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Getsy PM, Coffee GA, Bates JN, Parran T, Hoffer L, Baby SM, MacFarlane PM, Knauss ZT, Damron DS, Hsieh YH, Bubier JA, Mueller D, Lewis SJ. The cell-permeant antioxidant D-thiol ester D-cysteine ethyl ester overcomes physical dependence to morphine in male Sprague Dawley rats. Front Pharmacol 2024; 15:1444574. [PMID: 39253377 PMCID: PMC11381264 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1444574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 09/11/2024] Open
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The ability of morphine to decrease cysteine transport into neurons by inhibition of excitatory amino acid transporter 3 (EAA3) may be a key molecular mechanism underlying the acquisition of physical and psychological dependence to morphine. This study examined whether co-administration of the cell-penetrant antioxidant D-thiol ester, D-cysteine ethyl ester (D-CYSee), with morphine, would diminish the development of physical dependence to morphine in male Sprague Dawley rats. Systemic administration of the opioid receptor antagonist, naloxone (NLX), elicited pronounced withdrawal signs (e.g., wet-dog shakes, jumps, rears, circling) in rats that received a subcutaneous depot of morphine (150 mg/kg, SC) for 36 h and continuous intravenous infusion of vehicle (20 μL/h, IV). The NLX-precipitated withdrawal signs were reduced in rats that received an infusion of D-CYSee, but not D-cysteine, (both at 20.8 μmol/kg/h, IV) for the full 36 h. NLX elicited pronounced withdrawal signs in rats treated for 48 h with morphine (150 mg/kg, SC), plus continuous infusion of vehicle (20 μL/h, IV) that began at the 36 h timepoint of morphine treatment. The NLX-precipitated withdrawal signs were reduced in rats that received a 12 h infusion of D-CYSee, but not D-cysteine, (both at 20.8 μmol/kg/h, IV) that began at the 36 h timepoint of morphine treatment. These findings suggest that D-CYSee may attenuate the development of physical dependence to morphine and reverse established dependence to the opioid in male Sprague Dawley rats. Alternatively, D-CYSee may simply suppress the processes responsible for NLX-precipitated withdrawal. Nonetheless, D-CYSee and analogues may be novel therapeutics for the treatment of opioid use disorders.
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- Paulina M Getsy
- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Center for Medical Education, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Section of Biology, Galleon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Horsham, PA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Functional Electrical Stimulation Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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Nagoya K, Tsujimura T, Yoshihara M, Watanabe M, Magara J, Kawasaki K, Inoue M. Physiological analyses of swallowing changes due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in anesthetized male rats. Front Physiol 2024; 15:1445336. [PMID: 39170764 PMCID: PMC11337103 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1445336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 08/23/2024] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was previously known as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It has various main symptoms, such as dyspnea, chronic cough, and sputum, and is often accompanied by dysphagia. Although many published clinical reports have described COPD-related dysphagia, the physiological mechanisms underlying swallowing changes due to COPD remain unclear. Therefore, we analyzed how COPD affects the swallowing reflex using COPD model rats. We performed an electrophysiological study of respiration and swallowing using COPD model induced by intratracheal administration of porcine pancreatic elastase and lipopolysaccharide in Sprague-Dawley male rats. To identify the respiration and swallowing responses, electromyographic activity was recorded from the diaphragm, digastric (Dig), and thyrohyoid (TH) muscles. We confirmed COPD using micro-computed tomography analysis and hematoxylin and eosin staining of the lungs. The duty cycle was defined as the ratio of the inspiration duration to the total respiratory duration. In COPD model rats, the duty cycle was significantly higher than that in control rats. The frequency of the swallowing reflex evoked by electrical stimulation of the superior laryngeal nerve during the inspiration phase was higher in COPD model rats than in control rats. Furthermore, long-term COPD altered Dig and TH muscle activity without pathological muscle change. Our results suggest that COPD increases the frequency of swallowing initiation during the inspiration phase. Furthermore, long-term COPD affects swallowing-related muscle activity without pathological muscle changes. These physiological changes may increase the risk of developing dysphagia. Further studies are necessary to clarify the mechanisms contributing to the functional changes in respiration and swallowing in COPD.
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- Kouta Nagoya
- Division of Oral Functional Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Oral Health Management, Showa University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene and Oral Health, Showa University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Oral Anatomy, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Bates JN, Getsy PM, Coffee GA, Baby SM, MacFarlane PM, Hsieh YH, Knauss ZT, Bubier JA, Mueller D, Lewis SJ. Lipophilic analogues of D-cysteine prevent and reverse physical dependence to fentanyl in male rats. Front Pharmacol 2024; 14:1336440. [PMID: 38645835 PMCID: PMC11026688 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1336440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/23/2024] Open
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We examined whether co-injections of the cell-permeant D-cysteine analogues, D-cysteine ethyl ester (D-CYSee) and D-cysteine ethyl amide (D-CYSea), prevent acquisition of physical dependence induced by twice-daily injections of fentanyl, and reverse acquired dependence to these injections in freely-moving male Sprague Dawley rats. Injection of the opioid receptor antagonist, naloxone HCl (NLX, 1.5 mg/kg, IV), elicited a series of withdrawal phenomena that included cardiorespiratory and behavioral responses, and falls in body weight and body temperature, in rats that received 5 or 10 injections of fentanyl (125 μg/kg, IV), and the same number of vehicle co-injections. Regarding the development of physical dependence, the NLX-precipitated withdrawal phenomena were markedly reduced in fentanyl-injected rats that had received co-injections of D-CYSee (250 μmol/kg, IV) or D-CYSea (100 μmol/kg, IV), but not D-cysteine (250 μmol/kg, IV). Regarding reversal of established dependence to fentanyl, the NLX-precipitated withdrawal phenomena in rats that had received 10 injections of fentanyl (125 μg/kg, IV) was markedly reduced in rats that received co-injections of D-CYSee (250 μmol/kg, IV) or D-CYSea (100 μmol/kg, IV), but not D-cysteine (250 μmol/kg, IV), starting with injection 6 of fentanyl. This study provides evidence that co-injections of D-CYSee and D-CYSea prevent the acquisition of physical dependence, and reverse acquired dependence to fentanyl in male rats. The lack of effect of D-cysteine suggests that the enhanced cell-penetrability of D-CYSee and D-CYSea into cells, particularly within the brain, is key to their ability to interact with intracellular signaling events involved in acquisition to physical dependence to fentanyl.
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- James N. Bates
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Section of Biology, Galleon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Horsham, PA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Functional Electrical Stimulation Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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Bates JN, Getsy PM, Coffee GA, Baby SM, MacFarlane PM, Hsieh YH, Knauss ZT, Bubier JA, Mueller D, Lewis SJ. L-cysteine ethyl ester prevents and reverses acquired physical dependence on morphine in male Sprague Dawley rats. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1303207. [PMID: 38111383 PMCID: PMC10726967 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1303207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023] Open
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The molecular mechanisms underlying the acquisition of addiction/dependence on morphine may result from the ability of the opioid to diminish the transport of L-cysteine into neurons via inhibition of excitatory amino acid transporter 3 (EAA3). The objective of this study was to determine whether the co-administration of the cell-penetrant L-thiol ester, L-cysteine ethyl ester (L-CYSee), would reduce physical dependence on morphine in male Sprague Dawley rats. Injection of the opioid-receptor antagonist, naloxone HCl (NLX; 1.5 mg/kg, IP), elicited pronounced withdrawal phenomena in rats which received a subcutaneous depot of morphine (150 mg/kg) for 36 h and were receiving a continuous infusion of saline (20 μL/h, IV) via osmotic minipumps for the same 36 h period. The withdrawal phenomena included wet-dog shakes, jumping, rearing, fore-paw licking, 360° circling, writhing, apneas, cardiovascular (pressor and tachycardia) responses, hypothermia, and body weight loss. NLX elicited substantially reduced withdrawal syndrome in rats that received an infusion of L-CYSee (20.8 μmol/kg/h, IV) for 36 h. NLX precipitated a marked withdrawal syndrome in rats that had received subcutaneous depots of morphine (150 mg/kg) for 48 h) and a co-infusion of vehicle. However, the NLX-precipitated withdrawal signs were markedly reduced in morphine (150 mg/kg for 48 h)-treated rats that began receiving an infusion of L-CYSee (20.8 μmol/kg/h, IV) at 36 h. In similar studies to those described previously, neither L-cysteine nor L-serine ethyl ester (both at 20.8 μmol/kg/h, IV) mimicked the effects of L-CYSee. This study demonstrates that 1) L-CYSee attenuates the development of physical dependence on morphine in male rats and 2) prior administration of L-CYSee reverses morphine dependence, most likely by intracellular actions within the brain. The lack of the effect of L-serine ethyl ester (oxygen atom instead of sulfur atom) strongly implicates thiol biochemistry in the efficacy of L-CYSee. Accordingly, L-CYSee and analogs may be a novel class of therapeutics that ameliorate the development of physical dependence on opioids in humans.
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- James N. Bates
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Section of Biology, Galleon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Horsham, PA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Functional Electrical Stimulation Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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Pace SA, Myers B. Hindbrain Adrenergic/Noradrenergic Control of Integrated Endocrine and Autonomic Stress Responses. Endocrinology 2023; 165:bqad178. [PMID: 38015813 DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqad178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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Hindbrain adrenergic/noradrenergic nuclei facilitate endocrine and autonomic responses to physical and psychological challenges. Neurons that synthesize adrenaline and noradrenaline target hypothalamic structures to modulate endocrine responses while descending spinal projections regulate sympathetic function. Furthermore, these neurons respond to diverse stress-related metabolic, autonomic, and psychosocial challenges. Accordingly, adrenergic and noradrenergic nuclei are integrative hubs that promote physiological adaptation to maintain homeostasis. However, the precise mechanisms through which adrenaline- and noradrenaline-synthesizing neurons sense interoceptive and exteroceptive cues to coordinate physiological responses have yet to be fully elucidated. Additionally, the regulatory role of these cells in the context of chronic stress has received limited attention. This mini-review consolidates reports from preclinical rodent studies on the organization and function of brainstem adrenaline and noradrenaline cells to provide a framework for how these nuclei coordinate endocrine and autonomic physiology. This includes identification of hindbrain adrenaline- and noradrenaline-producing cell groups and their role in stress responding through neurosecretory and autonomic engagement. Although temporally and mechanistically distinct, the endocrine and autonomic stress axes are complementary and interconnected. Therefore, the interplay between brainstem adrenergic/noradrenergic nuclei and peripheral physiological systems is necessary for integrated stress responses and organismal survival.
