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Wils T, Backaert W, Jacobs I, Ruysseveldt E, Cremer J, Dilissen E, Bullens DM, Talavera K, Steelant B, Van Gerven L, Martens K, Hellings PW. Rare presence and function of neuroendocrine cells in the nasal mucosa. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1394539. [PMID: 39176088 PMCID: PMC11339793 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1394539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 07/24/2024] [Indexed: 08/24/2024] Open
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There is growing evidence that neurogenic inflammation contributes to the pathophysiology of upper airway diseases, with nasal hyperreactivity (NHR) being a key symptom. The rare neuroendocrine cells (NECs) in the epithelium have been linked to the pathophysiology of bronchial and intestinal hyperreactivity, however their presence in the nasal mucosa and their potential role in NHR remains unclear. Therefore, we studied the presence of NECs in the nasal epithelium of controls, allergic rhinitis patients and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps patients, and their link to NHR. The expression of typical NECs markers, CHGA, ASCL1 and CGRP, were evaluated on gene and protein level in human samples using real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR), western blot, immunohistochemistry fluorescence staining, RNA scope assay, flow cytometry and single cell RNA-sequencing. Furthermore, the change in peak nasal inspiratory flow after cold dry air provocation and visual analogue scale scores were used to evaluate NHR or disease severity, respectively. Limited gene expression of the NECs markers CHGA and ASCL1 was measured in patients with upper airway diseases and controls. Gene expression of these markers did not correlate with NHR severity nor disease severity. In vitro, CHGA and ASCL1 expression was also evaluated in primary nasal epithelial cell cultures from patients with upper airway disease and controls using RT-qPCR and western blot. Both on gene and protein level only limited CHGA and ASCL1 expression was found. Additionally, NECs were studied in nasal biopsies of patients with upper airway diseases and controls using immunohistochemistry fluorescence staining, RNA scope and flow cytometry. Unlike in ileum samples, CHGA could not be detected in nasal biopsies of patients with upper airway diseases and control subjects. Lastly, single cell RNA-sequencing of upper airway tissue could not identify a NEC cluster. In summary, in contrast to the bronchi and gut, there is only limited evidence for the presence of NECs in the nasal mucosa, and without correlation with NHR, thereby questioning the relevance of NECs in upper airway pathology.
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- Tine Wils
- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Clinical Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- KU Leuven Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Diseases, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Laboratory of Ion Channel Research Division of Physiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Clinical Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- KU Leuven Department of Neurosciences, Experimental Otorhinolaryngology Rhinology Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- University of Antwerp (UAntwerp) Department of Bioscience Engineering, Lab of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Antwerp (UAntwerp), Antwerp, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Clinical Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- University of Ghent (UGhent) Department of Head and Skin, Upper Airways Research Laboratory, University of Ghent (UGhent), Ghent, Belgium
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Guyenet PG, Stornetta RL. Rostral ventrolateral medulla, retropontine region and autonomic regulations. Auton Neurosci 2021; 237:102922. [PMID: 34814098 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2021.102922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The rostral half of the ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) and adjacent ventrolateral retropontine region (henceforth RVLMRP) have been divided into various sectors by neuroscientists interested in breathing or autonomic regulations. The RVLMRP regulates respiration, glycemia, vigilance and inflammation, in addition to blood pressure. It contains interoceptors that respond to acidification, hypoxia and intracranial pressure and its rostral end contains the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) which is the main central respiratory chemoreceptor. Acid detection by the RTN is an intrinsic property of the principal neurons that is enhanced by paracrine influences from surrounding astrocytes and CO2-dependent vascular constriction. RTN mediates the hypercapnic ventilatory response via complex projections to the respiratory pattern generator (CPG). The RVLM contributes to autonomic response patterns via differential recruitment of several subtypes of adrenergic (C1) and non-adrenergic neurons that directly innervate sympathetic and parasympathetic preganglionic neurons. The RVLM also innervates many brainstem and hypothalamic nuclei that contribute, albeit less directly, to autonomic responses. All lower brainstem noradrenergic clusters including the locus coeruleus are among these targets. Sympathetic tone to the circulatory system is regulated by subsets of presympathetic RVLM neurons whose activity is continuously restrained by the baroreceptors and modulated by the respiratory CPG. The inhibitory input from baroreceptors and the excitatory input from the respiratory CPG originate from neurons located in or close to the rhythm generating region of the respiratory CPG (preBötzinger complex).
