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Klassen SA, Limberg JK, Harvey RE, Wiggins CC, Iannarelli NJ, Senefeld JW, Nicholson WT, Curry TB, Joyner MJ, Shoemaker JK, Baker SE. Central α 2-adrenergic mechanisms regulate human sympathetic neuronal discharge strategies. J Physiol 2024; 602:4053-4071. [PMID: 39058701 PMCID: PMC11326960 DOI: 10.1113/jp286450] [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: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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The present study investigated the impact of central α2-adrenergic mechanisms on sympathetic action potential (AP) discharge, recruitment and latency strategies. We used the microneurographic technique to record muscle sympathetic nerve activity and a continuous wavelet transform to investigate postganglionic sympathetic AP firing during a baseline condition and an infusion of a α2-adrenergic receptor agonist, dexmedetomidine (10 min loading infusion of 0.225 µg kg-1; maintenance infusion of 0.1-0.5 µg kg h-1) in eight healthy individuals (28 ± 7 years, five females). Dexmedetomidine reduced mean pressure (92 ± 7 to 80 ± 8 mmHg, P < 0.001) but did not alter heart rate (61 ± 13 to 60 ± 14 bpm; P = 0.748). Dexmedetomidine reduced sympathetic AP discharge (126 ± 73 to 27 ± 24 AP 100 beats-1, P = 0.003) most strongly for medium-sized APs (normalized cluster 2: 21 ± 10 to 5 ± 5 AP 100 beats-1; P < 0.001). Dexmedetomidine progressively de-recruited sympathetic APs beginning with the largest AP clusters (12 ± 3 to 7 ± 2 clusters, P = 0.002). Despite de-recruiting large AP clusters with shorter latencies, dexmedetomidine reduced AP latency across remaining clusters (1.18 ± 0.12 to 1.13 ± 0.13 s, P = 0.002). A subset of six participants performed a Valsalva manoeuvre (20 s, 40 mmHg) during baseline and the dexmedetomidine infusion. Compared to baseline, AP discharge (Δ 361 ± 292 to Δ 113 ± 155 AP 100 beats-1, P = 0.011) and AP cluster recruitment elicited by the Valsalva manoeuvre were lower during dexmedetomidine (Δ 2 ± 1 to Δ 0 ± 2 AP clusters, P = 0.041). The reduction in sympathetic AP latency elicited by the Valsalva manoeuvre was not affected by dexmedetomidine (Δ -0.09 ± 0.07 to Δ -0.07 ± 0.14 s, P = 0.606). Dexmedetomidine reduced baroreflex gain, most strongly for medium-sized APs (normalized cluster 2: -6.0 ± 5 to -1.6 ± 2 % mmHg-1; P = 0.008). These data suggest that α2-adrenergic mechanisms within the central nervous system modulate sympathetic postganglionic neuronal discharge, recruitment and latency strategies in humans. KEY POINTS: Sympathetic postganglionic neuronal subpopulations innervating the human circulation exhibit complex patterns of discharge, recruitment and latency. However, the central neural mechanisms governing sympathetic postganglionic discharge remain unclear. This microneurographic study investigated the impact of a dexmedetomidine infusion (α2-adrenergic receptor agonist) on muscle sympathetic postganglionic action potential (AP) discharge, recruitment and latency patterns. Dexmedetomidine infusion inhibited the recruitment of large and fast conducting sympathetic APs and attenuated the discharge of medium sized sympathetic APs that fired during resting conditions and the Valsalva manoeuvre. Dexmedetomidine infusion elicited shorter sympathetic AP latencies during resting conditions but did not affect the reductions in latency that occurred during the Valsalva manoeuvre. These data suggest that α2-adrenergic mechanisms within the central nervous system modulate sympathetic postganglionic neuronal discharge, recruitment and latency strategies in humans.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stephen A. Klassen
- Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Health and Kinesiology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- School of Kinesiology, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Thrall SF, D'Souza AW, Abrahamson-Durant B, Vianna LC, Limberg JK, Macefield VG, Foster GE. A comparison of wavelet-based action potential detection from the NeuroAmp and the Iowa Bioengineering Nerve Traffic Analysis system. J Neurophysiol 2024; 131:1168-1174. [PMID: 38629146 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00448.2023] [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: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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Microneurographic recordings of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) reflect postganglionic sympathetic axonal activity directed toward the skeletal muscle vasculature. Recordings are typically evaluated for spontaneous bursts of MSNA; however, the filtering and integration of raw neurograms to obtain multiunit bursts conceals the underlying c-fiber discharge behavior. The continuous wavelet transform with matched mother wavelet has permitted the assessment of action potential discharge patterns, but this approach uses a mother wavelet optimized for an amplifier that is no longer commercially available (University of Iowa Bioengineering Nerve Traffic Analysis System; Iowa NTA). The aim of this project was to determine the morphology and action potential detection performance of mother wavelets created from the commercially available NeuroAmp (ADinstruments), from distinct laboratories, compared with a mother wavelet generated from the Iowa NTA. Four optimized mother wavelets were generated in a two-phase iterative process from independent datasets, collected by separate laboratories (one Iowa NTA, three NeuroAmp). Action potential extraction performance of each mother wavelet was compared for each of the NeuroAmp-based datasets. The total number of detected action potentials was not significantly different across wavelets. However, the predictive value of action potential detection was reduced when the Iowa NTA wavelet was used to detect action potentials in NeuroAmp data, but not different across NeuroAmp wavelets. To standardize approaches, we recommend a NeuroAmp-optimized mother wavelet be used for the evaluation of sympathetic action potential discharge behavior when microneurographic data are collected with this system.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The morphology of custom mother wavelets produced across laboratories using the NeuroAmp was highly similar, but distinct from the University of Iowa Bioengineering Nerve Traffic Analysis System. Although the number of action potentials detected was similar between collection systems and mother wavelets, the predictive value differed. Our data suggest action potential analysis using the continuous wavelet transform requires a mother wavelet optimized for the collection system.
