Differential sensitivity of laryngeal and pharyngeal motoneurons to iontophoretic application of serotonin

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作者
Fenik, V
Kubin, L
Okabe, S
Pack, AI
Davies, RO
机构
[1] UNIV PENN, SCH VET MED, DEPT ANIM BIOL, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 USA
[2] UNIV PENN, SCH MED, CTR SLEEP & RESP NEUROBIOL, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 USA
关键词
hypoglossal motoneurons; vagal motoneurons; serotonin; iontophoresis; upper airway; sleep apnea syndrome;
D O I
10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00215-7
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
Serotonergic neurons decrease their activity during sleep, especially rapid eye movement sleep, thereby reducing their facilitatory effect on upper airway motoneurons. The magnitude of the sleep-related loss of tone varies among upper airway muscles (e.g., pharyngeal dilator motoneurons are more suppressed than laryngeal motoneurons). We hypothesized that these differences may be related to the sensitivity of different groups of upper airway motoneurons to serotonin. Experiments were done on decerebrate, vagotomized, paralysed and artificially-ventilated cats. Hypoglossal and laryngeal motoneurons were recorded extracellularly using five-barrel pipettes filled with: serotonin, glutamate and methysergide (serotonergic antagonist) for iontophoresis, and NaCl for recording and current balancing. All but two of the 65 hypoglossal motoneurons (45 inspiratory, 10 expiratory, IO tonic) and 27 out of 32 laryngeal motoneurons (14 inspiratory, 18 expiratory) were excited by serotonin, and the excitation was abolished by methysergide. To compare the magnitude of the excitatory effect among distinct motoneuronal groups, we applied small ejection currents in a standardized manner (+15 nA for 3 min; 10 mM serotonin in 150 NaCl) onto spontaneously active motoneurons (13 inspiratory hypoglossal, 11 inspiratory laryngeal and ii expiratory laryngeal). Serotonin increased the number of spikes per respiratory burst of inspiratory hypoglossal motoneurons from 19+/-4.0 (S.E.M.) to 35+/-4.8, of inspiratory laryngeal motoneurons from 44+/-8.3 to 55+/-8.8, and of expiratory laryngeal motoneurons from 23+/-4.8 to 33+/-6.2. The relative increases in activity (to 220%+/-24, 147%+/-23 and 148%+/-9 of control, respectively) were significantly higher in hypoglossal than in laryngeal motoneurons. In addition, the excitatory effect developed significantly faster in hypoglossal than in laryngeal motoneurons. Methysergide reduced the spontaneous activity of about half the hypoglossal and laryngeal motoneurons to 66%+/-5 of control. Thus, the sensitivity to the excitatory effects of serotonin varies among different pools of upper airway motoneurons. These differences correlate with the pattern of airway muscle hypotonia seen during sleep. (C) 1997 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
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