5-HT1A受体对新生大鼠离体延髓脑片呼吸节律性放电的调制

本研究探讨5-HT1A受体在延髓基本节律性呼吸放电发生和调节中的作用。以改良Kreb＇s液恒温灌流新生Sprague-Dawley大鼠离体延髓脑片标本,稳定记录与之相连的舌下神经根的呼吸节律性放电活动（respiratory rhythmical discharge activity,RRDA）后,第一组在灌流液中分别单独给予5-HT1A受体的特异性激动剂8-羟四氢萘[（＋／-）-8-hydroxy-2-（di-N-propylamino）tetralin hydrobromide,8-OHDPAT]和特异性拮抗剂多次甲基多苯基多异氰酸酯[4-iodo-N-[2-[4-methoxyphenyl]-1-piperazinyl]ethyl]-N-2-pyridynyl-benzamide hydrochloride,PMPPI];第二组分别先后给予8-0HDPAT和8-0HDPAT＋PMPPI,观察舌下神经根RRDA的变化,探讨5-HT1A受体对其调节作用。结果显示,给予8-OHDPAT后,呼吸周期（respiratory cycle,RC）和呼气时程（expiratory time,TE）显著延长,放电的积分幅度（integral amplitude,IA）持续降低,吸气时程（inspiratory time,TI）无明显变化;给予PMPPI后RC、TI和TE明显缩短,舌下神经根IA无明显变化,且8-OHDPAT的作用可部分被PMPPI逆转。结果提示,5-HT1A受体参与了哺乳动物基本呼吸节律的产生和调节。     

腺苷A1受体在离体延髓脑片上对节律性呼吸的调制

实验旨在探讨腺苷A1受体在对基本呼吸节律调制中的可能作用。制作新生大鼠离体延髓脑片标本,主要包含面神经后核内侧区(themedial region of the nucleus retrofacialis,mNRF),并保留完整的舌下神经根。以改良Kreb‘s液灌流脑片,记录mNRF吸气神经元的电活动,并同步记录舌下神经根呼吸节律性放电(respiratory rhythmical discharge activity,RRDA)。在灌流液中先分别单独给予腺苷A1受体的特异性拮抗剂8-环戊-1,3-二丙基黄嘌呤(8-cyclopenty 1-1,3-dipropylxanthine,DPCPX)和特异性激动剂R-苯异丙基-腺苷(R-phenylisopropyl-adenosine,R-PIA);再分别先后给予R-PIA和R-PIA DPCPX,观察RRDA和吸气神经元电活动的变化。结果显示,给予腺苷A1受体拮抗剂DPCPX后,呼气时程和呼吸周期明显缩短,吸气神经元中期放电的频率和峰频率显著增大;给予腺苷Al受体激动剂R-PIA后,吸气时程、积分幅度和吸气神经元中期放电的频率和峰频率均显著降低,呼吸周期明显延长,且R-PIA的呼吸抑制作用可部分地被DPCPX逆转。实验结果提示,腺苷A1受体可能通过介导吸气神经元的抑制性突触输入参与节律性呼吸的调制。     

多巴胺D_1受体参与新生鼠离体延髓脑片呼吸节律性放电的调节

本研究旨在探讨多巴胺D1受体在延髓离体脑片基本节律性呼吸放电调节中的作用。以改良的Kreb’s液（modified Kreb’s perfusion,MKS）恒温灌流Sprague—Dawley大鼠（0～3d）离体延髓脑片标本,稳定记录到与之相连的舌下神经根的呼吸节律性放电活动（respiratory rhythmical discharge activity,RRDA）后,第一组（n=5）先给予多巴胺D1受体特异性激动剂[cis-（±）-1-（Aminomethyl）-3,4-dihydro-3-phenyl-1H-2-Benzopyran-5,6-Diolhy,drochlo—ride,A68930]灌流10min,用MKS洗脱后,再给予多巴胺D1受体特异性拈抗剂[R（＋）-7-Chloro-8-hydroxy-3-methyl—1—pheny1-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine hydrochloride,SCH-23390]灌流10min;第二组（n=5）先给予A68930持续灌流10min后再给予A68930＋SCH-23390持续灌流10min;观察各时间点舌下神经根RRDA的变化。结果显示,给予A68930灌流后呼吸周期（respiratory cycle,RC）和呼气时程（expiratory time,TE）显著缩短,放电积分幅度（integral amplitude,IA）增加,吸气时程（inspiratory time,TI）无明显变化;给予SCH-23390后RC、TE显著延长、TI显著缩短、IA减小,而且A68930的作用可以被SCH．23390部分逆转。这些观察结果提示多巴胺D1受体参与了哺乳动物基本呼吸频率和幅度的调节。     