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- Scott F Thrall
- Centre for Heart, Lung, and Vascular Health, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Centre for Heart, Lung, and Vascular Health, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- NeuroV̇ASQ̇ - Integrative Physiology Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Heart, Lung, and Vascular Health, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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D'Souza AW, Klassen SA, Badrov MB, Lalande S, Shoemaker JK. Aging is associated with enhanced central, but impaired peripheral arms of the sympathetic baroreflex arc. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2022; 133:349-360. [PMID: 35736951 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00045.2022] [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] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We tested the hypothesis that the baroreflex control of action potential (AP) subpopulations would be blunted in older compared to young adults. Integrated muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and the underlying sympathetic APs were obtained using microneurography and a continuous wavelet analysis approach, respectively, during 5 minutes of supine rest in 13 older (45-75 years, 6 females) and 14 young (21-30 years, 7 females) adults. Baroreflex threshold relationships were quantified as the slope of the linear regression between MSNA burst probability (%) and diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), or AP cluster firing probability (%) and diastolic blood pressure (mmHg). Integrated MSNA baroreflex threshold gain was greater in older compared to young adults (older: -7.6±3.6 %/mmHg vs. Young: -3.5±1.5 %/mmHg, P<0.001). Similarly, the baroreflex threshold gain of AP clusters was modified by aging (group-by-cluster effect: P<0.001) such that older adults demonstrated greater baroreflex threshold gains of medium-sized AP clusters (e.g., Cluster 4, older: -8.2±3.2 %/mmHg vs. Young: -3.6±1.9 %/mmHg, P=0.003) but not for the smallest- (Cluster 1, older: -1.6±1.9 %/mmHg vs. Young: -1.0±1.7 %/mmHg, P>0.999) and largest-sized (Cluster 10, older: -0.5±0.5 %/mmHg vs. Young: -0.2±0.1 %/mmHg, P=0.819) AP clusters compared to young adults. In contrast, the peak change in mean arterial pressure (MAP) following a spontaneous MSNA burst (i.e., sympathetic transduction) was impaired with aging (older: -0.7±0.3 mmHg vs. Young: 1.8±1.2 mmHg, P<0.001). We conclude that aging is associated with elevated baroreflex control over high-probability AP content of sympathetic bursts that may compensate for impaired sympathetic neurovascular transduction.
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- Andrew W D'Souza
- Neurovascular research laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Neurovascular research laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- Neurovascular research laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,University Health Network and Sinai Health System Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Neurovascular research laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Neurovascular research laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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McMillan NJ, Soares RN, Harper JL, Shariffi B, Moreno-Cabañas A, Curry TB, Manrique-Acevedo C, Padilla J, Limberg JK. Role of the arterial baroreflex in the sympathetic response to hyperinsulinemia in adult humans. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2022; 322:E355-E365. [PMID: 35187960 PMCID: PMC8993537 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00391.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) increases during hyperinsulinemia, primarily attributed to central nervous system effects. Whether peripheral vasodilation induced by insulin further contributes to increased MSNA via arterial baroreflex-mediated mechanisms requires further investigation. Accordingly, we examined baroreflex modulation of the MSNA response to hyperinsulinemia. We hypothesized that rescuing peripheral resistance with coinfusion of the vasoconstrictor phenylephrine would attenuate the MSNA response to hyperinsulinemia. We further hypothesized that the insulin-mediated increase in MSNA would be recapitulated with another vasodilator (sodium nitroprusside, SNP). In 33 young healthy adults (28 M/5F), MSNA (microneurography) and arterial blood pressure (BP, Finometer/brachial catheter) were measured, and total peripheral resistance (TPR, ModelFlow) and baroreflex sensitivity were calculated at rest and during intravenous infusion of insulin (n = 20) or SNP (n = 13). A subset of participants receiving insulin (n = 7) was coinfused with phenylephrine. Insulin infusion decreased TPR (P = 0.01) and increased MSNA (P < 0.01), with no effect on arterial baroreflex sensitivity or BP (P > 0.05). Coinfusion with phenylephrine returned TPR and MSNA to baseline, with no effect on arterial baroreflex sensitivity (P > 0.05). Similar to insulin, SNP decreased TPR (P < 0.02) and increased MSNA (P < 0.01), with no effect on arterial baroreflex sensitivity (P > 0.12). Acute hyperinsulinemia shifts the baroreflex stimulus-response curve to higher MSNA without changing sensitivity, likely due to insulin's peripheral vasodilatory effects. Results show that peripheral vasodilation induced by insulin contributes to increased MSNA during hyperinsulinemia.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We hypothesized that elevation in muscle sympathetic nervous system activity (MSNA) during hyperinsulinemia is mediated by its peripheral vasodilator effect on the arterial baroreflex. Using three separate protocols in humans, we observed increases in both MSNA and cardiac output during hyperinsulinemia, which we attributed to the baroreflex response to peripheral vasodilation induced by insulin. Results show that peripheral vasodilation induced by insulin contributes to increased MSNA during hyperinsulinemia.
