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息を吐くためのペプチダージック制御回路
Peng Li1, Wiktor A Janczewski2, Kevin Yackle1
1Department of Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305.
Nature
|February 9, 2016
まとめ
研究者たちは 息を吐くのを制御する 脳の回路を特定し 特定の神経ペプチドや受容体を 含んでいます この発見は 息のパターンと感情状態を 結びつける可能性のある 息のニューラル基盤に光を当てるのです
科学分野:
- 神経科学
- 呼吸器の生理学
背景:
- 息は深呼吸で 感情や生理的な機能に繋がります
- 喘ぐ頻度は 低酸素,ストレス,特定の精神疾患で増加します
研究 の 目的:
- 呼吸を制御する神経回路を 特定するためです
- 特定の神経ペプチドが 息を吐く行動を 調節する役割を調査する
主な方法:
- マウスモデルにおける分子,遺伝,および薬理学的アプローチ.
- レトロトラペゾイド核/パラファシアル呼吸器群 (RTN/pFRG) とプレボッツィンガー複合体 (preBötC) の神経群を調査した.
- 神経ペプチドと受容体の操作を活用し,遺伝子発現分析とニューロンの切除を含む.
主要な成果:
- RTN/pFRGの神経細胞で,前BötCに発射する爆弾シン型の神経ペプチド遺伝子 (Nmb,Grp) を特定した.
- PreBötCニューロンは NMBとGRP受容体を発現し 嘆きを媒介する
- ニューロペプチドの投与により,うなずきが誘発され,受容体の抑制/除去により,うなずきが減少または消滅した.
- 受容体発現ニューロンの切除は 基礎的および低酸素誘発の喘息を排除した.
結論:
- RTN/pFRGとpreBötCにおけるNMBとGRP経路を含むペプチダーギー sigh制御回路が特定されています.
- この回路は生理学的および感情的インプットを統合して 息を調節します
- この発見は 息を吐き出すことや 様々な条件による 息の調節を理解するための 神経学的基礎を提供します
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