PMID- 30639504 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200402 LR - 20200617 IS - 1878-1519 (Electronic) IS - 1569-9048 (Print) IS - 1569-9048 (Linking) VI - 265 DP - 2019 Jul TI - Circulatory control of phrenic motor plasticity. PG - 19-23 LID - S1569-9048(18)30299-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.resp.2019.01.004 [doi] AB - Acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) elicits distinct mechanisms of phrenic motor plasticity initiated by brainstem neural network activation versus local (spinal) tissue hypoxia. With moderate AIH (mAIH), hypoxemia activates the carotid body chemoreceptors and (subsequently) brainstem neural networks associated with the peripheral chemoreflex, including medullary raphe serotonergic neurons. Serotonin release and receptor activation in the phrenic motor nucleus then elicits phrenic long-term facilitation (pLTF). This mechanism is independent of tissue hypoxia, since electrical carotid sinus nerve stimulation elicits similar serotonin-dependent pLTF. In striking contrast, severe AIH (sAIH) evokes a spinal adenosine-dependent, serotonin-independent mechanism of pLTF. Spinal tissue hypoxia per se is the likely cause of sAIH-induced pLTF, since local tissue hypoxia elicits extracellular adenosine accumulation. Thus, any physiological condition exacerbating spinal tissue hypoxia is expected to shift the balance towards adenosinergic pLTF. However, since these mechanisms compete for dominance due to mutual cross-talk inhibition, the transition from serotonin to adenosine dominant pLTF is rather abrupt. Any factor that compromises spinal cord circulation will limit oxygen availability in spinal cord tissue, favoring a shift in the balance towards adenosinergic mechanisms. Such shifts may arise experimentally from treatments such as carotid denervation, or spontaneous hypotension or anemia. Many neurological disorders, such as spinal cord injury or stroke compromise local circulatory control, potentially modulating tissue oxygen, adenosine levels and, thus, phrenic motor plasticity. In this brief review, we discuss the concept that local (spinal) circulatory control and/or oxygen delivery regulates the relative contributions of distinct pathways to phrenic motor plasticity. CI - Copyright (c) 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Perim, Raphael R AU - Perim RR AD - Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation, Department of Physical Therapy and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. FAU - Mitchell, Gordon S AU - Mitchell GS AD - Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation, Department of Physical Therapy and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. Electronic address: gsmitche@phhp.ufl.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 HL069064/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 HL069064/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20190111 PL - Netherlands TA - Respir Physiol Neurobiol JT - Respiratory physiology & neurobiology JID - 101140022 RN - 333DO1RDJY (Serotonin) RN - K72T3FS567 (Adenosine) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Adenosine/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Cervical Cord/*physiology MH - Humans MH - *Hypoxia/metabolism/physiopathology MH - Neuronal Plasticity/*physiology MH - Oxygen/*metabolism MH - Phrenic Nerve/*physiology MH - *Respiratory Physiological Phenomena MH - Serotonin/*metabolism MH - Synaptic Potentials/*physiology PMC - PMC7296465 MID - NIHMS1599990 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acute intermittent hypoxia OT - Adenosine OT - Circulatory control OT - Respiratory motor plasticity OT - Serotonin COIS- Conflicts of interest The authors declare no competing financial interests. EDAT- 2019/01/15 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/03 06:00 PMCR- 2020/06/16 CRDT- 2019/01/15 06:00 PHST- 2018/09/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/12/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/01/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/01/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/06/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1569-9048(18)30299-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.resp.2019.01.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2019 Jul;265:19-23. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2019.01.004. Epub 2019 Jan 11.