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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
Apart from its role in elevating red blood cell number, erythropoietin (Epo) exerts protective functions in brain, retina and heart upon ischaemic injury. However, the physiological non-erythroid functions of Epo remain unclear. Here we use a transgenic mouse line (Tg21) constitutively overexpressing human Epo in brain to investigate Epo's impact on ventilation upon hypoxic exposure. Tg21 mice showed improved ventilatory response to severe acute hypoxia and moreover improved ventilatory acclimatization to chronic hypoxic exposure. Furthermore, following bilateral transection of carotid sinus nerves that uncouples the brain from the carotid body, Tg21 mice adapted their ventilation to acute severe hypoxia while chemodenervated wild-type (WT) animals developed a life-threatening apnoea. These results imply that Epo in brain modulates ventilation. Additional analysis revealed that the Epo receptor (EpoR) is expressed in the main brainstem respiratory centres and suggested that Epo stimulates breathing control by alteration of catecholaminergic metabolism in brainstem. The modulation of hypoxic pattern of ventilation after i.v. injection of recombinant human Epo in WT mice and the dense EpoR immunosignal observed in carotid bodies showed that these chemoreceptors are sensitive to plasma levels of Epo. In summary, our results suggest that Epo controls ventilation at the central (brainstem) and peripheral (carotid body) levels. These novel findings are relevant to understanding better respiratory disorders including those occurring at high altitude.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-3751
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
568
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
559-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Adaptation, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Anoxia, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Atmosphere Exposure Chambers, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Carotid Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Carotid Body, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Denervation, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Erythropoietin, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Norepinephrine, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Oxygen Consumption, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Receptors, Erythropoietin, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Receptors, Neurokinin-1, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Respiration, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Respiratory Center, pubmed-meshheading:16051624-Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Erythropoietin regulates hypoxic ventilation in mice by interacting with brainstem and carotid bodies.
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