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2. Effect of inspiratory muscle work on peripheral fatigue of locomotor muscles in healthy humans
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Romer, LM, Lovering, AT, Haverkamp, HC, Pegelow, DF, and Dempsey, JA
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Peripheral fatigue ,Locomotor muscles ,Inspiratory muscle work - Abstract
The work of breathing required during maximal exercise compromises blood flow to limb locomotor muscles and reduces exercise performance. We asked if force output of the inspiratory muscles affected exercise-induced peripheral fatigue of locomotor muscles. Eight male cyclists exercised at ≥ 90% peak O2 uptake to exhaustion (CTRL). On a separate occasion, subjects exercised for the same duration and power output as CTRL (13.2 ± 0.9 min, 292 W), but force output of the inspiratory muscles was reduced (−56%versus CTRL) using a proportional assist ventilator (PAV). Subjects also exercised to exhaustion (7.9 ± 0.6 min, 292 W) while force output of the inspiratory muscles was increased (+80%versus CTRL) via inspiratory resistive loads (IRLs), and again for the same duration and power output with breathing unimpeded (IRL-CTRL). Quadriceps twitch force (Qtw), in response to supramaximal paired magnetic stimuli of the femoral nerve (1–100 Hz), was assessed pre- and at 2.5 through to 70 min postexercise. Immediately after CTRL exercise, Qtw was reduced −28 ± 5% below pre-exercise baseline and this reduction was attenuated following PAV exercise (−20 ± 5%; P < 0.05). Conversely, increasing the force output of the inspiratory muscles (IRL) exacerbated exercise-induced quadriceps muscle fatigue (Qtw=−12 ± 8% IRL-CTRL versus−20 ± 7% IRL; P < 0.05). Repeat studies between days showed that the effects of exercise per se, and of superimposed inspiratory muscle loading on quadriceps fatigue were highly reproducible. In conclusion, peripheral fatigue of locomotor muscles resulting from high-intensity sustained exercise is, in part, due to the accompanying high levels of respiratory muscle work. Support for this project was provided by aNationalHeart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) RO1 Grant (HL-15469-33). A. T. Lovering and H. C. Haverkamp were supported by a NHLBI Training Grant (T32 HL-07654-16).
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- 2006
3. Exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia: Consequences for locomotor muscle fatigue
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Romer, LM, Dempsey, JA, Lovering, A, and Eldridge, M
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frequency [Force] ,Quadriceps fatigue ,Central fatigue - Abstract
Reductions in arterial O2 saturation (-5 to -10 % SaO 2 < rest) occur over time during sustained heavy intensity exercise in a normoxic environment, due primarily to the effects of acid pH and increased temperature on the position of the HbO2 dissociation curve. We prevented the desaturation via increased F1O2 (.23 to .29) and showed that exercise time to exhaustion was increased. We used supramaximal magnetic stimulation (1 - 100 Hz) of the femoral nerve to test for quadriceps fatigue. We used mildly hyperoxic inspirates (F1O 2 .23 to .29) to prevent O2 desaturation. We then compared the amount of quadriceps fatigue incurred following cycling exercise at SaO2 98% vs. 91% with each trial carried out at equal exercise intensities (90% Max) and for equal durations. Preventing the normal exercise-induced O2 desaturation prevented about one-half the amount of exercise-induced quadriceps fatigue; plasma lactate and effort perception were also reduced. We conclude that the normal exercise-induced O2 desaturation during heavy intensity endurance exercise contributes significantly to exercise performance limitation in part because of its effect on locomotor muscle fatigue. These effects of EIAH were confirmed in mild environmental hypoxia (FIO2 .17, SaO2 88%) which significantly augmented the magnitude of exercise-induced quadriceps fatigue observed in normoxia. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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- 2006
4. Effects of exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia on limb muscle fatigue and performance
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Romer, LM and Dempsey, JA
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Quadriceps ,frequency [Force] ,Central fatigue - Abstract
1. Reductions in arterial O2 saturation (−5% to −10% SaO2 below rest) occur over time during sustained heavy-intensity exercise in a normoxic environment, caused primarily by the effects of acid pH and increased temperature on the position of the HbO2 dissociation curve. 2. We prevented the desaturation incurred during exercise at ∼90% √O2 MAX via increased fraction of inspired O2 (FiO2) (0.23 to 0.29) and showed that exercise time to exhaustion was increased. 3. We used supramaximal magnetic stimulation (1–100 Hz) of the femoral nerve to test for quadriceps fatigue. We used mildly hyperoxic inspirates (FiO2 0.23 to 0.29) to prevent O2 desaturation. We then compared the amount of quadriceps fatigue incurred following cycling exercise at SaO2 91% vs 98% with each trial carried out at identical work rates and for equal durations. 4. Preventing the normal exercise-induced O2 desaturation prevented about one-half the amount of exercise-induced quadriceps fatigue; plasma lactate and effort perception were also reduced. In a subset of less fit subjects who showed only minimal arterial hypoxaemia during sustained exercise (SaO2 ∼95%), breathing a mildly hypoxic inspirate (FiO2 0.17; SaO2 ∼88%) exacerbated the quadriceps fatigue. 5. We conclude that the normal exercise-induced O2 desaturation during heavy-intensity endurance exercise contributes significantly to exercise performance limitation in part because of its effect on locomotor muscle fatigue.
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- 2006
5. Respiratory System Limitations to Performance in the Healthy Athlete: Some Answers, More Questions!
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Dempsey, JA, primary, Amann, M, additional, Harms, CA, additional, and Wetter, TJ, additional
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- 2012
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6. Update in the understanding of respiratory limitations to exercise performance in fit, active adults.
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Dempsey JA, McKenzie DC, Haverkamp HC, Eldridge MW, Dempsey, Jerome A, McKenzie, Donald C, Haverkamp, Hans C, and Eldridge, Marlowe W
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This review addresses three types of causes of respiratory system limitations to O(2) transport and exercise performance that are experienced by significant numbers of active, highly fit younger and older adults. First, flow limitation in intrathoracic airways may occur during exercise because of narrowed, hyperactive airways or secondary to excessive ventilatory demands superimposed on a normal maximum flow-volume envelope. Narrowing of the extrathoracic, upper airway also occurs in some athletes at very high flow rates during heavy exercise. Examination of the breath-by-breath tidal flow-volume loop during exercise is key to a noninvasive diagnosis of flow limitation and to differentiation between intrathoracic and extrathoracic airway narrowing. Second exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia occurs secondary to an excessively widened alveolar-arterial oxygen pressure difference. This inefficient gas exchange may be attributable in part to small intracardiac or intrapulmonary shunts of deoxygenated mixed venous blood during exercise. The existence of these shunts at rest and during exercise may be determined by using saline solution contrast echocardiography. Finally, fatigue of the respiratory muscles resulting from sustained, high-intensity exercise and the resultant vasoconstrictor effects on limb muscle vasculature will also compromise O(2) transport and performance. Exercise in the hypoxic environments of even moderately high altitudes will greatly exacerbate the negative influences of these respiratory system limitations to exercise performance, especially in highly fit individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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7. Cerebrovascular response to carbon dioxide in patients with congestive heart failure.