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- Sebastian A Pace
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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Souza GMPR, Stornetta DS, Vitali AJ, Wildner H, Zeilhofer HU, Campbell JN, Abbott SBG. Chemogenetic activation of noradrenergic A5 neurons increases blood pressure and visceral sympathetic activity in adult rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2022; 323:R512-R531. [PMID: 35993562 PMCID: PMC9602699 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00119.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In mammals, the pontine noradrenergic system influences nearly every aspect of central nervous system function. A subpopulation of pontine noradrenergic neurons, called A5, are thought to be important in the cardiovascular response to physical stressors, yet their function is poorly defined. We hypothesized that activation of A5 neurons drives a sympathetically mediated increase in blood pressure (BP). To test this hypothesis, we conducted a comprehensive assessment of the cardiovascular effects of chemogenetic stimulation of A5 neurons in male and female adult rats using intersectional genetic and anatomical targeting approaches. Chemogenetic stimulation of A5 neurons in freely behaving rats elevated BP by 15 mmHg and increased cardiac baroreflex sensitivity with a negligible effect on resting HR. Importantly, A5 stimulation had no detectable effect on locomotor activity, metabolic rate, or respiration. Under anesthesia, stimulation of A5 neurons produced a marked elevation in visceral sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) and no change in skeletal muscle SNA, showing that A5 neurons preferentially stimulate visceral SNA. Interestingly, projection mapping indicates that A5 neurons target sympathetic preganglionic neurons throughout the spinal cord and parasympathetic preganglionic neurons throughout in the brainstem, as well as the nucleus of the solitary tract, and ventrolateral medulla. Moreover, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry indicate that a subpopulation of A5 neurons coreleases glutamate and monoamines. Collectively, this study suggests A5 neurons are a central modulator of autonomic function with a potentially important role in sympathetically driven redistribution of blood flow from the visceral circulation to critical organs and skeletal muscle.
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- George M P R Souza
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Toledo C, Ortolani D, Ortiz FC, Marcus NJ, Del Rio R. Potential Role of the Retrotrapezoid Nucleus in Mediating Cardio-Respiratory Dysfunction in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. Front Physiol 2022; 13:863963. [PMID: 35492622 PMCID: PMC9039230 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.863963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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A strong association between chemoreflex hypersensitivity, disordered breathing, and elevated sympathetic activity has been shown in experimental and human heart failure (HF). The contribution of chemoreflex hypersensitivity in HF pathophysiology is incompletely understood. There is ample evidence that increased peripheral chemoreflex drive in HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF; EF<40%) leads to pathophysiological changes in autonomic and cardio-respiratory control, but less is known about the neural mechanisms mediating cardio-respiratory disturbances in HF with preserved EF (HFpEF; EF>50%). Importantly, it has been shown that activation of the central chemoreflex worsens autonomic dysfunction in experimental HFpEF, an effect mediated in part by the activation of C1 catecholaminergic neurons neighboring the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN), an important region for central chemoreflex control of respiratory and autonomic function. Accordingly, the main purpose of this brief review is to discuss the possible role played by activation of central chemoreflex pathways on autonomic function and its potential role in precipitating disordered breathing in HFpEF. Improving understanding of the contribution of the central chemoreflex to the pathophysiology of HFpEF may help in development of novel interventions intended to improve cardio-respiratory outcomes in HFpEF.
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- Camilo Toledo
- Laboratory Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Excelencia en Biomedicina de Magallanes (CEBIMA), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
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- Laboratory Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Mechanisms of Myelin Formation and Repair Laboratory, Facultad de Ciencias de Salud, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA, United States
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- Laboratory Cardiorespiratory Control, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Excelencia en Biomedicina de Magallanes (CEBIMA), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
- Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- *Correspondence: Rodrigo Del Rio,
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Souza GMPR, Stornetta RL, Stornetta DS, Guyenet PG, Abbott SBG. Adrenergic C1 neurons monitor arterial blood pressure and determine the sympathetic response to hemorrhage. Cell Rep 2022; 38:110480. [PMID: 35263582 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Hemorrhage initially triggers a rise in sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) that maintains blood pressure (BP); however, SNA is suppressed following severe blood loss causing hypotension. We hypothesized that adrenergic C1 neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (C1RVLM) drive the increase in SNA during compensated hemorrhage, and a reduction in C1RVLM contributes to hypotension during decompensated hemorrhage. Using fiber photometry, we demonstrate that C1RVLM activity increases during compensated hemorrhage and falls at the onset of decompensated hemorrhage. Using optogenetics combined with direct recordings of SNA, we show that C1RVLM activation mediates the rise in SNA and contributes to BP stability during compensated hemorrhage, whereas a suppression of C1RVLM activity is associated with cardiovascular collapse during decompensated hemorrhage. Notably, re-activating C1RVLM during decompensated hemorrhage restores BP to normal levels. In conclusion, C1 neurons are a nodal point for the sympathetic response to blood loss.
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- George M P R Souza
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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Ceccherini I, Kurek KC, Weese-Mayer DE. Developmental disorders affecting the respiratory system: CCHS and ROHHAD. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2022; 189:53-91. [PMID: 36031316 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-91532-8.00005-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Rapid-onset Obesity with Hypothalamic dysfunction, Hypoventilation, and Autonomic Dysregulation (ROHHAD) and Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) are ultra-rare distinct clinical disorders with overlapping symptoms including altered respiratory control and autonomic regulation. Although both disorders have been considered for decades to be on the same spectrum with necessity of artificial ventilation as life-support, recent acquisition of specific knowledge concerning the genetic basis of CCHS coupled with an elusive etiology for ROHHAD have definitely established that the two disorders are different. CCHS is an autosomal dominant neurocristopathy characterized by alveolar hypoventilation resulting in hypoxemia/hypercarbia and features of autonomic nervous system dysregulation (ANSD), with presentation typically in the newborn period. It is caused by paired-like homeobox 2B (PHOX2B) variants, with known genotype-phenotype correlation but pathogenic mechanism(s) are yet unknown. ROHHAD is characterized by rapid weight gain, followed by hypothalamic dysfunction, then hypoventilation followed by ANSD, in seemingly normal children ages 1.5-7 years. Postmortem neuroanatomical studies, thorough clinical characterization, pathophysiological assessment, and extensive genetic inquiry have failed to identify a cause attributable to a traditional genetic basis, somatic mosaicism, epigenetic mechanism, environmental trigger, or other. To find the key to the ROHHAD pathogenesis and to improve its clinical management, in the present chapter, we have carefully compared CCHS and ROHHAD.
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- Isabella Ceccherini
- Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics of Rare Diseases, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Division of Autonomic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute; and Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
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Nakamura K, Morrison SF. Central sympathetic network for thermoregulatory responses to psychological stress. Auton Neurosci 2021; 237:102918. [PMID: 34823147 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2021.102918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In mammals, many types of psychological stressors elicit a variety of sympathoexcitatory responses paralleling the classic fight-or-flight response to a threat to survival, including increased body temperature via brown adipose tissue thermogenesis and cutaneous vasoconstriction, and increased skeletal muscle blood flow via tachycardia and visceral vasoconstriction. Although these responses are usually supportive for stress coping, aberrant sympathetic responses to stress can lead to clinical issues in psychosomatic medicine. Sympathetic stress responses are mediated mostly by sympathetic premotor drives from the rostral medullary raphe region (rMR) and partly by those from the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM). Hypothalamomedullary descending pathways from the dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH) to the rMR and RVLM mediate important, stress-driven sympathoexcitatory transmission to the premotor neurons to drive the thermal and cardiovascular responses. The DMH also likely sends an excitatory input to the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus to stimulate stress hormone release. Neurons in the DMH receive a stress-related excitation from the dorsal peduncular cortex and dorsal tenia tecta (DP/DTT) in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. By connecting the corticolimbic emotion circuit to the central sympathetic and somatic motor systems, the DP/DTT → DMH pathway plays as the primary mediator of the psychosomatic signaling that drives a variety of sympathetic and behavioral stress responses. These brain regions together with other stress-related regions constitute a central neural network for physiological stress responses. This network model is relevant to understanding the central mechanisms by which stress and emotions affect autonomic regulations of homeostasis and to developing new therapeutic strategies for various stress-related disorders.
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- Kazuhiro Nakamura
- Department of Integrative Physiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Malheiros-Lima MR, Silva TM, Takakura AC, Moreira TS. A5 noradrenergic-projecting C1 neurons activate sympathetic and breathing outputs in anaesthetized rats. Exp Physiol 2021; 107:147-160. [PMID: 34813109 DOI: 10.1113/ep089691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? C1 neurons innervate pontine noradrenergic cell groups, including the A5 region: do A5 noradrenergic neurons contribute to the activation of sympathetic and respiratory responses produced by selective activation of the C1 group of neurons. What is the main finding and its importance? The increase in sympathetic and respiratory activities elicited by selective stimulation of C1 neurons is reduced after blockade of excitatory amino acid within the A5 region, suggesting that the C1-A5 pathway might be important for sympathetic-respiratory control. ABSTRACT Adrenergic C1 neurons innervate and excite pontine noradrenergic cell groups, including the ventrolateral pontine noradrenergic region (A5). Here, we tested the hypothesis that C1 activates A5 neurons through the release of glutamate and this effect is important for sympathetic and respiratory control. Using selective tools, we restricted the expression of channelrhodopsin2 under the control of the artificial promoter PRSx8 to C1 neurons (69%). Transduced catecholaminergic terminals within the A5 region are in contact with noradrenergic A5 neurons and the C1 terminals within the A5 region are predominantly glutamatergic. In a different group of animals, we performed retrograde lesion of C1 adrenergic neurons projecting to the A5 region with unilateral injection of the immunotoxin anti-dopamine β-hydroxylase-saporin (anti-DβH-SAP) directly into the A5 region during the hypoxic condition. As expected, hypoxia (8% O2 , 3 h) induced a robust increase in fos expression within the catecholaminergic C1 and A5 regions of the brainstem. Depletion of C1 cells projecting to the A5 regions reduced fos immunoreactivity induced by hypoxia within the C1 region. Physiological experiments showed that bilateral injection of kynurenic acid (100 mM) into the A5 region reduced the rise in mean arterial pressure, and sympathetic and phrenic nerve activities produced by optogenetic stimulation of C1 cells. In conclusion, the C1 neurons activate the ventrolateral pontine noradrenergic neurons (A5 region) possibly via the release of glutamate and might be important for sympathetic and respiratory outputs in anaesthetized rats.
