Loss-of-function of chemoreceptor neurons in the retrotrapezoid nucleus: What have we learned from it?

Autor: Souza GMPR; Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, VA, United States. Electronic address: gs4bd@virginia.edu., Abbott SBG; Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, VA, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Respiratory physiology & neurobiology [Respir Physiol Neurobiol] 2024 Apr; Vol. 322, pp. 104217. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 17.
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2024.104217
Abstrakt: Central respiratory chemoreceptors are cells in the brain that regulate breathing in relation to arterial pH and PCO 2 . Neurons located at the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) have been hypothesized to be central chemoreceptors and/or to be part of the neural network that drives the central respiratory chemoreflex. The inhibition or ablation of RTN chemoreceptor neurons has offered important insights into the role of these cells on central respiratory chemoreception and the neural control of breathing over almost 60 years since the original identification of acid-sensitive properties of this ventral medullary site. Here, we discuss the current definition of chemoreceptor neurons in the RTN and describe how this definition has evolved over time. We then summarize the results of studies that use loss-of-function approaches to evaluate the effects of disrupting the function of RTN neurons on respiration. These studies offer evidence that RTN neurons are indispensable for the central respiratory chemoreflex in mammals and exert a tonic drive to breathe at rest. Moreover, RTN has an interdependent relationship with oxygen sensing mechanisms for the maintenance of the neural drive to breathe and blood gas homeostasis. Collectively, RTN neurons are a genetically-defined group of putative central respiratory chemoreceptors that generate CO 2 -dependent drive that supports eupneic breathing and stimulates the hypercapnic ventilatory reflex.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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