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Xie A, Skatrud JB, Khayat R, Dempsey JA, Morgan B, and Russell D
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Rationale: Cerebrovascular reactivity to CO[2] provides an important counterregulatory mechanism that serves to minimize the change in H+ at the central chemoreceptor, thereby stabilizing the breathing pattern in the face of perturbations in Pa[CO2]. However, there are no studies relating cerebral circulation abnormality to the presence or absence of central sleep apnea in patients with heart failure. Objectives: To determine whether patients with congestive heart failure and central sleep apnea have an attenuated cerebrovascular responsibility to CO[2]. Methods: Cerebral blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery was measured in patients with stable congestive heart failure with (n = 9) and without (n = 8) central sleep apnea using transcranial ultrasound during eucapnia (room air), hypercapnia (inspired CO[2], 3 and 5%), and hypocapnia (voluntary hyperventilation). In addition, eight subjects with apnea and nine without apnea performed a 20-second breath-hold to investigate the dynamic cerebrovascular response to apnea. Measurements and Main Results: The overall cerebrovascular reactivity to CO[2] (hyper- and hypocapnia) was lower in patients with apnea than in the control group (1.8 +/- 0.2 vs. 2.5 +/- 0.2%/mm Hg, p < 0.05), mainly due to the prominent reduction of cerebrovascular reactivity to hypocapnia (1.2 +/- 0.3 vs. 2.2 +/- 0.1%/mm Hg, p < 0.05). Similarly, brain blood flow demonstrated a smaller surge after a 20-second breath-hold (peak velocity, 119 +/- 4 vs. 141 +/- 8% of baseline, p < 0.05). Conclusion: Patients with central sleep apnea have a diminished cerebrovascular response to PET[CO2], especially to hypocapnia. The compromised cerebrovascular reacticity to CO[2] might affect stability of the breathing pattern by causing ventilatory overshooting during hypercapnia and undershooting during hypocapnia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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8. Effect of exercise-induced arterial O2 desaturation on VO2max in women.
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Harms CA, McClaran SR, Nickele GA, Pegelow DF, Nelson WB, and Dempsey JA
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- 2000
9. Respiratory muscle perfusion and energetics during exercise.
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Dempsey JA, Harms CA, and Ainsworth DM
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- 1996
10. Respiratory muscle fatigue during exercise: implications for performance.
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Johnson BD, Aaron EA, Babcock MA, and Dempsey JA
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- 1996
11. [The John Sutton Lecture: CSEP, 2002] Pulmonary system limitations to exercise in health.
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Dempsey JA, Sheel AW, Haverkamp HC, Babcock MA, and Harms CA
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- 2003
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12. Capillary Red Cell Transit Time Is an Important Contributor to Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Diffusion Limitation.
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Hopkins SR, Dempsey JA, and Stickland MK
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- Humans, Erythrocytes metabolism, Erythrocytes physiology, Capillaries physiology, Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity physiology, Male, Female, Adult, Exercise physiology
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- 2024
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13. Breathing a low-density gas reduces respiratory muscle force development and marginally improves exercise performance in master athletes.
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Haddad T, Mons V, Meste O, Dempsey JA, Abbiss CR, Brisswalter J, and Blain GM
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- Male, Humans, Aged, Helium, Oxygen, Respiratory Muscles, Athletes, Carbon Dioxide, Respiration
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Introduction: We tested the hypothesis that breathing heliox, to attenuate the mechanical constraints accompanying the decline in pulmonary function with aging, improves exercise performance., Methods: Fourteen endurance-trained older men (67.9 ± 5.9 year, [Formula: see text]O
2max : 50.8 ± 5.8 ml/kg/min; 151% predicted) completed two cycling 5-km time trials while breathing room air (i.e., 21% O2 -79% N2 ) or heliox (i.e., 21% O2 -79% He). Maximal flow-volume curves (MFVC) were determined pre-exercise to characterize expiratory flow limitation (EFL, % tidal volume intersecting the MFVC). Respiratory muscle force development was indirectly determined as the product of the time integral of inspiratory and expiratory mouth pressure (∫Pmouth ) and breathing frequency. Maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressure maneuvers were performed pre-exercise and post-exercise to estimate respiratory muscle fatigue., Results: Exercise performance time improved (527.6 ± 38 vs. 531.3 ± 36.9 s; P = 0.017), and respiratory muscle force development decreased during inspiration (- 22.8 ± 11.6%, P < 0.001) and expiration (- 10.8 ± 11.4%, P = 0.003) with heliox compared with room air. EFL tended to be lower with heliox (22 ± 23 vs. 30 ± 23% tidal volume; P = 0.054). Minute ventilation normalized to CO2 production ([Formula: see text]E /[Formula: see text]CO2 ) increased with heliox (28.6 ± 2.7 vs. 25.1 ± 1.8; P < 0.001). A reduction in MIP and MEP was observed post-exercise vs. pre-exercise but was not different between conditions., Conclusions: Breathing heliox has a limited effect on performance during a 5-km time trial in master athletes despite a reduction in respiratory muscle force development., (© 2023. Crown.)- Published
- 2024
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14. Correction: Breathing a low-density gas reduces respiratory muscle force development and marginally improves exercise performance in master athletes.
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Haddad T, Mons V, Meste O, Dempsey JA, Abbiss CR, Brisswalter J, and Blain GM
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- 2024
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15. Is the Lung Built for Exercise? Advances and Unresolved Questions.
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Peters CM, Dempsey JA, Hopkins SR, and Sheel AW
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- Humans, Lung, Pulmonary Gas Exchange, Thorax, Exercise, Sports
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Abstract: Nearly 40 yr ago, Professor Dempsey delivered the 1985 ACSM Joseph B. Wolffe Memorial Lecture titled: "Is the lung built for exercise?" Since then, much experimental work has been directed at enhancing our understanding of the functional capacity of the respiratory system by applying complex methodologies to the study of exercise. This review summarizes a symposium entitled: "Revisiting 'Is the lung built for exercise?'" presented at the 2022 American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting, highlighting the progress made in the last three-plus decades and acknowledging new research questions that have arisen. We have chosen to subdivide our topic into four areas of active study: (i) the adaptability of lung structure to exercise training, (ii) the utilization of airway imaging to better understand how airway anatomy relates to exercising lung mechanics, (iii) measurement techniques of pulmonary gas exchange and their importance, and (iv) the interactions of the respiratory and cardiovascular system during exercise. Each of the four sections highlights gaps in our knowledge of the exercising lung. Addressing these areas that would benefit from further study will help us comprehend the intricacies of the lung that allow it to meet and adapt to the acute and chronic demands of exercise in health, aging, and disease., (Copyright © 2023 by the American College of Sports Medicine.)
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- 2023
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16. Re: "A Case Report of Poor Response to Selpercatinib in the Presence of a 632_633 RET Deletion" by Wijewardene et al.
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Szymczak S, Szpurka A, Lu ZH, and Dempsey JA
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- Humans, Pyridines, Protein Kinase Inhibitors therapeutic use, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret genetics, Pyrazoles, Lung Neoplasms
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- 2023
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17. Control of Breathing.
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Dempsey JA and Welch JF
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- Humans, Chronic Disease, Exercise, Sleep, Respiration, Dyspnea etiology
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Substantial advances have been made recently into the discovery of fundamental mechanisms underlying the neural control of breathing and even some inroads into translating these findings to treating breathing disorders. Here, we review several of these advances, starting with an appreciation of the importance of V̇
A :V̇CO2 :PaCO2 relationships, then summarizing our current understanding of the mechanisms and neural pathways for central rhythm generation, chemoreception, exercise hyperpnea, plasticity, and sleep-state effects on ventilatory control. We apply these fundamental principles to consider the pathophysiology of ventilatory control attending hypersensitized chemoreception in select cardiorespiratory diseases, the pathogenesis of sleep-disordered breathing, and the exertional hyperventilation and dyspnea associated with aging and chronic diseases. These examples underscore the critical importance that many ventilatory control issues play in disease pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment., Competing Interests: None declared., (Thieme. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2023
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18. Revisiting the assumption of a rebreathing-induced arterial-brain CO 2 equilibrium half a century later.