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- Patrice G Guyenet
- University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0735, USA.
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- University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0735, USA.
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Di Giulio C. Ageing of the carotid body. J Physiol 2018; 596:3021-3027. [PMID: 29319194 DOI: 10.1113/jp275300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The ageing process is characterized by a decline in several physiological functions resulting in a reduced capability to maintain homeostasis. The lowered homeostatic capacity seems to involve the carotid body (CB), whose role is to modulate ventilation and tissue oxygen supply. It thus plays a prime role in all ageing processes. Ageing causes marked changes in CB morphology. In older animals, it is enlarged and shows a concomitant decrease in the percentage of chemoreceptor tissue, as well as a proliferation of type II cells. The carotid glomitis is present with aggregates of lymphocytes and fibrosis of the lobules. Type I cells are dehydrated, with a profound vacuolization, a shrinking nucleus, and lipofuscin accumulation. With increased age, human CB shows a reduction in the number and volume of mitochondria, fewer synaptic junctions between glomi, along with a reduction in CB content of neurotransmitters, leading to a sort of 'physiological denervation'. Ageing could be interpreted as a cumulative result of oxidative damage to cells, which derives from aerobic metabolism. Moreover, metabolic rate is tightly correlated with life duration; thus a loss in mitochondrial function is one of the prime factors affecting CB ageing processes. The age-related reduction in synaptic junctions might be a self-protective mechanism through which cells buffer themselves against an accumulation of reactive oxygen species. The correlation between hypoxia and the life duration of CB cells remains an open question until how and why cells sense oxygen is understood.
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- Camillo Di Giulio
- Department of Neurosciences Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
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Huertas-Migueláñez M, Mora D, Cano I, Maier D, Gomez-Cabrero D, Lluch-Ariet M, Miralles F. Simulation environment and graphical visualization environment: a COPD use-case. J Transl Med 2014; 12 Suppl 2:S7. [PMID: 25471327 PMCID: PMC4255913 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-12-s2-s7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Today, many different tools are developed to execute and visualize physiological models that represent the human physiology. Most of these tools run models written in very specific programming languages which in turn simplify the communication among models. Nevertheless, not all of these tools are able to run models written in different programming languages. In addition, interoperability between such models remains an unresolved issue. RESULTS In this paper we present a simulation environment that allows, first, the execution of models developed in different programming languages and second the communication of parameters to interconnect these models. This simulation environment, developed within the Synergy-COPD project, aims at helping and supporting bio-researchers and medical students understand the internal mechanisms of the human body through the use of physiological models. This tool is composed of a graphical visualization environment, which is a web interface through which the user can interact with the models, and a simulation workflow management system composed of a control module and a data warehouse manager. The control module monitors the correct functioning of the whole system. The data warehouse manager is responsible for managing the stored information and supporting its flow among the different modules. CONCLUSION It has been proved that the simulation environment presented here allows the user to research and study the internal mechanisms of the human physiology by the use of models via a graphical visualization environment. A new tool for bio-researchers is ready for deployment in various use cases scenarios.
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- Barcelona Digital Technology Centre, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Biomax Informatics, AG, D-82152 Planegg, Germany
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- Unit of Computational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Solna, Sweden
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- Barcelona Digital Technology Centre, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
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Cano I, Selivanov V, Gomez-Cabrero D, Tegnér J, Roca J, Wagner PD, Cascante M. Oxygen pathway modeling estimates high reactive oxygen species production above the highest permanent human habitation. PLoS One 2014; 9:e111068. [PMID: 25375931 PMCID: PMC4222897 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) from the inner mitochondrial membrane is one of many fundamental processes governing the balance between health and disease. It is well known that ROS are necessary signaling molecules in gene expression, yet when expressed at high levels, ROS may cause oxidative stress and cell damage. Both hypoxia and hyperoxia may alter ROS production by changing mitochondrial Po2 (PmO2). Because PmO2 depends on the balance between O2 transport and utilization, we formulated an integrative mathematical model of O2 transport and utilization in skeletal muscle to predict conditions to cause abnormally high ROS generation. Simulations using data from healthy subjects during maximal exercise at sea level reveal little mitochondrial ROS production. However, altitude triggers high mitochondrial ROS production in muscle regions with high metabolic capacity but limited O2 delivery. This altitude roughly coincides with the highest location of permanent human habitation. Above 25,000 ft., more than 90% of exercising muscle is predicted to produce abnormally high levels of ROS, corresponding to the "death zone" in mountaineering.
