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Sensorimotor control of breathing in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Physiology, October 2017
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Title
Sensorimotor control of breathing in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Journal of Physiology, October 2017
DOI 10.1113/jp274792
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David P. Burns, Arijit Roy, Eric F. Lucking, Fiona B. McDonald, Sam Gray, Richard J. Wilson, Deirdre Edge, Ken D. O'Halloran

Abstract

Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) hypoventilate with consequential arterial blood gas derangement relevant to disease progression. Whereas deficits in DMD diaphragm are recognized, there is a paucity of knowledge in respect of the neural control of breathing in dystrophinopathies. We sought to perform an analysis of respiratory control in a model of DMD, the mdx mouse. In eight week old male wild-type and mdx mice, ventilation and metabolism, carotid body afferent activity, and diaphragm muscle force-generating capacity, and muscle fibre size, distribution and centronucleation were determined. Diaphragm EMG activity and responsiveness to chemostimulation was determined. During normoxia, mdx mice hypoventilated, owing to a reduction in tidal volume. Basal CO2 production was not different between wild-type and mdx mice. Carotid sinus nerve responses to hyperoxia were blunted in mdx suggesting hypoactivity. However, carotid body, ventilatory and metabolic responses to hypoxia were equivalent in wild-type and mdx mice. Diaphragm force was severely depressed in mdx mice, with evidence of fibre remodelling and damage. Diaphragm EMG responses to chemoactivation were enhanced in mdx mice. We conclude that there is evidence of chronic hypoventilation in young mdx mice. Diaphragm dysfunction confers mechanical deficiency in mdx resulting in impaired capacity to generate normal tidal volume at rest and decreased absolute ventilation during chemoactivation. Enhanced mdx diaphragm EMG responsiveness suggests compensatory neuroplasticity facilitating respiratory motor output, which may extend to accessory muscles of breathing. Our results may have relevance to emerging treatments for human DMD aiming to preserve ventilatory capacity. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 23%
Student > Bachelor 3 10%
Researcher 3 10%
Student > Master 2 7%
Professor 2 7%
Other 4 13%
Unknown 9 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 27%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 10%
Neuroscience 3 10%
Psychology 3 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 10 33%
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