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Guo J, Li L, Chen F, Fu M, Cheng C, Wang M, Hu J, Pei L, Sun J. Forces Bless You: Mechanosensitive Piezo Channels in Gastrointestinal Physiology and Pathology. Biomolecules 2024; 14:804. [PMID: 39062518 PMCID: PMC11274378 DOI: 10.3390/biom14070804] [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: 05/22/2024] [Revised: 07/01/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is an organ actively involved in mechanical processes, where it detects forces via a mechanosensation mechanism. Mechanosensation relies on specialized cells termed mechanoreceptors, which convert mechanical forces into electrochemical signals via mechanosensors. The mechanosensitive Piezo1 and Piezo2 are widely expressed in various mechanosensitive cells that respond to GI mechanical forces by altering transmembrane ionic currents, such as epithelial cells, enterochromaffin cells, and intrinsic and extrinsic enteric neurons. This review highlights recent research advances on mechanosensitive Piezo channels in GI physiology and pathology. Specifically, the latest insights on the role of Piezo channels in the intestinal barrier, GI motility, and intestinal mechanosensation are summarized. Additionally, an overview of Piezo channels in the pathogenesis of GI disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, and GI cancers, is provided. Overall, the presence of mechanosensitive Piezo channels offers a promising new perspective for the treatment of various GI disorders.
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- Jing Guo
- Health and Rehabilitation College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; (J.G.); (C.C.); (M.W.); (J.H.)
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- Department of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, The Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China; (L.L.); (F.C.); (M.F.)
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- Department of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, The Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China; (L.L.); (F.C.); (M.F.)
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- Department of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, The Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China; (L.L.); (F.C.); (M.F.)
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- Health and Rehabilitation College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; (J.G.); (C.C.); (M.W.); (J.H.)
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- Health and Rehabilitation College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; (J.G.); (C.C.); (M.W.); (J.H.)
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- Health and Rehabilitation College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; (J.G.); (C.C.); (M.W.); (J.H.)
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- Department of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, The Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China; (L.L.); (F.C.); (M.F.)
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- Department of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, The Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China; (L.L.); (F.C.); (M.F.)
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Samora M, Huo Y, Stanhope KL, Havel PJ, Kaufman MP, Harrison ML, Stone AJ. Cyclooxygenase products contribute to the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex evoked by static muscle contraction in male UCD-type 2 diabetes mellitus rats. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2024; 136:1226-1237. [PMID: 38545661 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00879.2023] [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: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/15/2024] Open
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Cyclooxygenase (COX) products of arachidonic acid metabolism, specifically prostaglandins, play a role in evoking and transmitting the exercise pressor reflex in health and disease. Individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have an exaggerated exercise pressor reflex; however, the mechanisms for this exaggerated reflex are not fully understood. We aimed to determine the role played by COX products in the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex in T2DM rats. The exercise pressor reflex was evoked by static muscle contraction in unanesthetized, decerebrate, male, adult University of California Davis (UCD)-T2DM (n = 8) and healthy Sprague-Dawley (n = 8) rats. Changes (Δ) in peak mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) during muscle contraction were compared before and after intra-arterial injection of indomethacin (1 mg/kg) into the contracting hindlimb. Data are presented as means ± SD. Inhibition of COX activity attenuated the exaggerated peak MAP (Before: Δ32 ± 13 mmHg and After: Δ18 ± 8 mmHg; P = 0.004) and blood pressor index (BPi) (Before: Δ683 ± 324 mmHg·s and After: Δ361 ± 222 mmHg·s; P = 0.006), but not HR (Before: Δ23 ± 8 beats/min and After Δ19 ± 10 beats/min; P = 0.452) responses to muscle contraction in T2DM rats. In healthy rats, COX activity inhibition did not affect MAP, HR, or BPi responses to muscle contraction. Inhibition of COX activity significantly reduced local production of prostaglandin E2 in T2DM and healthy rats. We conclude that peripheral inhibition of COX activity attenuates the pressor response to muscle contraction in T2DM rats, suggesting that COX products partially contribute to the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex in those with T2DM.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We compared the pressor and cardioaccelerator responses to static muscle contraction before and after inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX) activity within the contracting hindlimb in decerebrate, unanesthetized type 2 diabetic mellitus (T2DM) and healthy rats. The pressor responses to muscle contraction were attenuated after peripheral inhibition of COX activity in T2DM but not in healthy rats. We concluded that COX products partially contribute to the exaggerated pressor reflex in those with T2DM.
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- Milena Samora
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
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Anselmi L, Ducrocq GP, Kim JS, Herold PB, Ruiz-Velasco V, Kaufman MP. Paradoxical potentiation of the exercise pressor reflex by endomorphin 2 in the presence of naloxone. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2024; 136:1097-1104. [PMID: 38511209 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00092.2024] [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: 02/01/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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When contracting muscles are freely perfused, the acid-sensing ion channel 3 (ASIC3) on group IV afferents plays a minor role in evoking the exercise pressor reflex. We recently showed in isolated dorsal root ganglion neurons innervating the gastrocnemius muscles that two mu opioid receptor agonists, namely endomorphin 2 and oxycodone, potentiated the sustained inward ASIC3 current evoked by acidic solutions. This in vitro finding prompted us to determine whether endomorphin 2 and oxycodone, when infused into the arterial supply of freely perfused contracting hindlimb muscles, potentiated the exercise pressor reflex. We found that infusion of endomorphin 2 and naloxone in decerebrated rats potentiated the pressor responses to contraction of the triceps surae muscles. The endomorphin 2-induced potentiation of the pressor responses to contraction was prevented by infusion of APETx2, an ASIC3 antagonist. Specifically, the peak pressor response to contraction averaged 19.3 ± 5.6 mmHg for control (n = 10), 27.2 ± 8.1 mmHg after naloxone and endomorphin 2 infusion (n = 10), and 20 ± 8 mmHg after APETx2 and endomorphin 2 infusion (n = 10). Infusion of endomorphin 2 and naloxone did not potentiate the pressor responses to contraction in ASIC3 knockout rats (n = 6). Partly similar findings were observed when oxycodone was substituted for endomorphin 2. Oxycodone infusion significantly increased the exercise pressor reflex over its control level, but subsequent APETx2 infusion failed to restore the increase to its control level (n = 9). The peak pressor response averaged 23.1 ± 8.6 mmHg for control (n = 9), 33.2 ± 11 mmHg after naloxone and oxycodone were infused (n = 9), and 27 ± 8.6 mmHg after APETx2 and oxycodone were infused (n = 9). Our data suggest that after opioid receptor blockade, ASIC3 stimulation by the endogenous mu opioid, endomorphin 2, potentiated the exercise pressor reflex.NEW & NOTEWORTHY This paper provides the first in vivo evidence that endomorphin 2, an endogenous opioid peptide, can paradoxically increase the magnitude of the exercise pressor reflex by an ASIC3-dependent mechanism even when the contracting muscles are freely perfused.
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- Laura Anselmi
- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
- Mitochondria, Oxidative Stress and Muscular Protection Laboratory (UR 3072), Faculty of Medicine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
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Grotle AK, Stone AJ. Are we finally starting to unravel the mystery of the mechanically sensitive component of the exercise pressor reflex? J Physiol 2024. [PMID: 38421363 DOI: 10.1113/jp286327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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- Ann-Katrin Grotle
- Department of Sports, Food and Natural Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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Ducrocq GP, Anselmi L, Stella SL, Copp SW, Ruiz-Velasco V, Kaufman MP. Inhibition and potentiation of the exercise pressor reflex by pharmacological modulation of TRPC6 in male rats. J Physiol 2024:10.1113/JP286118. [PMID: 38340081 PMCID: PMC11315811 DOI: 10.1113/jp286118] [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: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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We determined the role played by the transient receptor potential canonical 6 (TRPC6) channel in evoking the mechanical component of the exercise pressor reflex in male decerebrated Sprague-Dawley rats. TRPC6 channels were identified by quadruple-labelled (DiI, TRPC6, neurofilament-200 and peripherin) immunohistochemistry in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cells innervating the triceps surae muscles (n = 12). The exercise pressor reflex was evoked by statically contracting the triceps surae muscles before and after injection of the TRPC6 antagonist BI-749327 (n = 11; 12 μg kg-1 ) or SAR7334 (n = 11; 7 μg kg-1 ) or the TRPC6 positive modulator C20 (n = 11; 18 μg kg-1 ). Similar experiments were conducted while the muscles were passively stretched (n = 8-12), a manoeuvre that isolated the mechanical component of the reflex. Blood pressure, tension, renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and blood flow were recorded. Of the DRG cells innervating the triceps surae muscles, 85% stained positive for the TRPC6 antigen, and 45% of those cells co-expressed neurofilament-200. Both TRPC6 antagonists decreased the reflex pressor responses to static contraction (-32 to -42%; P < 0.05) and to passive stretch (-35 to -52%; P < 0.05), whereas C20 increased these responses (55-65%; P < 0.05). In addition, BI-749327 decreased the peak and integrated RSNA responses to both static contraction (-39 to -43%; P < 0.05) and passive stretch (-56 to -62%; P < 0.05), whereas C20 increased the RSNA to passive stretch only. The onset latency of the decrease or increase in RSNA occurred within 2 s of the onset of the manoeuvres (P < 0.05). Collectively, our results show that TRPC6 plays a key role in evoking the mechanical component of the exercise pressor reflex. KEY POINTS: The exercise pressor reflex plays a key role in the sympathetic and haemodynamic responses to exercise. This reflex is composed of two components, namely the mechanoreflex and the metaboreflex. The receptors responsible for evoking the mechanoreflex are poorly documented. A good candidate for this function is the transient receptor potential canonical 6 (TRPC6) channel, which is activated by mechanical stimuli and expressed in dorsal root ganglia of rats. Using two TRPC6 antagonists and one positive modulator, we investigated the role played by TRPC6 in evoking the mechanoreflex in decerebrated rats. Blocking TRPC6 decreased the renal sympathetic and the pressor responses to both contraction and stretch, the latter being a manoeuvre that isolates the mechanoreflex. In contrast, the positive modulator increased the pressor reflex to contraction and stretch, in addition to the sympathetic response to stretch. Our results provide strong support for a role played by the TRPC6 channel in evoking the mechanoreflex.
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- Guillaume P. Ducrocq
- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
- Mitochondrial, Oxidative Stress and Muscular Protection Laboratory (UR3072), Faculty of Medicine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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He H, Zhou J, Xu X, Zhou P, Zhong H, Liu M. Piezo channels in the intestinal tract. Front Physiol 2024; 15:1356317. [PMID: 38379701 PMCID: PMC10877011 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1356317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
Abstract
The intestine is the largest mechanosensitive organ in the human body whose epithelial cells, smooth muscle cells, neurons and enteroendocrine cells must sense and respond to various mechanical stimuli such as motility, distension, stretch and shear to regulate physiological processes including digestion, absorption, secretion, motility and immunity. Piezo channels are a newly discovered class of mechanosensitive ion channels consisting of two subtypes, Piezo1 and Piezo2. Piezo channels are widely expressed in the intestine and are involved in physiological and pathological processes. The present review summarizes the current research progress on the expression, function and regulation of Piezo channels in the intestine, with the aim of providing a reference for the future development of therapeutic strategies targeting Piezo channels.