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- Milene R Malheiros-Lima
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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A hypothalamomedullary network for physiological responses to environmental stresses. Nat Rev Neurosci 2021; 23:35-52. [PMID: 34728833 DOI: 10.1038/s41583-021-00532-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Various environmental stressors, such as extreme temperatures (hot and cold), pathogens, predators and insufficient food, can threaten life. Remarkable progress has recently been made in understanding the central circuit mechanisms of physiological responses to such stressors. A hypothalamomedullary neural pathway from the dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH) to the rostral medullary raphe region (rMR) regulates sympathetic outflows to effector organs for homeostasis. Thermal and infection stress inputs to the preoptic area dynamically alter the DMH → rMR transmission to elicit thermoregulatory, febrile and cardiovascular responses. Psychological stress signalling from a ventromedial prefrontal cortical area to the DMH drives sympathetic and behavioural responses for stress coping, representing a psychosomatic connection from the corticolimbic emotion circuit to the autonomic and somatic motor systems. Under starvation stress, medullary reticular neurons activated by hunger signalling from the hypothalamus suppress thermogenic drive from the rMR for energy saving and prime mastication to promote food intake. This Perspective presents a combined neural network for environmental stress responses, providing insights into the central circuit mechanism for the integrative regulation of systemic organs.
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Baizer JS, Webster CJ, Witelson SF. Individual variability in the size and organization of the human arcuate nucleus of the medulla. Brain Struct Funct 2021; 227:159-176. [PMID: 34613435 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-021-02396-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The arcuate nucleus (Arc) of the medulla is found in almost all human brains and in a small percentage of chimpanzee brains. It is absent in the brains of other mammalian species including mice, rats, cats, and macaque monkeys. The Arc is classically considered a precerebellar relay nucleus, receiving input from the cerebral cortex and projecting to the cerebellum via the inferior cerebellar peduncle. However, several studies have found aplasia of the Arc in babies who died of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), and it was suggested that the Arc is the locus of chemosensory neurons critical for brainstem control of respiration. Aplasia of the Arc, however, has also been reported in adults, suggesting that it is not critical for survival. We have examined the Arc in closely spaced Nissl-stained sections in thirteen adult human cases to acquire a better understanding of the degree of variability of its size and location in adults. We have also examined immunostained sections to look for neurochemical compartments in this nucleus. Caudally, neurons of the Arc are ventrolateral to the pyramidal tracts (py); rostrally, they are ventro-medial to the py and extend up along the midline. In some cases, the Arc is discontinuous, with a gap between sections with the ventrolaterally located and the ventromedially located neurons. In all cases, there is some degree of left-right asymmetry in Arc position, size, and shape at all rostro-caudal levels. Somata of neurons in the Arc express calretinin (CR), neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), and nonphosphorylated neurofilament protein (NPNFP). Calbindin (CB) is expressed in puncta whereas there is no expression of parvalbumin (PV) in somata or puncta. There is also immunostaining for GAD and GABA receptors suggesting inhibitory input to Arc neurons. These properties were consistent among cases. Our data show differences in location of caudal and rostral Arc neurons and considerable variability among cases in the size and shape of the Arc. The variability in size suggests that "hypoplasia" of the Arc is difficult to define. The discontinuity of the Arc in many cases suggests that establishing aplasia of the Arc requires examination of many closely spaced sections through the brainstem.
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- Joan S Baizer
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, 123 Sherman Hall, South Campus, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA.
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, 123 Sherman Hall, South Campus, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada
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Oliveira LM, Baertsch NA, Moreira TS, Ramirez JM, Takakura AC. Unraveling the Mechanisms Underlying Irregularities in Inspiratory Rhythm Generation in a Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease. J Neurosci 2021; 41:4732-4747. [PMID: 33863785 PMCID: PMC8260248 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2114-20.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder anatomically characterized by a progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra compacta (SNpc). Much less known, yet clinically very important, are the detrimental effects on breathing associated with this disease. Consistent with the human pathophysiology, the 6-hydroxydopamine hydrochloride (6-OHDA) rodent model of PD shows reduced respiratory frequency (fR) and NK1r-immunoreactivity in the pre-Bötzinger complex (preBötC) and PHOX2B+ neurons in the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN). To unravel mechanisms that underlie bradypnea in PD, we employed a transgenic approach to label or stimulate specific neuron populations in various respiratory-related brainstem regions. PD mice were characterized by a pronounced decreased number of putatively rhythmically active excitatory neurons in the preBötC and adjacent ventral respiratory column (VRC). Specifically, the number of Dbx1 and Vglut2 neurons was reduced by 47.6% and 17.3%, respectively. By contrast, inhibitory Vgat+ neurons in the VRC, as well as neurons in other respiratory-related brainstem regions, showed relatively minimal or no signs of neuronal loss. Consistent with these anatomic observations, optogenetic experiments identified deficits in respiratory function that were specific to manipulations of excitatory (Dbx1/Vglut2) neurons in the preBötC. We conclude that the decreased number of this critical population of respiratory neurons is an important contributor to the development of irregularities in inspiratory rhythm generation in this mouse model of PD.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT We found a decreased number of a specific population of medullary neurons which contributes to breathing abnormalities in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease (PD).
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- Luiz M Oliveira
- Department of Pharmacology, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508, Brazil
- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98101
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- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98101
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98101
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508, Brazil
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- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98101
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98101
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98101
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- Department of Pharmacology, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508, Brazil
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Glutathione ethyl ester reverses the deleterious effects of fentanyl on ventilation and arterial blood-gas chemistry while prolonging fentanyl-induced analgesia. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6985. [PMID: 33772077 PMCID: PMC7997982 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86458-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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There is an urgent need to develop novel compounds that prevent the deleterious effects of opioids such as fentanyl on minute ventilation while, if possible, preserving the analgesic actions of the opioids. We report that L-glutathione ethyl ester (GSHee) may be such a novel compound. In this study, we measured tail flick latency (TFL), arterial blood gas (ABG) chemistry, Alveolar-arterial gradient, and ventilatory parameters by whole body plethysmography to determine the responses elicited by bolus injections of fentanyl (75 μg/kg, IV) in male adult Sprague-Dawley rats that had received a bolus injection of GSHee (100 μmol/kg, IV) 15 min previously. GSHee given alone had minimal effects on TFL, ABG chemistry and A-a gradient whereas it elicited changes in some ventilatory parameters such as an increase in breathing frequency. In vehicle-treated rats, fentanyl elicited (1) an increase in TFL, (2) decreases in pH, pO2 and sO2 and increases in pCO2 (all indicative of ventilatory depression), (3) an increase in Alveolar-arterial gradient (indicative of a mismatch in ventilation-perfusion in the lungs), and (4) changes in ventilatory parameters such as a reduction in tidal volume, that were indicative of pronounced ventilatory depression. In GSHee-pretreated rats, fentanyl elicited a more prolonged analgesia, relatively minor changes in ABG chemistry and Alveolar-arterial gradient, and a substantially milder depression of ventilation. GSHee may represent an effective member of a novel class of thiolester drugs that are able to prevent the ventilatory depressant effects elicited by powerful opioids such as fentanyl and their deleterious effects on gas-exchange in the lungs without compromising opioid analgesia.
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Tian Y, Geng D, Wang Y, Shi L, Yu H, He W, Zhu Y, Jun S, Fu C, Wang X, Zhang X, Yuan F, Wang S. Contribution of retrotrapezoid nucleus neurons to CO 2 -amplified cardiorespiratory activity in spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Physiol 2020; 599:1115-1130. [PMID: 33347681 DOI: 10.1113/jp280246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS This study demonstrates that both CO2 -induced respiratory and cardiovascular responses are augmented in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). Genetic ablation of the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) neurons depresses enhanced hypercapnic ventilatory response and eliminates CO2 -stimulated increase in arterial pressure and heart rate in SHRs. SHRs have a high protein level of pH-sensitive channels in the RTN, including the TASK-2 channel, Kv12.1 channel and acid-sensing ion channel 3. The inhibition of putative TASK-2 channel activity by clofilium diminishes amplified hypercapnic ventilatory and cardiovascular responses, and reduces the number of CO2 -activated RTN neurons in SHRs. These results indicate that RTN neurons contribute to enhanced CO2 -stimulated respiratory and cardiovascular responses in SHRs. ABSTRACT The respiratory regulation of cardiovascular activity is essential for maintaining an efficient ventilation and perfusion ratio. Activation of central respiratory chemoreceptors not only elicits a ventilatory response but also regulates sympathetic nerve activity and arterial blood pressure (ABP). The retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) is the most completely characterized cluster of central respiratory chemoreceptors. We hypothesize that RTN neurons contribute to augmented CO2 -stimulated respiratory and cardiovascular responses in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). Our findings indicate that SHRs exhibit more enhanced hypercapnic cardiorespiratory responses than age-matched normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats. Genetic ablation of RTN neurons notably depresses an enhanced hypercapnic ventilatory response (HCVR) and eliminates a CO2 -stimulated greater increase in ABP and heart rate in SHRs. In addition, SHRs have a higher protein level of pH-sensitive channels in the RTN, including TASK-2 channels, Kv12.1 channels and acid-sensing ion channel 3. Administration of clofilium (i.p.), an unselective inhibitor of TASK-2 channels, not only significantly reduces the enhanced HCVR but also inhibits CO2 -amplified increases in ABP and heart rate in SHRs. Moreover, clofilium significantly decreases the number of CO2 -activated RTN neurons in SHRs. Taken together, we suggest that RTN neurons play an important role in enhanced hypercapnic ventilatory and cardiovascular responses in SHRs and the putative mechanism involved is associated with TASK-2 channel activity in the RTN.
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- Yanming Tian
- Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050017, China
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- Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050017, China
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- Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050017, China
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- Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050017, China
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- Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050017, China
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- Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050017, China
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- School of Nursing, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China
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- Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050017, China
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- School of Nursing, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China
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- Physiology Laboratory of Teaching Experiment Center, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Vascular Homeostasis and Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardio-cerebrovascular Disease, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China
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- Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050017, China
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- Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050017, China.,Hebei Key Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050017, China
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Gaston B, Smith L, Bosch J, Seckler J, Kunze D, Kiselar J, Marozkina N, Hodges CA, Wintrobe P, McGee K, Morozkina TS, Burton ST, Lewis T, Strassmaier T, Getsy P, Bates JN, Lewis SJ. Voltage-gated potassium channel proteins and stereoselective S-nitroso-l-cysteine signaling. JCI Insight 2020; 5:134174. [PMID: 32790645 PMCID: PMC7526540 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.134174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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S-nitroso-l-cysteine (L-CSNO) behaves as a ligand. Its soluble guanylate cyclase–independent (sGC-independent) effects are stereoselective — that is, not recapitulated by S-nitroso-d-cysteine (D-CSNO) — and are inhibited by chemical congeners. However, candidate L-CSNO receptors have not been identified. Here, we have used 2 complementary affinity chromatography assays — followed by unbiased proteomic analysis — to identify voltage-gated K+ channel (Kv) proteins as binding partners for L-CSNO. Stereoselective L-CSNO–Kv interaction was confirmed structurally and functionally using surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy; hydrogen deuterium exchange; and, in Kv1.1/Kv1.2/Kvβ2-overexpressing cells, patch clamp assays. Remarkably, these sGC-independent L-CSNO effects did not involve S-nitrosylation of Kv proteins. In isolated rat and mouse respiratory control (petrosyl) ganglia, L-CSNO stereoselectively inhibited Kv channel function. Genetic ablation of Kv1.1 prevented this effect. In intact animals, L-CSNO injection at the level of the carotid body dramatically and stereoselectively increased minute ventilation while having no effect on blood pressure; this effect was inhibited by the L-CSNO congener S-methyl-l-cysteine. Kv proteins are physiologically relevant targets of endogenous L-CSNO. This may be a signaling pathway of broad relevance. Two complementary affinity chromatography assays, followed by unbiased proteomic analysis, identified voltage-gated K+ channel (Kv) proteins as binding partners for S-nitroso-l-cysteine (L-CSNO).
