Daily acute intermittent hypoxia enhances phrenic motor output and stimulus-evoked phrenic responses in rats
| Autor: | Gordon S. Mitchell, Elisa J. Gonzalez-Rothi, Joseph F. Welch, Ashley Ross, Juliet Santiago, Ashley Holland, Michael D. Sunshine, Raphael R. Perim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Physiology Stimulation 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Stimulus (physiology) Rats Sprague-Dawley 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Animals Medicine Respiratory system Hypoxia Projection (set theory) Evoked Potentials Motor Neurons Neuronal Plasticity business.industry General Neuroscience Intermittent hypoxia musculoskeletal system Rats Phrenic Nerve medicine.anatomical_structure nervous system Lateral funiculus business Neuroscience 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Research Article circulatory and respiratory physiology |
| Zdroj: | J Neurophysiol |
| ISSN: | 1522-1598 0022-3077 |
| Popis: | Plasticity is a hallmark of the respiratory neural control system. Phrenic long-term facilitation (pLTF) is one form of respiratory plasticity characterized by persistent increases in phrenic nerve activity following acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH). Although there is evidence that key steps in the cellular pathway giving rise to pLTF are localized within phrenic motor neurons (PMNs), the impact of AIH on the strength of breathing-related synaptic inputs to PMNs remains unclear. Furthermore, the functional impact of AIH is enhanced by repeated/daily exposure to AIH (dAIH). Here, we explored the effects of AIH versus 2 wk of dAIH preconditioning on spontaneous and evoked phrenic responses in anesthetized, paralyzed, and mechanically ventilated rats. Evoked phrenic potentials were elicited by respiratory cycle-triggered lateral funiculus stimulation at the C2 spinal level delivered before and 60 min post-AIH (or the equivalent in time controls). Charge-balanced biphasic pulses (100 μs/phase) of progressively increasing intensity (100–700 μA) were delivered during the inspiratory and expiratory phases of the respiratory cycle. Although robust pLTF (∼60% from baseline) was observed after a single exposure to moderate AIH (3 × 5 min; 5-min intervals), there was no effect on evoked phrenic responses, contrary to our initial hypothesis. However, in rats preconditioned with dAIH, baseline phrenic nerve activity and evoked responses were increased, suggesting that repeated exposure to AIH enhances functional synaptic strength when assessed using this technique. The impact of daily AIH preconditioning on synaptic inputs to PMNs raises interesting questions that require further exploration. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Two weeks of daily acute intermittent hypoxia (dAIH) preconditioning enhanced stimulus-evoked phrenic responses to lateral funiculus stimulation (targeting respiratory bulbospinal projection to phrenic motor neurons). Furthermore, dAIH preconditioning enhanced baseline phrenic motor output responses to maximal chemoreflex activation in intact rats. |
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