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- Haolong He
- School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, Tuina and Rehabilitation, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, Tuina and Rehabilitation, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, Tuina and Rehabilitation, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, Tuina and Rehabilitation, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, Tuina and Rehabilitation, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Bioinformatics, Education Department of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, Tuina and Rehabilitation, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Bioinformatics, Education Department of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Anselmi L, Ducrocq GP, Ruiz-Velasco V, Stocker SD, Higgins SP, Kaufman MP. Functional knockout of the TRPV1 channel has no effect on the exercise pressor reflex in rats. J Physiol 2023; 601:5241-5256. [PMID: 37878364 DOI: 10.1113/jp285267] [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: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023] Open
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The role played by the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) channel on the thin fibre afferents evoking the exercise pressor reflex is controversial. To shed light on this controversy, we compared the exercise pressor reflex between newly developed TRPV1+/+ , TRPV1+/- and TRPV1-/- rats. Carotid arterial injection of capsaicin (0.5 μg), evoked significant pressor responses in TRPV1+/+ and TRPV1+/- rats, but not in TRPV1-/- rats. In acutely isolated dorsal root ganglion neurons innervating the gastrocnemius muscles, capsaicin evoked inward currents in neurons isolated from TRPV1+/+ and TRPV1+/- rats but not in neurons isolated from TRPV1-/- rats. The reflex was evoked by stimulating the tibial nerve in decerebrated rats whose femoral artery was either freely perfused or occluded. We found no difference between the reflex in the three groups of rats regardless of the patency of the femoral artery. For example, the peak pressor responses to contraction in TRPV1+/+ , TRPV1+/- and TRPV1-/- rats with patent femoral arteries averaged 17.1 ± 7.2, 18.9 ± 12.4 and 18.4 ± 8.6 mmHg, respectively. Stimulation of the tibial nerve after paralysis with pancuronium had no effect on arterial pressure, findings which indicated that the pressor responses to contraction were not caused by electrical stimulation of afferent tibial nerve axons. We also found that expression levels of acid-sensing ion channel 1 and endoperoxide 4 receptor in the L4 and 5 dorsal root ganglia were not upregulated in the TRPV1-/- rats. We conclude that TRPV1 is not needed to evoke the exercise pressor reflex in rats whose contracting muscles have either a patent or an occluded arterial blood supply. KEY POINTS: A reflex arising in contracting skeletal muscle contributes to the increases in arterial blood pressure, cardiac output and breathing evoked by exercise. The sensory arm of the reflex comprises both mechanoreceptors and metaboreceptors, of which the latter signals that blood flow to exercising muscle is not meeting its metabolic demand. The nature of the channel on the metaboreceptor sensing a mismatch between supply and demand is controversial; some believe that it is the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) channel. Using genetically engineered rats in which the TRPV1 channel is rendered non-functional, we have shown that it is not needed to evoke the metaboreflex.
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- Laura Anselmi
- Heart and Vascular Institute Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
- Mitochondria, Oxidative Stress and Muscular Protection Laboratory (UR 3072), Faculty of Medicine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Heart and Vascular Institute Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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Hori A, Fukazawa A, Katanosaka K, Mizuno M, Hotta N. Mechanosensitive channels in the mechanical component of the exercise pressor reflex. Auton Neurosci 2023; 250:103128. [PMID: 37925831 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2023.103128] [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: 06/18/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
Abstract
The cardiovascular response is appropriately regulated during exercise to meet the metabolic demands of the active muscles. The exercise pressor reflex is a neural feedback mechanism through thin-fiber muscle afferents activated by mechanical and metabolic stimuli in the active skeletal muscles. The mechanical component of this reflex is referred to as skeletal muscle mechanoreflex. Its initial step requires mechanotransduction mediated by mechanosensors, which convert mechanical stimuli into biological signals. Recently, various mechanosensors have been identified, and their contributions to muscle mechanoreflex have been actively investigated. Nevertheless, the mechanosensitive channels responsible for this muscular reflex remain largely unknown. This review discusses progress in our understanding of muscle mechanoreflex under healthy conditions, focusing on mechanosensitive channels.
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- Amane Hori
- College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8472, Japan; Department of Applied Clinical Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9174, USA
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8472, Japan; Department of Applied Clinical Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9174, USA
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- College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Applied Clinical Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9174, USA
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- College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan.
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Kamkin AG, Kamkina OV, Kazansky VE, Mitrokhin VM, Bilichenko A, Nasedkina EA, Shileiko SA, Rodina AS, Zolotareva AD, Zolotarev VI, Sutyagin PV, Mladenov MI. Identification of RNA reads encoding different channels in isolated rat ventricular myocytes and the effect of cell stretching on L-type Ca 2+current. Biol Direct 2023; 18:70. [PMID: 37899484 PMCID: PMC10614344 DOI: 10.1186/s13062-023-00427-0] [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: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The study aimed to identify transcripts of specific ion channels in rat ventricular cardiomyocytes and determine their potential role in the regulation of ionic currents in response to mechanical stimulation. The gene expression levels of various ion channels in freshly isolated rat ventricular cardiomyocytes were investigated using the RNA-seq technique. We also measured changes in current through CaV1.2 channels under cell stretching using the whole-cell patch-clamp method. RESULTS Among channels that showed mechanosensitivity, significant amounts of TRPM7, TRPC1, and TRPM4 transcripts were found. We suppose that the recorded L-type Ca2+ current is probably expressed through CaV1.2. Furthermore, stretching cells by 6, 8, and 10 μm, which increases ISAC through the TRPM7, TRPC1, and TRPM4 channels, also decreased ICa,L through the CaV1.2 channels in K+ in/K+ out, Cs+ in/K+ out, K+ in/Cs+ out, and Cs+ in/Cs+ out solutions. The application of a nonspecific ISAC blocker, Gd3+, during cell stretching eliminated ISAC through nonselective cation channels and ICa,L through CaV1.2 channels. Since the response to Gd3+ was maintained in Cs+ in/Cs+ out solutions, we suggest that voltage-gated CaV1.2 channels in the ventricular myocytes of adult rats also exhibit mechanosensitive properties. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that TRPM7, TRPC1, and TRPM4 channels represent stretch-activated nonselective cation channels in rat ventricular myocytes. Probably the CaV1.2 channels in these cells exhibit mechanosensitive properties. Our results provide insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying stretch-induced responses in rat ventricular myocytes, which may have implications for understanding cardiac physiology and pathophysiology.
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- Andre G Kamkin
- Department of Physiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
- Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Institute of Biology, "Ss. Cyril and Methodius" University, Skopje, North, Macedonia.
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Erdogan MA, Ugo D, Ines F. The role of ion channels in the relationship between the immune system and cancer. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2023; 92:151-198. [PMID: 38007267 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2023.09.001] [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: 11/27/2023]
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The immune system is capable of identifying and eliminating cancer, a complicated illness marked by unchecked cellular proliferation. The significance of ion channels in the complex interaction between the immune system and cancer has been clarified by recent studies. Ion channels, which are proteins that control ion flow across cell membranes, have variety of physiological purposes, such as regulating immune cell activity and tumor development. Immune cell surfaces contain ion channels, which have been identified to control immune cell activation, motility, and effector activities. The regulation of immune responses against cancer cells has been linked to a number of ion channels, including potassium, calcium, and chloride channels. As an example, potassium channels are essential for regulating T cell activation and proliferation, which are vital for anti-tumor immunity. Calcium channels play a crucial role when immune cells produce cytotoxic chemicals in order to eliminate cancer cells. Chloride channels also affect immune cell infiltration and invasion into malignancies. Additionally, tumor cells' own expressed ion channels have an impact on their behavior and in the interaction with the immune system. The proliferation, resistance to apoptosis, and immune evasion of cancer cells may all be impacted by changes in ion channel expression and function. Ion channels may also affect the tumor microenvironment by controlling angiogenesis, inflammatory responses, and immune cell infiltration. Ion channel function in the interaction between the immune system and cancer has important implications for cancer treatment. A possible method to improve anti-tumor immune responses and stop tumor development is to target certain ion channels. Small compounds and antibodies are among the ion channel modulators under investigation as possible immunotherapeutics. The complex interaction between ion channels, the immune system, and cancer highlights the significance of these channels for tumor immunity. The development of novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of cancer will be made possible by unraveling the processes by which ion channels control immune responses and tumor activity. Hence, the main driving idea of the present chapter is trying to understand the possible function of ion channels in the complex crosstalk between cancer and immunoresponse. To this aim, after giving a brief journey of ion channels throughout the history, a classification of the main ion channels involved in cancer disease will be discussed. Finally, the last paragraph will focus on more recently advancements in the use of biomaterials as therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment. The hope is that future research will take advantage of the promising combination of ion channels, immunomodulation and biomaterials filed to provide better solutions in the treatment of cancer disease.
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- Mumin Alper Erdogan
- Izmir Katip Celebi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials - National Research Council (IPCB-CNR), Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials - National Research Council (IPCB-CNR), Naples, Italy
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Huang Z, Huang Y, Ning X, Li H, Li Q, Wu J. The functional effects of Piezo channels in mesenchymal stem cells. Stem Cell Res Ther 2023; 14:222. [PMID: 37633928 PMCID: PMC10464418 DOI: 10.1186/s13287-023-03452-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/28/2023] Open
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are widely used in cell therapy, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine because of their self-renewal, pluripotency, and immunomodulatory properties. The microenvironment in which MSCs are located significantly affects their physiological functions. The microenvironment directly or indirectly affects cell behavior through biophysical, biochemical, or other means. Among them, the mechanical signals provided to MSCs by the microenvironment have a particularly pronounced effect on their physiological functions and can affect osteogenic differentiation, chondrogenic differentiation, and senescence in MSCs. Mechanosensitive ion channels such as Piezo1 and Piezo2 are important in transducing mechanical signals, and these channels are widely distributed in sites such as skin, bladder, kidney, lung, sensory neurons, and dorsal root ganglia. Although there have been numerous studies on Piezo channels in MSCs in recent years, the function of Piezo channels in MSCs is still not well understood, and there has been no summary of their relationship to illustrate which physiological functions of MSCs are affected by Piezo channels and the possible underlying mechanisms. Therefore, based on the members, structures, and functions of Piezo ion channels and the fundamental information of MSCs, this paper focused on summarizing the advances in Piezo channels in MSCs from various tissue sources to provide new ideas for future research and practical applications of Piezo channels and MSCs.
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- Zhilong Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology and National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases and Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology and National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases and Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology and National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases and Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology and National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases and Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology and National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases and Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology and National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases and Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China.
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Butenas ALE, Ishizawa R, Rollins KS, Mizuno M, Copp SW. Sex-dependent attenuating effects of capsaicin administration on the mechanoreflex in healthy rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2023; 325:H372-H384. [PMID: 37389947 PMCID: PMC10396229 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00237.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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Stimulation of mechanically sensitive channels on the sensory endings of group III and IV thin fiber muscle afferents activates the mechanoreflex, which contributes to reflex increases in sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) and blood pressure during exercise. Accumulating evidence suggests that activation of the nonselective cation channel transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) on the sensory endings of thin fiber afferents with capsaicin may attenuate mechanosensation. However, no study has investigated the effect of capsaicin on the mechanoreflex. We tested the hypothesis that in male and female decerebrate, unanesthetized rats, the injection of capsaicin (0.05 µg) into the arterial supply of the hindlimb reduces the pressor and renal SNA (RSNA) response to 30 s of 1 Hz rhythmic hindlimb muscle stretch (a model of isolated mechanoreflex activation). In male rats (n = 8), capsaicin injection significantly reduced the integrated blood pressure (blood pressure index or BPI: pre, 363 ± 78; post, 211 ± 88 mmHg·s; P = 0.023) and RSNA [∫ΔRSNA; pre, 687 ± 206; post, 216 ± 80 arbitrary units (au), P = 0.049] response to hindlimb muscle stretch. In female rats (n = 8), capsaicin injection had no significant effect on the pressor (BPI; pre: 277 ± 67; post: 207 ± 77 mmHg·s; P = 0.343) or RSNA (∫ΔRSNA: pre, 697 ± 123; post, 440 ± 183 au; P = 0.307) response to hindlimb muscle stretch. The data suggest that the injection of capsaicin into the hindlimb arterial supply to stimulate TRPV1 on the sensory endings of thin fiber muscle afferents attenuates the mechanoreflex in healthy male, but not female, rats. The findings may carry important implications for chronic conditions in which an exaggerated mechanoreflex contributes to aberrant sympathoexcitation during exercise.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Recent evidence in isolated sensory neurons indicates that capsaicin-induced stimulation of TRPV1 attenuates mechanosensitivity. Here we demonstrate for the first time that capsaicin exposure/administration reduces the reflex pressor and renal sympathetic nerve response to mechanoreflex activation in male rats, but not female rats, in vivo. Our data may carry important clinical implications for chronic diseases which have been linked to an exaggerated mechanoreflex, at least in males.
