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Carotid body Thermoreceptors, sympathetic neural activation, and cardiometabolic disease
Iturriaga, Rodrigo; Del Rio, Rodrigo; Idiaquez, Juan; Somers, Virend K.
Afiliação
  • Iturriaga, Rodrigo; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Laboratorio de Neurobiología. Santiago. CL
  • Del Rio, Rodrigo; Universidad Autônoma de Chile. Centro de Investigación Biomédica. Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Control. Santiago. CL
  • Idiaquez, Juan; Universidad de Valparaiso. Escuela de Medicina. Valparaiso. CL
  • Somers, Virend K; Mayo Clinic. Division of Cardiovascular Diseases. Rochester. US
Biol. Res ; 49: 1-9, 2016. ilus, graf
Article em En | LILACS | ID: biblio-950840
Biblioteca responsável: CL1.1
ABSTRACT
The carotid body (CB) is the main peripheral chemoreceptor that senses the arterial PO2, PCO2 and pH. In response to hypoxemia, hypercapnia and acidosis, carotid chemosensory discharge elicits reflex respiratory, autonomic and cardiovascular adjustments. The classical construct considers the CB as the main peripheral oxygen sensor, triggering reflex physiological responses to acute hypoxemia and facilitating the ventilatory acclimation to chronic hypoxemia at high altitude. However, a growing body of experimental evidence supports the novel concept that an abnormally enhanced CB chemosensory input to the brainstem contributes to overactivation of the sympathetic nervous system, and consequent pathology. Indeed, the CB has been implicated in several diseases associated with increases in central sympathetic outflow. These include hypertension, heart failure, sleep apnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and metabolic syndrome. Indeed, ablation of the CB has been proposed for the treatment of severe and resistant hypertension in humans. In this review, we will analyze and discuss new evidence supporting an important role for the CB chemoreceptor in the progression of autonomic and cardiorespiratory alterations induced by heart failure, obstructive sleep apnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and metabolic syndrome.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: LILACS Assunto principal: Sistema Nervoso Simpático / Corpo Carotídeo / Apneia Obstrutiva do Sono / Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica / Insuficiência Cardíaca / Doenças Metabólicas Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Biol. Res Assunto da revista: BIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Chile / Estados Unidos País de publicação: Chile

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: LILACS Assunto principal: Sistema Nervoso Simpático / Corpo Carotídeo / Apneia Obstrutiva do Sono / Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica / Insuficiência Cardíaca / Doenças Metabólicas Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Biol. Res Assunto da revista: BIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Chile / Estados Unidos País de publicação: Chile