly influence hypoxia-induced transmitter release from the CB. In addition, the expression of a wide variety of growth factors, proinflammatory cytokines and their receptors have been identified in CB parenchymal cells in response to hypoxia and their upregulated expression could mediate the local inflammation and functional alteration of the CB under hypoxic conditions.
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- Nikolai E Lazarov
- Department of Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Bravo L, Pereyra KV, Diaz HS, Flores M, Schwarz KG, Toledo C, Díaz-Jara E, González L, Andia ME, Del Rio R. Enhanced Peripheral Chemoreflex Drive Is Associated with Cardiorespiratory Disorders in Mice with Coronary Heart Disease. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2023; 1427:99-106. [PMID: 37322340 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-32371-3_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a prevalent cardiovascular disease characterized by coronary artery blood flow reductions caused by lipid deposition and oxidation within the coronary arteries. Dyslipidemia is associated with local tissue damage by oxidative stress/inflammation and carotid bodies (CB) peripheral chemoreceptors are heavily modulated by both reactive oxygen species and pro-inflammatory molecules (i.e., cytokines). Despite this, it is not know whether CB-mediated chemoreflex drive may be affected in CHD. In the present study, we evaluated peripheral CB-mediated chemoreflex drive, cardiac autonomic function, and the incidence of breathing disorders in a murine model of CHD. Compared to age-matched control mice, CHD mice showed enhanced CB-chemoreflex drive (twofold increase in the hypoxic ventilatory response), cardiac sympathoexcitation, and irregular breathing disorders. Remarkably, all these were closely linked to the enhanced CB-mediated chemoreflex drive. Our results showed that mice with CHD displayed an enhanced CB chemoreflex, sympathoexcitation, and disordered breathing and suggest that CBs may be involved in chronic cardiorespiratory alterations in the setting of CHD.
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- Liena Bravo
- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Radiology Department & ANID - Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering - iHEALTH, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Radiology Department & ANID - Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering - iHEALTH, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control, 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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Lazarov NE, Atanasova DY. Carotid Body Dysfunction and Mechanisms of Disease. ADVANCES IN ANATOMY, EMBRYOLOGY, AND CELL BIOLOGY 2023; 237:123-138. [PMID: 37946080 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-44757-0_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Emerging evidence shows that the carotid body (CB) dysfunction is implicated in various physiological and pathophysiological conditions. It has been revealed that the CB structure and neurochemical profile alter in certain human sympathetic-related and cardiometabolic diseases. Specifically, a tiny CB with a decrease of glomus cells and their dense-cored vesicles has been seen in subjects with sleep disordered breathing such as sudden infant death syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea patients and people with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. Moreover, the CB degranulation is accompanied by significantly elevated levels of catecholamines and proinflammatory cytokines in such patients. The intermittent hypoxia stimulates the CB, eliciting augmented chemoreflex drive and enhanced cardiorespiratory and sympathetic responses. High CB excitability due to blood flow restrictions, oxidative stress, alterations in neurotransmitter gases and disruptions of local mediators is also observed in congestive heart failure conditions. On the other hand, the morpho-chemical changes in hypertension include an increase in the CB volume due to vasodilation, altered transmitter phenotype of chemoreceptor cells and elevated production of neurotrophic factors. Accordingly, in both humans and animal models CB denervation prevents the breathing instability and lowers blood pressure. Knowledge of the morphofunctional aspects of the CB, a better understanding of its role in disease and recent advances in human CB translational research would contribute to the development of new therapeutic strategies.
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- Nikolai E Lazarov
- Department of Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Lopera V, Pereañez JA, Amariles PJ. Drugs as Possible Triggers of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy- Update 2022: Systematic Review. Curr Vasc Pharmacol 2023; 21:304-315. [PMID: 37198980 DOI: 10.2174/1570161121666230517121037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND A list of drugs that can induce takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) was published in 2011 and 2016. The aim of the present review was to update this list. METHODS Similar to the 2011 and 2016 reviews, from April 2015 to May 2022 case reports of druginduced TCM were identified by a comprehensive search in Medline/PubMed database. The search terms were: takotsubo cardiomyopathy, tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy, stress cardiomyopathy, transientleft- ventricular ballooning syndrome, apical ballooning syndrome, ampulla cardiomyopathy OR broken heart syndrome; together with "iatrogenic", "induced by" OR "drug-induced". Registers published in English or Spanish, in humans, and with full texts were retrieved. Articles that recognized any drug associated with the development of TCM were selected. RESULTS Overall, 184 manuscripts were identified by the search. A total of 39 articles were included after an exhaustive revision. Eighteen drugs as possible triggers of TCM were identified in the current update. Of them, 3 (16.7%) have been previously identified, and 15 (83.3%) are different from the previous reports. Thus, the list of drugs as possible triggers of TCM updated in 2022 includes 72 drugs. CONCLUSION There are new case reports that link drugs with the development of TCM. The current list is principally made up of drugs that generate sympathetic overstimulation. However, some of the listed drugs do not have a clear link with sympathetic activation.
