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Bavis RW, Benevides ES, Gutch S, Murphy EJ, West HR, Ceesay S, Reynoso Williams M, Cory P. Influence of chronic hypoxia on the hypoxic ventilatory response of juvenile and adult rats. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2023; 316:104118. [PMID: 37460077 PMCID: PMC10528092 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2023.104118] [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: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
Abstract
Chronic hypoxia (CH) from birth attenuates the acute hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) in rats and other mammals, but CH is often reported to augment the HVR in adult mammals. To test the hypothesis that this transition - from blunting to augmenting the HVR - occurs in the third or fourth postnatal week in rats, juvenile and adult rats were exposed to normobaric CH (12% O2) for 7 days and the HVR was assessed by whole-body plethysmography. No transition was observed, however, and the acute HVR was reduced by 61 - 85% across all ages studied. The failure to observe an augmented HVR in adult rats could not be explained by the substrain of Sprague Dawley rats used, the duration of the CH exposure, the order in which test gases were presented, the level of hypoxia used for CH and to assess the HVR, or the effects of CH on the metabolic response to hypoxia and the hypercapnic ventilatory response. A literature survey revealed several distinct patterns of ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia (VAH) in adult rats, with most studies (77%) revealing a decrease or no change in the acute HVR after CH. In conclusion, the effects of CH on respiratory control are qualitatively similar across age groups, at least within the populations of Sprague Dawley rats used in the present study, and there does not appear to be one "typical" pattern for VAH in adult rats.
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- Ryan W Bavis
- Department of Biology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA
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- Department of Biology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA
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- Department of Biology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA
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- Department of Biology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA
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- Department of Biology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA
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Devereaux MEM, Chiasson S, Brennan KF, Pamenter ME. The glutamatergic drive to breathe is reduced in severe but not moderate hypoxia in Damaraland mole-rats. J Exp Biol 2023; 226:jeb246185. [PMID: 37589556 PMCID: PMC10565110 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.246185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
Abstract
Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis) are a hypoxia-tolerant fossorial species that exhibit a robust hypoxic metabolic response (HMR) and blunted hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR). Whereas the HVR of most adult mammals is mediated by increased excitatory glutamatergic signalling, naked mole-rats, which are closely related to Damaraland mole-rats, do not utilize this pathway. Given their phylogenetic relationship and similar lifestyles, we hypothesized that the signalling mechanisms underlying physiological responses to acute hypoxia in Damaraland mole-rats are like those of naked mole-rats. To test this, we used pharmacological antagonists of glutamatergic α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors (AMPARs) and N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs), combined with plethysmography, respirometry and thermal RFID chips, to non-invasively evaluate the role of excitatory AMPAR and NMDAR signalling in mediating ventilatory, metabolic and thermoregulatory responses, respectively, to 1 h of 5 or 7% O2. We found that AMPAR or NMDAR antagonism have minimal impacts on the HMR or hypoxia-mediated changes in thermoregulation. Conversely, the 'blunted' HVR of Damaraland mole-rats is reduced by either AMPAR or NMDAR antagonism such that the onset of the HVR occurs in less severe hypoxia. In more severe hypoxia, antagonists have no impact, suggesting that these receptors are already inhibited. Together, these findings indicate that the glutamatergic drive to breathe decreases in Damaraland mole-rats exposed to severe hypoxia. These findings differ from other adult mammals, in which the glutamatergic drive to breathe increases with hypoxia.