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- Benjamin Gaston
- Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Pediatric Pulmonology.,Department of Physiology and Biophysics
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- Department of Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology.,Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Fernandes-Junior SA, Oliveira LM, Czeisler CM, Mo X, Roy S, Somogyi A, Zhang L, Moreira TS, Otero JJ, Takakura AC. Stimulation of retrotrapezoid nucleus Phox2b-expressing neurons rescues breathing dysfunction in an experimental Parkinson's disease rat model. Brain Pathol 2020; 30:926-944. [PMID: 32497400 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12868] [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: 01/16/2020] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Emerging evidence from multiple studies indicates that Parkinson's disease (PD) patients suffer from a spectrum of autonomic and respiratory motor deficiencies in addition to the classical motor symptoms attributed to substantia nigra degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. Animal models of PD show a decrease in the resting respiratory rate as well as a decrease in the number of Phox2b-expressing retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) neurons. The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which substantia nigra pars compact (SNc) degeneration induced RTN biomolecular changes and to identify the extent to which RTN pharmacological or optogenetic stimulations rescue respiratory function following PD-induction. SNc degeneration was achieved in adult male Wistar rats by bilateral striatal 6-hydroxydopamine injection. For proteomic analysis, laser capture microdissection and pressure catapulting were used to isolate the RTN for subsequent comparative proteomic analysis and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA). The respiratory parameters were evaluated by whole-body plethysmography and electromyographic analysis of respiratory muscles. The results confirmed reduction in the number of dopaminergic neurons of SNc and respiratory rate in the PD-animals. Our proteomic data suggested extensive RTN remodeling, and that pharmacological or optogenetic stimulations of the diseased RTN neurons promoted rescued the respiratory deficiency. Our data indicate that despite neuroanatomical and biomolecular RTN pathologies, that RTN-directed interventions can rescue respiratory control dysfunction.
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- Silvio A Fernandes-Junior
- Department of Pharmacology, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil.,Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, OH
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- Department of Pharmacology, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, OH
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, OH
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- Departments of Surgery and Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, OH
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- Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility, The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, OH
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- Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility, The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, OH
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, OH
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- Department of Pharmacology, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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Abe C, Yamaoka Y, Maejima Y, Mikami T, Yokota S, Yamanaka A, Morita H. VGLUT2-expressing neurons in the vestibular nuclear complex mediate gravitational stress-induced hypothermia in mice. Commun Biol 2020; 3:227. [PMID: 32385401 PMCID: PMC7210111 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0950-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The vestibular system, which is essential for maintaining balance, contributes to the sympathetic response. Although this response is involved in hypergravity load-induced hypothermia in mice, the underlying mechanism remains unknown. This study showed that hypergravity (2g) decreased plasma catecholamines, which resulted in hypoactivity of the interscapular brown adipose tissue (iBAT). Hypothermia induced by 2g load was significantly suppressed by administration of beta-adrenergic receptor agonists, suggesting the involvement of decrease in iBAT activity through sympathoinhibition. Bilateral chemogenetic activation of vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (VGLUT2)-expressing neurons in the vestibular nuclear complex (VNC) induced hypothermia. The VGLUT2-expressing neurons contributed to 2g load-induced hypothermia, since their deletion suppressed hypothermia. Although activation of vesicular gamma-aminobutyric acid transporter-expressing neurons in the VNC induced slight hypothermia instead of hyperthermia, their deletion did not affect 2g load-induced hypothermia. Thus, we concluded that 2g load-induced hypothermia resulted from sympathoinhibition via the activation of VGLUT2-expressing neurons in the VNC. Chikara Abe, Yusuke Yamaoka et al. show that chemogenetic activation of VGLUT2-expressing neurons in the vestibular nuclear complex induces hypothermia, while their deletion suppresses hypergravity load-induced hypothermia in mice. These findings suggest an important role for these glutamatergic neurons in thermoregulation.
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- Chikara Abe
- Department of Physiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
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- Department of Physiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience II, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
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Gupta S, Otero JJ, Sundaresan VB, Czeisler CM. Near field non-invasive electrophysiology of retrotrapezoid nucleus using amperometric cation sensor. Biosens Bioelectron 2019; 151:111975. [PMID: 31999582 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2019.111975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Central chemoreception is the process whereby the brainstem senses blood gas levels and adjusts homeostatic functions such as breathing and cardiovascular tone accordingly. Rodent evidence suggests that the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) is a master regulator of central chemoreception, in particular, through direct sensation of acidosis induced by CO2 levels. The oscillatory dynamics caused by pH changes as sensed by the RTN surface and its relationship to the fluctuations in cation flux is not clearly understood due to the current limitations of electrophysiology tools and this article presents our investigations to address this need. A cation selective sensor fabricated from polypyrrole doped with dodecyl benzenesulfonate (PPy (DBS)) is placed over RTN in an ex-vivo en bloc brain and changes in cation concentration in the diffusion limited region above the RTN is measured due to changes in externally imposed basal pH. The novelty of this technique lies in its feasibility to detect cation fluxes from the cells in the RTN region without having to access either sides of the cell membrane. Owing to the placement of the sensor in close proximity to the tissue, we refer to this technique as near-field electrophysiology. It is observed that lowering the pH in the physiological range (7.4-7.2) results in a significant increase in cation concentration in the vicinity of RTN with a median value of ~5 μM. The utilization of such quantifiable measurement techniques to detect sub-threshold brain activity may help provide a platform for future neural network architectures. Findings from this paper present a quantifiable, sensitive, and robust electrophysiology technique with minimal damage to the underlying tissue.
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- Sujasha Gupta
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, 201 W 19(th) Ave, Columbus, 43210, Ohio, United States.
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- Department of Pathology, Neuropathology, The Ohio State University, 333 W 10(th) Ave, Columbus, 43210, Ohio, United States.
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, 201 W 19(th) Ave, Columbus, 43210, Ohio, United States.
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- Division of Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, 333 W 10(th) Ave, Columbus, 43210, Ohio, United States.
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Abe C, Yamaoka Y, Maejima Y, Mikami T, Morita H. Hypergravity-induced plastic alteration of the vestibulo-sympathetic reflex involves decrease in responsiveness of CAMK2-expressing neurons in the vestibular nuclear complex. J Physiol Sci 2019; 69:903-917. [PMID: 31435871 PMCID: PMC10942005 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-019-00705-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The vestibular system contributes to not only eye movement and posture but also the sympathetic response. Plastic alteration of the vestibulo-sympathetic reflex is induced by hypergravity load; however, the mechanism remains unknown. Here, we examined 2 g-induced changing in responsiveness of CAMK2-expressing neurons in the vestibular nucleus complex using optogenetic tools. The excitatory photostimulation of the CAMK2-expressing neurons in the unilateral vestibular nuclear complex induced body tilt to the contralateral side, while inhibitory photostimulation showed the opposite response. Photoactivation of either cell body or the axonal terminal in the rostral ventrolateral medulla showed sympathoexcitation followed by the pressor response. Furthermore, this response was significantly attenuated (49.8 ± 4%) after the 1st day of 2 g loading, and this value was further reduced by the 5th day (22.4 ± 3%), suggesting that 2 g-induced attenuation of the vestibulo-sympathetic reflex involves at least decrease in responsiveness of CAMK2-expressing neurons in the vestibular nuclear complex.
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- Chikara Abe
- Department of Physiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan.
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- Department of Physiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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Optogenetic analysis of respiratory neuronal networks in the ventral medulla of neonatal rats producing channelrhodopsin in Phox2b-positive cells. Pflugers Arch 2019; 471:1419-1439. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-019-02317-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Amygdala rapid kindling impairs breathing in response to chemoreflex activation. Brain Res 2019; 1718:159-168. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2019.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 03/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Activation of Phox2b-Expressing Neurons in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarii Drives Breathing in Mice. J Neurosci 2019; 39:2837-2846. [PMID: 30626698 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2048-18.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2018] [Revised: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) is implicated in the control of breathing, but the neuronal phenotype and circuit mechanism involved in such a physiological function remain incompletely understood. This study focused on the respiratory role of paired-like homeobox 2b gene (Phox2b)-expressing NTS neurons and sought to determine whether selective stimulation of this set of neurons activates breathing in male mice. A Cre-dependent vector encoding a Gq-coupled human M3 muscarinic receptor (hM3Dq) was microinjected into the NTS of Phox2b-Cre transgenic mice. The hM3Dq-transduced neurons were pharmacologically activated in conscious mice while respiratory effects were measured by plethysmography. We demonstrate that chemogenetic stimulation of Phox2b-expressing NTS neurons significantly increased baseline minute volume via an increase in respiratory frequency rather than tidal volume. Chemogenetic stimulation also synergized with moderate CO2 stimulation to enhance pulmonary ventilatory response. Selective ablation of Phox2b-expressing NTS neurons notably attenuated a hypercapnic ventilatory response. Moreover, histological evidence revealed that stimulation of Phox2b-expressing NTS neurons increased neuronal activity of the preBötzinger complex. Finally, we presented the neuroanatomical evidence of direct projection of Phox2b-expressing NTS neurons to putative respiratory central pattern generator. Overall, these findings suggest that selective activation of Phox2b-expressing NTS neurons potentiates baseline pulmonary ventilation via an excitatory drive to respiratory central pattern generator and this group of neurons is also required for the hypercapnic ventilatory response.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) has been implicated in the control of breathing. The paired-like homeobox 2b gene (Phox2b) is the disease-defining gene for congenital central hypoventilation syndrome and is restrictively present in brainstem nucleus, including the NTS. Using a chemogenetic approach, we demonstrate herein that selective stimulation of Phox2b-expressing NTS neurons vigorously potentiates baseline pulmonary ventilation via an excitatory drive to respiratory central pattern generator in rodents. Genetic ablation of these neurons attenuates the hypercapnic ventilatory response. We also suggest that a fraction of Phox2b-expressing neurons exhibit CO2 sensitivity and presumably function as central respiratory chemoreceptors. The methodology is expected to provide a future applicability to the patients with sleep-related hypoventilation or apnea.