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- Alec L E Butenas
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
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- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
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- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
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Song M, Zhang M, He S, Li L, Hu H. Ultrasonic neuromodulation mediated by mechanosensitive ion channels: current and future. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1232308. [PMID: 37583416 PMCID: PMC10423872 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1232308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023] Open
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Ultrasound neuromodulation technology is a promising neuromodulation approach, with the advantages of noninvasiveness, high-resolution, deep penetration and good targeting, which aid in circumventing the side effects of drugs and invasive therapeutic interventions. Ultrasound can cause mechanical effects, activate mechanosensitive ion channels and alter neuronal excitability, producing biological effects. The structural determination of mechanosensitive ion channels will greatly contribute to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying mechanosensory transduction. However, the underlying biological mechanism of ultrasonic neuromodulation remains poorly understood. Hence, this review aims to provide an outline of the properties of ultrasound, the structures of specific mechanosensitive ion channels, and their role in ultrasound neuromodulation.
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- Mengyao Song
- Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
- Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
- Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
- Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
- Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
- Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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Ishizawa R, Estrada JA, Kim HK, Hotta N, Fukazawa A, Iwamoto GA, Smith SA, Vongpatanasin W, Mizuno M. Neural discharge of muscle afferents and pressor response to mechanical stimulation are associated with muscle deformation velocity in rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2023; 325:R13-R20. [PMID: 37067428 PMCID: PMC10259846 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00327.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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Skeletal muscle reflexes play a crucial role in determining the magnitude of the cardiovascular response to exercise. However, evidence supporting an association between the magnitude of the pressor response and the velocity of muscle deformation has remained to be elucidated. Thus, we investigated the impact of different muscle deformation rates on the neural discharge of muscle afferents and pressor and sympathetic responses in Sprague-Dawley rats. In an ex vivo muscle-nerve preparation, action potentials elicited by sinusoidal mechanical stimuli (137 mN) at different frequencies (0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.25 Hz) were recorded in mechanosensitive group III and IV fibers. The afferent response magnitude to sine-wave stimulation significantly varied at different frequencies (ANOVA, P = 0.01). Specifically, as compared with 0.01 Hz (0.83 ± 0.96 spikes/s), the response magnitudes were significantly greater at 0.20 Hz (4.07 ± 5.04 spikes/s, P = 0.031) and 0.25 Hz (4.91 ± 5.30 spikes/s, P = 0.014). In an in vivo decerebrated rat preparation, renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) responses to passive stretch (1 kg) of hindlimb skeletal muscle at different velocities of loading (slow, medium, and fast) were measured. Pressor responses to passive stretch were significantly associated with the velocity of muscle deformation (ANOVA, P < 0.001). The MAP response to fast stretch (Δ 56 ± 12 mmHg) was greater than slow (Δ 33 ± 11 mmHg, P = 0.006) or medium (Δ 30 ± 11 mmHg, P < 0.001) stretch. Likewise, the RSNA response was related to deformation velocity (ANOVA, P = 0.024). These findings suggest that the muscle neural afferent discharge and the cardiovascular response to mechanical stimulation are associated with muscle deformation velocity.
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- Rie Ishizawa
- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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Sprick JD, Jeong J, Sabino-Carvalho JL, Li S, Park J. Neurocirculatory regulation and adaptations to exercise in chronic kidney disease. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2023; 324:H843-H855. [PMID: 37000610 PMCID: PMC10191135 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00115.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023]
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by pronounced exercise intolerance and exaggerated blood pressure reactivity during exercise. Classic mechanisms of exercise intolerance in CKD have been extensively described previously and include uremic myopathy, chronic inflammation, malnutrition, and anemia. We contend that these classic mechanisms only partially explain the exercise intolerance experienced in CKD and that alterations in cardiovascular and autonomic regulation also play a key contributing role. The purpose of this review is to examine the physiological factors that contribute to neurocirculatory dysregulation during exercise and discuss the adaptations that result from regular exercise training in CKD. Key neurocirculatory mechanisms contributing to exercise intolerance in CKD include augmentation of the exercise pressor reflex, aberrations in neurocirculatory control, and increased neurovascular transduction. In addition, we highlight how some contributing factors may be improved through exercise training, with a specific focus on the sympathetic nervous system. Important areas for future work include understanding how the exercise prescription may best be optimized in CKD and how the beneficial effects of exercise training may extend to the brain.
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- Justin D Sprick
- Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States
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- Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Research Service Line, Decatur, Georgia, United States
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- Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Research Service Line, Decatur, Georgia, United States
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- Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Research Service Line, Decatur, Georgia, United States
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- Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Research Service Line, Decatur, Georgia, United States
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Vanwye WR, Weatherholt AM, Winchester LJ, Owens JG, Spears M. Cardiovascular Responses During Light-intensity Aerobic Exercise with Varying Levels of Limb Occlusion Pressures. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXERCISE SCIENCE 2023; 16:676-687. [PMID: 37622157 PMCID: PMC10446952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
Abstract
The study aimed to assess cardiovascular responses to low-intensity aerobic exercise with varying levels of limb occlusion pressures (LOP) in a healthy population of men and women 30 to 60 years. The study was a single-session repeated measures design. Thirty individuals completed the study. All subjects participated in a single bout of low-intensity cycling (30-39% HRR) with bilateral lower extremity (LE) BFR for four 5-minute stages [0% (No BFR), 40%, 60%, and 80% LOP] with a 2-minute active rest between stages (BFR pressure released). The subjects' systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), oxygen saturation (SpO2), and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) were measured at rest, peak, immediately post, post-15 minutes, and post-30 minutes. Peak SBP (no BFR 160.7 ±19.1 mmHg; 40% LOP 173.6 ± 18.7 mmHg; 60 % LOP; 182.5 ± 21.1 mmHg; 80% LOP 193.5± 23.3 mmHg ; p<0.001; η P 2 = .747 ), DBP (no BFR 74.9 ± 8.5 mmHg; 40% LOP (83.0 ± 9.0 mmHg;60 % LOP 90.4 ± 8.7 mmHg; 80% LOP 97.7 ± 9.5 mmHg ;p<0.001; η P 2 = .924 ), MAP (no BFR 103.5 ± 10.1 mmHg; 40% LOP 113.2 ± 10.5 mmHg; 60% LOP 121.1 ± 11.7 mmHg; 80% LOP 129.7 ± 12.9 mmHg; p<0.001; η P 2 = .960 ), and RPE (No BFR 10.0 ± 2.0; 40 % LOP 11.5 ± 2.3; 60% LOP 13.2 ± 2.6; 80% LOP 14.5 ± 3.; p<0.001; η P 2 = .826 ) were significantly higher with each progressing stage. The results indicate that low-intensity cycling with bilateral LE BFR for each LOP stage resulted in elevated SBP, DBP, MAP, and RPE despite maintaining a fixed HR.
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- William R Vanwye
- School of Physical Therapy, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Sport, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA
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Fukazawa A, Hori A, Hotta N, Katanosaka K, Estrada JA, Ishizawa R, Kim HK, Iwamoto GA, Smith SA, Vongpatanasin W, Mizuno M. Antagonism of TRPV4 channels partially reduces mechanotransduction in rat skeletal muscle afferents. J Physiol 2023; 601:1407-1424. [PMID: 36869605 PMCID: PMC10106437 DOI: 10.1113/jp284026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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Mechanical distortion of working skeletal muscle induces sympathoexcitation via thin fibre afferents, a reflex response known as the skeletal muscle mechanoreflex. However, to date, the receptor ion channels responsible for mechanotransduction in skeletal muscle remain largely undetermined. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) is known to sense mechanical stimuli such as shear stress or osmotic pressure in various organs. It is hypothesized that TRPV4 in thin-fibre primary afferents innervating skeletal muscle is involved in mechanotransduction. Fluorescence immunostaining revealed that 20.1 ± 10.1% of TRPV4 positive neurons were small dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons that were DiI-labelled, and among them 9.5 ± 6.1% of TRPV4 co-localized with the C-fibre marker peripherin. In vitro whole-cell patch clamp recordings from cultured rat DRG neurons demonstrated that mechanically activated current amplitude was significantly attenuated after the application of the TRPV4 antagonist HC067047 compared to control (P = 0.004). Such reductions were also observed in single-fibre recordings from a muscle-nerve ex vivo preparation where HC067047 significantly decreased afferent discharge to mechanical stimulation (P = 0.007). Likewise, in an in vivo decerebrate rat preparation, the renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) responses to passive stretch of hindlimb muscle were significantly reduced by intra-arterial injection of HC067047 (ΔRSNA: P = 0.019, ΔMAP: P = 0.002). The findings suggest that TRPV4 plays an important role in mechanotransduction contributing to the cardiovascular responses evoked by the skeletal muscle mechanoreflex during exercise. KEY POINTS: Although a mechanical stimulus to skeletal muscle reflexively activates the sympathetic nervous system, the receptors responsible for mechanotransduction in skeletal muscle thin fibre afferents have not been fully identified. Evidence suggests that TRPV4 is a mechanosensitive channel that plays an important role in mechanotransduction within various organs. Immunocytochemical staining demonstrates that TRPV4 is expressed in group IV skeletal muscle afferents. In addition, we show that the TRPV4 antagonist HC067047 decreases the responsiveness of thin fibre afferents to mechanical stimulation at the muscle tissue level as well as at the level of dorsal root ganglion neurons. Moreover, we demonstrate that intra-arterial HC067047 injection attenuates the sympathetic and pressor responses to passive muscle stretch in decerebrate rats. These data suggest that antagonism of TRPV4 attenuates mechanotransduction in skeletal muscle afferents. The present study demonstrates a probable physiological role for TRPV4 in the regulation of mechanical sensation in somatosensory thin fibre muscle afferents.
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- Ayumi Fukazawa
- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Graduate School of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-850, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo 102-8472, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-850, Japan
- College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-850, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-850, Japan
- College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-850, Japan
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- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Exaggerated cardiovascular responses to exercise increase the risk of myocardial infarction and stroke in individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D); however, the underlying mechanisms remain largely elusive. This review provides an overview of the altered exercise pressor reflex in T1D, with an emphasis on the mechanical component of the reflex.
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- Milena Samora
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Department of Sport and Physical Education, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Qiu X, Deng Z, Wang M, Feng Y, Bi L, Li L. Piezo protein determines stem cell fate by transmitting mechanical signals. Hum Cell 2023; 36:540-553. [PMID: 36580272 DOI: 10.1007/s13577-022-00853-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Piezo ion channel is a mechanosensitive protein on the cell membrane, which contains Piezo1 and Piezo2. Piezo channels are activated by mechanical forces, including stretch, matrix stiffness, static pressure, and shear stress. Piezo channels transmit mechanical signals that cause different downstream responses in the differentiation process, including integrin signaling pathway, ERK1/2 MAPK signaling pathway, Notch signaling, and WNT signaling pathway. In the fate of stem cell differentiation, scientists found differences in Piezo channel expression and found that Piezo channel expression is related to developmental diseases. Here, we briefly review the structure and function of Piezo channels and the relationship between Piezo and mechanical signals, discussing the current understanding of the role of Piezo channels in stem cell fate and associated molecules and developmental diseases. Ultimately, we believe this review will help identify the association between Piezo channels and stem cell fate.