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- Valentina Lopera
- Grupo de Investigación, Promoción y Prevención Farmacéutica, Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y Alimentarias, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Toxinología, Alternativas Terapéuticas y Alimentarias, Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y Alimentarias, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación, Promoción y Prevención Farmacéutica, Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y Alimentarias, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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The carotid body (CB) is a bilateral arterial chemoreceptor located in the carotid artery bifurcation with an essential role in cardiorespiratory homeostasis. It is composed of highly perfused cell clusters, or glomeruli, innervated by sensory fibers. Glomus cells, the most abundant in each glomerulus, are neuron-like multimodal sensory elements able to detect and integrate changes in several physical and chemical parameters of the blood, in particular O2 tension, CO2 and pH, as well as glucose, lactate, or blood flow. Activation of glomus cells (e.g., during hypoxia or hypercapnia) stimulates the afferent fibers which impinge on brainstem neurons to elicit rapid compensatory responses (hyperventilation and sympathetic activation). This chapter presents an updated view of the structural organization of the CB and the mechanisms underlying the chemosensory responses of glomus cells, with special emphasis on the molecular processes responsible for acute O2 sensing. The properties of the glomus cell-sensory fiber synapse as well as the organization of CB output are discussed. The chapter includes the description of recently discovered CB stem cells and progenitor cells, and their role in CB growth during acclimatization to hypoxemia. Finally, the participation of the CB in the mechanisms of disease is briefly discussed.
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- José López-Barneo
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain; Biomedical Research Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain.
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Adaptive cardiorespiratory changes to chronic continuous and intermittent hypoxia. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2022; 188:103-123. [PMID: 35965023 PMCID: PMC9906984 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-91534-2.00009-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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This chapter reviews cardiorespiratory adaptations to chronic hypoxia (CH) experienced at high altitude and cardiorespiratory pathologies elicited by chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) occurring with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Short-term CH increases breathing (ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia) and blood pressure (BP) through carotid body (CB) chemo reflex. Hyperplasia of glomus cells, alterations in ion channels, and recruitment of additional excitatory molecules are implicated in the heightened CB chemo reflex by CH. Transcriptional activation of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF-1 and 2) is a major molecular mechanism underlying respiratory adaptations to short-term CH. High-altitude natives experiencing long-term CH exhibit blunted hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) and reduced BP due to desensitization of CB response to hypoxia and impaired processing of CB sensory information at the central nervous system. Ventilatory changes evoked by long-term CH are not readily reversed after return to sea level. OSA patients and rodents subjected to CIH exhibit heightened CB chemo reflex, increased hypoxic ventilatory response, and hypertension. Increased generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is a major cellular mechanism underlying CIH-induced enhanced CB chemo reflex and the ensuing cardiorespiratory pathologies. ROS generation by CIH is mediated by nontranscriptional, disrupted HIF-1 and HIF-2-dependent transcriptions as well as epigenetic mechanisms.
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McAllen RM, McKinley MJ, Martelli D. Reflex regulation of systemic inflammation by the autonomic nervous system. Auton Neurosci 2021; 237:102926. [PMID: 34906897 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2021.102926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This short review focusses on the inflammatory reflex, which acts in negative feedback manner to moderate the inflammatory consequences of systemic microbial challenge. The historical development of the inflammatory reflex concept is reviewed, along with evidence that the endogenous reflex response to systemic inflammation is mediated by the splanchnic sympathetic nerves rather than by the vagi. We describe the coordinated nature of this reflex anti-inflammatory action: suppression of pro-inflammatory cytokines coupled with enhanced levels of the anti-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin 10. The limited information on the afferent and central pathways of the reflex is noted. We describe that the efferent anti-inflammatory action of the reflex is distributed among the abdominal viscera: several organs, including the spleen, can be removed without disabling the reflex. Understanding of the effector mechanism is incomplete, but it probably involves a very local action of neurally released noradrenaline on beta2 adrenoceptors on the surface of tissue resident macrophages and other innate immune cells. Finally we speculate on the biological and clinical significance of the reflex, citing evidence of its power to influence the resolution of experimental bacteraemia.