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Ikeda K, Kaneko R, Yanagawa Y, Ogawa M, Kobayashi K, Arata S, Kawakami K, Onimaru H. Analysis of the neuronal network of the medullary respiratory center in transgenic rats expressing archaerhodopsin-3 in Phox2b-expressing cells. Brain Res Bull 2018; 144:39-45. [PMID: 30448454 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2018.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Preinspiratory (Pre-I) neurons in the parafacial respiratory group (pFRG) comprise one of the respiratory rhythm generators in the medulla of the neonatal rat. A subgroup of pFRG/Pre-I neurons expresses the transcription factor Phox2b. To further analyze detailed neuronal mechanisms of respiratory rhythm generation in the neonatal rat, we developed a transgenic (Tg) rat line in which Phox2b-positive cells expressed archaerhodopsin-3 (Arch). Brainstem-spinal cord preparations were isolated from 0-2-day-old Tg newborn rats and were superfused with artificial cerebrospinal fluid equilibrated with 95% O2 and 5% CO2, pH 7.4, at 25-26 °C. Inspiratory fourth cervical ventral root (C4) activity was monitored, and membrane potentials of neurons in the pFRG including Pre-I and inspiratory neurons were recorded. Phox2b-positive cells in the Tg rats were essentially positive for enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) signals (reporter for Arch) in the pFRG. Continuous photo-stimulation of the rostral ventral medulla for up to 90 s by covering the pFRG with green laser light (532 nm) induced a decrease of respiratory rate measured at C4 accompanied by membrane hyperpolarization of Phox2b-positive pFRG/Pre-I neurons. In contrast, Phox2b-negative inspiratory neurons were not hyperpolarized during the photo-stimulation. Our findings showed that Phox2b-expressing pFRG/Pre-I neurons are involved in the maintenance of the basic respiratory rhythm in neonatal rat.
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- Keiko Ikeda
- Department of Physiology, International University of Health and Welfare (IUHW), 4-3 Kozunomori, Narita City, Chiba 286-8686, Japan
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- Bioresource Center, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Genetics and Behavioral Neuroscience, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
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- Medical Innovation Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
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- Center for Biotechnology, Showa University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
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- Division of Biology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan.
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Role of C1 neurons in anti-inflammatory reflex: Mediation between afferents and efferents. Neurosci Res 2018; 136:6-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Revised: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Breathing responses produced by optogenetic stimulation of adrenergic C1 neurons are dependent on the connection with preBötzinger complex in rats. Pflugers Arch 2018; 470:1659-1672. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-018-2186-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Pijacka W, Katayama PL, Salgado HC, Lincevicius GS, Campos RR, McBryde FD, Paton JFR. Variable role of carotid bodies in cardiovascular responses to exercise, hypoxia and hypercapnia in spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Physiol 2018; 596:3201-3216. [PMID: 29313987 DOI: 10.1113/jp275487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Carotid bodies play a critical role in maintaining arterial pressure during hypoxia and this has important implications when considering resection therapy of the carotid body in disease states such as hypertension. Curbing hypertension in patients whether resting or under stress remains a major global health challenge. We demonstrated previously the benefits of removing carotid body afferent input into the brain for both alleviating sympathetic overdrive and reducing blood pressure in neurogenic hypertension. We describe a new approach in rats for selective ablation of the carotid bodies that spares the functional integrity of the carotid sinus baroreceptors, and demonstrate the importance of the carotid bodies in the haemodynamic response to forced exercise, hypoxia and hypercapnia in conditions of hypertension. Selective ablation reduced blood pressure in hypertensive rats and re-set baroreceptor reflex function accordingly; the increases in blood pressure seen during exercise, hypoxia and hypercapnia were unaffected, abolished and augmented, respectively, after selective carotid body removal. The data suggest that carotid body ablation may trigger potential cardiovascular risks particularly during hypoxia and hypercapnia and that suppression rather than obliteration of their activity may be a more effective and safer route to pursue. ABSTRACT The carotid body has recently emerged as a promising therapeutic target for treating cardiovascular disease, but the potential impact of carotid body removal on the dynamic cardiovascular responses to acute stressors such as exercise, hypoxia and hypercapnia in hypertension is an important safety consideration that has not been studied. We first validated a novel surgical approach to selectively resect the carotid bodies bilaterally (CBR) sparing the carotid sinus baroreflex. Second, we evaluated the impact of CBR on the cardiovascular responses to exercise, hypoxia and hypercapnia in conscious, chronically instrumented spontaneously hypertensive (SH) rats. The results confirm that our CBR technique successfully and selectively abolished the chemoreflex, whilst preserving carotid baroreflex function. CBR produced a sustained fall in arterial pressure in the SH rat of ∼20 mmHg that persisted across both dark and light phases (P < 0.001), with baroreflex function curves resetting around lower arterial pressure levels. The cardiovascular and respiratory responses to moderate forced exercise were similar between CBR and Sham rats. In contrast, CBR abolished the pressor response to hypoxia seen in Sham animals, although the increases in heart rate and respiration were similar between Sham and CBR groups. Both the pressor and the respiratory responses to 7% hypercapnia were augmented after CBR (P < 0.05) compared to sham. Our finding that the carotid bodies play a critical role in maintaining arterial pressure during hypoxia has important implications when considering resection therapy of the carotid body in disease states such as hypertension as well as heart failure with sleep apnoea.
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- Wioletta Pijacka
- Bristol CardioNomics Group, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- Bristol CardioNomics Group, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.,Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Bristol CardioNomics Group, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.,Cardiovascular Division - Department of Physiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Cardiovascular Division - Department of Physiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Cardiovascular Autonomic Research Cluster, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- Bristol CardioNomics Group, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.,Cardiovascular Autonomic Research Cluster, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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Sunshine MD, Ganji CN, Reier PJ, Fuller DD, Moritz CT. Intraspinal microstimulation for respiratory muscle activation. Exp Neurol 2018; 302:93-103. [PMID: 29305050 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Revised: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A complex propriospinal network is synaptically coupled to phrenic and intercostal motoneurons, and this makes it difficult to predict how gray matter intraspinal microstimulation (ISMS) will recruit respiratory motor units. We therefore mapped the cervical and high thoracic gray matter at locations which ISMS activates diaphragm (DIA) and external intercostal (EIC) motor units. Respiratory muscle electromyography (EMG) was recorded in anesthetized female spinally intact adult rats while a stimulating electrode was advanced ventrally into the spinal cord in 600μm increments. At each depth, single biphasic stimuli were delivered at 10-90μA during both the inspiratory and expiratory phase independently. Twenty electrode tracks were made from C2-T1 at medial and lateral gray matter locations. During inspiration, ISMS evoked DIA and EIC activity throughout C2-T1 gray matter locations, with mutual activation occurring at 17±9% of sites. During inspiratory phase ISMS the average latency for DIA activation was 4.40±0.70ms. During the expiratory phase, ISMS-induced DIA activation required electrodes to be in close proximity to the phrenic motoneuron pool, and average activation latency was 3.30±0.50ms. We conclude that appropriately targeted ISMS can co-activate DIA and EIC motor units, and endogenous respiratory drive has a powerful impact on ISMS-induced respiratory motor unit activation. The long latency diaphragm motor unit activation suggests the presence of a complex propriospinal network that can modulate phrenic motor output.
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- Michael D Sunshine
- Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE), Seattle, WA, United States; Physical Therapy and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
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- Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE), Seattle, WA, United States
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- Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Physical Therapy and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States; Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE), Seattle, WA, United States; Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; University of Washington Institute for Neuroengineering (UWIN), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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Impaired chemosensory control of breathing after depletion of bulbospinal catecholaminergic neurons in rats. Pflugers Arch 2017; 470:277-293. [PMID: 29032505 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-017-2078-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bulbospinal catecholaminergic neurons located in the rostral aspect of the ventrolateral medulla (C1 neurons) or within the ventrolateral pons (A5 neurons) are involved in the regulation of blood pressure and sympathetic outflow. A stimulus that commonly activates the C1 or A5 neurons is hypoxia, which is also involved in breathing activation. Although pharmacological and optogenetic evidence suggests that catecholaminergic neurons also regulate breathing, a specific contribution of the bulbospinal neurons to respiratory control has not been demonstrated. Therefore, in the present study, we evaluated whether the loss of bulbospinal catecholaminergic C1 and A5 cells affects cardiorespiratory control during resting, hypoxic (8% O2), and hypercapnic (7% CO2) conditions in unanesthetized rats. Thoracic spinal cord (T4-T8) injections of the immunotoxin anti-dopamine β-hydroxylase-saporin (anti-DβH-SAP-2.4 ng/100 nl) and the retrograde tracer Fluor-Gold or ventrolateral pontine injections of 6-OHDA were performed in adult male Wistar rats (250-280 g, N = 7-9/group). Anti-DβH-SAP or 6-OHDA eliminated most bulbospinal C1 and A5 neurons or A5 neurons, respectively. Serotonergic neurons and astrocytes were spared. Depletion of the bulbospinal catecholaminergic cells did not change cardiorespiratory variables under resting condition, but it did affect the response to hypoxia and hypercapnia. Specifically, the increase in the ventilation, the number of sighs, and the tachycardia were reduced, but the MAP increased during hypoxia in anti-DβH-SAP-treated rats. Our data reveal that the bulbospinal catecholaminergic neurons (A5 and C1) facilitate the ventilatory reflex to hypoxia and hypercapnia.
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Under What Circumstances Do Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla Neurons Support Blood Pressure? J Neurosci 2017; 37:8048-8050. [PMID: 28842507 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1508-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Hayes JA, Kottick A, Picardo MCD, Halleran AD, Smith RD, Smith GD, Saha MS, Del Negro CA. Transcriptome of neonatal preBötzinger complex neurones in Dbx1 reporter mice. Sci Rep 2017; 7:8669. [PMID: 28819234 PMCID: PMC5561182 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09418-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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We sequenced the transcriptome of brainstem interneurons in the specialized respiratory rhythmogenic site dubbed preBötzinger Complex (preBötC) from newborn mice. To distinguish molecular characteristics of the core oscillator we compared preBötC neurons derived from Dbx1-expressing progenitors that are respiratory rhythmogenic to neighbouring non-Dbx1-derived neurons, which support other respiratory and non-respiratory functions. Results in three categories are particularly salient. First, Dbx1 preBötC neurons express κ-opioid receptors in addition to μ-opioid receptors that heretofore have been associated with opiate respiratory depression, which may have clinical applications. Second, Dbx1 preBötC neurons express the hypoxia-inducible transcription factor Hif1a at levels three-times higher than non-Dbx1 neurons, which links core rhythmogenic microcircuits to O2-related chemosensation for the first time. Third, we detected a suite of transcription factors including Hoxa4 whose expression pattern may define the rostral preBötC border, Pbx3 that may influence ipsilateral connectivity, and Pax8 that may pertain to a ventrally-derived subset of Dbx1 preBötC neurons. These data establish the transcriptomic signature of the core respiratory oscillator at a perinatal stage of development.