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Dempsey JA
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- Respiration, Brain, Carbon Dioxide, Arteries
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- 2023
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19. Rethinking O 2 , CO 2 and breathing during wakefulness and sleep.
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Dempsey JA and Gibbons TD
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We have examined the importance of three long-standing questions concerning chemoreceptor influences on cardiorespiratory function which are currently experiencing a resurgence of study among physiologists and clinical investigators. Firstly, while carotid chemoreceptors (CB) are required for hypoxic stimulation of breathing, use of an isolated, extracorporeally perfused CB preparation in unanaesthetized animals with maintained tonic input from the CB, reveals that extra-CB hypoxaemia also provides dose-dependent ventilatory stimulation sufficient to account for 40-50% of the total ventilatory response to steady-state hypoxaemia. Extra-CB hyperoxia also provides a dose- and time-dependent hyperventilation. Extra-CB sites of O
2 -driven ventilatory stimulation identified to date include the medulla, kidney and spinal cord. Secondly, using the isolated or denervated CB preparation in awake animals and humans has demonstrated a hyperadditive effect of CB sensory input on central CO2 sensitivity, so that tonic CB activity accounts for as much as 35-40% of the normal, air-breathing eupnoeic drive to breathe. Thirdly, we argue for a key role for CO2 chemoreception and the neural drive to breathe in the pathogenesis of upper airway obstruction during sleep (OSA), based on the following evidence: (1) removal of the wakefulness drive to breathe enhances the effects of transient CO2 changes on breathing instability; (2) oscillations in respiratory motor output precipitate pharyngeal obstruction in sleeping subjects with compliant, collapsible airways; and (3) in the majority of patients in a large OSA cohort, a reduced neural drive to breathe accompanied reductions in both airflow and pharyngeal airway muscle dilator activity, precipitating airway obstruction., (© 2023 The Authors. The Journal of Physiology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Physiological Society.)- Published
- 2023
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20. Carotid body hyperexcitability underlies heat-induced hyperventilation in exercising humans.
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Gibbons TD, Dempsey JA, Thomas KN, Ainslie PN, Wilson LC, Stothers TAM, Campbell HA, and Cotter JD
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- Humans, Female, Hyperventilation, Exercise physiology, Respiration, Body Temperature physiology, Hot Temperature, Body Temperature Regulation physiology, Carotid Body, Hyperoxia
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Physical activity is the most common source of heat strain for humans. The thermal strain of physical activity causes overbreathing (hyperventilation) and this has adverse physiological repercussions. The mechanisms underlying heat-induced hyperventilation during exercise are unknown, but recent evidence supports a primary role of carotid body hyperexcitability (increased tonic activity and sensitivity) underpinning hyperventilation in passively heated humans. In a repeated-measures crossover design, 12 healthy participants (6 female) completed two low-intensity cycling exercise conditions (25% maximal aerobic power) in randomized order, one with core temperature (T
C ) kept relatively stable near thermoneutrality, and the other with progressive heat strain to +2°C TC . To provide a complete examination of carotid body function under graded heat strain, carotid body tonic activity was assessed indirectly by transient hyperoxia, and its sensitivity estimated by responses to both isocapnic and poikilocapnic hypoxia. Carotid body tonic activity was increased by 220 ± 110% during cycling alone, and by 400 ± 290% with supplemental thermal strain to +1°C TC , and 600 ± 290% at +2°C TC (interaction, P = 0.0031). During exercise with heat stress at both +1°C and +2°C TC , carotid body suppression by hyperoxia decreased ventilation below the rates observed during exercise without heat stress ( P < 0.0147). Carotid body sensitivity was increased by up to 230 ± 190% with exercise alone, and by 290 ± 250% with supplemental heating to +1°C TC and 510 ± 470% at +2°C TC (interaction, P = 0.0012). These data indicate that the carotid body is further activated and sensitized by heat strain during exercise and this largely explains the added drive to breathe. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Physical activity is the most common way humans increase their core temperature, and excess breathing in the heat can limit heat tolerance and performance, and may increase the risk of heat-related injury. Dose-dependent increases in carotid body tonic activity and sensitivity with core heating provide compelling evidence that carotid body hyperexcitability is the primary cause of heat-induced hyperventilation during exercise.- Published
- 2022
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21. Excess ventilation and exertional dyspnoea in heart failure and pulmonary hypertension.
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Neder JA, Phillips DB, O'Donnell DE, and Dempsey JA
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- Humans, Hyperventilation complications, Stroke Volume, Lung, Dyspnea, Respiration, Chronic Disease, Hypertension, Pulmonary complications, Hypertension, Pulmonary therapy, Hypertension, Pulmonary diagnosis, Heart Failure complications, Heart Failure therapy, Pulmonary Embolism complications
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Increased ventilation relative to metabolic demands, indicating alveolar hyperventilation and/or increased physiological dead space (excess ventilation), is a key cause of exertional dyspnoea. Excess ventilation has assumed a prominent role in the functional assessment of patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced (HFrEF) or preserved (HFpEF) ejection fraction, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). We herein provide the key pieces of information to the caring physician to 1) gain unique insights into the seeds of patients' shortness of breath and 2) develop a rationale for therapeutically lessening excess ventilation to mitigate this distressing symptom. Reduced bulk oxygen transfer induced by cardiac output limitation and/or right ventricle-pulmonary arterial uncoupling increase neurochemical afferent stimulation and (largely chemo-) receptor sensitivity, leading to alveolar hyperventilation in HFrEF, PAH and small-vessel, distal CTEPH. As such, interventions geared to improve central haemodynamics and/or reduce chemosensitivity have been particularly effective in lessening their excess ventilation. In contrast, 1) high filling pressures in HFpEF and 2) impaired lung perfusion leading to ventilation/perfusion mismatch in proximal CTEPH conspire to increase physiological dead space. Accordingly, 1) decreasing pulmonary capillary pressures and 2) mechanically unclogging larger pulmonary vessels (pulmonary endarterectomy and balloon pulmonary angioplasty) have been associated with larger decrements in excess ventilation. Exercise training has a strong beneficial effect across diseases. Addressing some major unanswered questions on the link of excess ventilation with exertional dyspnoea under the modulating influence of pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions might prove instrumental to alleviate the devastating consequences of these prevalent diseases., Competing Interests: Conflict of interest: None declared., (Copyright ©The authors 2022. For reproduction rights and permissions contact permissions@ersnet.org.)
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- 2022
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22. Contribution of the carotid body to thermally mediated hyperventilation in humans.