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
- University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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Kuloglu N, Basaran KE, Yakan B. Investigation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-dependent neuroplasticity on rat nucleus tractus solitarius and phrenic nerve after chronic sustained hypoxia. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 2021; 35:e22918. [PMID: 34541741 DOI: 10.1002/jbt.22918] [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: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
The neuronal system that controls respiration creates plasticity in response to physiological changes. Chronic sustained hypoxia causes neuroplasticity that contributes to ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia (VAH). The purpose of this study is to explain the potential roles of the VAH mechanism developing because of chronic sustained hypoxia on respiratory neuroplasticity of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor activation on the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) and phrenic nerve. In this study 24 adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were used. Subjects were separated into four groups, a moderate-sham (mSHAM), severed-sham (sSHAM), moderate chronic sustained hypoxia (mCSH), and severed chronic sustained hypoxia (sCSH). Normoxic group (mSHAM and sSHAM) rats were exposed to 21% O₂ level (7 days) in the normobaric room while hypoxia group (mCSH and sCSH) rats were exposed to 13% and 10% O₂ level (7 days). Different protocols were applied for normoxic and hypoxia groups and ventilation, respiratory frequency, and tidal volume measurements were made with whole-body plethysmography. After the test HIF-1α, erythropoietin (EPO), and VEGFR-2 expressions on the NTS region in the medulla oblongata and phrenic nerve motor neurons in spinal cord tissue were analyzed using the immunohistochemical stain method. Examinations on the medulla oblongata and spinal cord tissues revealed that HIF-1α, EPO, and VEGFR-2 expressions increased in hypoxia groups compared to normoxic groups while a similar increase was also seen when respiratory parameters were assessed. Consequently, learning about VAH-related neuroplasticity mechanisms developed as a result of chronic continuous hypoxia will contribute to developing new therapeutical approaches to various diseases causing respiratory failure using brain plasticity without recourse to medicines.
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- Nurhan Kuloglu
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.,Department of Healthcare Services, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Niğde, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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Liu T, Mukosera GT, Blood AB. The role of gasotransmitters in neonatal physiology. Nitric Oxide 2019; 95:29-44. [PMID: 31870965 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2019.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2019] [Revised: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
The gasotransmitters, nitric oxide (NO), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and carbon monoxide (CO), are endogenously-produced volatile molecules that perform signaling functions throughout the body. In biological tissues, these small, lipid-permeable molecules exist in free gaseous form for only seconds or less, and thus they are ideal for paracrine signaling that can be controlled rapidly by changes in their rates of production or consumption. In addition, tissue concentrations of the gasotransmitters are influenced by fluctuations in the level of O2 and reactive oxygen species (ROS). The normal transition from fetus to newborn involves a several-fold increase in tissue O2 tensions and ROS, and requires rapid morphological and functional adaptations to the extrauterine environment. This review summarizes the role of gasotransmitters as it pertains to newborn physiology. Particular focus is given to the vasculature, ventilatory, and gastrointestinal systems, each of which uniquely illustrate the function of gasotransmitters in the birth transition and newborn periods. Moreover, given the relative lack of studies on the role that gasotransmitters play in the newborn, particularly that of H2S and CO, important gaps in knowledge are highlighted throughout the review.
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- Taiming Liu
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92354, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92354, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92354, USA; Lawrence D. Longo Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92354, USA.
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Dzal YA, Seow A, Borecky LG, Chung D, Gill SKG, Milsom WK, Pamenter ME. Glutamatergic Receptors Modulate Normoxic but Not Hypoxic Ventilation and Metabolism in Naked Mole Rats. Front Physiol 2019; 10:106. [PMID: 30833905 PMCID: PMC6387965 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) are among the most hypoxia-tolerant mammals, but their physiological responses to acute and chronic sustained hypoxia (CSH), and the molecular underpinnings of these responses, are poorly understood. In the present study we evaluated the acute hypoxic ventilatory response and the occurrence of ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia following CSH exposure (8–10 days in 8% O2) of naked mole rats. We also investigated the role of excitatory glutamatergic signaling in the control of ventilation and metabolism in these conditions. Animals acclimated to normoxia (control) or CSH and then exposed to acute hypoxia (7% O2 for 1 h) exhibited elevated tidal volume (VT), but decreased breathing frequency (fR). As a result, total ventilation (V.E) remained unchanged. Conversely, VT was lower in CSH animals relative to controls, suggesting that there is ventilatory plasticity following acclimatization to chronic hypoxia. Both control and CSH-acclimated naked mole rats exhibited similar 60–65% decreases in O2 consumption rate during acute hypoxia, and as a result their air convection requirement (ACR) increased ∼2.4 to 3-fold. Glutamatergic receptor inhibition decreased fR, V.E, and the rate of O2 consumption in normoxia but did not alter these ventilatory or metabolic responses to acute hypoxia in either the control or CSH groups. Taken together, these findings indicate that ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia is atypical in naked mole rats, and glutamatergic signaling is not involved in their hypoxic ventilatory or metabolic responses to acute or chronic hypoxia.