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- Robin M McAllen
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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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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Caretta A, Mucignat-Caretta C. Are Multiple Chemosensory Systems Accountable for COVID-19 Outcome? J Clin Med 2021; 10:5601. [PMID: 34884303 PMCID: PMC8658083 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10235601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Chemosensory systems (olfaction, taste, trigeminus nerve, solitary chemoreceptor cells, neuroendocrine pulmonary cells, and carotid body, etc.) detect molecules outside or inside our body and may share common molecular markers. In addition to the impairment of taste and olfaction, the detection of the internal chemical environment may also be incapacitated by COVID-19. If this is the case, different consequences can be expected. (1) In some patients, hypoxia does not trigger distressing dyspnea ("silent" hypoxia): Long-term follow-up may determine whether silent hypoxia is related to malfunctioning of carotid body chemoreceptors. Moreover, taste/olfaction and oxygen chemoreceptors may be hit simultaneously: Testing olfaction, taste, and oxygen chemoreceptor functions in the early stages of COVID-19 allows one to unravel their connections and trace the recovery path. (2) Solitary chemosensory cells are also involved in the regulation of the innate mucosal immune response: If these cells are affected in some COVID-19 patients, the mucosal innate immune response would be dysregulated, opening one up to massive infection, thus explaining why COVID-19 has lethal consequences in some patients. Similar to taste and olfaction, oxygen chemosensory function can be easily tested with a non-invasive procedure in humans, while functional tests for solitary chemosensory or pulmonary neuroendocrine cells are not available, and autoptic investigation is required to ascertain their involvement.
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- Antonio Caretta
- Department of Food and Drug Science, University of Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy;
- NIBB—National Institute for Biostructures and Biosystems, 00136 Rome, Italy
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- NIBB—National Institute for Biostructures and Biosystems, 00136 Rome, Italy
- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Quigley KS, Kanoski S, Grill WM, Barrett LF, Tsakiris M. Functions of Interoception: From Energy Regulation to Experience of the Self. Trends Neurosci 2021; 44:29-38. [PMID: 33378654 PMCID: PMC7780233 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2020.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We review recent work on the functions of interoceptive processing, by which the nervous system anticipates, senses, and integrates signals originating from the body. We focus on several exemplar functions of interoception, including energy regulation (ingestion and excretion), memory, affective and emotional experience, and the psychological sense of self. We emphasize two themes across these functions. First, the anatomy of interoceptive afferents makes it difficult to manipulate or directly measure interoceptive signaling in humans. Second, recent evidence shows that multimodal integration occurs across interoceptive modalities and between interoceptive and exteroceptive modalities. Whereas exteroceptive multimodal integration has been studied relatively extensively, fundamental questions remain regarding multimodal integration that involves interoceptive modalities. Future empirical work is required to better understand how and where multimodal interoceptive integration occurs.
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- Karen S Quigley
- Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hospital, Bedford, MA, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, London, UK; Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Aleksandrova NP, Klinnikova AA, Danilova GA. Cyclooxygenase and nitric oxide synthase pathways mediate the respiratory effects of TNF-α in rats. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2020; 284:103567. [PMID: 33161117 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2020.103567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Revised: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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TNF-α is the key inflammatory cytokine. TNF-α receptors are expressed in brain stem regions involved in respiratory control and also in the carotid bodies, which are the sensory organs monitoring arterial blood O2. We hypothesised that the circulating tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α may affect the lung ventilation and modulate the hypoxic ventilatory response via activation of cyclooxygenase (COX) and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) pathways. The aim of the current study was to compare the respiratory effects of TNF-α before and after pretreatment with diclofenac or L-NG-nitro arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) nonspecific inhibitors of COX and NOS, respectively. The hypoxic ventilatory response was measured in anaesthetised rats using rebreathing techniques. We found that TNF-α increased the lung ventilation in normoxia but decreased the ventilatory response to hypoxia. Pretreatment with each of these inhibitors reduced respiratory effects of TNF-α. We believe that activation of COX and NOS-related pathways and also "cross-talk" between them mediates the TNF-α respiratory effects and underlies the impact of inflammation on the respiratory function.
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- Nina Pavlovna Aleksandrova
- Head of Laboratory of Respiratory Physiology, Pavlov Institute of Physiology of RAS, nab Makarova6, St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation.
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- Researcher of Laboratory of Respiratory Physiology, Pavlov Institute of Physiology of RAS, nab Makarova6, St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation.
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- Researcher of Laboratory of Respiratory Physiology, Pavlov Institute of Physiology of RAS, nab Makarova6, St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation.
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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: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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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Porzionato A, Emmi A, Stocco E, Barbon S, Boscolo-Berto R, Macchi V, De Caro R. The potential role of the carotid body in COVID-19. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2020; 319:L620-L626. [PMID: 32755325 PMCID: PMC7516384 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00309.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The carotid body (CB) plays a contributory role in the pathogenesis of various respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic diseases through reflex changes in ventilation and sympathetic output. On the basis of available data about peripheral arterial chemoreception and severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a potential involvement in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be hypothesized through different mechanisms. The CB could be a site of SARS-CoV-2 invasion, due to local expression of its receptor [angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) 2] and an alternative route of nervous system invasion, through retrograde transport along the carotid sinus nerve. The CB function could be affected by COVID-19-induced inflammatory/immune reactions and/or ACE1/ACE2 imbalance, both at local or systemic level. Increased peripheral arterial chemosensitivity and reflex sympatho-activation may contribute to the increased morbidity and mortality in COVID-19 patients with respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, or metabolic comorbidities.
