CO2-evoked release of PGE2 modulates sighs and inspiration as demonstrated in brainstem organotypic culture
CO2-evoked release of PGE2 modulates sighs and inspiration as demonstrated in brainstem organotypic culture
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DOI:
10.7554/elife.14170
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发表时间:
2016-07-05
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7.7
通讯作者:
Herlenius, Eric
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作者:
Forsberg, David;Horn, Zachi;Herlenius, Eric
Inflammation-induced release of prostaglandin E-2 (PGE(2)) changes breathing patterns and the response to CO2 levels. This may have fatal consequences in newborn babies and result in sudden infant death. To elucidate the underlying mechanisms, we present a novel breathing brainstem organotypic culture that generates rhythmic neural network and motor activity for 3 weeks. We show that increased CO2 elicits a gap junction-dependent release of PGE(2). This alters neural network activity in the preBotzinger rhythm-generating complex and in the chemosensitive brainstem respiratory regions, thereby increasing sigh frequency and the depth of inspiration. We used mice lacking eicosanoid prostanoid 3 receptors (EP3R), breathing brainstem organotypic slices and optogenetic inhibition of EP3R(+/+) cells to demonstrate that the EP3R is important for the ventilatory response to hypercapnia. Our study identifies a novel pathway linking the inflammatory and respiratory systems, with implications for inspiration and sighs throughout life, and the ability to autoresuscitate when breathing fails.