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- Isaac Cano
- Center for respiratory diagnoses, Hospital Clinic and Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES) and Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona and Institute of Biomedicine (IBUB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unit of Computational Medicine of the Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karoliska University Hospital - Department of Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unit of Computational Medicine of the Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karoliska University Hospital - Department of Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for respiratory diagnoses, Hospital Clinic and Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES) and Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Division of Physiology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona and Institute of Biomedicine (IBUB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Caprara C, Grimm C. From oxygen to erythropoietin: relevance of hypoxia for retinal development, health and disease. Prog Retin Eye Res 2011; 31:89-119. [PMID: 22108059 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2011.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2011] [Revised: 11/01/2011] [Accepted: 11/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Photoreceptors and other cells of the retina consume large quantities of energy to efficiently convert light information into a neuronal signal understandable by the brain. The necessary energy is mainly provided by the oxygen-dependent generation of ATP in the numerous mitochondria of retinal cells. To secure the availability of sufficient oxygen for this process, the retina requires constant blood flow through the vasculature of the retina and the choroid. Inefficient supply of oxygen and nutrients, as it may occur in conditions of disturbed hemodynamics or vascular defects, results in tissue ischemia or hypoxia. This has profound consequences on retinal function and cell survival, requiring an adaptational response by cells to cope with the reduced oxygen tension. Central to this response are hypoxia inducible factors, transcription factors that accumulate under hypoxic conditions and drive the expression of a large variety of target genes involved in angiogenesis, cell survival and metabolism. Prominent among these factors are vascular endothelial growth factor and erythropoietin, which may contribute to normal angiogenesis during development, but may also cause neovascularization and vascular leakage under pathologically reduced oxygen levels. Since ischemia and hypoxia may have a role in various retinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity, studying the cellular and molecular response to reduced tissue oxygenation is of high relevance. In addition, the concept of preconditioning with ischemia or hypoxia demonstrates the capacity of the retina to activate endogenous survival mechanisms, which may protect cells against a following noxious insult. Part of these mechanisms is the local production of protective factors such as erythropoietin. Due to its plethora of effects in the retina including neuro- and vaso-protective activities, erythropoietin has gained strong interest as potential therapeutic factor for retinal degenerative diseases.
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- Christian Caprara
- Lab for Retinal Cell Biology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Pallayova M, Lazurova I, Donic V. Hypoxic damage to pancreatic beta cells--the hidden link between sleep apnea and diabetes. Med Hypotheses 2011; 77:930-4. [PMID: 21899957 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2011] [Accepted: 08/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Despite a large body of epidemiologic and clinical evidence suggesting that sleep disordered breathing is an independent risk factor for development of type 2 diabetes (T2DM), the underlying pathogenesis of altered glucose metabolism in sleep apnea remains to be unraveled. While previous studies have proposed some causal pathways linking sleep apnea with T2DM through increased insulin resistance and deterioration in insulin sensitivity, there has been a particular lack of research into sleep apnea-related alterations in pancreatic beta-cell function. Drawing upon our previous observation that sleep apnea is independently associated with an increased basal pancreatic beta-cell function in adults with normal glucose metabolism, the idea presented here suggests that sleep apnea imposes an excessive demand for insulin secretion, which may lead to progressive pancreatic beta-cell failure in high-risk individuals. Specifically, we hypothesize that in addition to diabetogenic effects of acute hypoxic activation of the sympathetic nervous system, the chronic intermittent hypoxemia represses the expression of key genes regulating biosynthesis of pancreatic proinsulin convertases with a resultant progressive decrease in their catalytic activity. The long-term hypoxic damage to pancreatic beta-cells may thus contribute to progression of glucose dysregulation in persons with untreated sleep apnea over time. Strategies to prevent and decrease the high prevalence and associated morbidity of T2DM are critically needed. The ideas and hypotheses presented here address the unexplored pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the potential causal link between sleep apnea and T2DM. Future hypotheses-testing will seek to delineate the role of sleep apnea in the development of T2DM, probe the underlying molecular mechanisms for pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction in sleep apnea, and obtain information on clinical, epidemiologic, and other factors responsible for protecting individuals from alterations in insulin-glucose homeostasis. These results could further be utilized in testing genetic susceptibilities and various therapy modalities to prevent pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction and maintain normal glucose status in persons with sleep apnea in the long term.