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- Xiaolei Qiu
- Department of Vascular Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130033, China
- The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710004, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130033, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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Karska J, Kowalski S, Saczko J, Moisescu MG, Kulbacka J. Mechanosensitive Ion Channels and Their Role in Cancer Cells. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:167. [PMID: 36837670 PMCID: PMC9965697 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13020167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Mechanical forces are an inherent element in the world around us. The effects of their action can be observed both on the macro and molecular levels. They can also play a prominent role in the tissues and cells of animals due to the presence of mechanosensitive ion channels (MIChs) such as the Piezo and TRP families. They are essential in many physiological processes in the human body. However, their role in pathology has also been observed. Recent discoveries have highlighted the relationship between these channels and the development of malignant tumors. Multiple studies have shown that MIChs mediate the proliferation, migration, and invasion of various cancer cells via various mechanisms. This could show MIChs as new potential biomarkers in cancer detection and prognosis and interesting therapeutic targets in modern oncology. Our paper is a review of the latest literature on the role of the Piezo1 and TRP families in the molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis in different types of cancer.
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- Julia Karska
- Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-345 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-345 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Biophysics and Cellular Biotechnology, Research Center of Excellence in Biophysics and Cellular Biotechnology, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
- Department of Immunology, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, 08406 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Huo Y, Grotle AK, McCuller RK, Samora M, Stanhope KL, Havel PJ, Harrison ML, Stone AJ. Exaggerated exercise pressor reflex in male UC Davis type 2 diabetic rats is due to the pathophysiology of the disease and not aging. Front Physiol 2023; 13:1063326. [PMID: 36703927 PMCID: PMC9871248 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.1063326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Introduction: Studies in humans and animals have found that type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) exaggerates the blood pressure (BP) response to exercise, which increases the risk of adverse cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke. T2DM is a chronic disease that, without appropriate management, progresses in severity as individuals grow older. Thus, it is possible that aging may also exaggerate the BP response to exercise. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to determine the effect of the pathophysiology of T2DM on the exercise pressor reflex independent of aging. Methods: We compared changes in peak pressor (mean arterial pressure; ΔMAP), BP index (ΔBPi), heart rate (ΔHR), and HR index (ΔHRi) responses to static contraction, intermittent contraction, and tendon stretch in UCD-T2DM rats to those of healthy, age-matched Sprague Dawley rats at three different stages of the disease. Results: We found that the ΔMAP, ΔBPi, ΔHR, and ΔHRi responses to static contraction were significantly higher in T2DM rats (ΔMAP: 29 ± 4 mmHg; ΔBPi: 588 ± 51 mmHg•s; ΔHR: 22 ± 5 bpm; ΔHRi: 478 ± 45 bpm•s) compared to controls (ΔMAP: 10 ± 1 mmHg, p < 0.0001; ΔBPi: 121 ± 19 mmHg•s, p < 0.0001; ΔHR: 5 ± 2 bpm, p = 0.01; ΔHRi: 92 ± 19 bpm•s, p < 0.0001) shortly after diabetes onset. Likewise, the ΔMAP, ΔBPi, and ΔHRi to tendon stretch were significantly higher in T2DM rats (ΔMAP: 33 ± 7 mmHg; ΔBPi: 697 ± 70 mmHg•s; ΔHRi: 496 ± 51 bpm•s) compared to controls (ΔMAP: 12 ± 5 mmHg, p = 0.002; ΔBPi: 186 ± 30 mmHg•s, p < 0.0001; ΔHRi: 144 ± 33 bpm•s, p < 0.0001) shortly after diabetes onset. The ΔBPi and ΔHRi, but not ΔMAP, to intermittent contraction was significantly higher in T2DM rats (ΔBPi: 543 ± 42 mmHg•s; ΔHRi: 453 ± 53 bpm•s) compared to controls (ΔBPi: 140 ± 16 mmHg•s, p < 0.0001; ΔHRi: 108 ± 22 bpm•s, p = 0.0002) shortly after diabetes onset. Discussion: Our findings suggest that the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex and mechanoreflex seen in T2DM are due to the pathophysiology of the disease and not aging.
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- Yu Huo
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Sport, Food and Natural Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Science, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States,*Correspondence: Audrey J. Stone,
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Shin SM, Itson-Zoske B, Fan F, Gani U, Rahman M, Hogan QH, Yu H. Peripheral sensory neurons and non-neuronal cells express functional Piezo1 channels. Mol Pain 2023; 19:17448069231174315. [PMID: 37247618 PMCID: PMC10240879 DOI: 10.1177/17448069231174315] [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: 03/19/2023] [Revised: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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Here, we present evidence showing Piezo1 protein expression in the primary sensory neurons (PSNs) and non-neuronal cells of rat peripheral nervous system. Using a knockdown/knockout validated antibody, we detected Piezo1 immunoreactivity (IR) in ∼60% of PSNs of rat dorsal root ganglia (DRG) with higher IR density in the small- and medium-sized neurons. Piezo1-IR was clearly identified in DRG perineuronal glia, including satellite glial cells (SGCs) and Schwann cells; in sciatic nerve Schwann cells surrounding the axons and cutaneous afferent endings; and in skin epidermal Merkel cells and melanocytes. Neuronal and non-neuronal Piezo1 channels were functional since various cells (dissociated PSNs and SGCs from DRGs, isolated Schwann cells, and primary human melanocytes) exhibited a robust response to Piezo1 agonist Yoda1 by an increase of intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). These responses were abolished by non-specific Piezo1 antagonist GsMTx4. Immunoblots showed elevated Piezo1 protein in DRG proximal to peripheral nerve injury-induced painful neuropathy, while PSNs and SGCs from rats with neuropathic pain showed greater Yoda1-evoked elevation of [Ca2+]i and an increased frequency of cells responding to Yoda1, compared to controls. Sciatic nerve application of GsMTx4 alleviated mechanical hypersensitivity induced by Yoda1. Overall, our data show that Piezo1 is widely expressed by the neuronal and non-neuronal cells in the peripheral sensory pathways and that painful nerve injury appeared associated with activation of Piezo1 in PSNs and peripheral glial cells.
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- Seung Min Shin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Zhao T, Parmisano S, Soroureddin Z, Zhao M, Yung L, Thistlethwaite PA, Makino A, Yuan JXJ. Mechanosensitive cation currents through TRPC6 and Piezo1 channels in human pulmonary arterial endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2022; 323:C959-C973. [PMID: 35968892 PMCID: PMC9485000 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00313.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mechanosensitive cation channels and Ca2+ influx through these channels play an important role in the regulation of endothelial cell functions. Transient receptor potential canonical channel 6 (TRPC6) is a diacylglycerol-sensitive nonselective cation channel that forms receptor-operated Ca2+ channels in a variety of cell types. Piezo1 is a mechanosensitive cation channel activated by membrane stretch and shear stress in lung endothelial cells. In this study, we report that TRPC6 and Piezo1 channels both contribute to membrane stretch-mediated cation currents and Ca2+ influx or increase in cytosolic-free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]cyt) in human pulmonary arterial endothelial cells (PAECs). The membrane stretch-mediated cation currents and increase in [Ca2+]cyt in human PAECs were significantly decreased by GsMTX4, a blocker of Piezo1 channels, and by BI-749327, a selective blocker of TRPC6 channels. Extracellular application of 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG), a membrane permeable analog of diacylglycerol, rapidly induced whole cell cation currents and increased [Ca2+]cyt in human PAECs and human embryonic kidney (HEK)-cells transiently transfected with the human TRPC6 gene. Furthermore, membrane stretch with hypo-osmotic or hypotonic solution enhances the cation currents in TRPC6-transfected HEK cells. In HEK cells transfected with the Piezo1 gene, however, OAG had little effect on the cation currents, but membrane stretch significantly enhanced the cation currents. These data indicate that, while both TRPC6 and Piezo1 are involved in generating mechanosensitive cation currents and increases in [Ca2+]cyt in human PAECs undergoing mechanical stimulation, only TRPC6 (but not Piezo1) is sensitive to the second messenger diacylglycerol. Selective blockers of these channels may help develop novel therapies for mechanotransduction-associated pulmonary vascular remodeling in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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- Tengteng Zhao
- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California
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Teixeira AL, Vianna LC. The exercise pressor reflex: An update. Clin Auton Res 2022; 32:271-290. [PMID: 35727398 DOI: 10.1007/s10286-022-00872-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The exercise pressor reflex is a feedback mechanism engaged upon stimulation of mechano- and metabosensitive skeletal muscle afferents. Activation of these afferents elicits a reflex increase in heart rate, blood pressure, and ventilation in an intensity-dependent manner. Consequently, the exercise pressor reflex has been postulated to be one of the principal mediators of the cardiorespiratory responses to exercise. In this updated review, we will discuss classical and recent advancements in our understating of the exercise pressor reflex function in both human and animal models. Particular attention will be paid to the afferent mechanisms and pathways involved during its activation, its effects on different target organs, its potential role in the abnormal cardiovascular response to exercise in diseased states, and the impact of age and biological sex on these responses. Finally, we will highlight some unanswered questions in the literature that may inspire future investigations in the field.
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- André L Teixeira
- NeuroV̇ASQ̇, Integrative Physiology Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasília, DF, Brasília, Brazil
- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- NeuroV̇ASQ̇, Integrative Physiology Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasília, DF, Brasília, Brazil.
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Weavil JC, Kwon OS, Hughen RW, Zhang J, Light AR, Amann M. Gene and protein expression of dorsal root ganglion sensory receptors in normotensive and hypertensive male rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2022; 323:R221-R226. [PMID: 35608265 PMCID: PMC9291411 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00007.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The exercise pressor reflex (EPR), a neurocirculatory control mechanism, is exaggerated in hypertensive humans and rats. Disease-related abnormalities within the afferent arm of the reflex loop, including mechano- and metabosensitive receptors located at the terminal end of group III/IV muscle afferents, may contribute to the dysfunctional EPR in hypertension. Using control (WKY) and spontaneous hypertensive (SHR) rats, we examined dorsal root ganglion (DRG) gene and protein expression of molecular receptors recognized as significant determinants of the EPR. Twelve lumbar DRGs (6-left, 6-right) were harvested from each of 10 WKY (arterial blood pressure (MAP): 96±9mmHg) and 10 SHR (MAP: 144±9mmHg). DRGs from the left side were used for protein expression (Western blotting; normalized to GAPDH), whereas right-side DRGs (i.e., parallel structure) were used to determine mRNA levels (RNA-sequencing, normalized to TPM). Analyses focused on metabosensitive (ASIC3, Bradykinin-receptor B2, EP4, P2X3, TRPv1) and mechanosensitive (Piezo1/2) receptors. While Piezo1 was similar in both groups (P=0.75), protein expression for all other receptors was significantly higher in SHR compared to WKY. With the exception of a greater Bradykinin-receptor B2 in SHR (P<0.05), mRNA expression of all other receptors was not different between groups (P>0.18). The higher protein content of these sensory receptors in SHR indirectly supports the previously proposed hypothesis that the exaggerated EPR in hypertension is, in part, due to disease-related abnormalities within the afferent arm of the reflex loop. The upregulated receptor content, combined with normal mRNA levels, insinuates that posttranscriptional regulation of sensory receptor protein expression might be impaired in hypertension.