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Gibbons TD, Dempsey JA, Thomas KN, Campbell HA, Stothers TAM, Wilson LC, Ainslie PN, and Cotter JD
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- Humans, Hyperventilation, Hypoxia, Respiration, Carotid Body, Hyperoxia
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Humans hyperventilate under heat and cold strain. This hyperventilatory response has detrimental consequences including acid-base dysregulation, dyspnoea, decreased cerebral blood flow and accelerated brain heating. The ventilatory response to hypoxia is exaggerated under whole-body heating and cooling, indicating that altered carotid body function might contribute to thermally mediated hyperventilation. To address whether the carotid body might contribute to heat- and cold-induced hyperventilation, we indirectly measured carotid body tonic activity via hyperoxia, and carotid body sensitivity via hypoxia, under graded heat and cold strain in 13 healthy participants in a repeated-measures design. We hypothesised that carotid body tonic activity and sensitivity would be elevated in a dose-dependent manner under graded heat and cold strain, thereby supporting its role in driving thermally mediated hyperventilation. Carotid body tonic activity was increased in a dose-dependent manner with heating, reaching 175% above baseline (P < 0.0005), and carotid body suppression with hyperoxia removed all of the heat-induced increase in ventilation (P = 0.9297). Core cooling increased carotid body activity by up to 250% (P < 0.0001), but maximal values were reached with mild cooling and thereafter plateaued. Carotid body sensitivity to hypoxia was profoundly increased by up to 180% with heat stress (P = 0.0097), whereas cooling had no detectable effect on hypoxic sensitivity. In summary, cold stress increased carotid body tonic activity and this effect was saturated with mild cooling, whereas heating had clear dose-dependent effects on carotid body tonic activity and sensitivity. These dose-dependent effects with heat strain indicate that the carotid body probably plays a primary role in driving heat-induced hyperventilation. KEY POINTS: Humans over-breathe (hyperventilate) when under heat and cold stress, and though this has detrimental physiological repercussions, the mechanisms underlying this response are unknown. The carotid body, a small organ that is responsible for driving hyperventilation in hypoxia, was assessed under incremental heat and cold strain. The carotid body drive to breathe, as indirectly assessed by transient hyperoxia, increased in a dose-dependent manner with heating, reaching 175% above baseline; cold stress similarly increased the carotid body drive to breathe, but did not show dose-dependency. Carotid body sensitivity, as indirectly assessed by hypoxic ventilatory responses, was profoundly increased by 70-180% with mild and severe heat strain, whereas cooling had no detectable effect. Carotid body hyperactivity and hypersensitivity are two interrelated mechanisms that probably underlie the increased drive to breathe with heat strain, whereas carotid body hyperactivity during mild cooling may play a subsidiary role in cold-induced hyperventilation., (© 2022 The Authors. The Journal of Physiology © 2022 The Physiological Society.)
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- 2022
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23. The physiology and pathophysiology of exercise hyperpnea.
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Dempsey JA, Neder JA, Phillips DB, and O'Donnell DE
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- Humans, Muscle, Skeletal physiology, Respiration, Exercise physiology, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
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In health, the near-eucapnic, highly efficient hyperpnea during mild-to-moderate intensity exercise is driven by three obligatory contributions, namely, feedforward central command from supra-medullary locomotor centers, feedback from limb muscle afferents, and respiratory CO
2 exchange (V̇CO2 ). Inhibiting each of these stimuli during exercise elicits a reduction in hyperpnea even in the continuing presence of the other major stimuli. However, the relative contribution of each stimulus to the hyperpnea remains unknown as does the means by which V̇CO2 is sensed. Mediation of the hyperventilatory response to exercise in health is attributed to the multiple feedback and feedforward stimuli resulting from muscle fatigue. In patients with COPD, diaphragm EMG amplitude and its relation to ventilatory output are used to decipher mechanisms underlying the patients' abnormal ventilatory responses, dynamic lung hyperinflation and dyspnea during exercise. Key contributions to these exercise-limiting responses across the spectrum of COPD severity include high dead space ventilation, an excessive neural drive to breathe and highly fatigable limb muscles, together with mechanical constraints on ventilation. Major controversies concerning control of exercise hyperpnea are discussed along with the need for innovative research to uncover the link of metabolism to breathing in health and disease., (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2022
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24. A tribute to Charles M. "Tip" Tipton (1927-2021).
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Dempsey JA, Fregosi RF, and Booth FW
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- Stroke Volume, Cardiac Output
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- 2021
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25. Reducing day 3 baseline monitoring bloodwork and ultrasound for patients undergoing timed intercourse and intrauterine insemination treatment cycles.
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O'Driscoll V, Georgescu I, Koo I, Arthur R, Chuang R, Dempsey JA, De Franco G, and Jones CA
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Background: In the current context of a global pandemic it is imperative for fertility clinics to consider the necessity of individual tests and eliminate those that have limited utility and may impose unnecessary risk of exposure. The purpose of this study was to implement and evaluate a multi-modal quality improvement (QI) strategy to promote resource stewardship by reducing routine day 3 (d3) bloodwork and transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) for patients undergoing intrauterine insemination (IUI) and timed intercourse (IC) treatment cycles., Methods: After literature review, clinic stakeholders at an academic fertility centre met to discuss d3 testing utility and factors contributing to d3 bloodwork/TVUS in IC/IUI treatment cycles. Consensus was reached that it was unnecessary in patients taking oral/no medications. The primary intervention changed the default setting on the electronic order set to exclude d3 testing for IC/IUI cycles with oral/no medications. Exceptions required active test selection. Protocols were updated and education sessions were held. The main outcome measure was the proportion of cycles receiving d3 bloodwork/TVUS during the 8-week post-intervention period compared with the 8-week pre-intervention period. Balancing measures included provider satisfaction, pregnancy rates, and incidence of cycle cancellation., Results: A significant reduction in the proportion of cycles receiving d3 TVUS (57.2% vs 20.8%, p < 0.001) and ≥ 1 blood test (58.6% vs 22.8%, p < 0.001) was observed post-intervention. There was no significant difference in cycle cancellation or pregnancy rates pre- and post-intervention (p = 0.86). Treatment with medications, cyst history, prescribing physician, and treatment centre were associated with receiving d3 bloodwork/TVUS. 74% of providers were satisfied with the intervention., Conclusion: A significant reduction in IC/IUI treatment cycles that received d3 bloodwork/TVUS was achieved without measured negative treatment impacts. During a pandemic, eliminating routine d3 bloodwork/TVUS represents a safe way to reduce monitoring appointments and exposure.
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- 2021
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26. Silent hypoxaemia in COVID-19 patients.
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Simonson TS, Baker TL, Banzett RB, Bishop T, Dempsey JA, Feldman JL, Guyenet PG, Hodson EJ, Mitchell GS, Moya EA, Nokes BT, Orr JE, Owens RL, Poulin M, Rawling JM, Schmickl CN, Watters JJ, Younes M, and Malhotra A
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- Dyspnea, Humans, Hypoxia, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19
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The clinical presentation of COVID-19 due to infection with SARS-CoV-2 is highly variable with the majority of patients having mild symptoms while others develop severe respiratory failure. The reason for this variability is unclear but is in critical need of investigation. Some COVID-19 patients have been labelled with 'happy hypoxia', in which patient complaints of dyspnoea and observable signs of respiratory distress are reported to be absent. Based on ongoing debate, we highlight key respiratory and neurological components that could underlie variation in the presentation of silent hypoxaemia and define priorities for subsequent investigation., (© 2020 The Authors. The Journal of Physiology © 2020 The Physiological Society.)
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- 2021
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27. Is the healthy respiratory system built just right, overbuilt, or underbuilt to meet the demands imposed by exercise?
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Dempsey JA, La Gerche A, and Hull JH
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- Animals, Athletes, Horses, Humans, Hypoxia, Lung, Muscle Fatigue, Respiratory Muscles
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In the healthy, untrained young adult, a case is made for a respiratory system (airways, pulmonary vasculature, lung parenchyma, respiratory muscles, and neural ventilatory control system) that is near ideally designed to ensure a highly efficient, homeostatic response to exercise of varying intensities and durations. Our aim was then to consider circumstances in which the intra/extrathoracic airways, pulmonary vasculature, respiratory muscles, and/or blood-gas distribution are underbuilt or inadequately regulated relative to the demands imposed by the cardiovascular system. In these instances, the respiratory system presents a significant limitation to O
2 transport and contributes to the occurrence of locomotor muscle fatigue, inhibition of central locomotor output, and exercise performance. Most prominent in these examples of an "underbuilt" respiratory system are highly trained endurance athletes, with additional influences of sex, aging, hypoxic environments, and the highly inbred equine. We summarize by evaluating the relative influences of these respiratory system limitations on exercise performance and their impact on pathophysiology and provide recommendations for future investigation.- Published
- 2020
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28. The need for specificity in quantifying neurocirculatory vs. respiratory effects of eucapnic hypoxia and transient hyperoxia.