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- Andrea Porzionato
- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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Exploring the Mediators that Promote Carotid Body Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity Related Syndromes. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21155545. [PMID: 32756352 PMCID: PMC7432672 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21155545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 07/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Carotid bodies (CBs) are peripheral chemoreceptors that sense changes in blood O2, CO2, and pH levels. Apart from ventilatory control, these organs are deeply involved in the homeostatic regulation of carbohydrates and lipid metabolism and inflammation. It has been described that CB dysfunction is involved in the genesis of metabolic diseases and that CB overactivation is present in animal models of metabolic disease and in prediabetes patients. Additionally, resection of the CB-sensitive nerve, the carotid sinus nerve (CSN), or CB ablation in animals prevents and reverses diet-induced insulin resistance and glucose intolerance as well as sympathoadrenal overactivity, meaning that the beneficial effects of decreasing CB activity on glucose homeostasis are modulated by target-related efferent sympathetic nerves, through a reflex initiated in the CBs. In agreement with our pre-clinical data, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which reduces CB activity, improves glucose homeostasis in type 2 diabetes patients. Insulin, leptin, and pro-inflammatory cytokines activate the CB. In this manuscript, we review in a concise manner the putative pathways linking CB chemoreceptor deregulation with the pathogenesis of metabolic diseases and discuss and present new data that highlight the roles of hyperinsulinemia, hyperleptinemia, and chronic inflammation as major factors contributing to CB dysfunction in metabolic disorders.
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Collins SÉ, Phillips DB, McMurtry MS, Bryan TL, Paterson DI, Wong E, Ezekowitz JA, Forhan MA, Stickland MK. The Effect of Carotid Chemoreceptor Inhibition on Exercise Tolerance in Chronic Heart Failure. Front Physiol 2020; 11:195. [PMID: 32226392 PMCID: PMC7080702 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Purpose Chronic heart failure (CHF) is characterized by heightened sympathetic nervous activity, carotid chemoreceptor (CC) sensitivity, marked exercise intolerance and an exaggerated ventilatory response to exercise. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of CC inhibition on exercise cardiovascular and ventilatory function, and exercise tolerance in health and CHF. Methods Twelve clinically stable, optimally treated patients with CHF (mean ejection fraction: 43 ± 2.5%) and 12 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were recruited. Participants completed two time-to-symptom-limitation (TLIM) constant load cycling exercise tests at 75% peak power output with either intravenous saline or low-dose dopamine (2 μg⋅kg–1⋅min–1; order randomized). Ventilation was measured using expired gas data and operating lung volume data were determined during exercise by inspiratory capacity maneuvers. Cardiac output was estimated using impedance cardiography, and vascular conductance was calculated as cardiac output/mean arterial pressure. Results There was no change in TLIM in either group with dopamine (CHF: saline 13.1 ± 2.4 vs. dopamine 13.5 ± 1.6 min, p = 0.78; Control: saline 10.3 ± 1.2 vs. dopamine 11.5 ± 1.3 min, p = 0.16). In CHF patients, dopamine increased cardiac output (p = 0.03), vascular conductance (p = 0.01) and oxygen delivery (p = 0.04) at TLIM, while ventilatory parameters were unaffected (p = 0.76). In controls, dopamine improved vascular conductance at TLIM (p = 0.03), but no other effects were observed. Conclusion Our findings suggest that the CC contributes to cardiovascular regulation during full-body exercise in patients with CHF, however, CC inhibition does not improve exercise tolerance.
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- Sophie É Collins
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,G.F. MacDonald Centre for Lung Health, Covenant Health, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Gauda EB, McLemore GL. Premature birth, homeostatic plasticity and respiratory consequences of inflammation. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2019; 274:103337. [PMID: 31733340 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2019.103337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Infants who are born premature can have persistent apnea beyond term gestation, reemergence of apnea associated with inflammation during infancy, increased risk of sudden unexplained death, and sleep disorder breathing during infancy and childhood. The autonomic nervous system, particularly the central neural networks that control breathing and peripheral and central chemoreceptors and mechanoreceptors that modulate the activity of the central respiratory network, are rapidly developing during the last trimester (22-37 weeks gestation) of fetal life. With advances in neonatology, in well-resourced, developed countries, infants born as young as 23 weeks gestation can survive. Thus, a substantial part of maturation of central and peripheral systems that control breathing occurs ex-utero in infants born at the limit of viability. The balance of excitatory and inhibitory influences dictates the ultimate output from the central respiratory network. We propose in this review that simply being born early in the last trimester can trigger homeostatic plasticity within the respiratory network tipping the balance toward inhibition that persists in infancy. We discuss the intersection of premature birth, homeostatic plasticity and biological mechanisms leading to respiratory depression during inflammation in former premature infants.