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- John A Hayes
- Department of Applied Science, Integrated Science Center, 540 Landrum Dr., The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, USA
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- Department of Applied Science, Integrated Science Center, 540 Landrum Dr., The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, USA
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- Department of Applied Science, Integrated Science Center, 540 Landrum Dr., The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, USA
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- Department of Biology, Integrated Science Center, 540 Landrum Dr., The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, USA
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- Department of Applied Science, Integrated Science Center, 540 Landrum Dr., The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, USA
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- Department of Applied Science, Integrated Science Center, 540 Landrum Dr., The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, USA
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- Department of Biology, Integrated Science Center, 540 Landrum Dr., The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, USA
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- Department of Applied Science, Integrated Science Center, 540 Landrum Dr., The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, USA.
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Oliveira LM, Tuppy M, Moreira TS, Takakura AC. Role of the locus coeruleus catecholaminergic neurons in the chemosensory control of breathing in a Parkinson's disease model. Exp Neurol 2017; 293:172-180. [DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Revised: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Blood Pressure Regulation by the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla in Conscious Rats: Effects of Hypoxia, Hypercapnia, Baroreceptor Denervation, and Anesthesia. J Neurosci 2017; 37:4565-4583. [PMID: 28363984 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3922-16.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/26/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Current understanding of the contribution of C1 neurons to blood pressure (BP) regulation derives predominantly from experiments performed in anesthetized animals or reduced ex vivo preparations. Here, we use ArchaerhodopsinT3.0 (ArchT) loss-of-function optogenetics to explore BP regulation by C1 neurons in intact, unanesthetized rats. Using a lentivirus that expresses ArchT under the Phox2b-activated promoter PRSx8 (PRSx8-ArchT), ∼65% of transduced neurons were C1 (balance retrotrapezoid nucleus, RTN). Other rats received CaMKII-ArchT3.0 AAV2 (CaMKII-ArchT), which transduced C1 neurons and larger numbers of unidentified glutamatergic and GABAergic cells. Under anesthesia, ArchT photoactivation reduced sympathetic nerve activity and BP and silenced/strongly inhibited most (7/12) putative C1 neurons. In unanesthetized PRSx8-ArchT-treated rats breathing room air, bilateral ArchT photoactivation caused a very small BP reduction that was only slightly larger under hypercapnia (6% FiCO2), but was greatly enhanced during hypoxia (10 and 12% FiO2), after sino-aortic denervation, or during isoflurane anesthesia. The degree of hypotension correlated with percentage of ArchT-transduced C1 neurons. ArchT photoactivation produced similar BP changes in CaMKII-ArchT-treated rats. Photoactivation in PRSX8-ArchT rats reduced breathing frequency (FR), whereas FR increased in CaMKII-ArchT rats. We conclude that the BP drop elicited by ArchT activation resulted from C1 neuron inhibition and was unrelated to breathing changes. C1 neurons have low activity under normoxia, but their activation is important to BP stability during hypoxia or anesthesia and contributes greatly to the hypertension caused by baroreceptor deafferentation. Finally, C1 neurons are marginally activated by hypercapnia and the large breathing stimulation caused by this stimulus has very little impact on resting BP.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT C1 neurons are glutamatergic/peptidergic/catecholaminergic neurons located in the medulla oblongata, which may operate as a switchboard for differential, behavior-appropriate activation of selected sympathetic efferents. Based largely on experimentation in anesthetized or reduced preparations, a rostrally located subset of C1 neurons may contribute to both BP stabilization and dysregulation (hypertension). Here, we used Archaerhodopsin-based loss-of-function optogenetics to explore the contribution of these neurons to BP in conscious rats. The results suggest that C1 neurons contribute little to resting BP under normoxia or hypercapnia, C1 neuron discharge is restrained continuously by arterial baroreceptors, and C1 neuron activation is critical to stabilize BP under hypoxia or anesthesia. This optogenetic approach could also be useful to explore the role of C1 neurons during specific behaviors or in hypertensive models.
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Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: a bedside-to-bench success story for advancing early diagnosis and treatment and improved survival and quality of life. Pediatr Res 2017; 81:192-201. [PMID: 27673423 DOI: 10.1038/pr.2016.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The "bedside-to-bench" Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) research journey has led to increased phenotypic-genotypic knowledge regarding autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulation, and improved clinical outcomes. CCHS is a neurocristopathy characterized by hypoventilation and ANS dysregulation. Initially described in 1970, timely diagnosis and treatment remained problematic until the first large cohort report (1992), delineating clinical presentation and treatment options. A central role of ANS dysregulation (2001) emerged, precipitating evaluation of genes critical to ANS development, and subsequent 2003 identification of Paired-Like Homeobox 2B (PHOX2B) as the disease-defining gene for CCHS. This breakthrough engendered clinical genetic testing, making diagnosis exact and early tracheostomy/artificial ventilation feasible. PHOX2B genotype-CCHS phenotype relationships were elucidated, informing early recognition and timely treatment for phenotypic manifestations including Hirschsprung disease, prolonged sinus pauses, and neural crest tumors. Simultaneously, cellular models of CCHS-causing PHOX2B mutations were developed to delineate molecular mechanisms. In addition to new insights regarding genetics and neurobiology of autonomic control overall, new knowledge gained has enabled physicians to anticipate and delineate the full clinical CCHS phenotype and initiate timely effective management. In summary, from an initial guarantee of early mortality or severe neurologic morbidity in survivors, CCHS children can now be diagnosed early and managed effectively, achieving dramatically improved quality of life as adults.
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Totola LT, Takakura AC, Oliveira JAC, Garcia-Cairasco N, Moreira TS. Impaired central respiratory chemoreflex in an experimental genetic model of epilepsy. J Physiol 2016; 595:983-999. [PMID: 27633663 DOI: 10.1113/jp272822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS It is recognized that seizures commonly cause apnoea and oxygen desaturation, but there is still a lack in the literature about the respiratory impairments observed ictally and in the post-ictal period. Respiratory disorders may involve changes in serotonergic transmission at the level of the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN). In this study, we evaluated breathing activity and the role of serotonergic transmission in the RTN with a rat model of tonic-clonic seizures, the Wistar audiogenic rat (WAR). We conclude that the respiratory impairment in the WAR could be correlated to an overall decrease in the number of neurons located in the respiratory column. ABSTRACT Respiratory disorders may involve changes in serotonergic neurotransmission at the level of the chemosensitive neurons located in the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN). Here, we investigated the central respiratory chemoreflex and the role of serotonergic neurotransmission in the RTN with a rat model of tonic-clonic seizures, the Wistar audiogenic rat (WAR). We found that naive or kindled WARs have reduced resting ventilation and ventilatory response to hypercapnia (7% CO2 ). The number of chemically coded (Phox2b+ /TH- ) RTN neurons, as well as the serotonergic innervation to the RTN, was reduced in WARs. We detected that the ventilatory response to serotonin (1 mm, 50 nl) within the RTN region was significantly reduced in WARs. Our results uniquely demonstrated a respiratory impairment in a genetic model of tonic-clonic seizures, the WAR strain. More importantly, we demonstrated an overall decrease in the number of neurons located in the ventral respiratory column (VRC), as well as a reduction in serotonergic neurons in the midline medulla. This is an important step forward to demonstrate marked changes in neuronal activity and breathing impairment in the WAR strain, a genetic model of epilepsy.
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- Leonardo T Totola
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Kanbar R, Stornetta RL, Guyenet PG. Sciatic nerve stimulation activates the retrotrapezoid nucleus in anesthetized rats. J Neurophysiol 2016; 116:2081-2092. [PMID: 27512023 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00543.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) neurons sustain breathing automaticity. These neurons have chemoreceptor properties, but their firing is also regulated by multiple synaptic inputs of uncertain function. Here we test whether RTN neurons, like neighboring presympathetic neurons, are excited by somatic afferent stimulation. Experiments were performed in Inactin-anesthetized, bilaterally vagotomized, paralyzed, mechanically ventilated Sprague-Dawley rats. End-expiratory CO2 (eeCO2) was varied between 4% and 10% to modify rate and amplitude of phrenic nerve discharge (PND). RTN and presympathetic neurons were recorded extracellularly below the facial motor nucleus with established criteria. Sciatic nerve stimulation (SNstim, 1 ms, 0.5 Hz) slightly increased blood pressure (6.6 ± 1.6 mmHg) and heart rate and, at low eeCO2 (<5.5%), entrained PND. Ipsi- and contralateral SNstim produced the known biphasic activation of presympathetic neurons. SNstim evoked a similar but weaker biphasic response in up to 67% of RTN neurons and monophasic excitation in the rest. At low eeCO2, RTN neurons were silent and responded more weakly to SNstim than at high eeCO2 RTN neuron firing was respiratory modulated to various degrees. The phasic activation of RTN neurons elicited by SNstim was virtually unchanged at high eeCO2 when PND entrainment to the stimulus was disrupted. Thus RTN neuron response to SNstim did not result from entrainment to the central pattern generator. Overall, SNstim shifted the relationship between RTN firing and eeCO2 upward. In conclusion, somatic afferent stimulation increases RTN neuron firing probability without altering their response to CO2. This pathway may contribute to the hyperpnea triggered by nociception, exercise (muscle metabotropic reflex), or hyperthermia.
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- Roy Kanbar
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon; and
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Role of Astrocytes in Central Respiratory Chemoreception. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 949:109-145. [PMID: 27714687 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40764-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Astrocytes perform various homeostatic functions in the nervous system beyond that of a supportive or metabolic role for neurons. A growing body of evidence indicates that astrocytes are crucial for central respiratory chemoreception. This review presents a classical overview of respiratory central chemoreception and the new evidence for astrocytes as brainstem sensors in the respiratory response to hypercapnia. We review properties of astrocytes for chemosensory function and for modulation of the respiratory network. We propose that astrocytes not only mediate between CO2/H+ levels and motor responses, but they also allow for two emergent functions: (1) Amplifying the responses of intrinsic chemosensitive neurons through feedforward signaling via gliotransmitters and; (2) Recruiting non-intrinsically chemosensitive cells thanks to volume spreading of signals (calcium waves and gliotransmitters) to regions distant from the CO2/H+ sensitive domains. Thus, astrocytes may both increase the intensity of the neuron responses at the chemosensitive sites and recruit of a greater number of respiratory neurons to participate in the response to hypercapnia.