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- Neil J McMillan
- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- Exercise Physiology Lab at Toledo, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- Research Services, Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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Kulas B, Klassen S, Moir ME, Shoemaker JK. Interactive effects of apneic and baroreflex stress on neural coding strategies in human muscle sympathetic nerve activity. J Neurophysiol 2022; 127:1086-1097. [PMID: 35294276 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00395.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The sympathetic nervous system exhibits patterns of action potential (AP) discharge in human muscle sympathetic nerve activity that suggest coding strategies express reflex specificity. This study explored the interactive effects of baroreceptor unloading using lower body negative pressure (LBNP) and volitional end-expiratory apnea (APN) on sympathetic postganglionic neuronal discharge patterns inferred from the firing patterns of differently sized sympathetic AP clusters. Seven individuals were studied using multi-unit microneurography (fibular) and a continuous wavelet approach to quantify AP discharge probability, recruitment, and latency during APN performed under ambient conditions, -10 and -40 mmHg LBNP. Compared to the ambient condition, LBNP increased AP discharge rate at -10 and -40 mmHg and recruited larger previously-silent sympathetic neurons at -40 mmHg. Compared to spontaneous breathing, APN increased AP discharge when performed during the ambient condition (∆351±132 AP/min), -10 mmHg (∆423±184 AP/min), and -40 mmHg (∆355±278 AP/min; main effect APN: P<0.01; LBNP-by-APN interaction: P=0.55). APN recruited larger previously-silent AP clusters during the ambient condition (∆4±3; P<0.02) and -10 mmHg (∆4±3; P<0.01), but not -40 mmHg (∆0±2; P=0.53; LBNP-by-APN: P<0.01). LBNP did not affect AP latency. However, APN reduced AP latency similarly during all conditions (ambient pressure: ∆-0.04±0.04s, -10 mmHg: ∆-0.03±0.03s, -40 mmHg: ∆-0.03±0.04s; main effect APN: P<0.01; LBNP-by-APN: P=0.48). These data indicate that apneic and baroreflex mechanisms appear to additively modify the axonal discharge rate of previously active sympathetic postganglionic neurons and interact to affect recruitment of previously-silent sympathetic neurons. Reductions in AP latency due to apneic stress were not impacted by baroreflex unloading.
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- Bartek Kulas
- Neurovascular Research Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Neurovascular Research Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
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- Neurovascular Research Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Neurovascular Research Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Incognito AV, Teixeira AL, Shafer BM, Nardone M, Vermeulen TD, Foster GE, Millar PJ. Muscle sympathetic single-unit responses during rhythmic handgrip exercise and isocapnic hypoxia in males: the role of sympathoexcitation magnitude. J Neurophysiol 2021; 126:170-180. [PMID: 34133241 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00678.2020] [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] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A small proportion of postganglionic muscle sympathetic single units can be inhibited during sympathoexcitatory stressors in humans. However, whether these responses are dependent on the specific stressor or the level of sympathoexcitation remains unclear. We hypothesize that, when matched by sympathoexcitatory magnitude, different stressors can evoke similar proportions of inhibited single units. Multiunit and single-unit muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) were recorded in seven healthy young males at baseline and during 1) rhythmic handgrip exercise (40% of maximum voluntary contraction) and 2) acute isocapnic hypoxia (partial pressure of end-tidal O2 47 ± 3 mmHg). Single units were classified as activated, nonresponsive, or inhibited if the spike frequency was above, within, or below the baseline variability, respectively. By design, rhythmic handgrip and isocapnic hypoxia similarly increased multiunit total MSNA [Δ273 ± 208 vs. Δ254 ± 193 arbitrary units (AU), P = 0.84] and single-unit spike frequency (Δ8 ± 10 vs. Δ12 ± 13 spikes/min, P = 0.12). Among 19 identified single units, the proportions of activated (47% vs. 68%), nonresponsive (32% vs. 16%), and inhibited (21% vs. 16%) single units were not different between rhythmic handgrip and isocapnic hypoxia (P = 0.42). However, only 9 (47%) single units behaved with concordant response patterns across both stressors (7 activated, 1 nonresponsive, and 1 inhibited during both stressors). During the 1-min epoch with the highest increase in total MSNA during hypoxia (Δ595 ± 282 AU, P < 0.01) only one single unit was inhibited. These findings suggest that the proportions of muscle sympathetic single units inhibited during stress are associated with the level of sympathoexcitation and not the stressor per se in healthy young males.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Subpopulations of muscle sympathetic single units can be inhibited during mild sympathoexcitatory stress. We demonstrate that rhythmic handgrip exercise and isocapnic hypoxia, when matched by multiunit sympathoexcitation, induce similar proportions of single-unit inhibition, highlighting that heterogeneous single-unit response patterns are related to the level of sympathoexcitation independent of the stressor type. Interestingly, only 47% of single units behaved with concordant response patterns between stressors, suggesting the potential for functional specificity within the postganglionic neuronal pool.
