title: Expression of histamine receptors and effect of histamine in the rat carotid body chemoafferent pathway.
abstract: Chemosensory information from peripheral arterial oxygen sensors in the carotid body is relayed by petrosal ganglion neurons to the respiratory networks in the medulla oblongata. Biogenic amines, including histamine, released from glomus (type I) cells of the carotid body are considered to be primary transmitters in hypoxic chemosensitivity. Immunocytochemistry at light-and electron-microscopical levels, and RT-PCR, revealed the expression of histamine receptors 1 and 3 as well as histidine decarboxylase in the rat carotid body glomus cells and petrosal ganglion neurons. Histamine receptors 1 and 3, but not histidine decarboxylase, were also observed in the ventrolateral, intermediate and commissural subnuclei of the nucleus tractus solitarii in the medulla oblongata. In order to examine the possible role of histamine in the afferent branch of the respiratory system, we applied histamine receptor 1 and 3 agonists to the carotid body, which caused a mildly increased phrenic nerve activity in a working heart-brainstem preparation. Moreover, microinjection of antagonists of histamine receptors 1 and 3 into the nucleus tractus solitarii caused significant changes in the inspiratory timing and the chemoreceptor response. Our data show that histamine acting via histamine receptors 1 and 3 plays an important neuromodulatory role in the afferent control of chemosensitivity.
authors.affiliation: Anatomisches Institut der Universität München, Biedersteiner Str. 29, 80802 München, Germany.
authors.forename: Nikolai
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lazarov
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rozloznik
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reindl
authors.forename: Verónica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rey-Ares
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dutschmann
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gratzl
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000578:Amidines / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern / Q000379:methods; D002344:Carotid Body / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006633:Histamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006640:Histidine Decarboxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000187:drug effects; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron / Q000379:methods; D010791:Phrenic Nerve / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011738:Pyrilamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011968:Receptors, Histamine / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012966:Sodium Cyanide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000578:Amidines; D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D010880:Piperidines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011968:Receptors, Histamine; C031455:diamidino compound 253-50; D006632:Histamine; D006640:Histidine Decarboxylase; D011738:Pyrilamine; C052075:thioperamide; D012966:Sodium Cyanide