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Prasad B, Morgan BJ, Gupta A, Pegelow DF, Teodorescu M, Dopp JM, and Dempsey JA
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- Aged, Blood Pressure, Chemoreceptor Cells, Female, Humans, Hypoxia, Male, Middle Aged, Reproducibility of Results, Sympathetic Nervous System, Hyperoxia
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Key Points: The carotid chemoreceptor mediates the ventilatory and muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) responses to hypoxia and contributes to tonic sympathetic and respiratory drives. It is often presumed that both excitatory and inhibitory tests of chemoreflex function show congruence in the end-organ responses. Ventilatory and neurocirculatory (MSNA, blood pressure and heart rate) responses to chemoreflex inhibition elicited by transient hyperoxia and to chemoreflex excitation produced by steady-state eucapnic hypoxia were measured in a cohort of 82 middle-aged individuals. Ventilatory and MSNA responsiveness to hyperoxia and hypoxia were not significantly correlated within individuals. It was concluded that ventilatory responses to hypoxia and hyperoxia do not predict MSNA responses and it is recommended that tests using the specific outcome of interest, i.e. MSNA or ventilation, are required. Transient hyperoxia is recommended as a sensitive and reliable means of quantifying tonic chemoreceptor-driven levels of sympathetic nervous system activity and respiratory drive., Abstract: Hypersensitivity of the carotid chemoreceptor leading to sympathetic nervous system activation and ventilatory instability has been implicated in the pathogenesis and consequences of several common clinical conditions. A variety of treatment approaches aimed at lessening chemoreceptor-driven sympathetic overactivity are now under investigation; thus, the ability to quantify this outcome variable with specificity and precision is crucial. Accordingly, we measured ventilatory and neurocirculatory responses to chemoreflex inhibition elicited by transient hyperoxia and chemoreflex excitation produced by exposure to graded, steady-state eucapnic hypoxia in middle-aged men and women (n = 82) with continuous positive airway pressure-treated obstructive sleep apnoea. Progressive, eucapnic hypoxia produced robust and highly variable increases in ventilation (+83 ± 59%) and muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) burst frequency (+55 ± 31%), whereas transient hyperoxia caused marked reductions in these variables (-35 ± 14% and -42 ± 16%, respectively). Coefficients of variation for ventilatory and MSNA burst frequency responses, indicating test-retest reproducibility, were respectively 9% and 24% for hyperoxia and 35% and 28% for hypoxia. Based on statistical measures of rank correlation or even comparisons across quartiles of corresponding ventilatory and MSNA responses, we found that the magnitudes of ventilatory inhibition with hyperoxia or excitation with eucapnic hypoxia were not correlated with corresponding MSNA responses within individuals. We conclude that, in conscious, behaving humans, ventilatory sensitivities to progressive, steady-state, eucapnic hypoxia and transient hyperoxia do not predict MSNA responsiveness. Our findings also support the use of transient hyperoxia as a reliable, sensitive, measure of the carotid chemoreceptor contribution to tonic sympathetic nervous system activity and respiratory drive., (© 2020 The Authors. The Journal of Physiology © 2020 The Physiological Society.)
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- 2020
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29. With haemoglobin as with politics - should we shift right or left?
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Dempsey JA
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- Exercise, Hemoglobin, Sickle, Humans, Politics, Hemoglobins, Hypoxia
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- 2020
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30. On the horizon of aging and physical activity research.
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Jakobi JM, Dempsey JA, Hellsten Y, Monette R, and Kalmar JM
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- Humans, Aging physiology, Exercise physiology, Research Design
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This viewpoint is the result of a Horizon Round Table discussion of Exercise and Aging held during the 2017 Saltin International Graduate School in Exercise and Clinical Physiology in Gatineau, Quebec. This expert panel discussed key issues and approaches to future research into aging, across human physiological systems, current societal concerns, and funding approaches. Over the 60-min round table discussion, 3 major themes emerged that the panel considered to be "On the Horizon" of aging research. These themes include ( i ) aging is a process that extends from womb to tomb; ( ii ) the importance of longitudinal experimental studies; and ( iii ) the ongoing need to investigate multiple systems using an integrative approach between scientists, clinicians, and knowledge brokers. With a focus on these themes, we aim to identify critical questions, challenges, and opportunities that face scientists in advancing the understanding of exercise and aging.
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- 2020
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31. Hypoxic Training Is Not Beneficial in Elite Athletes.
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Siebenmann C and Dempsey JA
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- Evidence-Based Medicine, Humans, Hypoxia, Research Design, Acclimatization physiology, Athletic Performance physiology, Physical Conditioning, Human methods
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- 2020
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32. A pan-cancer transcriptome analysis identifies replication fork and innate immunity genes as modifiers of response to the CHK1 inhibitor prexasertib.
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Blosser WD, Dempsey JA, McNulty AM, Rao X, Ebert PJ, Lowery CD, Iversen PW, Webster YW, Donoho GP, Gong X, Merzoug FF, Buchanan S, Boehnke K, Yu C, You XT, Beckmann RP, Wu W, McNeely SC, Lin AB, and Martinez R
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The combined influence of oncogenic drivers, genomic instability, and/or DNA damage repair deficiencies increases replication stress in cancer. Cells with high replication stress rely on the upregulation of checkpoints like those governed by CHK1 for survival. Previous studies of the CHK1 inhibitor prexasertib demonstrated activity across multiple cancer types. Therefore, we sought to (1) identify markers of prexasertib sensitivity and (2) define the molecular mechanism(s) of intrinsic and acquired resistance using preclinical models representing multiple tumor types. Our findings indicate that while cyclin E dysregulation is a driving mechanism of prexasertib response, biomarkers associated with this aberration lack sufficient predictive power to render them clinically actionable for patient selection. Transcriptome analysis of a pan-cancer cell line panel and in vivo models revealed an association between expression of E2F target genes and prexasertib sensitivity and identified innate immunity genes associated with prexasertib resistance. Functional RNAi studies supported a causal role of replication fork components as modulators of prexasertib response. Mechanisms that protect cells from oncogene-induced replication stress may safeguard tumors from such stress induced by a CHK1 inhibitor, resulting in acquired drug resistance. Furthermore, resistance to prexasertib may be shaped by innate immunity., Competing Interests: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST None., (Copyright: © 2020 Blosser et al.)
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33. Aurora A-Selective Inhibitor LY3295668 Leads to Dominant Mitotic Arrest, Apoptosis in Cancer Cells, and Shows Potent Preclinical Antitumor Efficacy.