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- Anthony V Incognito
- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Heart, Lung, and Vascular Health, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Heart, Lung, and Vascular Health, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Centre for Heart, Lung, and Vascular Health, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.,Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Klassen SA, Shoemaker JK. Action potential subpopulations within human muscle sympathetic nerve activity: Discharge properties and governing mechanisms. Auton Neurosci 2020; 230:102743. [PMID: 33202287 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2020.102743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Sympathetic emissions directed towards the skeletal muscle circulation - muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) - represent a key mechanism for maintaining homeostasis and supporting human survival during physiological stress. Pulse-rhythmic bursts formed by the synchronous discharge of differently-sized sympathetic action potentials (APs) represent the primary characteristic of MSNA. Of the APs firing under baseline conditions (reflecting low-threshold c-fibre activity), a range of subpopulations exists, of which three general categories can be discussed based on their peak-to-peak amplitude in the filtered raw neurogram - small, medium, and large. These subpopulations express nonuniform discharge, recruitment, and synchronization patterns. The subpopulation of medium APs fires synchronously in most bursts, while the subpopulations of small and large APs fire less often. However, 30% of total AP discharge occurs asynchronously between sympathetic bursts, a pattern expressed most often by small APs. In response to physiological stress (e.g., baroreflex unloading), the subpopulation of medium APs exhibits the largest increase in firing probability and a subpopulation of previously-silent larger and faster-conducting APs (reflecting high-threshold c-fibre activity) becomes recruited. Heterogeneous discharge, synchronization, and recruitment thresholds among AP subpopulations stem from differential regulation within the sympathetic organization including the arterial baroreflex and paravertebral ganglia. Indeed, the arterial baroreflex strongly regulates medium APs at baseline and enhances its control over this subpopulation during periods of baroreflex unloading. Conversely, small and large APs express weak baroreflex control. Trimethaphan infusion has revealed that ganglionic processes including nicotinic and non-nicotinic mechanisms may contribute to heterogenous firing behaviours among low-threshold AP subpopulations. This review highlights recent work revealing new insight to the discharge properties expressed by, and mechanisms governing, AP subpopulations within human MSNA.
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- Stephen A Klassen
- Neurovascular Research Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Neurovascular Research Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
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Incognito AV, Nardone M, Teixeira AL, Lee JB, Kathia MM, Millar PJ. Muscle sympathetic single-unit response patterns during progressive muscle metaboreflex activation in young healthy adults. J Neurophysiol 2020; 124:682-690. [PMID: 32727266 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00305.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Muscle sympathetic single units can respond differentially to stress, but whether these responses are linked to the degree of sympathoexcitation is unclear. Fifty-three muscle sympathetic single units (microneurography) were recorded in 17 participants (8 women; 24 ± 3 yr). Five 40-s bouts of 10% static handgrip were performed during a 10-min forearm ischemia to progressively increase metabolite accumulation. Each static handgrip was separated by a 75-s ischemic rest [postexercise circulatory occlusion (PECO)] to assess the isolated action of the muscle metaboreflex. During each set of PECO, individual single units were classified as activated, nonresponsive, or inhibited if the spike frequency was above, within, or below the baseline variability, respectively. From sets 1-5 of PECO, the proportion of single units with activated (34, 45, 68, 87, and 89%), nonresponsive (43, 44, 23, 7, and 9%), or inhibited (23, 11, 9, 6, and 2%) responses changed (P < 0.001) as total muscle sympathoexcitation increased. A total of 51/53 (96%) single units were activated in at least one set of PECO, 16 (31%) initially inhibited before activation. This response pattern delayed the activation onset compared with noninhibited units (set 3 ± 1 vs. 2 ± 1, P < 0.001). Once activated, the spike-frequency rate of rise was similar (8.5 ± 6.5 vs. 7.1 ± 6.0 spikes/min per set, P = 0.48). Muscle sympathetic single-unit firing demonstrated differential control during muscle metaboreflex activation. Single units that were initially inhibited during progressive metaboreflex activation were capable of being activated in later sets. These findings reveal that single-unit activity is influenced by convergent neural inputs (i.e., both inhibitory and excitatory), which yield heterogenous single-unit activation thresholds.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Muscle sympathetic single units respond differentially to sympathoexcitatory stress such that single units can increase firing to contribute to the sympathoexcitatory response or can be nonresponsive or even inhibited. We observed a subgroup of single units that can respond bidirectionally, being first inhibited before activated by progressive increases in forearm muscle metaboreflex activation. These results suggest convergent neural inputs (i.e., inhibitory and excitatory), which yield heterogenous muscle sympathetic single-unit activation thresholds.