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- Joshua C Weavil
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Salt Lake City VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.,Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Salt Lake City VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.,Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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Gao W, Hasan H, Anderson DE, Lee W. The Role of Mechanically-Activated Ion Channels Piezo1, Piezo2, and TRPV4 in Chondrocyte Mechanotransduction and Mechano-Therapeutics for Osteoarthritis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:885224. [PMID: 35602590 PMCID: PMC9114637 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.885224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Mechanical factors play critical roles in the pathogenesis of joint disorders like osteoarthritis (OA), a prevalent progressive degenerative joint disease that causes debilitating pain. Chondrocytes in the cartilage are responsible for extracellular matrix (ECM) turnover, and mechanical stimuli heavily influence cartilage maintenance, degeneration, and regeneration via mechanotransduction of chondrocytes. Thus, understanding the disease-associated mechanotransduction mechanisms can shed light on developing effective therapeutic strategies for OA through targeting mechanotransducers to halt progressive cartilage degeneration. Mechanosensitive Ca2+-permeating channels are robustly expressed in primary articular chondrocytes and trigger force-dependent cartilage remodeling and injury responses. This review discusses the current understanding of the roles of Piezo1, Piezo2, and TRPV4 mechanosensitive ion channels in cartilage health and disease with a highlight on the potential mechanotheraputic strategies to target these channels and prevent cartilage degeneration associated with OA.
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- Winni Gao
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States
- Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States
- Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States
- Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States
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Butenas ALE, Rollins KS, Parr SK, Hammond ST, Ade CJ, Hageman KS, Musch TI, Copp SW. Novel mechanosensory role for acid sensing ion channel subtype 1a in evoking the exercise pressor reflex in rats with heart failure. J Physiol 2022; 600:2105-2125. [PMID: 35343594 PMCID: PMC9893514 DOI: 10.1113/jp282923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Mechanical and metabolic signals associated with skeletal muscle contraction stimulate the sensory endings of thin fibre muscle afferents, which, in turn, generates reflex increases in sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) and blood pressure (the exercise pressor reflex; EPR). EPR activation in patients and animals with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HF-rEF) results in exaggerated increases in SNA and promotes exercise intolerance. In the healthy decerebrate rat, a subtype of acid sensing ion channel (ASIC) on the sensory endings of thin fibre muscle afferents, namely ASIC1a, has been shown to contribute to the metabolically sensitive portion of the EPR (i.e. metaboreflex), but not the mechanically sensitive portion of the EPR (i.e. the mechanoreflex). However, the role played by ASIC1a in evoking the EPR in HF-rEF is unknown. We hypothesized that, in decerebrate, unanaesthetized HF-rEF rats, injection of the ASIC1a antagonist psalmotoxin-1 (PcTx-1; 100 ng) into the hindlimb arterial supply would reduce the reflex increase in renal SNA (RSNA) evoked via 30 s of electrically induced static hindlimb muscle contraction, but not static hindlimb muscle stretch (model of mechanoreflex activation isolated from contraction-induced metabolite-production). We found that PcTx-1 reduced the reflex increase in RSNA evoked in response to muscle contraction (n = 8; mean (SD) ∫ΔRSNA pre: 1343 (588) a.u.; post: 816 (573) a.u.; P = 0.026) and muscle stretch (n = 6; ∫ΔRSNA pre: 688 (583) a.u.; post: 304 (370) a.u.; P = 0.025). Our data suggest that, in HF-rEF rats, ASIC1a contributes to activation of the exercise pressor reflex and that contribution includes a novel role for ASIC1a in mechanosensation that is not present in healthy rats. KEY POINTS: Skeletal muscle contraction results in exaggerated reflex increases in sympathetic nerve activity in heart failure patients compared to healthy counterparts, which likely contributes to increased cardiovascular risk and impaired tolerance for even mild exercise (i.e. activities of daily living) for patients suffering with this condition. Activation of acid sensing ion channel subtype 1a (ASIC1a) on the sensory endings of thin fibre muscle afferents during skeletal muscle contraction contributes to reflex increases in sympathetic nerve activity and blood pressure, at least in healthy subjects. In this study, we demonstrate that ASIC1a on the sensory endings of thin fibre muscle afferents plays a role in both the mechanical and metabolic components of the exercise pressor reflex in male rats with heart failure. The present data identify a novel role for ASIC1a in evoking the exercise pressor reflex in heart failure and may have important clinical implications for heart failure patients.
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA,Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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Chen J, Rodriguez M, Miao J, Liao J, Jain PP, Zhao M, Zhao T, Babicheva A, Wang Z, Parmisano S, Powers R, Matti M, Paquin C, Soroureddin Z, Shyy JYJ, Thistlethwaite PA, Makino A, Wang J, Yuan JXJ. Mechanosensitive channel Piezo1 is required for pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell proliferation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2022; 322:L737-L760. [PMID: 35318857 PMCID: PMC9076422 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00447.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Revised: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Concentric pulmonary vascular wall thickening due partially to increased pulmonary artery (PA) smooth muscle cell (PASMC) proliferation contributes to elevating pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Although pulmonary vasoconstriction may be an early contributor to increasing PVR, the transition of contractile PASMCs to proliferative PASMCs may play an important role in the development and progression of pulmonary vascular remodeling in PH. A rise in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]cyt) is a trigger for PASMC contraction and proliferation. Here, we report that upregulation of Piezo1, a mechanosensitive cation channel, is involved in the contractile-to-proliferative phenotypic transition of PASMCs and potential development of pulmonary vascular remodeling. By comparing freshly isolated PA (contractile PASMCs) and primary cultured PASMCs (from the same rat) in a growth medium (proliferative PASMCs), we found that Piezo1, Notch2/3, and CaSR protein levels were significantly higher in proliferative PASMCs than in contractile PASMCs. Upregulated Piezo1 was associated with an increase in expression of PCNA, a marker for cell proliferation, whereas downregulation (with siRNA) or inhibition (with GsMTx4) of Piezo1 attenuated PASMC proliferation. Furthermore, Piezo1 in the remodeled PA from rats with experimental PH was upregulated compared with PA from control rats. These data indicate that PASMC contractile-to-proliferative phenotypic transition is associated with the transition or adaptation of membrane channels and receptors. Upregulated Piezo1 may play a critical role in PASMC phenotypic transition and PASMC proliferation. Upregulation of Piezo1 in proliferative PASMCs may likely be required to provide sufficient Ca2+ to assure nuclear/cell division and PASMC proliferation, contributing to the development and progression of pulmonary vascular remodeling in PH.
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- Jiyuan Chen
- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease and First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease and First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease and First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease and First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease and First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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Liu H, Hu J, Zheng Q, Feng X, Zhan F, Wang X, Xu G, Hua F. Piezo1 Channels as Force Sensors in Mechanical Force-Related Chronic Inflammation. Front Immunol 2022; 13:816149. [PMID: 35154133 PMCID: PMC8826255 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.816149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Mechanical damage is one of the predisposing factors of inflammation, and it runs through the entire inflammatory pathological process. Repeated or persistent damaging mechanical irritation leads to chronic inflammatory diseases. The mechanism of how mechanical forces induce inflammation is not fully understood. Piezo1 is a newly discovered mechanically sensitive ion channel. The Piezo1 channel opens in response to mechanical stimuli, transducing mechanical signals into an inflammatory cascade in the cell leading to tissue inflammation. A large amount of evidence shows that Piezo1 plays a vital role in the occurrence and progression of chronic inflammatory diseases. This mini-review briefly presents new evidence that Piezo1 responds to different mechanical stresses to trigger inflammation in various tissues. The discovery of Piezo1 provides new insights for the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases related to mechanical stress. Inhibiting the transduction of damaging mechanical signals into inflammatory signals can inhibit inflammation and improve the outcome of inflammation at an early stage. The pharmacology of Piezo1 has shown bright prospects. The development of tissue-specific Piezo1 drugs for clinical use may be a new target for treating chronic inflammation.
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- Hailin Liu
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology of Jiangxi Province, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology of Jiangxi Province, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology of Jiangxi Province, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology of Jiangxi Province, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology of Jiangxi Province, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology of Jiangxi Province, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology of Jiangxi Province, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology of Jiangxi Province, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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Nakamura N, Ikeda N, Heng P, Muraoka I. Muscle stiffening is associated with muscle mechanoreflex-mediated cardioacceleration. Eur J Appl Physiol 2022; 122:781-790. [PMID: 35024946 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-022-04885-8] [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: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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PURPOSE Although the muscle mechanoreflex is an important mediator to cardiovascular regulation during exercise, its modulation factors remain relatively unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of muscle stiffness on the muscle mechanoreflex. METHODS Participants were divided based on their median muscle stiffness (2.00 Nm/mm) into a low group (n = 15) and a high group (n = 15), and the muscle mechanoreflex was compared between the groups. After a 15-min rest in the supine position, heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), stroke volume (SV), and cardiac output (CO) were measured at rest for 3 min and during static passive dorsiflexion (SPD) at 20° for 1 min. Following a 15-min re-rest, muscle stiffness and passive resistive torque were evaluated in the distal end of the muscle belly of the medial gastrocnemius. RESULTS Peak relative changes in HR (low group: 6 ± 4% and high group: 12 ± 4%) and CO (low group: 8 ± 10% and high group: 13 ± 9%) were greater in the high group than in the low group (both, P < 0.05). A significant positive correlation was found between resistive torque during SPD and muscle stiffness and peak relative changes in HR (r = 0.51 and 0.61, both P < 0.05). However, there was no correlation between muscle elongation during SPD and peak relative changes in HR (r = - 0.23, P = 0.20). CONCLUSION These findings suggest that muscle stiffness may be modulatory factor of muscle mechanoreflex.
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- Nobuhiro Nakamura
- Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-1192, Japan.
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- Institute of General Education, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-1192, Japan
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Wang Z, Chen J, Babicheva A, Jain PP, Rodriguez M, Ayon RJ, Ravellette KS, Wu L, Balistrieri F, Tang H, Wu X, Zhao T, Black SM, Desai AA, Garcia JGN, Sun X, Shyy JYJ, Valdez-Jasso D, Thistlethwaite PA, Makino A, Wang J, Yuan JXJ. Endothelial upregulation of mechanosensitive channel Piezo1 in pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2021; 321:C1010-C1027. [PMID: 34669509 PMCID: PMC8714987 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00147.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Piezo is a mechanosensitive cation channel responsible for stretch-mediated Ca2+ and Na+ influx in multiple types of cells. Little is known about the functional role of Piezo1 in the lung vasculature and its potential pathogenic role in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Pulmonary arterial endothelial cells (PAECs) are constantly under mechanic stretch and shear stress that are sufficient to activate Piezo channels. Here, we report that Piezo1 is significantly upregulated in PAECs from patients with idiopathic PAH and animals with experimental pulmonary hypertension (PH) compared with normal controls. Membrane stretch by decreasing extracellular osmotic pressure or by cyclic stretch (18% CS) increases Ca2+-dependent phosphorylation (p) of AKT and ERK, and subsequently upregulates expression of Notch ligands, Jagged1/2 (Jag-1 and Jag-2), and Delta like-4 (DLL4) in PAECs. siRNA-mediated downregulation of Piezo1 significantly inhibited the stretch-mediated pAKT increase and Jag-1 upregulation, whereas downregulation of AKT by siRNA markedly attenuated the stretch-mediated Jag-1 upregulation in human PAECs. Furthermore, the mRNA and protein expression level of Piezo1 in the isolated pulmonary artery, which mainly contains pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs), from animals with severe PH was also significantly higher than that from control animals. Intraperitoneal injection of a Piezo1 channel blocker, GsMTx4, ameliorated experimental PH in mice. Taken together, our study suggests that membrane stretch-mediated Ca2+ influx through Piezo1 is an important trigger for pAKT-mediated upregulation of Jag-1 in PAECs. Upregulation of the mechanosensitive channel Piezo1 and the resultant increase in the Notch ligands (Jag-1/2 and DLL4) in PAECs may play a critical pathogenic role in the development of pulmonary vascular remodeling in PAH and PH.