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- Maria Pallayova
- Department of Physiology and Sleep Laboratory, School of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia.
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Lipp A, Schmelzer JD, Low PA, Johnson BD, Benarroch EE. Ventilatory and cardiovascular responses to hypercapnia and hypoxia in multiple-system atrophy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 67:211-6. [PMID: 20142529 DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Loss of medullary sympathoexcitatory neurons may contribute to baroreflex failure, leading to orthostatic hypotension in multiple-system atrophy (MSA). The cardiovascular responses to chemoreflex activation in MSA have not been explored to date. OBJECTIVES To determine whether ventilatory and cardiovascular responses to hypercapnia and hypoxia during wakefulness are systematically impaired in MSA. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. PATIENTS Sixteen patients with probable MSA (cases) and 14 age-matched control subjects (controls). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Minute ventilation, blood pressure, and heart rate responses to hypercapnia and hypoxia during wakefulness. Hypercapnia was induced by a rebreathing technique and was limited to a maximal expiratory partial pressure of carbon dioxide of 65 mm Hg. Hypoxia was induced by a stepwise increase in inspiratory partial pressure of nitrogen and was limited to a minimal arterial oxygen saturation of 80%. Ventilatory responses were assessed as slopes of the regression line relating minute ventilation to changes in arterial oxygen saturation and partial pressure of carbon dioxide. RESULTS In cases, ventilatory responses to hypercapnia and hypoxia were preserved, despite the presence of severe autonomic failure, while cardiovascular responses to these stimuli were impaired. Among cases, hypercapnia elicited a less robust increase in arterial pressure than among controls, and hypoxia elicited a depressor response rather than the normal pressor responses (P < .001 for both). CONCLUSIONS Ventilatory responses to hypercapnia and hypoxia during wakefulness may be preserved in patients with MSA, despite the presence of autonomic failure and impaired cardiovascular responses to these stimuli. A critical number of chemosensitive medullary neurons may need to be lost before development of impaired automatic ventilation during wakefulness in MSA, whereas earlier loss of medullary sympathoexcitatory neurons may contribute to the impaired cardiovascular responses in these patients.
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- Axel Lipp
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Regulatory role of HIF-1alpha in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Ageing Res Rev 2009; 8:349-58. [PMID: 19589398 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2009.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2009] [Revised: 06/26/2009] [Accepted: 06/29/2009] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of irreversible blindness in the elderly throughout the world. AMD is attributed to a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors. It is characterized by degeneration involving the retinal photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and Bruch's membrane, as well as alterations in choroidal capillaries. Aging and age-associated degenerative diseases, such as AMD, are intimately associated with decreased levels of tissue oxygenation and hypoxia that may induce accumulation of detrimental RPE-associated deposits, inflammation and neovascularization processes in retina. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) is the master regulator for hypoxia-induced cellular adaptation that is involved in NF-kappaB signaling and the autophagic protein clearance system. In this review, we discuss role of HIF in AMD pathology and as a possible therapeutic target.