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- Yvonne A Dzal
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Biology, Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Zhang SY, Pamenter ME. Ventilatory, metabolic, and thermoregulatory responses of Damaraland mole rats to acute and chronic hypoxia. J Comp Physiol B 2019; 189:319-334. [DOI: 10.1007/s00360-019-01206-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2018] [Revised: 01/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Chung D, Dzal YA, Seow A, Milsom WK, Pamenter ME. Naked mole rats exhibit metabolic but not ventilatory plasticity following chronic sustained hypoxia. Proc Biol Sci 2016; 283:20160216. [PMID: 27009224 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Naked mole rats are among the most hypoxia-tolerant mammals identified and live in chronic hypoxia throughout their lives. The physiological mechanisms underlying this tolerance, however, are poorly understood. Most vertebrates hyperventilate in acute hypoxia and exhibit an enhanced hyperventilation following acclimatization to chronic sustained hypoxia (CSH). Conversely, naked mole rats do not hyperventilate in acute hypoxia and their response to CSH has not been examined. In this study, we explored mechanisms of plasticity in the control of the hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) and hypoxic metabolic response (HMR) of freely behaving naked mole rats following 8-10 days of chronic sustained normoxia (CSN) or CSH. Specifically, we investigated the role of the major inhibitory neurotransmitter γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) in mediating these responses. Our study yielded three important findings. First, naked mole rats did not exhibit ventilatory plasticity following CSH, which is unique among adult animals studied to date. Second, GABA receptor (GABAR) antagonism altered breathing patterns in CSN and CSH animals and modulated the acute HVR in CSN animals. Third, naked mole rats exhibited GABAR-dependent metabolic plasticity following long-term hypoxia, such that the basal metabolic rate was approximately 25% higher in normoxic CSH animals than CSN animals, and GABAR antagonists modulated this increase.
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- Danielle Chung
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Pamenter ME, Powell FL. Time Domains of the Hypoxic Ventilatory Response and Their Molecular Basis. Compr Physiol 2016; 6:1345-85. [PMID: 27347896 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c150026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Ventilatory responses to hypoxia vary widely depending on the pattern and length of hypoxic exposure. Acute, prolonged, or intermittent hypoxic episodes can increase or decrease breathing for seconds to years, both during the hypoxic stimulus, and also after its removal. These myriad effects are the result of a complicated web of molecular interactions that underlie plasticity in the respiratory control reflex circuits and ultimately control the physiology of breathing in hypoxia. Since the time domains of the physiological hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) were identified, considerable research effort has gone toward elucidating the underlying molecular mechanisms that mediate these varied responses. This research has begun to describe complicated and plastic interactions in the relay circuits between the peripheral chemoreceptors and the ventilatory control circuits within the central nervous system. Intriguingly, many of these molecular pathways seem to share key components between the different time domains, suggesting that varied physiological HVRs are the result of specific modifications to overlapping pathways. This review highlights what has been discovered regarding the cell and molecular level control of the time domains of the HVR, and highlights key areas where further research is required. Understanding the molecular control of ventilation in hypoxia has important implications for basic physiology and is emerging as an important component of several clinical fields. © 2016 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 6:1345-1385, 2016.