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- Ziyi Wang
- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Section of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
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Rollins KS, Butenas ALE, Williams AC, Copp SW. Sensory neuron inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors contribute to chronic mechanoreflex sensitization in rats with simulated peripheral artery disease. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2021; 321:R768-R780. [PMID: 34494467 PMCID: PMC8616625 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00165.2021] [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: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The mechanoreflex is exaggerated in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and in a rat model of simulated PAD in which a femoral artery is chronically (∼72 h) ligated. We found recently that, in rats with a ligated femoral artery, blockade of thromboxane A2 (TxA2) receptors on the sensory endings of thin fiber muscle afferents reduced the pressor response to 1 Hz repetitive/dynamic hindlimb skeletal muscle stretch (a model of mechanoreflex activation isolated from contraction-induced metabolite production). Conversely, we found no effect of TxA2 receptor blockade in rats with freely perfused femoral arteries. Here, we extended the isolated mechanoreflex findings in "ligated" rats to experiments evoking dynamic hindlimb skeletal muscle contractions. We also investigated the role played by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptors, receptors associated with intracellular signaling linked to TxA2 receptors, in the exaggerated response to dynamic mechanoreflex and exercise pressor reflex activation in ligated rats. Injection of the TxA2 receptor antagonist daltroban into the arterial supply of the hindlimb reduced the pressor response to 1 Hz dynamic contraction in ligated but not "freely perfused" rats. Moreover, injection of the IP3 receptor antagonist xestospongin C into the arterial supply of the hindlimb reduced the pressor response to 1 Hz dynamic stretch and contraction in ligated but not freely perfused rats. These findings demonstrate that, in rats with a ligated femoral artery, sensory neuron TxA2 receptor and IP3 receptor-mediated signaling contributes to a chronic sensitization of the mechanically activated channels associated with the mechanoreflex and the exercise pressor reflex.
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- Korynne S Rollins
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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Butenas ALE, Rollins KS, Williams AC, Parr SK, Hammond ST, Ade CJ, Hageman KS, Musch TI, Copp SW. Thromboxane A 2 receptors contribute to the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex in male rats with heart failure. Physiol Rep 2021; 9:e15052. [PMID: 34558221 PMCID: PMC8461035 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
Mechanical and metabolic signals associated with skeletal muscle contraction stimulate the sensory endings of thin fiber muscle afferents and produce reflex increases in sympathetic nerve activity and blood pressure during exercise (i.e., the exercise pressor reflex; EPR). The EPR is exaggerated in patients and animals with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HF-rEF) and its activation contributes to reduced exercise capacity within this patient population. Accumulating evidence suggests that the exaggerated EPR in HF-rEF is partially attributable to a sensitization of mechanically activated channels produced by thromboxane A2 receptors (TxA2 -Rs) on those sensory endings; however, this has not been investigated. Accordingly, the purpose of this investigation was to determine the role played by TxA2 -Rs on the sensory endings of thin fiber muscle afferents in the exaggerated EPR in rats with HF-rEF induced by coronary artery ligation. In decerebrate, unanesthetized rats, we found that injection of the TxA2 -R antagonist daltroban (80 μg) into the arterial supply of the hindlimb reduced the pressor response to 30 s of electrically induced 1 Hz dynamic hindlimb muscle contraction in HF-rEF (n = 8, peak ∆MAP pre: 22 ± 3; post: 14 ± 2 mmHg; p = 0.01) but not sham (n = 10, peak ∆MAP pre: 13 ± 3; post: 11 ± 2 mmHg; p = 0.68) rats. In a separate group of HF-rEF rats (n = 4), we found that the systemic (intravenous) injection of daltroban had no effect on the EPR (peak ΔMAP pre: 26 ± 7; post: 25 ± 7 mmHg; p = 0.50). Our data suggest that TxA2 -Rs on thin fiber muscle afferents contribute to the exaggerated EPR evoked in response to dynamic muscle contraction in HF-rEF.
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- Department of KinesiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- Department of KinesiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- Department of KinesiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- Department of Anatomy and PhysiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- Department of KinesiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
- Department of Anatomy and PhysiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- Department of KinesiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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Mizuno M, Hotta N, Ishizawa R, Kim HK, Iwamoto G, Vongpatanasin W, Mitchell JH, Smith SA. The Impact of Insulin Resistance on Cardiovascular Control During Exercise in Diabetes. Exerc Sport Sci Rev 2021; 49:157-167. [PMID: 33965976 PMCID: PMC8195845 DOI: 10.1249/jes.0000000000000259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Patients with diabetes display heightened blood pressure response to exercise, but the underlying mechanism remains to be elucidated. There is no direct evidence that insulin resistance (hyperinsulinemia or hyperglycemia) impacts neural cardiovascular control during exercise. We propose a novel paradigm in which hyperinsulinemia or hyperglycemia significantly influences neural regulatory pathways controlling the circulation during exercise in diabetes.
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- Masaki Mizuno
- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9174, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9174, USA
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- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9174, USA
- College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-850, Japan
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- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9174, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9174, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9174, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9174, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9174, USA
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- Department of Applied Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9174, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9174, USA
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Xu X, Liu S, Liu H, Ru K, Jia Y, Wu Z, Liang S, Khan Z, Chen Z, Qian A, Hu L. Piezo Channels: Awesome Mechanosensitive Structures in Cellular Mechanotransduction and Their Role in Bone. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22126429. [PMID: 34208464 PMCID: PMC8234635 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Piezo channels are mechanosensitive ion channels located in the cell membrane and function as key cellular mechanotransducers for converting mechanical stimuli into electrochemical signals. Emerged as key molecular detectors of mechanical forces, Piezo channels' functions in bone have attracted more and more attention. Here, we summarize the current knowledge of Piezo channels and review the research advances of Piezo channels' function in bone by highlighting Piezo1's role in bone cells, including osteocyte, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (BM-MSC), osteoblast, osteoclast, and chondrocyte. Moreover, the role of Piezo channels in bone diseases is summarized.
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- Xia Xu
- Lab for Bone Metabolism, Key Lab for Space Biosciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China; (X.X.); (S.L.); (H.L.); (K.R.); (Y.J.); (Z.W.); (S.L.); (Z.K.); (Z.C.)
- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Special Medicine and Health Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- Research Center for Special Medicine and Health Systems Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- NPU-UAB Joint Laboratory for Bone Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
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- Lab for Bone Metabolism, Key Lab for Space Biosciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China; (X.X.); (S.L.); (H.L.); (K.R.); (Y.J.); (Z.W.); (S.L.); (Z.K.); (Z.C.)
- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Special Medicine and Health Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- Research Center for Special Medicine and Health Systems Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- NPU-UAB Joint Laboratory for Bone Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
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- Lab for Bone Metabolism, Key Lab for Space Biosciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China; (X.X.); (S.L.); (H.L.); (K.R.); (Y.J.); (Z.W.); (S.L.); (Z.K.); (Z.C.)
- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Special Medicine and Health Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- Research Center for Special Medicine and Health Systems Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- NPU-UAB Joint Laboratory for Bone Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
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- Lab for Bone Metabolism, Key Lab for Space Biosciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China; (X.X.); (S.L.); (H.L.); (K.R.); (Y.J.); (Z.W.); (S.L.); (Z.K.); (Z.C.)
- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Special Medicine and Health Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- Research Center for Special Medicine and Health Systems Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- NPU-UAB Joint Laboratory for Bone Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
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- Lab for Bone Metabolism, Key Lab for Space Biosciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China; (X.X.); (S.L.); (H.L.); (K.R.); (Y.J.); (Z.W.); (S.L.); (Z.K.); (Z.C.)
- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Special Medicine and Health Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- Research Center for Special Medicine and Health Systems Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- NPU-UAB Joint Laboratory for Bone Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
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- Lab for Bone Metabolism, Key Lab for Space Biosciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China; (X.X.); (S.L.); (H.L.); (K.R.); (Y.J.); (Z.W.); (S.L.); (Z.K.); (Z.C.)
- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Special Medicine and Health Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- Research Center for Special Medicine and Health Systems Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- NPU-UAB Joint Laboratory for Bone Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
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- Lab for Bone Metabolism, Key Lab for Space Biosciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China; (X.X.); (S.L.); (H.L.); (K.R.); (Y.J.); (Z.W.); (S.L.); (Z.K.); (Z.C.)
- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Special Medicine and Health Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- Research Center for Special Medicine and Health Systems Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- NPU-UAB Joint Laboratory for Bone Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
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- Lab for Bone Metabolism, Key Lab for Space Biosciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China; (X.X.); (S.L.); (H.L.); (K.R.); (Y.J.); (Z.W.); (S.L.); (Z.K.); (Z.C.)
- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Special Medicine and Health Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- Research Center for Special Medicine and Health Systems Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- NPU-UAB Joint Laboratory for Bone Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
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- Lab for Bone Metabolism, Key Lab for Space Biosciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China; (X.X.); (S.L.); (H.L.); (K.R.); (Y.J.); (Z.W.); (S.L.); (Z.K.); (Z.C.)
- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Special Medicine and Health Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- Research Center for Special Medicine and Health Systems Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- NPU-UAB Joint Laboratory for Bone Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
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- Lab for Bone Metabolism, Key Lab for Space Biosciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China; (X.X.); (S.L.); (H.L.); (K.R.); (Y.J.); (Z.W.); (S.L.); (Z.K.); (Z.C.)
- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Special Medicine and Health Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- Research Center for Special Medicine and Health Systems Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- NPU-UAB Joint Laboratory for Bone Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- Correspondence: (A.Q.); (L.H.)
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- Lab for Bone Metabolism, Key Lab for Space Biosciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China; (X.X.); (S.L.); (H.L.); (K.R.); (Y.J.); (Z.W.); (S.L.); (Z.K.); (Z.C.)
- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Special Medicine and Health Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- Research Center for Special Medicine and Health Systems Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- NPU-UAB Joint Laboratory for Bone Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
- Correspondence: (A.Q.); (L.H.)
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Yu JL, Liao HY. Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 (Piezo1) in human cancer. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 140:111692. [PMID: 34004511 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 (Piezo1) is a mechanosensitive ion channel protein that is evolutionarily conserved and multifunctional. It plays an important role as an oncogenic mediator in several malignant tumors. It mediates the proliferation, migration, and invasion of a variety of cancer cells through various mechanisms. Multiple studies have shown that the expression of Piezo1 is related to the clinical characteristics of senescence and cancer patients, making Piezo1 useful as a new biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of a variety of human cancers. Manipulating the expression or function of Piezo1 is a potential therapeutic strategy for different diseases. Piezo1 may be a promising tumor biomarker and therapeutic target. Here we review the biological function, mechanism of action, and potential clinical significance of Piezo1 in oncogenesis and progression.