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- Estelle B Gauda
- The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, School of Computer, Mathematics and Natural Sciences (SCMNS), Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, 21251, United States
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Mitchell L, MacFarlane PM. Mechanistic actions of oxygen and methylxanthines on respiratory neural control and for the treatment of neonatal apnea. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2019; 273:103318. [PMID: 31626973 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2019.103318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Apnea remains one of the most concerning and prevalent respiratory disorders spanning all ages from infants (particularly those born preterm) to adults. Although the pathophysiological consequences of apnea are fairly well described, the neural mechanisms underlying the etiology of the different types of apnea (central, obstructive, and mixed) still remain incompletely understood. From a developmental perspective, however, research into the respiratory neural control system of immature animals has shed light on both central and peripheral neural pathways underlying apnea of prematurity (AOP), a highly prevalent respiratory disorder of preterm infants. Animal studies have also been fundamental in furthering our understanding of how clinical interventions (e.g. pharmacological and mechanical) exert their beneficial effects in the clinical treatment of apnea. Although current clinical interventions such as supplemental O2 and positive pressure respiratory support are critically important for the infant in respiratory distress, they are not fully effective and can also come with unfortunate, unintended (and long-term) side-effects. In this review, we have chosen AOP as one of the most common clinical scenarios involving apnea to highlight the mechanistic basis behind how some of the interventions could be both beneficial and also deleterious to the respiratory neural control system. We have included a section on infants with critical congenital heart diseases (CCHD), in whom apnea can be a clinical concern due to treatment with prostaglandin, and who may benefit from some of the treatments used for AOP.
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- Lisa Mitchell
- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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Ogisawa S, Shinozuka K, Aoki J, Yanagawa K, Himejima A, Nakamura R, Yamagata K, Sato T, Suzuki M, Tanuma T, Tonogi M. Computational fluid dynamics analysis for the preoperative prediction of airway changes after maxillomandibular advancement surgery. J Oral Sci 2019; 61:398-405. [PMID: 31327806 DOI: 10.2334/josnusd.18-0130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Maxillomandibular advancement surgery is useful for treatment of sleep apnea. However, preoperative analysis and evaluation to facilitate decision-making regarding the direction and distance of maxillomandibular movement has primarily consisted of morphological analysis; physiological function is not evaluated. To improve preoperative prediction, this study used fluid simulation to investigate the characteristics and effects of airway changes associated with maxillomandibular movement. A one-dimensional model with general applicability was thus developed. Actual measurements of flow in patients were used in this fluid simulation, thus achieving an analysis closer to clinical conditions. The simulation results were qualitatively consistent with the actual measurements, which confirmed the usefulness of the simulation. In addition, the results of the one-dimensional model were within the error ranges of the actual measurements. The present results establish a foundation for using accumulating preoperative measurement data for more-precise prediction of postoperative outcomes.
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- Shouhei Ogisawa
- Division of Oral Structural and Functional Biology, Nihon University Graduate School of Dentistry
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nihon University School of Dentistry
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- Division of Oral Structural and Functional Biology, Nihon University Graduate School of Dentistry
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- Division of Oral Structural and Functional Biology, Nihon University Graduate School of Dentistry
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- First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Osaka Dental University
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- Division of Oral Structural and Functional Biology, Nihon University Graduate School of Dentistry
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- Division of Oral Structural and Functional Biology, Nihon University Graduate School of Dentistry
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nihon University School of Dentistry
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center
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- Laboratory of Fluid-Structural Simulation and Design, Teikyo University Strategic Innovation and Research Center
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nihon University School of Dentistry
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Phillips DB, Steinback CD, Collins SÉ, Fuhr DP, Bryan TL, Wong EYL, Tedjasaputra V, Bhutani M, Stickland MK. The carotid chemoreceptor contributes to the elevated arterial stiffness and vasoconstrictor outflow in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Physiol 2018. [PMID: 29528117 DOI: 10.1113/jp275762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS The reason(s) for the increased central arterial stiffness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are not well understood. In this study, we inhibited the carotid chemoreceptor with both low-dose dopamine and hyperoxia, and observed a decrease in central arterial stiffness and muscle sympathetic nervous activity in COPD patients, while no change was observed in age- and risk-matched controls. Carotid chemoreceptor inhibition increased vascular conductance, secondary to reduced arterial blood pressure in COPD patients. Findings from the current study suggest that elevated carotid chemoreceptor activity may contribute to the increased arterial stiffness typically observed in COPD patients. ABSTRACT Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients have increased central arterial stiffness and muscle sympathetic nervous activity (MSNA), both of which contribute to cardiovascular (CV) dysfunction and increased CV risk. Previous work suggests that COPD patients have elevated carotid chemoreceptor (CC) activity/sensitivity, which may contribute to the elevated MSNA and arterial stiffness. Accordingly, the effect of CC inhibition on central arterial stiffness, MSNA and CV function at rest in COPD patients was examined in a randomized placebo-controlled study. Thirteen mild-moderate COPD patients (forced expired volume in 1 s (FEV1 ) predicted ± SD: 83 ± 18%) and 13 age- and risk-matched controls completed resting CV function measurements with either i.v. saline or i.v. dopamine (2 μg kg-1 min-1 ) while breathing normoxic or hyperoxic air (100% O2 ). On a separate day, a subset of COPD patients and controls completed MSNA measurements while breathing normoxic or hyperoxic air. Arterial stiffness was determined by pulse-wave velocity (PWV) and MSNA was measured by microneurography. Brachial blood flow was determined using Doppler ultrasound, cardiac output was estimated by impedance cardiography, and vascular conductance was calculated as flow/mean arterial pressure (MAP). CC inhibition with dopamine decreased central and peripheral PWV, and MAP (P < 0.05) while increasing vascular conductance in COPD. No change in CV function was observed with dopamine in controls. CC inhibition with hyperoxia decreased peripheral PWV and MSNA (P < 0.05) in COPD, while no change was observed in controls. CC inhibition decreased PWV and MSNA, and improved vascular conductance in COPD, suggesting that tonic CC activity is elevated at rest and contributes to the elevated arterial stiffness in COPD.