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Burke PGR, Kanbar R, Basting TM, Hodges WM, Viar KE, Stornetta RL, Guyenet PG. State-dependent control of breathing by the retrotrapezoid nucleus. J Physiol 2015; 593:2909-26. [PMID: 25820491 DOI: 10.1113/jp270053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS This study explores the state dependence of the hypercapnic ventilatory reflex (HCVR). We simulated an instantaneous increase or decrease of central chemoreceptor activity by activating or inhibiting the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) by optogenetics in conscious rats. During quiet wake or non-REM sleep, hypercapnia increased both breathing frequency (fR ) and tidal volume (VT ) whereas, in REM sleep, hypercapnia increased VT exclusively. Optogenetic inhibition of RTN reduced VT in all sleep-wake states, but reduced fR only during quiet wake and non-REM sleep. RTN stimulation always increased VT but raised fR only in quiet wake and non-REM sleep. Phasic RTN stimulation produced active expiration and reduced early expiratory airflow (i.e. increased upper airway resistance) only during wake. We conclude that the HCVR is highly state-dependent. The HCVR is reduced during REM sleep because fR is no longer under chemoreceptor control and thus could explain why central sleep apnoea is less frequent in REM sleep. ABSTRACT Breathing has different characteristics during quiet wake, non-REM or REM sleep, including variable dependence on PCO2. We investigated whether the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN), a proton-sensitive structure that mediates a large portion of the hypercapnic ventilatory reflex, regulates breathing differently during sleep vs. wake. Electroencephalogram, neck electromyogram, blood pressure, respiratory frequency (fR ) and tidal volume (VT ) were recorded in 28 conscious adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. Optogenetic stimulation of RTN with channelrhodopsin-2, or inhibition with archaerhodopsin, simulated an instantaneous increase or decrease of central chemoreceptor activity. Both opsins were delivered with PRSX8-promoter-containing lentiviral vectors. RTN and catecholaminergic neurons were transduced. During quiet wake or non-REM sleep, hypercapnia (3 or 6% FI,CO2 ) increased both fR and VT whereas, in REM sleep, hypercapnia increased VT exclusively. RTN inhibition always reduced VT but reduced fR only during quiet wake and non-REM sleep. RTN stimulation always increased VT but raised fR only in quiet wake and non-REM sleep. Blood pressure was unaffected by either stimulation or inhibition. Except in REM sleep, phasic RTN stimulation entrained and shortened the breathing cycle by selectively shortening the post-inspiratory phase. Phasic stimulation also produced active expiration and reduced early expiratory airflow but only during wake. VT is always regulated by RTN and CO2 but fR is regulated by CO2 and RTN only when the brainstem pattern generator is in autorhythmic mode (anaesthesia, non-REM sleep, quiet wake). The reduced contribution of RTN to breathing during REM sleep could explain why certain central apnoeas are less frequent during this sleep stage.
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- Peter G R Burke
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beyrouth, Lebanon
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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Burke PGR, Kanbar R, Viar KE, Stornetta RL, Guyenet PG. Selective optogenetic stimulation of the retrotrapezoid nucleus in sleeping rats activates breathing without changing blood pressure or causing arousal or sighs. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2015; 118:1491-501. [PMID: 25858492 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00164.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Combined optogenetic activation of the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN; a CO2/proton-activated brainstem nucleus) with nearby catecholaminergic neurons (C1 and A5), or selective C1 neuron stimulation, increases blood pressure (BP) and breathing, causes arousal from non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) sleep, and triggers sighs. Here we wished to determine which of these physiological responses are elicited when RTN neurons are selectively activated. The left rostral RTN and nearby A5 neurons were transduced with channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2(+)) using a lentiviral vector. Very few C1 cells were transduced. BP, breathing, EEG, and neck EMG were monitored. During non-REM sleep, photostimulation of ChR2(+) neurons (20s, 2-20 Hz) instantly increased V̇e without changing BP (13 rats). V̇e and BP were unaffected by light in nine control (ChR2(-)) rats. Photostimulation produced no sighs and caused arousal (EEG desynchronization) more frequently in ChR2(+) than ChR2(-) rats (62 ± 5% of trials vs. 25 ± 2%; P < 0.0001). Six ChR2(+) rats then received spinal injections of a saporin-based toxin that spared RTN neurons but destroyed surrounding catecholaminergic neurons. Photostimulation of the ChR2(+) neurons produced the same ventilatory stimulation before and after lesion, but arousal was no longer elicited. Overall (all ChR2(+) rats combined), ΔV̇e correlated with the number of ChR2(+) RTN neurons whereas arousal probability correlated with the number of ChR2(+) catecholaminergic neurons. In conclusion, RTN neurons activate breathing powerfully and, unlike the C1 cells, have minimal effects on BP and have a weak arousal capability at best. A5 neuron stimulation produces little effect on breathing and BP but does appear to facilitate arousal.
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- Peter G R Burke
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beyrouth, Lebanon
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and
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Mulkey DK, Hawkins VE, Hawryluk JM, Takakura AC, Moreira TS, Tzingounis AV. Molecular underpinnings of ventral surface chemoreceptor function: focus on KCNQ channels. J Physiol 2015; 593:1075-81. [PMID: 25603782 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.286500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Central chemoreception is the mechanism by which CO₂/H(+) -sensitive neurons (i.e. chemoreceptors) regulate breathing in response to changes in tissue CO₂/H(+) . Neurons in the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) directly regulate breathing in response to changes in tissue CO₂/H(+) and function as a key locus of respiratory control by integrating information from several respiratory centres, including the medullary raphe. Therefore, chemosensitive RTN neurons appear to be critically important for maintaining breathing, thus understanding molecular mechanisms that regulate RTN chemoreceptor function may identify therapeutic targets for the treatment of respiratory control disorders. We have recently shown that KCNQ (Kv7) channels in the RTN are essential determinants of spontaneous activity ex vivo, and downstream effectors for serotonergic modulation of breathing. Considering that loss of function mutations in KCNQ channels can cause certain types of epilepsy including those associated with sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP), we propose that dysfunctions of KCNQ channels may be one cause for epilepsy and respiratory problems associated with SUDEP. In this review, we will summarize the role of KCNQ channels in the regulation of RTN chemoreceptor function, and suggest that these channels represent useful therapeutic targets for the treatment of respiratory control disorders.
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- Daniel K Mulkey
- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA
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Burke PGR, Abbott SBG, Coates MB, Viar KE, Stornetta RL, Guyenet PG. Optogenetic stimulation of adrenergic C1 neurons causes sleep state-dependent cardiorespiratory stimulation and arousal with sighs in rats. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015; 190:1301-10. [PMID: 25325789 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201407-1262oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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RATIONALE The rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) contains central respiratory chemoreceptors (retrotrapezoid nucleus, RTN) and the sympathoexcitatory, hypoxia-responsive C1 neurons. Simultaneous optogenetic stimulation of these neurons produces vigorous cardiorespiratory stimulation, sighing, and arousal from non-REM sleep. OBJECTIVES To identify the effects that result from selectively stimulating C1 cells. METHODS A Cre-dependent vector expressing channelrhodopsin 2 (ChR2) fused with enhanced yellow fluorescent protein or mCherry was injected into the RVLM of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-Cre rats. The response of ChR2-transduced neurons to light was examined in anesthetized rats. ChR2-transduced C1 neurons were photoactivated in conscious rats while EEG, neck muscle EMG, blood pressure (BP), and breathing were recorded. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Most ChR2-expressing neurons (95%) contained C1 neuron markers and innervated the spinal cord. RTN neurons were not transduced. While the rats were under anesthesia, the C1 cells were faithfully activated by each light pulse up to 40 Hz. During quiet resting and non-REM sleep, C1 cell stimulation (20 s, 2-20 Hz) increased BP and respiratory frequency and produced sighs and arousal from non-REM sleep. Arousal was frequency-dependent (85% probability at 20 Hz). Stimulation during REM sleep increased BP, but had no effect on EEG or breathing. C1 cell-mediated breathing stimulation was occluded by hypoxia (12% FIO2), but was unchanged by 6% FiCO2. CONCLUSIONS C1 cell stimulation reproduces most effects of acute hypoxia, specifically cardiorespiratory stimulation, sighs, and arousal. C1 cell activation likely contributes to the sleep disruption and adverse autonomic consequences of sleep apnea. During hypoxia (awake) or REM sleep, C1 cell stimulation increases BP but no longer stimulates breathing.
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- Peter G R Burke
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Moreira TS, Wenker IC, Sobrinho CR, Barna BF, Takakura AC, Mulkey DK. Independent purinergic mechanisms of central and peripheral chemoreception in the rostral ventrolateral medulla. J Physiol 2015; 593:1067-74. [PMID: 25524282 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.284430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The rostral ventrolateral medulla oblongata (RVLM) contains two functionally distinct types of neurons that control and orchestrate cardiovascular and respiratory responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia. One group is composed of the central chemoreceptor neurons of the retrotrapezoid nucleus, which provides a CO₂/H(+) -dependent drive to breathe and serves as an integration centre and a point of convergence of chemosensory information from other central and peripheral sites, including the carotid bodies. The second cluster of RVLM cells forms a population of neurons belonging to the C1 catecholaminergic group that controls sympathetic vasomotor tone in resting conditions and in conditions of hypoxia and hypercapnia. Recent evidence suggests that ATP-mediated purinergic signalling at the level of the RVLM co-ordinates cardiovascular and respiratory responses triggered by hypoxia and hypercapnia by activating retrotrapezoid nucleus and C1 neurons, respectively. The role of ATP-mediated signalling in the RVLM mechanisms of cardiovascular and respiratory activities is the main subject of this short review.
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- Thiago S Moreira
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05508, Brazil
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Brainstem catecholaminergic neurons play key roles in the autonomic, neuroendocrine, and behavioral responses to glucoprivation, yet the functions of the individual groups are not fully understood. Adrenergic C3 neurons project widely throughout the brain, including densely to sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the spinal cord, yet their function is completely unknown. Here we demonstrate in rats that optogenetic stimulation of C3 neurons induces sympathoexcitatory, cardiovasomotor functions. These neurons are activated by glucoprivation, but unlike the C1 cell group, not by hypotension. The cardiovascular activation induced by C3 neurons is less than that induced by optogenetic stimulation of C1 neurons; however, combined stimulation produces additive sympathoexcitatory and cardiovascular effects. The varicose axons of C3 neurons largely overlap with those of C1 neurons in the region of sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the spinal cord; however, regional differences point to effects on different sympathetic outflows. These studies definitively demonstrate the first known function of C3 neurons as unique cardiovasomotor stimulatory cells, embedded in the brainstem networks regulating cardiorespiratory activity and the response to glucoprivation.