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Du J, Yan L, Torres R, Gong X, Bian H, Marugán C, Boehnke K, Baquero C, Hui YH, Chapman SC, Yang Y, Zeng Y, Bogner SM, Foreman RT, Capen A, Donoho GP, Van Horn RD, Barnard DS, Dempsey JA, Beckmann RP, Marshall MS, Chio LC, Qian Y, Webster YW, Aggarwal A, Chu S, Bhattachar S, Stancato LF, Dowless MS, Iversen PW, Manro JR, Walgren JL, Halstead BW, Dieter MZ, Martinez R, Bhagwat SV, Kreklau EL, Lallena MJ, Ye XS, Patel BKR, Reinhard C, Plowman GD, Barda DA, Henry JR, Buchanan SG, and Campbell RM
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- Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology, Apoptosis, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Female, HeLa Cells, Humans, Male, Antineoplastic Agents therapeutic use, Aurora Kinase A antagonists & inhibitors, Mitosis drug effects
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Although Aurora A, B, and C kinases share high sequence similarity, especially within the kinase domain, they function distinctly in cell-cycle progression. Aurora A depletion primarily leads to mitotic spindle formation defects and consequently prometaphase arrest, whereas Aurora B/C inactivation primarily induces polyploidy from cytokinesis failure. Aurora B/C inactivation phenotypes are also epistatic to those of Aurora A, such that the concomitant inactivation of Aurora A and B, or all Aurora isoforms by nonisoform-selective Aurora inhibitors, demonstrates the Aurora B/C-dominant cytokinesis failure and polyploidy phenotypes. Several Aurora inhibitors are in clinical trials for T/B-cell lymphoma, multiple myeloma, leukemia, lung, and breast cancers. Here, we describe an Aurora A-selective inhibitor, LY3295668, which potently inhibits Aurora autophosphorylation and its kinase activity in vitro and in vivo , persistently arrests cancer cells in mitosis, and induces more profound apoptosis than Aurora B or Aurora A/B dual inhibitors without Aurora B inhibition-associated cytokinesis failure and aneuploidy. LY3295668 inhibits the growth of a broad panel of cancer cell lines, including small-cell lung and breast cancer cells. It demonstrates significant efficacy in small-cell lung cancer xenograft and patient-derived tumor preclinical models as a single agent and in combination with standard-of-care agents. LY3295668, as a highly Aurora A-selective inhibitor, may represent a preferred approach to the current pan-Aurora inhibitors as a cancer therapeutic agent., (©2019 American Association for Cancer Research.)
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- 2019
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34. Central sleep apnea: misunderstood and mistreated!
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Dempsey JA
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- Altitude, Analgesics, Opioid administration & dosage, Heart Failure, Humans, Prevalence, Respiratory System, Sleep Apnea, Obstructive, Sleep Apnea, Central etiology, Sleep Apnea, Central therapy
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Central sleep apnea is prevalent in patients with heart failure, healthy individuals at high altitudes, and chronic opiate users and in the initiation of "mixed" (that is, central plus obstructive apneas). This brief review focuses on (a) the causes of repetitive, cyclical central apneas as mediated primarily through enhanced sensitivities in the respiratory control system and (b) treatment of central sleep apnea through modification of key components of neurochemical control as opposed to the current universal use of positive airway pressure., Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed.No competing interests were disclosed.No competing interests were disclosed.
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- 2019
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35. Respiratory Determinants of Exercise Limitation: Focus on Phrenic Afferents and the Lung Vasculature.
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Dempsey JA
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- Female, Humans, Male, Exercise physiology, Heart Failure physiopathology, Lung blood supply, Phrenic Nerve physiopathology, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive physiopathology, Respiratory Muscles physiopathology
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We examine 2 means by which the healthy respiratory system contributes to exercise limitation. These include the activation of respiratory and locomotor muscle afferent reflexes, which constrain blood flow and hasten fatigue in both sets of muscles, and the excessive increases in pulmonary vascular pressures at high cardiac outputs, which constrain O
2 transport and precipitate maladaptive right ventricular remodeling in endurance-trained subjects., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
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36. Update on Chemoreception: Influence on Cardiorespiratory Regulation and Pathophysiology.
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Dempsey JA and Smith CA
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- Humans, Sleep Apnea Syndromes physiopathology, Cardiorespiratory Fitness physiology, Chemoreceptor Cells physiology
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We examine recent findings that have revealed interdependence of function within the chemoreceptor pathway regulating breathing and sympathetic vasomotor activity and the hypersensitization of these reflexes in chronic disease states. Recommendations are made as to how these states of hyperreflexia in chemoreceptors and muscle afferents might be modified in treating sleep apnea, drug-resistant hypertension, chronic heart failure-induced sympathoexcitation, and the exertional dyspnea of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2019
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37. Competition for blood flow distribution between respiratory and locomotor muscles: implications for muscle fatigue.
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Sheel AW, Boushel R, and Dempsey JA
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- Animals, Humans, Regional Blood Flow physiology, Locomotion physiology, Muscle Fatigue physiology, Muscle, Skeletal blood supply, Muscle, Skeletal physiology, Respiratory Muscles blood supply, Respiratory Muscles physiology
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Sympathetically induced vasoconstrictor modulation of local vasodilation occurs in contracting skeletal muscle during exercise to ensure appropriate perfusion of a large active muscle mass and to maintain also arterial blood pressure. In this synthesis, we discuss the contribution of group III-IV muscle afferents to the sympathetic modulation of blood flow distribution to locomotor and respiratory muscles during exercise. This is followed by an examination of the conditions under which diaphragm and locomotor muscle fatigue occur. Emphasis is given to those studies in humans and animal models that experimentally changed respiratory muscle work to evaluate blood flow redistribution and its effects on locomotor muscle fatigue, and conversely, those that evaluated the influence of coincident limb muscle contraction on respiratory muscle blood flow and fatigue. We propose the concept of a "two-way street of sympathetic vasoconstrictor activity" emanating from both limb and respiratory muscle metaboreceptors during exercise, which constrains blood flow and O
2 transport thereby promoting fatigue of both sets of muscles. We end with considerations of a hierarchy of blood flow distribution during exercise between respiratory versus locomotor musculatures and the clinical implications of muscle afferent feedback influences on muscle perfusion, fatigue, and exercise tolerance.- Published
- 2018
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38. Physiological Redundancy and the Integrative Responses to Exercise.
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Joyner MJ and Dempsey JA
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- Humans, Metabolism, Adaptation, Physiological physiology, Exercise physiology, Homeostasis physiology
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The biological responses to acute and chronic exercise are marked by a high level of physiological redundancy that operates at various levels of integration, including the molecular, cellular, organ-system, and whole-body scale. During acute exercise, this redundancy protects whole-body homeostasis in the face of 10-fold or more increases in whole-body metabolic rate. In some cases, there are "trade-offs" between optimizing the performance of a given organ or system versus whole-body performance. Physiological redundancy also plays a key role in the adaptive responses to exercise training and high levels of habitual physical activity, including the positive effects of regular exercise on health. Appreciation of the general principles of physiological redundancy is critical to (1) gain an overall understanding of short- and long-term responses to exercise, and (2) place physiological responses occurring at various levels of integration in perspective., (Copyright © 2018 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; all rights reserved.)
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39. The CDK4/6 Inhibitor Abemaciclib Induces a T Cell Inflamed Tumor Microenvironment and Enhances the Efficacy of PD-L1 Checkpoint Blockade.
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Schaer DA, Beckmann RP, Dempsey JA, Huber L, Forest A, Amaladas N, Li Y, Wang YC, Rasmussen ER, Chin D, Capen A, Carpenito C, Staschke KA, Chung LA, Litchfield LM, Merzoug FF, Gong X, Iversen PW, Buchanan S, de Dios A, Novosiadly RD, and Kalos M
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- Aminopyridines pharmacology, Benzimidazoles pharmacology, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15 pharmacology, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p18 pharmacology, Humans, Tumor Microenvironment, Aminopyridines therapeutic use, Benzimidazoles therapeutic use, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15 therapeutic use, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p18 therapeutic use, Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor metabolism
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Abemaciclib, an inhibitor of cyclin dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6), has recently been approved for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. In this study, we use murine syngeneic tumor models and in vitro assays to investigate the impact of abemaciclib on T cells, the tumor immune microenvironment and the ability to combine with anti-PD-L1 blockade. Abemaciclib monotherapy resulted in tumor growth delay that was associated with an increased T cell inflammatory signature in tumors. Combination with anti-PD-L1 therapy led to complete tumor regressions and immunological memory, accompanied by enhanced antigen presentation, a T cell inflamed phenotype, and enhanced cell cycle control. In vitro, treatment with abemaciclib resulted in increased activation of human T cells and upregulated expression of antigen presentation genes in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. These data collectively support the clinical investigation of the combination of abemaciclib with agents such as anti-PD-L1 that modulate T cell anti-tumor immunity., (Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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40. Sleep Apnea: Types, Mechanisms, and Clinical Cardiovascular Consequences.