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- Physiology Division, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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An emerging role for gasotransmitters in the control of breathing and ionic regulation in fish. J Comp Physiol B 2015; 186:145-59. [DOI: 10.1007/s00360-015-0949-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Revised: 11/04/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bai Z, Voituron N, Wuren T, Jeton F, Jin G, Marchant D, Richalet JP, Ge RL, Pichon AP. Role of glutamate and serotonin on the hypoxic ventilatory response in high-altitude-adapted plateau Pika. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2015; 212-214:39-45. [PMID: 25890014 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2015.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/19/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
The highland "plateau Pika" is considered to be adapted to chronic hypoxia. We hypothesized that glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA receptors, nitric oxide (NO) synthase, and serotonin are involved in hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) in Pikas. We tested the effects of NMDA (memantine) and non-NMDA receptors (DNQX) antagonists, NO synthase inhibitor (L-NAME), and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (fluoxetine) on ventilation and HVR in Pikas. Ventilatory parameters were measured before and after drug (or vehicle) injections in conscious Pikas at their natural living altitude (PIO2 86 mmHg) and after a hypoxic challenge (PIO2 57 mmHg, 3 min) to assess the influence of peripheral chemoreceptor on HVR. Minute ventilation (VI) and tidal volume (Vt) increased during hypoxic challenge after vehicle injection, whereas the Ti/Ttot ratio remained unchanged. The increase in VI and Vt observed with vehicle at PIO2-57, when compared with PIO2-86, was inhibited after memantine and fluoxetine injection, whereas the DNQX injection increased HVR. At PIO2-57, L-NAME induced an increase in the Ti/Ttot ratio when compared with vehicle. Therefore, the glutamate through NMDA-R/AMPA receptor bindings and serotonin pathway are implicated at the peripheral chemoreceptor level in HVR in Pikas. However, NO influences the ventilatory pattern of Pikas at their habitual living altitude.
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- Zhenzhong Bai
- Research Centre for High Altitude Medicine, Qinghai University Medical College, Xining, Qinghai, PR China
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- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire "Hypoxie & Poumon" EA2363, Bobigny, France; Laboratory of Excellence GR-Ex, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Research Centre for High Altitude Medicine, Qinghai University Medical College, Xining, Qinghai, PR China
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- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire "Hypoxie & Poumon" EA2363, Bobigny, France; Laboratory of Excellence GR-Ex, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Research Centre for High Altitude Medicine, Qinghai University Medical College, Xining, Qinghai, PR China
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- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire "Hypoxie & Poumon" EA2363, Bobigny, France
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- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire "Hypoxie & Poumon" EA2363, Bobigny, France; Laboratory of Excellence GR-Ex, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Research Centre for High Altitude Medicine, Qinghai University Medical College, Xining, Qinghai, PR China.
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- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire "Hypoxie & Poumon" EA2363, Bobigny, France; Laboratory of Excellence GR-Ex, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
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Porteus CS, Pollack J, Tzaneva V, Kwong RW, Kumai Y, Abdallah SJ, Zaccone G, Lauriano ER, Milsom WK, Perry SF. A role for nitric oxide in the control of breathing in zebrafish (Danio rerio). J Exp Biol 2015; 218:3746-53. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.127795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Nitric oxide (NO) is a gaseous neurotransmitter, which in adult mammals, modulates the acute hypoxic ventilatory response; its role in the control of breathing in fish during development is unknown. We addressed the interactive effects of developmental age and NO in the control of piscine breathing by measuring the ventilatory response of zebrafish (Danio rerio) adults and larvae to NO donors and by inhibiting endogenous production of NO. In adults, sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a NO donor, inhibited ventilation; the extent of the ventilatory inhibition was related to the pre-existing ventilatory drive, with the greatest inhibition exhibited during exposure to hypoxia (PO2=5.6 kPa). Inhibition of endogenous NO production using L-NAME supressed the hypoventilatory response to hyperoxia, supporting an inhibitory role of NO in adult zebrafish. Neuroepithelial cells, the putative oxygen chemoreceptors of fish, contain neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS). In zebrafish larvae at 4 days post fertilization, SNP increased ventilation in a concentration-dependent manner. Inhibition of NOS activity with L-NAME or knockdown of nNOS inhibited the hypoxic (PO2=3.5 kPa) ventilatory response. Immunohistochemistry revealed the presence of nNOS in the NECs of larvae. Taken together, these data suggest that NO plays an inhibitory role in the control ventilation in adult zebrafish, but an excitatory role in larvae.
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- Cosima S. Porteus
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Food and Environmental Science, Messina University, I-98166, Italy
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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