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Kulkarni AC, Kuppusamy P, Parinandi N. Oxygen, the lead actor in the pathophysiologic drama: enactment of the trinity of normoxia, hypoxia, and hyperoxia in disease and therapy. Antioxid Redox Signal 2007; 9:1717-30. [PMID: 17822371 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2007.1724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Aerobic life has evolved a dependence on molecular oxygen for its mere survival. Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation absolutely requires oxygen to generate the currency of energy in aerobes. The physiologic homeostasis of these organisms is strictly maintained by optimal cellular and tissue-oxygenation status through complex oxygen-sensing mechanisms, signaling cascades, and transport processes. In the event of fluctuating oxygen levels leading to either an increase (hyperoxia) or decrease (hypoxia) in cellular oxygen, the organism faces a crisis involving depletion of energy reserves, altered cell-signaling cascades, oxidative reactions/events, and cell death or tissue damage. Molecular oxygen is activated by both nonenzymatic and enzymatic mechanisms into highly reactive oxygen species (ROS). Aerobes have evolved effective antioxidant defenses to counteract the reactivity of ROS. Although the ROS are also required for many normal physiologic functions of the aerobes, overwhelming production of ROS coupled with their insufficient scavenging by endogenous antioxidants will lead to detrimental oxidative stress. Needless to say, molecular oxygen is at the center of oxygenation, oxidative phosphorylation, and oxidative stress. This review focuses on the biology and pathophysiology of oxygen, with an emphasis on transport, sensing, and activation of oxygen, oxidative phosphorylation, oxygenation, oxidative stress, and oxygen therapy.
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- Aditi C Kulkarni
- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Arjamaa O, Nikinmaa M. Oxygen-dependent diseases in the retina: Role of hypoxia-inducible factors. Exp Eye Res 2006; 83:473-83. [PMID: 16750526 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2005] [Revised: 01/04/2006] [Accepted: 01/05/2006] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The function of the retina is sensitive to oxygen tension. Any change in the perfusion pressure of the eye affects the retina although the eye is able to autoregulate its hemodynamics. Systemic hypoxemia (lung or heart disease) or a vascular disease in the retina can cause retinal hypoxia. All the hypoxia-dependent events in cells appear to share a common denominator: hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), which is a heterodimeric transcription factor, a protein. HIF comprises a labile alpha subunit (1-3), which is regulated, and a stable beta subunit, which is constitutively expressed. Both are helix-loop-helix factors and belong to the PAS-domain family of transcription factors. Oxygen plays the key role in stabilizing HIF-1alpha and its function. When the oxygen tension is normal, HIF-1alpha is rapidly oxidized by hydroxylase enzymes, but when cells become hypoxic, HIF-1alpha escapes the degradation and starts to accumulate, triggering the activation of a large number of genes, like vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and erythropoietin. HIF-1alpha has been shown to have, either clinically or experimentally, a mediating or contributing role in several oxygen-dependent retinal diseases such as von Hippel-Lindau, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity and glaucoma. In retinitis pigmentosa and high-altitude retinopathy, however, the evidence is still indirect. There are three different strategies available for treating retinal diseases, which have all shown promising results: retinal cell transplantation or replacement, gene replacement, and pharmacological intervention. Specifically, recent results show that the HIF pathway can be used as a therapeutic target, although there is still a long way to go from bench to clinic. HIF can be stabilized by inhibiting prolyl hydroxylase or by blocking the VHL:HIF-alpha complex if angiogenesis is the goal, as in retinitis pigmentosa. On the other hand, the downregulation of HIF has a pivotal role if we are to inhibit neovascularization, as in proliferative diabetic retinopathy. To date, several small-molecule inhibitors of HIF have been developed and are entering clinical trials. HIF is a remarkable example of a single transcription factor that can be regarded as a "master switch" regulating all the oxygen-dependent retinal diseases.
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- Olli Arjamaa
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Biology, Center of Excellence in Evolutionary Genetics and Physiology, 20014 University of Turku, Finland.