非NMDA受体参与双相呼气和吸气神经元电活动的调节

在新生大鼠延髓脑片上同步记录舌下神经根和双相呼气神经元／吸气神经元单位的放电活动,并在灌流的改良Kredbs液中先后加以非NMDA受体的激动剂KA和拮抗剂DNQX,观察对神经元单位放电的影响,以进一步探讨非NMDA受体在对双相呼气神经元之间交互兴奋和吸气神经元兴奋性突触输入中的作用,结果表明,使用非NMDA受体激动剂KA以后,双相呼气神经元的放电频率和蜂频率都明显增大,吸气神经元中期放电的频率和非NMDA受体激动剂KA以后,双相呼气神经元的放电频率和峰频率都明显增大,吸气神经元中期放电的频率和峰频率也显著增大,而早期和晚期放电的频率无明显改变,用相应拮抗剂以后,上述效应明显被抑制,结果提示,非NMDA受体参与了双相呼气神经元之间的交互兴奋作用,并且也介导了吸气神经元的兴奋性突触输入／     

切割延髓、酸碱度及温度对新生大鼠离体延髓—脊髓标本呼吸节律性放电的影响

目的和方法：在新生大鼠离体延髓－－脊髓标本上,用吸附电极记录膈神经根－颈4、颈5腹根（C4v,C5v)和舌下神经根（Ⅻ）节律性放电活动(rhythmical discharge activity,RDA),并观察其在对延髓微切割、改变灌流液pH值及温度后RDA的变化。结果：①新生鼠离体延髓－脊髓标本在这灌流条件下,可存活6－8h,持续4h可稳定记录到C4v、C5v和Ⅻ的RDA,且两者完全同步,为呼吸节律性放电（RDA,RRDA）;②从延髓头端向尾端切割（每次100μm）,切至闩前500μm水平时,RRDA不变,进一步切割,至闩水平,RRDA消失;③从尾端向头端切割,切至舌下神经根下缘水平,RRDA不变,进一步向头端切割,RRDA逐渐消失;④从延髓背侧向腹侧水平切割,切割至背→腹一半水平时,RRDA不变,进一步向腹侧切割,RRDA逐渐消失;⑤灌流液的pH值从7.35降至6.85,RRDA逐渐增强,而从6.85降至4.5时,逐渐减弱至消失。pH值从7.45上升到7.85,呼吸频率逐渐减漫,放电幅度增强;⑥温度由27℃上升到37℃,RRDA逐渐增强;由38℃上升到41℃,RRDA逐渐减弱,温度则27℃降23℃,RRDA逐渐减弱。温度为42℃或22℃时,RRDA消失。结论：面神经后核内侧区可能是呼吸节律起源的部位,且此区域的神经元对温度及酸碱度变化敏感。     

一氧化氮对呼吸节律性放电的调节作用

实验旨在探讨一氧化氮(nitric oxide,NO)在基本呼吸节律产生和调节中可能的作用。制作新生大鼠离体延髓脑片标本,主要包含面神经后核内侧区,前包钦格复合体、腹侧呼吸组以及背侧呼吸组的一部分。同时保留舌下神经根,用改良Kreb′s液灌流脑片并记录与之相连的舌下神经根呼吸节律性放电(respiratory rhythmical discharge activity,RRDA),在灌流液中分别给予不同浓度的NO供体硝普钠(sodium nitroprusside,SNP),NO合成前体L—精氨酸(L—Arginine,L-Arg)以及神经元型一氧化氮合酶(neuronal nitric oxide synthase,nNOS)特异性抑制剂7-nitro indazole (7-NI),观察其对RRDA的影响。结果显示,nNOS的特异性抑制剂7-NI对吸气时程和放电强度有明显抑制,而NO合成前体L—Arg,以及NO供体SNP对呼吸放电活动没有明显的影响。这提示,在哺乳动物基本呼吸节律的产生和调节中,NO可能对吸气中止和呼吸幅度具有调节作用。     