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- Anthony V Incognito
- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.,Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ott EP, Jacob DW, Baker SE, Holbein WW, Scruggs ZM, Shoemaker JK, Limberg JK. Sympathetic neural recruitment strategies following acute intermittent hypoxia in humans. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2020; 318:R961-R971. [PMID: 32267729 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00004.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We examined the effect of acute intermittent hypoxia (IH) on sympathetic neural firing patterns and the role of the carotid chemoreceptors. We hypothesized exposure to acute IH would increase muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) via an increase in action potential (AP) discharge rates and within-burst firing. We further hypothesized any change in discharge patterns would be attenuated during acute chemoreceptor deactivation (hyperoxia). MSNA (microneurography) was assessed in 17 healthy adults (11 male/6 female; 31 ± 1 yr) during normoxic rest before and after 30 min of experimental IH. Prior to and following IH, participants were exposed to 2 min of 100% oxygen (hyperoxia). AP patterns were studied from the filtered raw MSNA signal using wavelet-based methodology. Compared with baseline, multiunit MSNA burst incidence (P < 0.01), AP incidence (P = 0.01), and AP content per burst (P = 0.01) were increased following IH. There was an increase in the probability of a particular AP cluster firing once (P < 0.01) and more than once (P = 0.03) per burst following IH. There was no effect of hyperoxia on multiunit MSNA at baseline or following IH (P > 0.05); however, hyperoxia following IH attenuated the probability of particular AP clusters firing more than once per burst (P < 0.01). Acute IH increases MSNA by increasing AP discharge rates and within-burst firing. A portion of the increase in within-burst firing following IH can be attributed to the carotid chemoreceptors. These data advance the mechanistic understanding of sympathetic activation following acute IH in humans.
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- Elizabeth P Ott
- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.,Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Incognito AV, Samora M, Shepherd AD, Cartafina RA, Guimarães GMN, Daher M, Millar PJ, Vianna LC. Arterial baroreflex regulation of muscle sympathetic single-unit activity in men: influence of resting blood pressure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2020; 318:H937-H946. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00700.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The arterial baroreflex has dominant control over multiunit muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) burst occurrence, but whether this extends to all single units or is influenced by resting blood pressure status is unclear. In 22 men (32 ± 8 yr), we assessed 68 MSNA single units during sequential bolus injections of nitroprusside and phenylephrine (modified Oxford). Sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity (sBRS) was quantified as the weighted negative linear regression slope between diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and single-unit spike firing probability and multiple spike firing. Strong negative linear relationships ( r ≥ −0.50) between DBP and spike firing probability were observed in 63/68 (93%) single units (−2.27 ± 1.27%·cardiac cycle−1·mmHg−1 [operating range, 18 ± 8 mmHg]). In contrast, only 45/68 (66%) single units had strong DBP-multiple spike firing relationships (−0.13 ± 0.18 spikes·cardiac cycle−1·mmHg−1 [operating range, 14 ± 7 mmHg]). Participants with higher resting DBP (65 ± 3 vs. 77 ± 3 mmHg, P < 0.001) had similar spike firing probability sBRS (low vs. high, −2.08 ± 1.08 vs. −2.46 ± 1.42%·cardiac cycle−1·mmHg−1, P = 0.33), but a smaller sBRS operating range (20 ± 6 vs. 16 ± 9 mmHg, P = 0.01; 86 ± 24 vs. 52 ± 25% of total range, P < 0.001) and a higher proportion of single units without arterial baroreflex control outside this range [6/31 (19%) vs. 21/32 (66%), P < 0.001]. Participants with higher resting DBP also had fewer single units with arterial baroreflex control of multiple spike firing (79 vs. 53%, P = 0.04). The majority of MSNA single units demonstrate strong arterial baroreflex control over spike firing probability during pharmacological manipulation of blood pressure. Changes in single-unit sBRS operating range and control of multiple spike firing may represent altered sympathetic recruitment patterns associated with the early development of hypertension. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Muscle sympathetic single units can be differentially controlled during stress. In contrast, we demonstrate that 93% of single units maintain strong arterial baroreflex control during pharmacological manipulation of blood pressure. Interestingly, the operating range and proportion of single units that lose arterial baroreflex control outside of this range are influenced by resting blood pressure levels. Altered single unit, but not multiunit, arterial baroreflex control may represent changes in sympathetic recruitment patterns in early stage development of hypertension.