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Javaheri S, Barbe F, Campos-Rodriguez F, Dempsey JA, Khayat R, Javaheri S, Malhotra A, Martinez-Garcia MA, Mehra R, Pack AI, Polotsky VY, Redline S, and Somers VK
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- Humans, Sleep Apnea Syndromes therapy, Cardiovascular Diseases etiology, Sleep Apnea Syndromes complications, Sleep Apnea Syndromes diagnosis
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Sleep apnea is highly prevalent in patients with cardiovascular disease. These disordered breathing events are associated with a profile of perturbations that include intermittent hypoxia, oxidative stress, sympathetic activation, and endothelial dysfunction, all of which are critical mediators of cardiovascular disease. Evidence supports a causal association of sleep apnea with the incidence and morbidity of hypertension, coronary heart disease, arrhythmia, heart failure, and stroke. Several discoveries in the pathogenesis, along with developments in the treatment of sleep apnea, have accumulated in recent years. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms of sleep apnea, the evidence that addresses the links between sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease, and research that has addressed the effect of sleep apnea treatment on cardiovascular disease and clinical endpoints. Finally, we review the recent development in sleep apnea treatment options, with special consideration of treating patients with heart disease. Future directions for selective areas are suggested., (Copyright © 2017 American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2017
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41. Ensemble Input of Group III/IV Muscle Afferents to CNS: A Limiting Factor of Central Motor Drive During Endurance Exercise from Normoxia to Moderate Hypoxia.
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Amann M and Dempsey JA
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- Humans, Muscle Fatigue physiology, Exercise physiology, Hypoxia physiopathology, Muscle, Skeletal innervation, Neurons, Afferent physiology, Physical Endurance physiology
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We recently hypothesized that across the range of normoxia to severe hypoxia the major determinant of central motor drive (CMD) during endurance exercise switches from a predominantly peripheral origin to a hypoxic-sensitive central component of fatigue. We found that peripheral locomotor muscle fatigue (pLMF) is the prevailing factor limiting central motor drive and therefore exercise performance from normoxia to moderate hypoxia (SaO2 > 75 %). In these levels of arterial hypoxemia, the development of pLMF is confined to a certain limit which varies between humans-pLMF does not develop to this limit in more severe hypoxia (SaO2 < 70 %) and exercise is prematurely terminated presumably to protect the brain from insufficient O2 supply. Based on the observations from normoxia to moderate hypoxia, we outlined a model suggesting that group III/IV muscle afferents impose inhibitory influences on the determination of CMD of working humans during high-intensity endurance exercise with the purpose to regulate and restrict the level of exercise-induced pLMF to an "individual critical threshold." To experimentally test this model, we pharmacologically blocked somatosensory pathways originating in the working limbs during cycling exercise in normoxia. After initial difficulties with a local anesthetic (epidural lidocaine, L3-L4) and associated loss of locomotor muscle strength we switched to an intrathecally applied opioid analgesic (fentanyl, L3-L4). These experiments were the first ever to selectively block locomotor muscle afferents during high-intensity cycling exercise without affecting maximal locomotor muscle strength. In the absence of opioid-mediated neural feedback from the working limbs, CMD was increased and end-exercise pLMF substantially exceeded, for the first time, the individual critical threshold of peripheral fatigue. The outcome of these studies confirm our hypothesis claiming that afferent feedback inhibits CMD and restricts the development of pLMF to an individual critical threshold as observed from normoxia up to moderate hypoxia.
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42. Editorial.
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Boushel R, Hargreaves M, Harridge S, Essen-Gustavsson B, Henriksson J, Raven PB, Dempsey JA, Harridge S, Richter EA, Secher NH, Mitchell JH, van Hall G, Jansson E, and Holm I
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- Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century, Humans, Muscle, Skeletal blood supply, Muscle, Skeletal physiology, Respiratory Physiological Phenomena, Sweden, Exercise physiology, Physiology history
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- 2015
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43. Peripheral chemoreceptors determine the respiratory sensitivity of central chemoreceptors to CO2 : role of carotid body CO2.
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Smith CA, Blain GM, Henderson KS, and Dempsey JA
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- Animals, Brain metabolism, Brain physiology, Dogs, Female, Hypercapnia metabolism, Hypercapnia physiopathology, Hypocapnia metabolism, Hypocapnia physiopathology, Hypoxia metabolism, Hypoxia physiopathology, Perfusion methods, Respiration, Tidal Volume physiology, Wakefulness physiology, Carbon Dioxide metabolism, Carotid Body metabolism, Carotid Body physiology, Chemoreceptor Cells metabolism, Chemoreceptor Cells physiology, Pulmonary Ventilation physiology
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We asked if the type of carotid body (CB) chemoreceptor stimulus influenced the ventilatory gain of the central chemoreceptors to CO2 . The effect of CB normoxic hypocapnia, normocapnia and hypercapnia (carotid body PCO2 ≈ 22, 41 and 68 mmHg, respectively) on the ventilatory CO2 sensitivity of central chemoreceptors was studied in seven awake dogs with vascularly-isolated and extracorporeally-perfused CBs. Chemosensitivity with one CB was similar to that in intact dogs. In four CB-denervated dogs, absence of hyper-/hypoventilatory responses to CB perfusion with PCO2 of 19-75 mmHg confirmed separation of the perfused CB circulation from the brain. The group mean central CO2 response slopes were increased 303% for minute ventilation (V̇I)(P ≤ 0.01) and 251% for mean inspiratory flow rate (VT /TI ) (P ≤ 0.05) when the CB was hypercapnic vs. hypocapnic; central CO2 response slopes for tidal volume (VT ), breathing frequency (fb ) and rate of rise of the diaphragm EMG increased in 6 of 7 animals but the group mean changes did not reach statistical significance. Group mean central CO2 response slopes were also increased 237% for V̇I(P ≤ 0.01) and 249% for VT /TI (P ≤ 0.05) when the CB was normocapnic vs. hypocapnic, but no significant differences in any of the central ventilatory response indices were found between CB normocapnia and hypercapnia. These hyperadditive effects of CB hyper-/hypocapnia agree with previous findings using CB hyper-/hypoxia.We propose that hyperaddition is the dominant form of chemoreceptor interaction in quiet wakefulness when the chemosensory control system is intact, response gains physiological, and carotid body chemoreceptors are driven by a wide range of O2 and/or CO2 ., (© 2015 The Authors. The Journal of Physiology © 2015 The Physiological Society.)
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44. Humans In Hypoxia: A Conspiracy Of Maladaptation?!
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Dempsey JA and Morgan BJ
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- Acclimatization, Adaptation, Physiological, Altitude, Animals, Exercise, Humans, Hypoxia physiopathology, Physical Endurance, Sleep, Time Factors, Wakefulness, Hypoxia metabolism, Oxygen metabolism
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We address adaptive vs. maladaptive responses to hypoxemia in healthy humans and hypoxic-tolerant species during wakefulness, sleep, and exercise. Types of hypoxemia discussed include short-term and life-long residence at high altitudes, the intermittent hypoxemia attending sleep apnea, or training regimens prescribed for endurance athletes. We propose that hypoxia presents an insult to O2 transport, which is poorly tolerated in most humans because of the physiological cost., (©2015 Int. Union Physiol. Sci./Am. Physiol. Soc.)