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- Devin B Phillips
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.,Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.,Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.,Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.,G.F. MacDonald Centre for Lung Health, Covenant Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Dos Santos E, Sacramento JF, Melo BF, Conde SV. Carotid Body Dysfunction in Diet-Induced Insulin Resistance Is Associated with Alterations in Its Morphology. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2018; 1071:103-108. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91137-3_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ribeiro A, Mayer C, Wilson C, Martin R, MacFarlane P. Intratracheal LPS administration attenuates the acute hypoxic ventilatory response: Role of brainstem IL-1β receptors. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2017; 242:45-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2017.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Stokes JA, Arbogast TE, Moya EA, Fu Z, Powell FL. Minocycline blocks glial cell activation and ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia. J Neurophysiol 2017; 117:1625-1635. [PMID: 28100653 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00525.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Revised: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia (VAH) is the time-dependent increase in ventilation, which persists upon return to normoxia and involves plasticity in both central nervous system respiratory centers and peripheral chemoreceptors. We investigated the role of glial cells in VAH in male Sprague-Dawley rats using minocycline, an antibiotic that inhibits microglia activation and has anti-inflammatory properties, and barometric pressure plethysmography to measure ventilation. Rats received either minocycline (45mg/kg ip daily) or saline beginning 1 day before and during 7 days of chronic hypoxia (CH, PiO2 = 70 Torr). Minocycline had no effect on normoxic control rats or the hypercapnic ventilatory response in CH rats, but minocycline significantly (P < 0.001) decreased ventilation during acute hypoxia in CH rats. However, minocycline administration during only the last 3 days of CH did not reverse VAH. Microglia and astrocyte activation in the nucleus tractus solitarius was quantified from 30 min to 7 days of CH. Microglia showed an active morphology (shorter and fewer branches) after 1 h of hypoxia and returned to the control state (longer filaments and extensive branching) after 4 h of CH. Astrocytes increased glial fibrillary acidic protein antibody immunofluorescent intensity, indicating activation, at both 4 and 24 h of CH. Minocycline had no effect on glia in normoxia but significantly decreased microglia activation at 1 h of CH and astrocyte activation at 24 h of CH. These results support a role for glial cells, providing an early signal for the induction but not maintenance of neural plasticity underlying ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The signals for neural plasticity in medullary respiratory centers underlying ventilatory acclimatization to chronic hypoxia are unknown. We show that chronic hypoxia activates microglia and subsequently astrocytes. Minocycline, an antibiotic that blocks microglial activation and has anti-inflammatory properties, also blocks astrocyte activation in respiratory centers during chronic hypoxia and ventilatory acclimatization. However, minocycline cannot reverse ventilatory acclimatization after it is established. Hence, glial cells may provide signals that initiate but do not sustain ventilatory acclimatization.
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- Jennifer A Stokes
- Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine; University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine; University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine; University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine; University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine; University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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Rourke KS, Mayer CA, MacFarlane PM. A critical postnatal period of heightened vulnerability to lipopolysaccharide. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2016; 232:26-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Revised: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Stickland MK, Fuhr DP, Edgell H, Byers BW, Bhutani M, Wong EYL, Steinback CD. Chemosensitivity, Cardiovascular Risk, and the Ventilatory Response to Exercise in COPD. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158341. [PMID: 27355356 PMCID: PMC4927073 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED COPD is associated with elevated cardiovascular risk and a potentiated ventilatory response to exercise. Enhanced carotid chemoreceptor (CC) activity/sensitivity is present in other clinical conditions, has been shown to contribute to sympathetic vasoconstrictor outflow, and is predictive of mortality. CC activity/sensitivity, and the resulting functional significance, has not been well examined in COPD. We hypothesized that CC activity/sensitivity would be elevated in COPD, and related to increased pulse wave velocity (a marker of CV risk) and the ventilatory response to exercise. METHODS 30 COPD patients and 10 healthy age-matched controls were examined. Participants performed baseline cardiopulmonary exercise and pulmonary function testing. CC activity was later evaluated by the drop in ventilation with breathing 100% O2, and CC sensitivity was then assessed by the ventilatory response to hypoxia (ΔVE/ΔSpO2). Peripheral arterial stiffness was subsequently evaluated by measurement of pulse wave velocity (PWV) using applanation tonometry while the subjects were breathing room air, and then following chemoreceptor inhibition by breathing 100% O2 for 2 minutes. RESULTS CC activity, CC sensitivity, PWV and the ventilatory response to exercise were all increased in COPD relative to controls. CC sensitivity was related to PWV; however, neither CC activity nor CC sensitivity was related to the ventilatory response to exercise in COPD. CC inhibition by breathing 100% O2 normalized PWV in COPD, while no effect was observed in controls. CONCLUSION CC activity and sensitivity are elevated in COPD, and appear related to cardiovascular risk; however, CC activity/sensitivity does not contribute to the potentiated ventilatory response to exercise.