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- Anthony V. Incognito
- Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- NeuroV̇ASQ̇-Integrative Physiology Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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- NeuroV̇ASQ̇-Integrative Physiology Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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- Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- NeuroV̇ASQ̇-Integrative Physiology Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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- NeuroV̇ASQ̇-Integrative Physiology Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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- Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- NeuroV̇ASQ̇-Integrative Physiology Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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Klassen SA, Moir ME, Usselman CW, Shoemaker JK. Heterogeneous baroreflex control of sympathetic action potential subpopulations in humans. J Physiol 2020; 598:1881-1895. [PMID: 32091132 DOI: 10.1113/jp279326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Emission patterns in muscle sympathetic nerve activity stem from differently sized action potential (AP) subpopulations that express varying discharge probabilities. The mechanisms governing these firing behaviours are unclear. This study investigated the hypothesis that the arterial baroreflex exerts varying control over the different AP subpopulations. During baseline, medium APs expressed the greatest baroreflex slopes, while small and large APs exhibited weaker slopes. On going from baseline to lower body negative pressure (LBNP; simulated orthostatic stress), baroreflex slopes for some clusters of medium APs expressed the greatest increase, while slopes for large APs also increased but to a lesser degree. A subpopulation of previously silent larger APs was recruited with LBNP but these APs expressed weak baroreflex slopes. The arterial baroreflex heterogeneously regulates sympathetic AP subpopulations, exerting its strongest effect over medium APs. Weak baroreflex mechanisms govern the recruitment of latent larger AP subpopulations during orthostatic stress. ABSTRACT Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) occurs primarily in bursts of action potentials (AP) with subpopulations that differ in size and discharge probabilities. The mechanisms determining these discharge patterns remain unclear. This study investigated the hypothesis that variations in AP discharge are due to subpopulation-specific baroreflex control. We employed multi-unit microneurography and a continuous wavelet analysis approach to extract sympathetic APs in 12 healthy individuals during baseline (BSL) and lower body negative pressure (LBNP; -40, -60, -80 mmHg). For each AP cluster, the baroreflex threshold slope was measured from the linear regression between AP probability (%) and diastolic blood pressure (mmHg). During BSL, the baroreflex exerted non-uniform regulation over AP subpopulations: medium-sized AP clusters expressed the greatest slopes while clusters of small and large APs expressed weaker slopes. On going from BSL to LBNP, the baroreflex slopes for each AP subpopulation were modified differently. Baroreflex slopes (%/mmHg) for some medium APs (cluster 5: -4.4 ± 4 to -9.1 ± 5) expressed the greatest increase with LBNP, while slopes for large APs (cluster 9: -1.3 ± 1 to -2.6 ± 2) also increased, but to a lesser degree. Slopes for small APs present at BSL exhibited reductions with LBNP (cluster 2: -3.9 ± 3 to -2.2 ± 3). Larger previously silent AP clusters recruited with LBNP expressed weak baroreflex regulation (cluster 14: -0.9 ± 1%/mmHg). The baroreflex exerts the strongest control over medium-sized APs. Augmenting baroreflex gain and upward resetting of discrete AP subpopulations active at BSL, as well as recruiting larger previously silent APs with weak baroreflex control, facilitates elevated MSNA during orthostatic stress.
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- Stephen A Klassen
- Neurovascular Research Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, Canada
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- Neurovascular Research Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, Canada
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- Neurovascular Research Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, Canada.,Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Canada
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- Neurovascular Research Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, Canada.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, Canada
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Limberg JK, Casey DP, Trinity JD, Nicholson WT, Wray DW, Tschakovsky ME, Green DJ, Hellsten Y, Fadel PJ, Joyner MJ, Padilla J. Assessment of resistance vessel function in human skeletal muscle: guidelines for experimental design, Doppler ultrasound, and pharmacology. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2019; 318:H301-H325. [PMID: 31886718 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00649.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The introduction of duplex Doppler ultrasound almost half a century ago signified a revolutionary advance in the ability to assess limb blood flow in humans. It is now widely used to assess blood flow under a variety of experimental conditions to study skeletal muscle resistance vessel function. Despite its pervasive adoption, there is substantial variability between studies in relation to experimental protocols, procedures for data analysis, and interpretation of findings. This guideline results from a collegial discussion among physiologists and pharmacologists, with the goal of providing general as well as specific recommendations regarding the conduct of human studies involving Doppler ultrasound-based measures of resistance vessel function in skeletal muscle. Indeed, the focus is on methods used to assess resistance vessel function and not upstream conduit artery function (i.e., macrovasculature), which has been expertly reviewed elsewhere. In particular, we address topics related to experimental design, data collection, and signal processing as well as review common procedures used to assess resistance vessel function, including postocclusive reactive hyperemia, passive limb movement, acute single limb exercise, and pharmacological interventions.