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45. Reply to Joseph.
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Morgan BJ, Adrian R, Bates ML, Dopp JM, and Dempsey JA
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- Animals, Male, Hypoxia physiopathology, Oxygen Consumption physiology, Respiration
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- 2014
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46. Quantifying hypoxia-induced chemoreceptor sensitivity in the awake rodent.
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Morgan BJ, Adrian R, Bates ML, Dopp JM, and Dempsey JA
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- Animals, Arterial Pressure physiology, Male, Plethysmography, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Reproducibility of Results, Respiratory Rate physiology, Tidal Volume physiology, Hypoxia physiopathology, Oxygen Consumption physiology, Respiration
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We evaluated several methods for characterizing hypoxic chemosensitivity in the conscious rat. Adult Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 30) were exposed to normobaric hypoxia [inspired oxygen fraction (Fio2) 0.15, 0.12, and 0.09]. We measured ventilation (V̇e; barometric plethysmography), arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2; pulse oximeter), and oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production (V̇o2 and V̇co2; analysis of expired air). Linear regression analysis was used to define stimulus-response relationships. Testing was performed on 2 days to assess day-to-day reproducibility. Exposure to graded, steady-state hypoxia caused progressive reductions in SpO2 that were, for any given Fio2, quite variable (SpO2 range, 20-30%) among individuals. Hypoxia produced progressive increases in V̇e caused by increases in both tidal volume (VT) and breathing frequency. Hypoxia also increased the VT:inspiratory time (Ti) ratio, an indicator of central respiratory "drive." Hypoxia caused consistent, progressive declines in V̇o2, V̇co2, and core temperature (>20% at the lowest SpO2). We propose that optimal quantification of carotid chemoreceptor hypoxic sensitivity in the unanesthetized rodent should employ SpO2 [a surrogate for arterial Po2 (PaO2 )] as the stimulus variable and the ventilatory equivalent for V̇co2 (V̇e/V̇co2) and/or mean inspiratory flow rate (VT/Ti) normalized for V̇co2 as the response variables. Both metrics take into account not only the important influence of a falling metabolic rate, but also SpO2, which represents the hypoxic stimulus at the carotid body. Because of the somewhat curvilinear nature of these responses, exposure to multiple levels of graded hypoxia provides the most complete characterization of hypoxic chemosensitivity., (Copyright © 2014 the American Physiological Society.)
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- 2014
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47. Pathophysiology of human ventilatory control.
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Dempsey JA and Smith CA
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- Animals, Carbon Dioxide chemistry, Carotid Body pathology, Carotid Body physiopathology, Cats, Chemoreceptor Cells metabolism, Exercise, Heart Failure physiopathology, Humans, Hypoxia, Lung Diseases physiopathology, Muscle, Skeletal metabolism, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive physiopathology, Sleep Apnea, Obstructive physiopathology, Respiration
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We review the substantial recent progress made in understanding the underlying mechanisms controlling breathing and the applicability of these findings to selected human diseases. Emphasis is placed on the sites of central respiratory rhythm and pattern generation as well as newly described functions of the carotid chemoreceptors, the integrative nature of the central chemoreceptors, and the interaction between peripheral and central chemoreception. Recent findings that support critical contributions from cortical central command and muscle afferent feedback to exercise hyperpnoea are also reviewed. These basic principles, and the evidence supporting chemoreceptor and ventilatory control system plasticity during and following constant and intermittent hypoxaemia and stagnant hypoxia, are applied to: 1) the pathogenesis, consequences and treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea; and 2) exercise hyperpnoea and its control and limitations with ageing, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure., (©ERS 2014.)
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48. Career perspective: Jerome A. Dempsey.
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Dempsey JA
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I received most of my education in Canada, finishing at the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison medical school, where I have remained throughout my academic career. The research in our laboratory centered on the broad field of respiratory and cardiorespiratory physiology and pathophysiology as applied to exercise, sleep, hypoxia, and several chronic disease states. We used a team approach to our research with much emphasis given to the training of basic and clinical scientists in respiratory physiology and medicine. Our trainees provide the most important and lasting legacy to our laboratory's efforts.
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49. Role of chemoreception in cardiorespiratory acclimatization to, and deacclimatization from, hypoxia.
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Dempsey JA, Powell FL, Bisgard GE, Blain GM, Poulin MJ, and Smith CA
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- Animals, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular System innervation, Cardiovascular System physiopathology, Carotid Body physiopathology, Central Nervous System metabolism, Central Nervous System physiopathology, Humans, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Hypoxia cerebrospinal fluid, Hypoxia physiopathology, Lung innervation, Lung physiopathology, Oxygen cerebrospinal fluid, Sleep Apnea Syndromes blood, Sleep Apnea Syndromes cerebrospinal fluid, Sleep Apnea Syndromes physiopathology, Sympathetic Nervous System metabolism, Sympathetic Nervous System physiopathology, Time Factors, Vasoconstriction, Acclimatization, Altitude, Carotid Body metabolism, Hemodynamics, Hypoxia blood, Oxygen blood, Pulmonary Ventilation
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During sojourn to high altitudes, progressive time-dependent increases occur in ventilation and in sympathetic nerve activity over several days, and these increases persist upon acute restoration of normoxia. We discuss evidence concerning potential mediators of these changes, including the following: 1) correction of alkalinity in cerebrospinal fluid; 2) increased sensitivity of carotid chemoreceptors; and 3) augmented translation of carotid chemoreceptor input (at the level of the central nervous system) into increased respiratory motor output via sensitization of hypoxic sensitive neurons in the central nervous system and/or an interdependence of central chemoreceptor responsiveness on peripheral chemoreceptor sensory input. The pros and cons of chemoreceptor sensitization and cardiorespiratory acclimatization to hypoxia and intermittent hypoxemia are also discussed in terms of their influences on arterial oxygenation, the work of breathing, sympathoexcitation, systemic blood pressure, and exercise performance. We propose that these adaptive processes may have negative implications for the cardiovascular health of patients with sleep apnea and perhaps even for athletes undergoing regimens of "sleep high-train low"!
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- 2014
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50. Are type III-IV muscle afferents required for a normal steady-state exercise hyperpnoea in humans?
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Dempsey JA, Blain GM, and Amann M
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- Afferent Pathways physiology, Humans, Muscle, Skeletal physiology, Exercise physiology, Muscle, Skeletal innervation, Pulmonary Gas Exchange, Pulmonary Ventilation, Spinal Nerves physiology
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When tested in isolation, stimuli associated with respiratory CO2 exchange, feedforward central command and type III-IV muscle afferent feedback have each been shown to be capable of eliciting exercise-like cardio-ventilatory responses, but their relative contributions in a setting of physiological exercise remains controversial. We reasoned that in order to determine whether any of these regulators are obligatory to the exercise hyperpnoea each needs to be removed or significantly diminished in a setting of physiological steady-state exercise, during which all recognized stimuli (and other potential modulators) are normally operative. In the past few years we and others have used intrathecal fentanyl, a μ-opiate receptor agonist, in humans to reduce the input from type III-IV opiate-sensitive muscle afferents. During various types of intensities and durations of exercise a sustained hypoventilation, as well as reduced systemic pressure and cardioacceleration, were consistently observed with this blockade. These data provide the basis for the hypothesis that type III-IV muscle afferents are obligatory to the hyperpnoea of mild to moderate intensity rhythmic, large muscle, steady-state exercise. We discuss the limitations of these studies, the reasons for their disagreement with previous negative findings, the nature of the muscle afferent feedback stimulus and the need for future investigations.
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