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- Michael K. Stickland
- Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- G.F. MacDonald Centre for Lung Health, Covenant Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Liu QS, Cheng ZW, Xiong JG, Cheng S, He XF, Li XC. Erythropoietin pretreatment exerts anti-inflammatory effects in hepatic ischemia/reperfusion-injured rats via suppression of the TLR2/NF-κB pathway. Transplant Proc 2015; 47:283-9. [PMID: 25769561 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.10.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The inflammatory response plays an important role in liver dysfunction after hepatic ischemia/reperfusion (I/R), which is tightly regulated by the Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2)/nuclear factor (NF)-κB pathway; suppression of TLR2/NF-κB signaling has therefore become a promising target for anti-inflammatory treatment in hepatic I/R injury. Erythropoietin (EPO) is a glycoprotein cytokine produced primarily by the kidney that has anti-inflammatory activities. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of EPO preconditioning, if any, against hepatic I/R injury in rats and its underlying mechanisms. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to partial (70%) hepatic ischemia for 45 minutes after pretreatment with either saline or EPO followed by 24-hour reperfusion. Hepatic injury was evaluated according to biochemical and histopathologic examinations. The expression of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were measured by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and real-time polymerase chain reaction. The expression of nuclear translocation and phosphorylation of NF-κB p65, EPOR receptor (EPOR), p-EPOR, p-IκB-α, IκB-α, and TLR2 were determined by using Western blot analysis. RESULTS EPO treatment significantly improved hepatic function and histology, as indicated by reduced transaminase levels and pathologic changes. The expression of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, p-IκB-α, and TLR2 was significantly decreased with up-regulation of p-EPOR by EPO. Moreover, EPO pretreatment also reduced I/R-induced the phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of NF-κB p65 subunits in liver tissue, but EPO had no influence on the expression of p65 and IκB-α. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that EPO pretreatment ameliorates hepatic I/R injury, which is involved in suppressing TLR2/NF-κB-mediated inflammation.
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- Q-S Liu
- Department of Gastroenterology, Central Hospital of Xianning City, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Central Hospital of Xianning City, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Central Hospital of Xianning City, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Central Hospital of Xianning City, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Central Hospital of Xianning City, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Central Hospital of Xianning City, Hubei Province, China.
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Xue F, Liu L, Fan J, He S, Li R, Peng ZW, Wang BR. Interleukin-1β promotes the neurogenesis of carotid bodies by stimulating the activation of ERK1/2. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2015; 219:78-84. [PMID: 26327233 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2015.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Revised: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The carotid body (CB) is a complex sensory organ that functions to sense homeostatic O2 in the blood. Previous studies have shown that CBs express interleukin (IL)-1 receptor type I and that the chemosensitivity of CBs is increased following stimulation with pro-inflammatory cytokines. However, the effects of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-1β, on the neurogenesis of CB are unclear. Thus, in this study, we aimed to assess the effects of IL-1β and intermittent hypobaric hypoxia (IHH) plus IL-1β on the phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and the expression of nestin, a well-established stem cell marker in the nervous system. The results showed that TH, nestin expression and ERK1/2 phosphorylation were increased in the rat CB following intraperitoneal injection of IL-1β. Moreover, IL-1β had additive effects on IHH. These results suggested that the plasticity of CB was increased following treatment with IL-1β and that ERK1/2 may be involved in neurogenic signaling in CBs.