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- Jia-Lin Yu
- The 947th Army Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, 13 Kuona Bazha Road, XinJiang 844200, PR China
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- The Fist Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical College, 23 Youth Road, Jiangxi 342800, PR China
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Grotle AK, Huo Y, Harrison ML, Ybarbo KM, Stone AJ. GsMTx-4 normalizes the exercise pressor reflex evoked by intermittent muscle contraction in early stage type 1 diabetic rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2021; 320:H1738-H1748. [PMID: 33635166 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00794.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Emerging evidence suggests the exercise pressor reflex is exaggerated in early stage type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Piezo channels may play a role in this exaggeration, as blocking these channels attenuates the exaggerated pressor response to tendon stretch in T1DM rats. However, tendon stretch constitutes a different mechanical and physiological stimuli than that occurring during muscle contraction. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the contribution of Piezo channels in evoking the pressor reflex during an intermittent muscle contraction in T1DM. In unanesthetized decerebrate rats, we compared the pressor and cardioaccelerator responses to intermittent muscle contraction before and after locally injecting grammostola spatulata mechanotoxin 4 (GsMTx-4, 0.25 µM) into the hindlimb vasculature. Although GsMTx-4 has a high potency for Piezo channels, it has also been suggested to block transient receptor potential cation (TRPC) channels. We, therefore, performed additional experiments to control for this possibility by also injecting SKF 96365 (10 µM), a TRPC channel blocker. We found that local injection of GsMTx-4, but not SKF 96365, attenuated the exaggerated peak pressor (ΔMAP before: 33 ± 3 mmHg, after: 22 ± 3 mmHg, P = 0.007) and pressor index (ΔBPi before: 668 ± 91 mmHg·s, after: 418 ± 81 mmHg·s, P = 0.021) response in streptozotocin (STZ) rats (n = 8). GsMTx-4 attenuated the exaggerated early onset pressor and the pressor response over time, which eliminated peak differences as well as those over time between T1DM and healthy controls. These data suggest that Piezo channels are an effective target to normalize the exercise pressor reflex in T1DM.NEW & NOTEWORTHY This is the first study to demonstrate that blocking Piezo channels is effective in ameliorating the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex evoked by intermittent muscle contraction, commonly occurring during physical activity, in T1DM. Thus, these findings suggest Piezo channels may serve as an effective therapeutic target to reduce the acute and prolonged cardiovascular strain that may occur during dynamic exercise in T1DM.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Autonomic Nervous System/drug effects
- Autonomic Nervous System/metabolism
- Autonomic Nervous System/physiopathology
- Blood Pressure/drug effects
- Cardiovascular System/innervation
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/drug therapy
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/physiopathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/drug therapy
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/physiopathology
- Female
- Heart Rate/drug effects
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/pharmacology
- Ion Channels/antagonists & inhibitors
- Ion Channels/metabolism
- Male
- Membrane Transport Modulators/pharmacology
- Muscle Contraction
- Muscle, Skeletal/innervation
- Physical Conditioning, Animal
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Reflex, Abnormal/drug effects
- Spider Venoms/pharmacology
- Time Factors
- Rats
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- Ann-Katrin Grotle
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Butenas ALE, Rollins KS, Williams AC, Parr SK, Hammond ST, Ade CJ, Hageman KS, Musch TI, Copp SW. Exaggerated sympathetic and cardiovascular responses to dynamic mechanoreflex activation in rats with heart failure: Role of endoperoxide 4 and thromboxane A 2 receptors. Auton Neurosci 2021; 232:102784. [PMID: 33610008 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2021.102784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine the role played by endoperoxide 4 receptors (EP4-R) and thromboxane A2 receptors (TxA2-R) during isolated dynamic muscle mechanoreflex activation in rats with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HF-rEF) and sham-operated healthy controls. We found that injection of the EP4-R antagonist L-161,982 (1 μg) into the arterial supply of the hindlimb had no effect on the peak pressor response to dynamic hindlimb muscle stretch in HF-rEF (n = 6, peak ∆MAP pre: 27 ± 7; post: 27 ± 4 mm Hg; P = 0.99) or sham (n = 6, peak ∆MAP pre: 15 ± 3; post: 13 ± 3 mm Hg; P = 0.67) rats. In contrast, injection of the TxA2-R antagonist daltroban (80 μg) into the arterial supply of the hindlimb reduced the pressor response to dynamic hindlimb muscle stretch in HF-rEF (n = 11, peak ∆MAP pre: 28 ± 4; post: 16 ± 2 mm Hg; P = 0.02) but not sham (n = 8, peak ∆MAP pre: 17 ± 3; post: 16 ± 3; P = 0.84) rats. Our data suggest that TxA2-Rs on thin fibre muscle afferents contribute to the exaggerated mechanoreflex in HF-rEF.
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- Alec L E Butenas
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America.
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Huo Y, Grotle AK, Ybarbo KM, Lee J, Harrison ML, Stone AJ. Effects of acute hyperglycemia on the exercise pressor reflex in healthy rats. Auton Neurosci 2020; 229:102739. [PMID: 33190039 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2020.102739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The exercise pressor reflex is exaggerated in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Hyperglycemia, a main characteristic of T2DM, likely contributes to this exaggerated response. However, the isolated effect of acute hyperglycemia, independent of T2DM, on the exercise pressor reflex is not known. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of acute, local exposure to hyperglycemia on the exercise pressor reflex and its two components, namely the mechanoreflex and the metaboreflex, in healthy rats. To accomplish this, we determined the effect of an acute locol intra-arterial glucose infusion (0.25 g/mL) on cardiovascular responses to static contraction (i.e., exercise pressor reflex) and tendon stretch (i.e., mechanoreflex) for 30 s, as well as hindlimb intra-arterial lactic acid (24 mM) injection (i.e., metaboreflex) in fasted unanesthetized, decerebrated Sprague-Dawley rats. We measured and compared changes in mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) before and after glucose infusion. We found that acute glucose infusion did not affect the pressor response to static contraction (ΔMAP: before: 15 ± 2 mmHg, after: 12 ± 2 mmHg; n = 8, p > 0.05), tendon stretch (ΔMAP: before: 12 ± 1 mmHg, after: 12 ± 3 mmHg; n = 8, p > 0.05), or lactic acid injection (ΔMAP: before: 13 ± 2 mmHg, after: 17 ± 3 mmHg; n = 9, p > 0.05). Likewise, cardioaccelerator responses were unaffected by glucose infusion, p > 0.05 for all. In conclusion, these findings suggest that acute, local exposure to hyperglycemia does not affect the exercise pressor reflex or either of its components.
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- Yu Huo
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, United States of America.
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Teixeira AL, Fernandes IA, Vianna LC. Cardiovascular Control During Exercise: The Connectivity of Skeletal Muscle Afferents to the Brain. Exerc Sport Sci Rev 2020; 48:83-91. [PMID: 32000180 DOI: 10.1249/jes.0000000000000218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The exercise pressor reflex (EPR) is engaged upon the activation of group III/IV skeletal muscle afferents and is one of the principal mediators of cardiovascular responses to exercise. This review explores the hypothesis that afferent signals from EPR communicate via GABAergic contacts within the brain stem to evoke parasympathetic withdrawal and sympathoexcitation to increase cardiac output, peripheral resistance, and blood pressure during exercise.
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- André L Teixeira
- NeuroV̇ASQ̇-Integrative Physiology Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Butenas ALE, Rollins KS, Matney JE, Williams AC, Kleweno TE, Parr SK, Hammond ST, Ade CJ, Hageman KS, Musch TI, Copp SW. No effect of endoperoxide 4 or thromboxane A 2 receptor blockade on static mechanoreflex activation in rats with heart failure. Exp Physiol 2020; 105:1840-1854. [PMID: 32954541 DOI: 10.1113/ep088835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? Do endoperoxide 4 and thromboxane A2 receptors, which are receptors for cyclooxygenase products of arachidonic metabolism, on thin fibre muscle afferents play a role in the chronic mechanoreflex sensitization present in rats with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HF-rEF)? What is the main finding and its importance? The data do not support a role for endoperoxide 4 receptors or thromboxane A2 receptors in the chronic mechanoreflex sensitization in HF-rEF rats. ABSTRACT We investigated the role of cyclooxygenase metabolite-associated endoperoxide 4 receptors (EP4-R) and thromboxane A2 receptors (TxA2 -R) on thin fibre muscle afferents in the chronic mechanoreflex sensitization in rats with myocardial infarction-induced heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HF-rEF). We hypothesized that injection of either the EP4-R antagonist L-161,982 (1 µg) or the TxA2 -R antagonist daltroban (80 µg) into the arterial supply of the hindlimb would reduce the increase in blood pressure and renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) evoked in response to 30 s of static hindlimb skeletal muscle stretch (a model of isolated mechanoreflex activation) in decerebrate, unanaesthetized HF-rEF rats but not sham-operated control rats (SHAM). Ejection fraction was significantly reduced in HF-rEF (45 ± 11%) compared to SHAM (83 ± 6%; P < 0.01) rats. In SHAM and HF-rEF rats, we found that the EP4-R antagonist had no effect on the peak increase in mean arterial pressure (peak ΔMAP SHAM n = 6, pre: 15 ± 7, post: 15 ± 9, P = 0.99; HF-rEF n = 9, pre: 30 ± 11, post: 32 ± 15 mmHg, P = 0.84) or peak increase in RSNA (peak ΔRSNA SHAM pre: 33 ± 14, post: 47 ± 31%, P = 0.94; HF-rEF, pre: 109 ± 47, post: 139 ± 150%, P = 0.76) response to stretch. Similarly, in SHAM and HF-rEF rats, we found that the TxA2 -R antagonist had no effect on the peak ΔMAP (SHAM n = 7, pre: 13 ± 7, post: 19 ± 14, P = 0.15; HF-rEF n = 14, pre: 24 ± 13, post: 21 ± 13 mmHg, P = 0.47) or peak ΔRSNA (SHAM pre: 52 ± 43, post: 57 ± 67%, P = 0.94; HF-rEF, pre: 108 ± 93, post: 88 ± 72%, P = 0.30) response to stretch. The data do not support a role for EP4-Rs or TxA2 -Rs in the chronic mechanoreflex sensitization in HF-rEF.
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- Alec L E Butenas
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.,Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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Grotle AK, Huo Y, Harrison ML, Lee J, Ybarbo KM, Stone AJ. Effects of type 1 diabetes on reflexive cardiovascular responses to intermittent muscle contraction. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2020; 319:R358-R365. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00109.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This is the first study to provide evidence that early-stage type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) leads to an exaggerated exercise pressor reflex evoked by intermittent muscle contraction, resulting in substantially higher cardiovascular strain. These findings are significant as they indicate that interventions targeting the exercise pressor reflex may work to alleviate the increased cardiovascular strain and overall burden during exercise in T1DM.
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- Ann-Katrin Grotle
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin Texas
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin Texas
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin Texas
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin Texas
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin Texas
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin Texas
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Rollins KS, Butenas ALE, Felice KP, Matney JE, Williams AC, Kleweno TE, Copp SW. Thromboxane A 2 receptors mediate chronic mechanoreflex sensitization in a rat model of simulated peripheral artery disease. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2020; 319:H320-H330. [PMID: 32530751 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00255.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The exercise pressor reflex is a feedback autonomic and cardiovascular control mechanism evoked by mechanical and metabolic signals within contracting skeletal muscles. The mechanically sensitive component of the reflex (the mechanoreflex) is exaggerated in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and in a rat model of simulated PAD in which a femoral artery is chronically ligated. Products of cyclooxygenase enzyme activity have been shown to chronically sensitize the mechanoreflex in PAD, but the identity of the muscle afferent receptors that mediate the sensitization is unclear. We hypothesized that injection of the endoperoxide 4 receptor (EP4-R) antagonist L161982 or the thromboxane A2 receptor (TxA2-R) antagonist daltroban into the arterial supply of the hindlimb would reduce the pressor response to repetitive, dynamic hindlimb skeletal muscle stretch (a model of isolated mechanoreflex activation) in rats with a femoral artery that was ligated ~72 h before the experiment but not in rats with freely perfused femoral arteries. We found that EP4-R blockade had no effect on the pressor response (peak Δmean arterial pressure) to stretch in freely perfused (n = 6, pre: 14 ± 2, post: 15 ± 2 mmHg, P = 0.97) or ligated (n = 8, pre: 29 ± 4, post: 29 ± 6 mmHg, P = 0.98) rats. In contrast, TxA2-R blockade had no effect on the pressor response to stretch in freely perfused rats (n = 6, pre: 16 ± 3, post: 17 ± 4 mmHg, P = 0.99) but significantly reduced the response in ligated rats (n = 11, pre: 29 ± 4, post: 17 ± 5 mmHg, P < 0.01). We conclude that TxA2-Rs contribute to chronic mechanoreflex sensitization in the chronic femoral artery-ligated rat model of simulated PAD.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We demonstrate that thromboxane A2 receptors, but not endoperoxide 4 receptors, on the sensory endings of thin fiber muscle afferents contribute to the chronic sensitization of the muscle mechanoreflex in rats with a ligated femoral artery (a model of simulated peripheral artery disease). The data may have important implications for our understanding of blood pressure control during exercise in patients with peripheral artery disease.