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- Jacqueline K Limberg
- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.,François M. Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.,Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Human Sciences (Exercise and Sport Science), University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.,Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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Ott EP, Baker SE, Holbein WW, Shoemaker JK, Limberg JK. Effect of varying chemoreflex stress on sympathetic neural recruitment strategies during apnea. J Neurophysiol 2019; 122:1386-1396. [PMID: 31389742 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00319.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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We sought to examine the effect of varying chemoreflex stress on sympathetic neural recruitment strategies during end-expiratory apnea. We hypothesized that increases in the firing frequency and probability of low-threshold axons at the asphyxic "break point" would be exaggerated during hypoxia and attenuated during hyperoxia. Multiunit muscle sympathetic nervous system activity (MSNA) (peroneal nerve microneurography) was measured in 10 healthy male subjects (31 ± 2 yr, 25 ± 1 kg/m2). Individuals completed maximal voluntary end-expiratory apnea under normoxic, hypoxic (inspired O2 fraction: 0.17 ± 0.01), and hyperoxic (inspired O2 fraction: 0.92 ± 0.03) conditions. Action potential (AP) patterns were examined from the filtered raw signal with wavelet-based methodology. Multiunit MSNA was increased (P ≤ 0.05) during normoxic apnea, because of an increase in the frequency and incidence of AP spikes (243 ± 75 to 519 ± 134 APs/min, P = 0.048; 412 ± 133 to 733 ± 185 APs/100 heartbeats, P = 0.02). Multiunit MSNA increased from baseline (P < 0.01) during hypoxic apnea, which was due to an increase in the frequency and incidence of APs (192 ± 59 to 952 ± 266 APs/min, P < 0.01; 326 ± 89 to 1,212 ± 327 APs/100 heartbeats, P < 0.01). Hypoxic apnea also resulted in an increase in the probability of a particular AP cluster firing more than once per burst (P < 0.01). Hyperoxia attenuated any increase in MSNA with apnea, such that no changes in multiunit MSNA or frequency or incidence of AP spikes were observed (P > 0.05). We conclude that increases in frequency and incidence of APs during apnea are potentiated during hypoxia and suppressed when individuals are hyperoxic, highlighting the important impact of chemoreflex stress in AP discharge patterns. The results may have implications for neural control of the circulation in recreational activities and/or clinical conditions prone to apnea.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Our results demonstrate that, compared with normoxic end-expiratory apnea, hypoxic apnea increases the frequency and incidence of action potential spikes as well as the probability of multiple firing. We further show that this response is suppressed when individuals are hyperoxic. These data highlight the potentially important role of chemoreflex stress in neural firing and recruitment and may have implications for neural control of the circulation in recreational and/or clinical conditions prone to apnea.
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- Elizabeth P Ott
- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.,Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Incognito AV, Doherty CJ, Nardone M, Lee JB, Notay K, Seed JD, Millar PJ. Evidence for differential control of muscle sympathetic single units during mild sympathoexcitation in young, healthy humans. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2019; 316:H13-H23. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00675.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Two subpopulations of muscle sympathetic single units with opposite discharge characteristics have been identified during low-level cardiopulmonary baroreflex loading and unloading in middle-aged adults and patients with heart failure. The present study sought to determine whether similar subpopulations are present in young healthy adults during cardiopulmonary baroreflex unloading ( study 1) and rhythmic handgrip exercise ( study 2). Continuous hemodynamic and multiunit and single unit muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) data were collected at baseline and during nonhypotensive lower body negative pressure (LBNP; n = 12) and 40% maximal voluntary contraction rhythmic handgrip exercise (RHG; n = 24). Single unit MSNA responses were classified as anticipated or paradoxical based on whether changes were concordant or discordant with the multiunit MSNA response, respectively. LBNP and RHG both increased multiunit MSNA burst frequency (∆5 ± 3 bursts/min, P < 0.001; ∆5 ± 8 bursts/min, P = 0.005), burst amplitude (∆5 ± 7%, P = 0.04; ∆13 ± 14%, P < 0.001), and total MSNA (∆302 ± 191 AU/min, P = 0.001; ∆585 ± 556 AU/min, P < 0.001). During LBNP and RHG, 43 and 64 muscle single units were identified, respectively, which increased spike frequency (∆9 ± 11 spikes/min, P < 0.001; ∆10 ± 19 spikes/min, P < 0.001) and the probability of multiple spike firing (∆10 ± 12%, P < 0.001; ∆11 ± 26%, P = 0.001). During LBNP and RHG, 36 (84%) and 39 (61%) single units possessed anticipated firing responses (∆12 ± 10 spikes/min, P < 0.001; ∆19 ± 19 spikes/min, P < 0.001), whereas 7 (16%) and 25 (39%) single units exhibited paradoxical reductions (∆−3 ± 1 spikes/min, P = 0.003; ∆−4 ± 5 spikes/min, P < 0.001). The observation of divergent subpopulations of muscle sympathetic single units in healthy young humans during two mild sympathoexcitatory stressors supports differential control at the fiber level as a fundamental characteristic of human sympathetic regulation. NEW & NOTEWORTHY The activity of muscle sympathetic single units was recorded during cardiopulmonary baroreceptor unloading and rhythmic handgrip exercise in young healthy humans. During both stressors, the majority of single units (84% and 61%) exhibited anticipated behavior concordant with the integrated muscle sympathetic response, whereas a smaller proportion (16% and 39%) exhibited paradoxical sympathoinhibition. These results support differential control of postganglionic muscle sympathetic fibers as a characteristic of human sympathetic regulation during mild sympathoexcitatory stress. Listen to this article's corresponding podcast at https://ajpheart.podbean.com/e/differential-control-of-sympathetic-outflow-in-young-humans/ .