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- Fen Xue
- Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China; Department of Toxicology, Shaanxi Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, The Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China; Department of Toxicology, Shaanxi Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, The Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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Expressions of angiotensin and cytokine receptors in the paracrine signaling of the carotid body in hypoxia and sleep apnea. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2015; 209:6-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2014.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2014] [Revised: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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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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Guidolin D, Porzionato A, Tortorella C, Macchi V, De Caro R. Fractal analysis of the structural complexity of the connective tissue in human carotid bodies. Front Physiol 2014; 5:432. [PMID: 25414672 PMCID: PMC4220644 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2014] [Accepted: 10/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The carotid body (CB) may undergo different structural changes during perinatal development, aging, or in response to environmental stimuli. In the previous literature, morphometric approaches to evaluate these changes have considered quantitative first order parameters, such as volumes or densities, while changes in spatial disposition and/or complexity of structural components have not yet been considered. In the present study, different strategies for addressing morphological complexity of CB, apart from the overall amount of each tissue component, were evaluated and compared. In particular, we considered the spatial distribution of connective tissue in the carotid bodies of young control subjects, young opiate-related deaths and aged subjects, through analysis of dispersion (Morisita's index), gray level co-occurrence matrix (entropy, angular second moment, variance, correlation), and fractal analysis (fractal dimension, lacunarity). Opiate-related deaths and aged subjects showed a comparable increase in connective tissue with respect to young controls. However, the Morisita's index (p < 0.05), angular second moment (p < 0.05), fractal dimension (p < 0.01), and lacunarity (p < 0.01) permitted to identify significant differences in the disposition of the connective tissue between these two series. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was also calculated to evaluate the efficiency of each parameter. The fractal dimension and lacunarity, with areas under the ROC curve of 0.9651 (excellent accuracy) and 0.8835 (good accuracy), respectively, showed the highest discriminatory power. They evidenced higher level of structural complexity in the carotid bodies of opiate-related deaths than old controls, due to more complex branching of intralobular connective tissue. Further analyses will have to consider the suitability of these approaches to address other morphological features of the CB, such as different cell populations, vascularization, and innervation.
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- Diego Guidolin
- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova Padova, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova Padova, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova Padova, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova Padova, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova Padova, Italy
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Pathogenic roles of the carotid body inflammation in sleep apnea. Mediators Inflamm 2014; 2014:354279. [PMID: 25276055 PMCID: PMC4170702 DOI: 10.1155/2014/354279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Revised: 08/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Breathing difficulties in sleep are a hallmark of sleep-disordered breathing commonly observed in patients with sleep disorders. The pathophysiology of sleep apnea is in part due to an augmented activity of the carotid body chemoreflex. Arterial chemoreceptors in the carotid body are sensitive to inflammatory cytokines and immunogenic molecules in the circulation, because cytokine receptors are expressed in the carotid body in experimental animals and human. Intriguingly, proinflammatory cytokines are also locally produced and released in the carotid body. Also, there are significant increases in the expression of proinflammatory cytokines, cytokine receptors, and inflammatory mediators in the carotid body under hypoxic conditions, suggesting an inflammatory response of the carotid body. These upregulated cytokine signaling pathways could enhance the carotid chemoreceptor activity, leading to an overactivity of the chemoreflex adversely effecting breathing instability and autonomic imbalance. This review aims to summarize findings of the literature relevant to inflammation in the carotid body, with highlights on the pathophysiological impact in sleep apnea. It is concluded that local inflammation in the carotid body plays a pathogenic role in sleep apnea, which could potentially be a therapeutic target for the treatment of the pathophysiological consequence of sleep apnea.
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We review the substantial recent progress made in understanding the underlying mechanisms controlling breathing and the applicability of these findings to selected human diseases. Emphasis is placed on the sites of central respiratory rhythm and pattern generation as well as newly described functions of the carotid chemoreceptors, the integrative nature of the central chemoreceptors, and the interaction between peripheral and central chemoreception. Recent findings that support critical contributions from cortical central command and muscle afferent feedback to exercise hyperpnoea are also reviewed. These basic principles, and the evidence supporting chemoreceptor and ventilatory control system plasticity during and following constant and intermittent hypoxaemia and stagnant hypoxia, are applied to: 1) the pathogenesis, consequences and treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea; and 2) exercise hyperpnoea and its control and limitations with ageing, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure.
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- Jerome A Dempsey
- John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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The effect of nightly nasal CPAP treatment on nocturnal hypoxemia and sleep disorders in mustard gas-injured patients. Sleep Breath 2014; 18:741-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s11325-014-0936-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2013] [Revised: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 01/03/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Dempsey JA, Xie A, Patz DS, Wang D. Physiology in medicine: obstructive sleep apnea pathogenesis and treatment--considerations beyond airway anatomy. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2013; 116:3-12. [PMID: 24201709 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01054.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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We review evidence in support of significant contributions to the pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) from pathophysiological factors beyond the well-accepted importance of airway anatomy. Emphasis is placed on contributions from neurochemical control of central respiratory motor output through its effects on output stability, upper airway dilator muscle activation, and arousability. In turn, we consider the evidence demonstrating effective treatment of OSA via approaches that address each of these pathophysiologic risk factors. Finally, a case is made for combining treatments aimed at both anatomical and ventilatory control system deficiencies and for individualizing treatment to address a patient's own specific risk factors.
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- Jerome A Dempsey
- James B. Skatrud Laboratory of Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine, Middleton Veterans Administration Hospital and Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison Wisconsin
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Pokorski M. Foreword. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2013; 187:1-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2013] [Accepted: 04/05/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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