cAMP-PKA通路参与Ⅱ组代谢性谷氨酸受体对新生鼠离体延髓脑片呼吸节律性放电的调节

本研究旨在探讨cAMP-PKA通路在Ⅱ组代谢性谷氨酸受体对离体延髓脑片呼吸节律性放电的影响中的作用。制作新生大鼠离体延髓脑片标本,主要包含延髓面神经后核内侧区(medial region of the nucleus retrofacialis,mNRF),并完整保留舌下神经根,以改良Kreb’s液(modified Kreb’s solution,MKS)恒温灌流脑片,用吸附电极记录舌下神经根呼吸节律性放电活动(respiratory rhythmical discharge activity,RRDA)。待放电活动稳定后,第1组灌流Ⅱ组代谢性谷氨酸受体特异性拮抗剂(2S)-α-ethylglutamic acid(EGLU)10min,第2组先给予cAMP-PKA通路激动剂Forskolin灌流10min,而后MKS洗脱至正常,灌流cAMP-PKA通路抑制剂Rp-cyclic3’,5’-hydrogen phosphorothioate adenosine triethylammonium salt(Rp-cAMPS)10min,第3组首先给予Rp-cAMPS10min,洗脱后联合Rp-cAMPS+EGL...     

5-HT2A受体在尼可刹米增强新生大鼠延髓脑片呼吸放电中的作用

本文旨在探讨中枢呼吸兴奋剂尼可刹米对新生大鼠基本节律性呼吸的产生和调节的影响及5-HT2A受体在其中的作用.制作新生大鼠离体延髓脑片标本,含面神经后核内侧区(the medial region of the nucleus retrofacialis,mNRF)并保留舌下神经根,灌流改良Kreb'S液(modified Kreb'S solution,MKS),记录舌下神经根呼吸相关节律性放电活动(respiratory-re-lated rhythmic discharge activity,RRDA),观察不同浓度尼可刹米、5-HT2A受体特异激动剂2,5-二甲氧基-4-碘苯基丙烷[1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminopropane,DOI]、5-HT2A受体特异拮抗剂酮舍林(ketanserine)以及联合使用尼可刹米和酮舍林对舌下神经根RRDA的影响.结果显示,尼可刹米在0.5～7μg/mL时对延髓脑片RRDA有兴奋作用,在5 μg/mL时对吸气时程(inspiratory time,TI)、放电积分幅度(integral amplitude,IA)、呼吸周期(respiratory cycle,Re)等呼吸指标综合效果最显著.DOI明显延长TI、增强IA、缩短RC,对RRDA有兴奋作用.酮舍林明显缩短TI、减弱IA、延长RC,对RRDA有抑制作用.联合使用DOI和酮舍林对RRDA无明显作用.酮舍林可完全阻断尼可刹米对RC的作用,部分阻断尼可刹米对IA的作用,对尼可刹米引起的TI变化无明显影响.结果提示,尼可刹米增强新生大鼠离体延髓脑片舌下神经根RRDA,5-HT2A受体可能足尼可刹米作用途径之一.     

白介素-6对NMDA诱导的小脑神经元放电活动的抑制作用及其机制

目的：观察白介素-6（IL-6）对N-甲基-D-天冬氨酸（NMDA）激发的神经元放电活动的影响及其可能的作用机制。方法：用含IL-6、NMDA和JAK抑制剂ACA90的人工脑脊液（ACSF）灌流小脑脑片,利用离体脑片神经元单位放电细胞外记录技术,记录药物对小脑间位核神经元放电的影响。用Western blot法测定间位核神经元NMDA受体亚单位1（NRI）的磷酸化水平。结果：单独用12．5μmol／L和25μmol／LNMDA灌流,神经元放电频率均较基础放电频率增加;用不同浓度IL-6（50,100,200μg／ml）联合NMDA作用后,神经尤的放电频率出现浓度依赖性地降低;AG490可部分阻断IL-6对NMDA兴奋神经元放电的抑制作用。与单独NMDA处理组比较,用IL-6联合NMDA处理神经元后,神经元的NR1磷酸化水平出现浓度依赖性地降低。AG490可阻断IL-6所致的神经元NR1磷酸化水平的降低。结论：IL-6可抑制NMDA激发的小脑间位核神经元的放电兴奋活动;并同时下调神经元的NR1磷酸化水平。     