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- Korynne S Rollins
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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Grotle AK, Macefield VG, Farquhar WB, O'Leary DS, Stone AJ. Recent advances in exercise pressor reflex function in health and disease. Auton Neurosci 2020; 228:102698. [PMID: 32861944 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2020.102698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Autonomic alterations at the onset of exercise are critical to redistribute cardiac output towards the contracting muscles while preventing a fall in arterial pressure due to excessive vasodilation within the contracting muscles. Neural mechanisms responsible for these adjustments include central command, the exercise pressor reflex, and arterial and cardiopulmonary baroreflexes. The exercise pressor reflex evokes reflex increases in sympathetic activity to the heart and systemic vessels and decreases in parasympathetic activity to the heart, which increases blood pressure (BP), heart rate, and total peripheral resistance through vasoconstriction of systemic vessels. In this review, we discuss recent advancements in our understanding of exercise pressor reflex function in health and disease. Specifically, we discuss emerging evidence suggesting that sympathetic vasoconstrictor drive to the contracting and non-contracting skeletal muscle is differentially controlled by central command and the metaboreflex in healthy conditions. Further, we discuss evidence from animal and human studies showing that cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, diabetes, and heart failure, lead to an altered exercise pressor reflex function. We also provide an update on the mechanisms thought to underlie this altered exercise pressor reflex function in each of these diseases. Although these mechanisms are complex, multifactorial, and dependent on the etiology of the disease, there is a clear consensus that several mechanisms are involved. Ultimately, approaches targeting these mechanisms are clinically significant as they provide alternative therapeutic strategies to prevent adverse cardiovascular events while also reducing symptoms of exercise intolerance.
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- Ann-Katrin Grotle
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States of America.
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Ducrocq GP, Kim JS, Estrada JA, Kaufman MP. ASIC1a does not play a role in evoking the metabolic component of the exercise pressor reflex in a rat model of peripheral artery disease. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2020; 319:H171-H182. [PMID: 32502377 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00257.2020] [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: 11/22/2022]
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The role of the ASIC1a in evoking the exercise pressor reflex in rats with simulated peripheral artery disease is unknown. This prompted us to determine whether ASIC1a plays a role in evoking the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex in decerebrated rats with simulated peripheral artery disease. To simulate peripheral artery disease, we ligated the left femoral artery 72 h before the experiment. The right femoral artery was freely perfused and used as a control. To test our hypothesis, we measured the effect of injecting two ASIC1a blockers into the arterial supply of the triceps surae muscles with and without the femoral artery ligated on the reflex pressor responses to 1) static contraction of the triceps surae muscles, 2) calcaneal tendon stretch, and 3) intra-arterial injection of diprotonated phosphate (pH 6.0). We found that the ASIC1a blockers psalmotoxin-1 (200 ng/kg) and mambalgin-1 (6.5 μg/kg) decreased the pressor responses to static contraction as well as the peak pressor responses to injection of diprotonated phosphate when these responses were evoked from the freely perfused hindlimb. In contrast, ASIC1a blockers only decreased the peak pressor responses evoked by injection of diprotonated phosphate in the hindlimb circulation with simulated peripheral artery disease. This inhibitory effect was less than the one measured from the healthy hindlimb. Independently of the hindlimb of interest, ASIC1a blockers had no effect on the pressor responses to tendon stretch. Our results do not support the hypothesis that ASIC1a play a role in evoking the exercise pressor reflex arising from a hindlimb with simulated peripheral artery disease.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The role of ASIC1a in evoking the metabolic component of the exercise pressor reflex in peripheral artery disease is unknown. Using a within-rat experimental design, we found that the contribution of ASIC1a decreased in a rat model of peripheral artery disease. These results have key implications to help finding better treatments and improve morbidity, quality of life, and mortality in patients with peripheral artery disease.
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- Guillaume P Ducrocq
- Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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Estrada JA, Ducrocq GP, Kim JS, Kaufman MP. Intrathecal injection of brilliant blue G, a P2X7 antagonist, attenuates the exercise pressor reflex in rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2020; 319:R223-R232. [PMID: 32609538 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00093.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Purinergic 2X (P2X) receptors on the endings of group III and IV afferents play a role in evoking the exercise pressor reflex. Particular attention has been paid to P2X3 receptors because their blockade in the periphery attenuated this reflex. In contrast, nothing is known about the role played by P2X receptors in the spinal cord in evoking the exercise pressor reflex in rats. P2X7 receptors, in particular, may be especially important in this regard because they are found in abundance on spinal glial cells and may communicate with neurons to effect reflexes controlling cardiovascular function. Consequently, we investigated the role played by spinal P2X7 receptors in evoking the exercise pressor reflex in decerebrated rats. We found that intrathecal injection of the P2X7 antagonist brilliant blue G (BBG) attenuated the exercise pressor reflex (blood pressure index: 294 ± 112 mmHg·s before vs. 7 ± 32 mmHg·s after; P < 0.05). Likewise, intrathecal injection of minocycline, which inhibits microglial cell output, attenuated the reflex. In contrast, intrathecal injection of BBG did not attenuate the pressor response evoked by intracarotid injection of sodium cyanide, a maneuver that stimulated carotid chemoreceptors. Moreover, injections of BBG either into the arterial supply of the contracting hindlimb muscles or into the jugular vein did not attenuate the exercise pressor reflex. Our findings support the hypothesis that P2X7 receptors on microglial cells within the spinal cord play a role in evoking the exercise pressor reflex.
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- Juan A Estrada
- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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Wörmann J, Lüker J, Plenge T, van den Bruck JH, Steven D, Sultan A. First transcatheter leadless pacemaker implantation in a pediatric patient with a genetic disease. Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol 2020; 31:235-237. [PMID: 32372230 DOI: 10.1007/s00399-020-00685-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A pediatric patient suffering from Marden-Walker syndrome, a rare genetic disease, was referred to the authors' hospital for syncope due to bradycardia. Since this disease is associated with severe joint contractures, a transcatheter leadless pacing system (TPS) was chosen. Despite the small body size and complex anatomy, TPS implantation was feasible, demonstrating that it is a safe alternative in difficult venous access compared to a conventional pacemaker with increased risk of lead complications in these patients.
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- Jonas Wörmann
- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany
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Smith JR, Hart CR, Ramos PA, Akinsanya JG, Lanza IR, Joyner MJ, Curry TB, Olson TP. Metabo- and mechanoreceptor expression in human heart failure: Relationships with the locomotor muscle afferent influence on exercise responses. Exp Physiol 2020; 105:809-818. [PMID: 32105387 DOI: 10.1113/ep088353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? How do locomotor muscle metabo- and mechanoreceptor expression compare in heart failure patients and controls? Do relationships exist between the protein expression and cardiopulmonary responses during exercise with locomotor muscle neural afferent feedback inhibition? What is the main finding and its importance? Heart failure patients exhibited greater protein expression of transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 and cyclooxygenase-2 than controls. These findings are important as they identify receptors that may underlie the augmented locomotor muscle neural afferent feedback in heart failure. ABSTRACT Heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) exhibit abnormal locomotor group III/IV afferent feedback during exercise; however, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine (1) metabo- and mechanoreceptor expression in HFrEF and controls and (2) relationships between receptor expression and changes in cardiopulmonary responses with afferent inhibition. Ten controls and six HFrEF performed 5 min of cycling exercise at 65% peak workload with lumbar intrathecal fentanyl (FENT) or placebo (PLA). Arterial blood pressure and catecholamines were measured via radial artery catheter. A vastus lateralis muscle biopsy was performed to quantify cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), purinergic 2X3 (P2X3 ), transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV 1), acid-sensing ion channel 3 (ASIC3 ), Piezo 1 and Piezo 2 protein expression. TRPV 1 and COX-2 protein expression was greater in HFrEF than controls (both P < 0.04), while P2X3 , ASIC3 , and Piezo 1 and 2 were not different between groups (all P > 0.16). In all participants, COX-2 protein expression was related to the percentage change in ventilation (r = -0.66) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) (r = -0.82) (both P < 0.01) with FENT (relative to PLA) during exercise. In controls, TRPV 1 protein expression was related to the percentage change in systolic blood pressure (r = -0.77, P = 0.02) and MAP (r = -0.72, P = 0.03) with FENT (relative to PLA) during exercise. TRPV 1 and COX-2 protein levels are elevated in HFrEF compared to controls. These findings suggest that the elevated TRPV 1 and COX-2 expression may contribute to the exaggerated locomotor muscle afferent feedback during cycling exercise in HFrEF.
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- Joshua R Smith
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Grotle AK, Stone AJ. Exaggerated exercise pressor reflex in type 2 diabetes: Potential role of oxidative stress. Auton Neurosci 2019; 222:102591. [PMID: 31669797 PMCID: PMC6858935 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2019.102591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) leads to exaggerated cardiovascular responses to exercise, in part due to an exaggerated exercise pressor reflex. Accumulating data suggest excessive oxidative stress contributes to an exaggerated exercise pressor reflex in cardiovascular-related diseases. Excessive oxidative stress is also a primary underlying mechanism for the development and progression of T2DM. However, whether oxidative stress plays a role in mediating the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex in T2DM is not known. Therefore, this review explores the potential role of oxidative stress leading to increased activation of the afferent arm of the exercise pressor reflex. Several lines of evidence support direct and indirect effects of oxidative stress on the exercise pressor reflex. For example, intramuscular ROS may directly and indirectly (by attenuating contracting muscle blood flow) increase group III and IV afferent activity. Oxidative stress is a primary underlying mechanism for the development of neuropathic pain, which in turn is associated with increased group III and IV afferent activity. These are the same type of afferents that evoke muscle pain and the exercise pressor reflex. Furthermore, oxidative stress-induced release of inflammatory mediators may modulate afferent activity. Collectively, these alterations may result in a positive feedback loop that further amplifies the exercise pressor reflex. An exaggerated reflex increases the risk of adverse cardiovascular events. Thus, identifying the contribution of oxidative stress could provide a potential therapeutic target to reduce this risk in T2DM.
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- Ann-Katrin Grotle
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, United States of America.
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Estrada JA, Ducrocq GP, Kaufman MP. The magnitude of the exercise pressor reflex is influenced by the active skeletal muscle mass in the decerebrate rat. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2019; 318:R30-R37. [PMID: 31664869 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00263.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The exercise pressor reflex is composed of two components, namely the muscle mechanoreflex and the muscle metaboreflex. The afferents evoking the two components are either thinly myelinated (group III) or unmyelinated (group IV); in combination they are termed "thin fiber afferents." The exercise pressor reflex is often studied in unanesthetized, decerebrate rats. However, the relationship between the magnitude of this reflex and the number of thin fiber afferents stimulated by muscle contraction is unknown. This lack of knowledge prompted us to test the hypothesis that the magnitude of the exercise pressor reflex was directly proportional to the amount of muscle mass activated. Muscle mechanoreceptors were stimulated by stretching the calcaneal tendon. Likewise, muscle metaboreceptors were stimulated by injecting lactic acid into the arterial supply of the hindlimb muscles. In addition, both muscle mechanoreceptors and metaboreceptors were stimulated by statically contracting the hindlimb muscles. We found that simultaneous bilateral (both hindlimbs) stimulation of thin fiber afferents with stretch, lactic acid, and static contraction evoked significantly greater pressor responses than did unilateral (one hindlimb) stimulation of these afferents. In addition, the magnitude of the pressor responses to bilateral simultaneous stimulation of thin fiber afferents evoked by stretch, lactic acid, and contraction was not significantly different from the magnitude of the sum of the pressor responses evoked by unilateral stimulation of these afferents by stretch, lactic acid, and contraction. We conclude that the magnitude of the exercise pressor reflex and its two components is dependent on the number of afferents stimulated.
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- Juan A Estrada
- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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