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Mense SM, Sengupta A, Zhou M, Lan C, Bentsman G, Volsky DJ, Zhang L. Gene expression profiling reveals the profound upregulation of hypoxia-responsive genes in primary human astrocytes. Physiol Genomics 2006; 25:435-49. [PMID: 16507782 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00315.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Oxygen is vital for the development and survival of mammals. In response to hypoxia, the brain initiates numerous adaptive responses at the organ level as well as at the molecular and cellular levels, including the alteration of gene expression. Astrocytes play critical roles in the proper functioning of the brain; thus the manner in which astrocytes respond to hypoxia is likely important in determining the outcome of brain hypoxia. Here, we used microarray gene expression profiling and data-analysis algorithms to identify and analyze hypoxia-responsive genes in primary human astrocytes. We also compared gene expression patterns in astrocytes with those in human HeLa cells and pulmonary artery endothelial cells (ECs). Remarkably, in astrocytes, five times as many genes were induced as suppressed, whereas in HeLa and pulmonary ECs, as many as or more genes were suppressed than induced. More genes encoding hypoxia-inducible functions, such as glycolytic enzymes and angiogenic growth factors, were strongly induced in astrocytes compared with HeLa cells. Furthermore, gene ontology and computational algorithms revealed that many target genes of the EGF and insulin signaling pathways and the transcriptional regulators Myc, Jun, and p53 were selectively altered by hypoxia in astrocytes. Indeed, Western blot analysis confirmed that two major signal transducers mediating insulin and EGF action, Akt and MEK1/2, were activated by hypoxia in astrocytes. These results provide a global view of the signaling and regulatory network mediating oxygen regulation in human astrocytes.
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- S M Mense
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR) is one of several types of unusual breathing with recurrent apneas (dysrhythmias). Reported initially in patients with heart failure or stroke, it was then recognized both in other diseases and as a component of the sleep apnea syndrome. CSR is potentiated and perpetuated by changing states of arousal that occur during sleep. The recurrent hypoxia and surges of sympathetic activity that often occur during the apneas may have serious health consequences. Heart failure and stroke are risk factors for sleep apnea. The recurrent apneas and intermittent hypoxia occurring with sleep apnea further damage the heart and brain. Although all breathing dysrhythmias do not have the same cause, instability in the feedback control involved in the chemical regulation of breathing is the leading cause of CSR. Mathematical models have helped greatly in the understanding of the causes of recurrent apneas.
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Terblanche JS, Tolley KA, Fahlman A, Myburgh KH, Jackson S. The acute hypoxic ventilatory response: testing the adaptive significance in human populations. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2005; 140:349-62. [PMID: 15792601 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2004] [Revised: 01/23/2005] [Accepted: 01/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The acute Hypoxic Ventilatory Response (HVR) is an important component of human hypoxia tolerance, hence presumably physiological adaptation to high altitude. We measured the isocapnic HVR (L min(-1) %(-1)) in two genetically divergent low altitude southern African populations. The HVR does not differ between African Xhosas (X) and Caucasians (C) (X:-0.34+/-0.36; C:-0.42+/-0.33; P > 0.34), but breathing patterns do. Among all Xhosa subjects, size-independent tidal volume was smaller (X: 0.75+/-0.20; C: 1.11+/-0.32 L; P < 0.01), breathing frequency higher (X: 22.2+/-5.7; C: 14.3+/-4.2 breaths min(-1); P < 0.01) and hypoxic oxygen saturation lower than among Caucasians (X: 78.4+/-4.7%; C: 81.7+/-4.7%; P < 0.05). The results remained significant if subjects from Xhosa and Caucasian groups were matched for gender, body mass index and menstrual cycle phase in the case of females. The latter also employed distinct breathing patterns between populations in normoxia. High repeatability (intra-class correlation coefficient) of the HVR in both populations (0.77-0.87) demonstrates that one of the prerequisites for natural selection, consistent between-individual variation, is met. Finally, we explore possible relationships between inter-population genetic distances and HVR differences among Xhosa, European, Aymara Amerindians, Tibetan and Chinese populations. Inter-population differences in the HVR are not attributable to genetic distance (Mantel Z-test, P = 0.59). The results of this study add novel support for the hypothesis that differences in the HVR, should they be found between other human populations, may reflect adaptation to hypoxia rather than genetic divergence through time.
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Affiliation(s)
- John S Terblanche
- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa.
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