组胺H1和H2受体在新生大鼠离体延髓脑片呼吸节律性放电调节中的作用

本研究探讨组胺H1和H2受体在新生大鼠基本节律性呼吸的发生和调节中的作用.以改良的Kreb's液恒温灌流新生Sprague-Dawley大鼠离体延髓脑片标本,稳定记录与之相连舌下神经根的呼吸节律性放电活动(respiratory-related rhythmical discharge activity, RRDA).实验分为5组:第1、2、3组分别单独给予组胺(histamine, HA)、 H1受体特异阻断剂pyrilamine和H2受体特异阻断剂cimetidine;第4组分别先后给予HA和HA pyrilamine;第5组分别先后给予HA和HA cimetidine,观察舌下神经根RRDA的变化.结果显示,单独给予HA后呼吸周期(respiratory cycle, RC)及呼气时程(expiratory time, TE)明显缩短,而吸气时程(inspiratory time, TI)及放电积分幅度(integral amplitude, IA)无明显变化;给予pyrilamine后RC、 TE明显延长,TI、 IA也无明显变化,且HA的作用可以被pyrilamine逆转;给予cimetidine后RC、 TE、 TI、 IA均无明显变化,且HA的作用不能被cimetidine逆转.结果提示,H1受体参与哺乳动物基本呼吸节律的产生和调节,H2受体对哺乳动物基本节律性呼吸的调控无明显影响.     

Effects of Bile Acids and the Bile Acid Receptor FXR Agonist on the Respiratory Rhythm in the In Vitro Brainstem Medulla Slice of Neonatal Sprague-Dawley Rats

Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy is always accompanied by adverse fetal outcomes such as malfunctions of respiration. Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) plays a critical role in the homeostasis of bile acids. Thus, we are determined to explore the effects of farnesoid X receptor (FXR) and five bile acids on respiratory rhythm generation and modulation of neonatal rats. Spontaneous periodic respiratory-related rhythmical discharge activity (RRDA) was recorded from hypoglossal nerves during the perfusion of modified Krebs solution. Group 1–6 was each given GW4064 and five bile acids of chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA), deoxycholic acid (DCA), lithocholic acid (LCA), cholic acid (CA) as well as ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) at different concentrations to identify their specific functions on respiratory rhythm modulations. Group 7 was applied to receive FXR blocker Z-guggulsterone and Z-guggulsterone with the above bile acids separately to explore the role of FXR in the respiratory rhythm modulation. Group 8 was given dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as controls. Apart from UDCA, CDCA, DCA LCA and CA all exerted effects on RRDA recorded from hypoglossal nerves in a concentration-dependent manner. Respiratory cycle (RC), Inspiratory time (TI), Expiratory Time (TE) and Integral Amplitude (IA) were influenced and such effects could be reversed by Z-guggulsterone. FXR may contribute to the effects on the modulation of respiratory rhythm exerted by bile acids.     

Opiate slowing of feline respiratory rhythm and effects on putative medullary phase-regulating neurons