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Damasceno RS, Takakura AC, Moreira TS. Regulation of the chemosensory control of breathing by Kölliker-Fuse neurons. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2014; 307:R57-67. [PMID: 24760995 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00024.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Kölliker-Fuse region (KF) and the lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPBN) have been implicated in the maintenance of cardiorespiratory control. Here, we evaluated the involvement of the KF region and the LPBN in cardiorespiratory responses elicited by chemoreceptor activation in unanesthetized rats. Male Wistar rats (280-330 g; n = 5-9/group) with bilateral stainless-steel guide cannulas implanted in the KF region or the LPBN were used. Injection of muscimol (100 and 200 pmol/100 nl) in the KF region decreased resting ventilation (1,140 ± 68 and 978 ± 100 vs. saline: 1,436 ± 155 ml·kg(-1)·min(-1)), without changing mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR). Bilateral injection of the GABA-A antagonist bicuculline (1 nmol/100 nl) in the KF blocked the inhibitory effect on ventilation (1,418 ± 138 vs. muscimol: 978 ± 100 ml·kg(-1)·min(-1)) elicited by muscimol. Muscimol injection in the KF reduced the increase in ventilation produced by hypoxia (8% O2) (1,827 ± 61 vs. saline: 3,179 ± 325 ml·kg(-1)·min(-1)) or hypercapnia (7% CO2) (1,488 ± 277 vs. saline: 3,539 ± 374 ml·kg(-1)·min(-1)) in unanesthetized rats. Bilateral injection of bicuculline in the KF blocked the decrease in ventilation produced by muscimol in the KF during peripheral or central chemoreflex activation. Bilateral injection of muscimol in the LPBN did not change resting ventilation or the increase in ventilation elicited by hypoxia or hypercapnia. The results of the present study suggest that the KF region, but not the LPBN, has mechanisms to control ventilation in resting, hypoxic, or hypercapnic conditions in unanesthetized rats.
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- Rosélia S Damasceno
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and
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Carroll MS, Patwari PP, Kenny AS, Brogadir CD, Stewart TM, Weese-Mayer DE. Residual chemosensitivity to ventilatory challenges in genotyped congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2013; 116:439-50. [PMID: 24381123 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01310.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by life-threatening hypoventilation, possibly resulting from disruption of central chemosensory integration. However, animal models suggest the possibility of residual chemosensory function in the human disease. Cardioventilatory function in a large cohort with CCHS and verified paired-like homeobox 2B (PHOX2B) mutations was assessed to determine the extent and genotype dependence of any residual chemosensory function in these patients. As part of inpatient clinical care and evaluation, 64 distinct studies from 32 infants, children, and young adults with the disorder were evaluated for physiological response to three different inspired steady-state gas exposures of 3 min each: hyperoxia [100% oxygen (O2)]; hyperoxic hypercapnia [95% O2 and 5% carbon dioxide (CO2)]; and hypoxic hypercapnia [14% O2 and 7% CO2 balanced with nitrogen (N2)]. These were followed by a hypoxia challenge consisting of five or seven breaths of N2 (100% N2). In addition, a control group of 15 young adults was exposed to all but the hypoxic challenge. Comprehensive monitoring was used to derive breath-to-breath and beat-to-beat measures of ventilatory, cardiovascular, and cerebrovascular function. On average, patients showed a residual awake ventilatory response to chemosensory challenge, independent of the specific patient PHOX2B genotype. Graded dysfunction in cardiovascular regulation was found to associate with genotype, suggesting differential effects on different autonomic subsystems. In addition, differences between cases and controls in the cerebrovascular response to chemosensory challenge may indicate alterations in cerebral autoregulation. Thus residual cardiorespiratory responses suggest partial preservation of central nervous system networks that could provide a fulcrum for potential pharmacological interventions.
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- Michael S Carroll
- Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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TASK-2 channels contribute to pH sensitivity of retrotrapezoid nucleus chemoreceptor neurons. J Neurosci 2013; 33:16033-44. [PMID: 24107938 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2451-13.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Phox2b-expressing glutamatergic neurons of the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) display properties expected of central respiratory chemoreceptors; they are directly activated by CO2/H(+) via an unidentified pH-sensitive background K(+) channel and, in turn, facilitate brainstem networks that control breathing. Here, we used a knock-out mouse model to examine whether TASK-2 (K2P5), an alkaline-activated background K(+) channel, contributes to RTN neuronal pH sensitivity. We made patch-clamp recordings in brainstem slices from RTN neurons that were identified by expression of GFP (directed by the Phox2b promoter) or β-galactosidase (from the gene trap used for TASK-2 knock-out). Whereas nearly all RTN cells from control mice were pH sensitive (95%, n = 58 of 61), only 56% of GFP-expressing RTN neurons from TASK-2(-/-) mice (n = 49 of 88) could be classified as pH sensitive (>30% reduction in firing rate from pH 7.0 to pH 7.8); the remaining cells were pH insensitive (44%). Moreover, none of the recorded RTN neurons from TASK-2(-/-) mice selected based on β-galactosidase activity (a subpopulation of GFP-expressing neurons) were pH sensitive. The alkaline-activated background K(+) currents were reduced in amplitude in RTN neurons from TASK-2(-/-) mice that retained some pH sensitivity but were absent from pH-insensitive cells. Finally, using a working heart-brainstem preparation, we found diminished inhibition of phrenic burst amplitude by alkalization in TASK-2(-/-) mice, with apneic threshold shifted to higher pH levels. In conclusion, alkaline-activated TASK-2 channels contribute to pH sensitivity in RTN neurons, with effects on respiration in situ that are particularly prominent near apneic threshold.
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Henderson F, May WJ, Gruber RB, Discala JF, Puskovic V, Young AP, Baby SM, Lewis SJ. Role of central and peripheral opiate receptors in the effects of fentanyl on analgesia, ventilation and arterial blood-gas chemistry in conscious rats. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2013; 191:95-105. [PMID: 24284037 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2013] [Revised: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study determined the effects of the peripherally restricted μ-opiate receptor (μ-OR) antagonist, naloxone methiodide (NLXmi) on fentanyl (25μg/kg, i.v.)-induced changes in (1) analgesia, (2) arterial blood gas chemistry (ABG) and alveolar-arterial gradient (A-a gradient), and (3) ventilatory parameters, in conscious rats. The fentanyl-induced increase in analgesia was minimally affected by a 1.5mg/kg of NLXmi but was attenuated by a 5.0mg/kg dose. Fentanyl decreased arterial blood pH, pO2 and sO2 and increased pCO2 and A-a gradient. These responses were markedly diminished in NLXmi (1.5mg/kg)-pretreated rats. Fentanyl caused ventilatory depression (e.g., decreases in tidal volume and peak inspiratory flow). Pretreatment with NLXmi (1.5mg/kg, i.v.) antagonized the fentanyl decrease in tidal volume but minimally affected the other responses. These findings suggest that (1) the analgesia and ventilatory depression caused by fentanyl involve peripheral μ-ORs and (2) NLXmi prevents the fentanyl effects on ABG by blocking the negative actions of the opioid on tidal volume and A-a gradient.
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- Fraser Henderson
- Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Division of Biology, Galleon Pharmaceuticals, Horsham, PA 19044, USA
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- Division of Biology, Galleon Pharmaceuticals, Horsham, PA 19044, USA
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- Division of Biology, Galleon Pharmaceuticals, Horsham, PA 19044, USA
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- Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Division of Biology, Galleon Pharmaceuticals, Horsham, PA 19044, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4984, USA.
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Wang H, Siddharthan V, Hall JO, Morrey JD. Autonomic deficit not the cause of death in West Nile virus neurological disease. Clin Auton Res 2013; 24:15-23. [PMID: 24158383 PMCID: PMC3918122 DOI: 10.1007/s10286-013-0213-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Introduction Some West Nile virus (WNV)-infected patients have been reported to manifest disease signs consistent with autonomic dysfunction. Moreover, WNV infection in hamsters causes reduced electromyography amplitudes of the gastrointestinal tract and diaphragm, and they have reduced heart rate variability (HRV), a read-out for the parasympathetic autonomic function. Methods HRV was measured in both hamsters and mice using radiotelemetry to identify autonomic deficits. To identify areas of WNV infection within the medulla oblongata mapping to the dorsal motor nucleus of vagus (DMNV) and the nucleus ambiguus (NA), fluorogold dye was injected into the cervical trunk of the vagus nerve of hamsters. As a measurement of the loss of parasympathetic function, tachycardia was monitored contiguously over the time course of the disease. Results Decrease of HRV did not occur in all animals that died, which is not consistent with autonomic function being the mechanism of death. Fluorogold-stained cells in the DMNV were not stained for WNV envelope protein. Fourteen percent of WNV-stained cells were co-localized with fluorogold-stained cells in the NA. These data, however, did not suggest a fatal loss of autonomic functions because tachycardia was not observed in WNV-infected hamsters. Conclusion Parasympathetic autonomic function deficit was not a likely mechanism of death in WNV-infected rodents and possibly in human patients with fatal WN neurological disease.
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- Hong Wang
- Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Institute for Antiviral Research, Utah State University, 4700 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT, 84322-4700, USA
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Guyenet PG, Abbott SBG. Chemoreception and asphyxia-induced arousal. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2013; 188:333-43. [PMID: 23608705 PMCID: PMC3749262 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Revised: 04/02/2013] [Accepted: 04/06/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Arousal protects against the adverse and potentially fatal effects of asphyxia during sleep. Asphyxia stimulates the carotid bodies and central chemoreceptors but the sequence of events leading to arousal is uncertain. In this review, the theoretical mechanisms leading to arousal from sleep are briefly summarized and the issue of whether central respiratory chemoreceptors (CRCs) or other types of CO2-responsive CNS neurons contribute to asphyxia-induced arousal is discussed. We focus on the role of the retrotrapezoid nucleus, the raphe and the locus coeruleus and emphasize the anatomical and neurophysiological evidence which suggests that these putative central chemoreceptors could contribute to arousal independently of their effects on breathing. Finally, we describe recent attempts to test the contribution of specific brainstem pathways to asphyxia-induced arousal using optogenetic and other tools and the possible contribution of a group of hypoxia-sensitive brainstem neurons (the C1 cells) to breathing and arousal.
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- Patrice G Guyenet
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, United States.
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