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- Anthony V. Incognito
- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Guelph-Humber, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Klassen SA, Limberg JK, Baker SE, Nicholson WT, Curry TB, Joyner MJ, Shoemaker JK. The role of the paravertebral ganglia in human sympathetic neural discharge patterns. J Physiol 2018; 596:4497-4510. [PMID: 30054928 PMCID: PMC6138281 DOI: 10.1113/jp276440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS The mechanisms affecting recruitment patterns of postganglionic sympathetic nerves remain unclear. The divergent and convergent preganglionic innervation patterns of postganglionic neurons and the presence of differently sized postganglionic nerves suggest that the ganglia may participate in modifying the discharge patterns of single sympathetic postganglionic neurons innervating the skeletal muscle circulation. Whether the ganglia affect the ordered behaviour of varying sized postganglionic sympathetic neurons in humans has not been studied. Trimethaphan infusion produced an ordered pattern of action potential (AP) de-recruitment whereby the firing of larger, low probability APs present at baseline was abolished first, followed by progressive decreased probability of smaller APs. Although integrated sympathetic bursts were no longer detected after several minutes of trimethaphan, firing of the smallest APs was detected. These data suggest the ganglia affect the distribution of firing probabilities exhibited by differently sized sympathetic neurons. The ganglia may contribute to sympathetic neural emission patterns involved in homeostatic regulation. ABSTRACT Do the ganglia contribute to the ordered behaviour of postganglionic neuronal discharge within the sympathetic nervous system? To further understand the functional organization of the sympathetic nervous system we employed the microneurographic approach to record muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and a continuous wavelet transform to study postganglionic action potential (AP) behaviour during nicotinic blockade at the ganglia (trimethaphan camsylate, 1-7 mg min-1 ) in seven females (37 ± 5 years). Trimethaphan elicited a progressive reduction in sympathetic outflow characterized by fewer integrated bursts with decaying amplitude. Underlying trimethaphan-mediated attenuations in integrated MSNA were reductions in AP incidence (186 ± 101 to 29 ± 31 AP (100 beats)-1 ) and AP content per integrated burst (7 ± 2 to 3 ± 1 APs burst-1 ) (both P < 0.01) in the final minute of detectable bursting activity in the trimethaphan condition, compared to baseline. We observed an ordered de-recruitment of larger to smaller AP clusters active at baseline (14 ± 3 to 8 ± 2 active AP clusters, P < 0.01). Following cessation of integrated bursts in the trimethaphan condition, the smallest 6 ± 2 sympathetic AP clusters persisted to fire in an asynchronous pattern (49 ± 41 AP (100 beats)-1 ) in all participants. Valsalva's manoeuvre did not increase the incidence of these persistent APs (60 ± 42 AP (100 beats)-1 , P = 0.52), or recruit any larger APs in six of seven participants (6 ± 1 total AP clusters, P = 0.30). These data suggest that the ganglia participate in the ordered recruitment of differently sized postganglionic sympathetic nerves.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stephen A. Klassen
- Neurovascular Research LaboratoryUniversity of Western OntarioLondonOntarioCanada
- School of KinesiologyUniversity of Western OntarioLondonOntarioCanada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative MedicineMayo ClinicRochesterMNUSA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative MedicineMayo ClinicRochesterMNUSA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative MedicineMayo ClinicRochesterMNUSA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative MedicineMayo ClinicRochesterMNUSA
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- Neurovascular Research LaboratoryUniversity of Western OntarioLondonOntarioCanada
- School of KinesiologyUniversity of Western OntarioLondonOntarioCanada
- Department of Physiology and PharmacologyUniversity of Western OntarioLondonOntarioCanada
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