Opiates have effects on respiratory neurons that depress tidal volume and air exchange, reduce chest wall compliance, and slow rhythm. The most dose-sensitive opioid effect is slowing of the respiratory rhythm through mechanisms that have not been thoroughly investigated. An in vivo dose-response analysis was performed on medullary respiratory neurons of adult cats to investigate two untested hypotheses related to mechanisms of opioid-mediated rhythm slowing: 1) Opiates suppress intrinsic conductances that limit discharge duration in medullary inspiratory and expiratory neurons, and 2) opiates delay the onset and lengthen the duration of discharges postsynaptically in phase-regulating postinspiratory and late-inspiratory neurons. In anesthetized and unanesthetized decerebrate cats, a threshold dose (3 microg/kg) of the mu-opioid receptor agonist fentanyl slowed respiratory rhythm by prolonging discharges of inspiratory and expiratory bulbospinal neurons. Additional doses (2-4 microg/kg) of fentanyl also lengthened the interburst silent periods in each type of neuron and delayed the rate of membrane depolarization to firing threshold without altering synaptic drive potential amplitude, input resistance, peak action potential frequency, action potential shape, or afterhyperpolarization. Fentanyl also prolonged discharges of postinspiratory and late-inspiratory neurons in doses that slowed the rhythm of inspiratory and expiratory neurons without altering peak membrane depolarization and hyperpolarization, input resistance, or action potential properties. The temporal changes evoked in the tested neurons can explain the slowing of network respiratory rhythm, but the lack of significant, direct opioid-mediated membrane effects suggests that actions emanating from other types of upstream bulbar respiratory neurons account for rhythm slowing.     

CO(2)/H(+) chemoreception in the cat pre-B?tzinger complex in vivo.

We examined the effects of focal tissue acidosis in the pre-B?tzinger complex (pre-B?tC; the proposed locus of respiratory rhythm generation) on phrenic nerve discharge in chloralose-anesthetized, vagotomized, paralyzed, mechanically ventilated cats. Focal tissue acidosis was produced by unilateral microinjection of 10-20 nl of the carbonic anhydrase inhibitors acetazolamide (AZ; 50 microM) or methazolamide (MZ; 50 microM). Microinjection of AZ and MZ into 14 sites in the pre-B?tC reversibly increased the peak amplitude of integrated phrenic nerve discharge and, in some sites, produced augmented bursts (i.e., eupneic breath ending with a high-amplitude, short-duration burst). Microinjection of AZ and MZ into this region also reversibly increased the frequency of eupneic phrenic bursts in seven sites and produced premature bursts (i.e., doublets) in five sites. Phrenic nerve discharge increased within 5-15 min of microinjection of either agent; however, the time to the peak increase and the time to recovery were less with AZ than with MZ, consistent with the different pharmacological properties of AZ and MZ. In contrast to other CO(2)/H(+) brain stem respiratory chemosensitive sites demonstrated in vivo, which have only shown increases in amplitude of integrated phrenic nerve activity, focal tissue acidosis in the pre-B?tC increases frequency of phrenic bursts and produces premature (i.e., doublet) bursts. These data indicate that the pre-B?tC has the potential to play a role in the modulation of respiratory rhythm and pattern elicited by increased CO(2)/H(+) and lend additional support to the concept that the proposed locus for respiratory rhythm generation has intrinsic chemosensitivity.     

Dopamine Receptor 1 Modulates the Discharge Activities of Inspiratory and Biphasic Expiratory Neurons via cAMP-Dependent Pathways

Dopamine receptor 1 (D₁R) plays an essential role in regulating respiratory activity in mammals, however, little is known about how this receptor acts to modulate the basic respiratory rhythmogenesis. Here, by simultaneously recording the discharge activities of biphasic expiratory (biphasic E) neurons/inspiratory (I) neurons and the XII nerve rootlets from brainstem slices, we found that the application of D₁R agonist cis-(±)-1-(aminomethyl)-3,4-dihydro-3-phenyl-1H-2-benzopyran-5,6-diolhydrochloride (A68930, 5 μM), or forskolin, an intracellular cAMP-increasing agent, substantially decreased respiratory cycle and expiratory time of both types of neurons, and elevated the integral amplitude and frequency of XII nerve rootlets discharge. These changes were reversed by subsequent application of their antagonists SCH-23390 and Rp-Adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphorothioate triethylammonium salt hydrate (Rp-cAMPS), respectively. Importantly, after pretreatment with Rp-cAMPS, the effects of A68930 in both types of neurons were blocked, suggestive of a cAMP-dependent action of A68930. Thus, the current study indicates that D₁R may modulate basic breathing rhythmogenesis via cAMP-dependent mechanisms.