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Blockade of neurokinin-1 receptors in the ventral respiratory column does not affect breathing but alters neurochemical release. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2015 Mar 15;118(6):732-41

Date

01/31/2015

Pubmed ID

25635003

Pubmed Central ID

PMC4360020

DOI

10.1152/japplphysiol.00884.2014

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84925353298 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   6 Citations

Abstract

Substance P (SP) and its receptor, neurokinin-1 (NK1R), have been shown to be excitatory modulators of respiratory frequency and to stabilize breathing regularity. Studies in anesthetized mice suggest that tonic activation of NK1Rs is particularly important when other excitatory inputs to the pre-Bötzinger complex in the ventral respiratory column (VRC) are attenuated. Consistent with these findings, muscarinic receptor blockade in the VRC of intact goats elicits an increase in breathing frequency associated with increases in SP and serotonin concentrations, suggesting an involvement of these substances in neuromodulator compensation. To gain insight on the contribution to breathing of endogenous SP and NK1R activation, and how NK1R modulates the release of other neurochemicals, we individually dialyzed antagonists to NK1R (133, 267, 500 μM Spantide; 3 mM RP67580) throughout the VRC of awake and sleeping goats. We found that NK1R blockade with either Spantide at any dose or RP67580 had no effect on breathing or regularity. Both antagonists significantly (P < 0.001) increased SP, while RP67580 also increased serotonin and glycine and decreased thyrotropin-releasing hormone concentrations in the dialysate. Taken together, these data support the concept of neuromodulator interdependence, and we believe that the loss of excitatory input from NK1Rs was locally compensated by changes in other neurochemicals.

Author List

Muere C, Neumueller S, Olesiak S, Miller J, Hodges MR, Pan L, Forster HV

Authors

Hubert V. Forster PhD Professor in the Physiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Matthew R. Hodges PhD Professor in the Physiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Animals
Female
Glycine
Goats
Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonists
Neurotransmitter Agents
Receptors, Muscarinic
Receptors, Neurokinin-1
Respiration
Serotonin
Sleep
Substance P
Wakefulness