Criteria for central respiratory chemoreceptors: experimental evidence supporting current candidate cell groups

An interoceptive homeostatic system monitors levels of CO2/H+ and provides a proportionate drive to respiratory control networks that adjust lung ventilation to maintain physiologically appropriate levels of CO2 and rapidly regulate tissue acid-base balance. It has long been suspected that the senso...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth C. Gonye, Douglas A. Bayliss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1241662/full
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description An interoceptive homeostatic system monitors levels of CO2/H+ and provides a proportionate drive to respiratory control networks that adjust lung ventilation to maintain physiologically appropriate levels of CO2 and rapidly regulate tissue acid-base balance. It has long been suspected that the sensory cells responsible for the major CNS contribution to this so-called respiratory CO2/H+ chemoreception are located in the brainstem—but there is still substantial debate in the field as to which specific cells subserve the sensory function. Indeed, at the present time, several cell types have been championed as potential respiratory chemoreceptors, including neurons and astrocytes. In this review, we advance a set of criteria that are necessary and sufficient for definitive acceptance of any cell type as a respiratory chemoreceptor. We examine the extant evidence supporting consideration of the different putative chemoreceptor candidate cell types in the context of these criteria and also note for each where the criteria have not yet been fulfilled. By enumerating these specific criteria we hope to provide a useful heuristic that can be employed both to evaluate the various existing respiratory chemoreceptor candidates, and also to focus effort on specific experimental tests that can satisfy the remaining requirements for definitive acceptance.
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spelling doaj.art-0f2b928cacde4a64934eba9291e515822023-09-01T06:45:45ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physiology1664-042X2023-09-011410.3389/fphys.2023.12416621241662Criteria for central respiratory chemoreceptors: experimental evidence supporting current candidate cell groupsElizabeth C. GonyeDouglas A. BaylissAn interoceptive homeostatic system monitors levels of CO2/H+ and provides a proportionate drive to respiratory control networks that adjust lung ventilation to maintain physiologically appropriate levels of CO2 and rapidly regulate tissue acid-base balance. It has long been suspected that the sensory cells responsible for the major CNS contribution to this so-called respiratory CO2/H+ chemoreception are located in the brainstem—but there is still substantial debate in the field as to which specific cells subserve the sensory function. Indeed, at the present time, several cell types have been championed as potential respiratory chemoreceptors, including neurons and astrocytes. In this review, we advance a set of criteria that are necessary and sufficient for definitive acceptance of any cell type as a respiratory chemoreceptor. We examine the extant evidence supporting consideration of the different putative chemoreceptor candidate cell types in the context of these criteria and also note for each where the criteria have not yet been fulfilled. By enumerating these specific criteria we hope to provide a useful heuristic that can be employed both to evaluate the various existing respiratory chemoreceptor candidates, and also to focus effort on specific experimental tests that can satisfy the remaining requirements for definitive acceptance.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1241662/fullcentral chemosensitivityhypercapnic ventilatory responseinteroceptionrespiratory controlchemoreceptor
spellingShingle Elizabeth C. Gonye
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Criteria for central respiratory chemoreceptors: experimental evidence supporting current candidate cell groups
Frontiers in Physiology
central chemosensitivity
hypercapnic ventilatory response
interoception
respiratory control
chemoreceptor
title Criteria for central respiratory chemoreceptors: experimental evidence supporting current candidate cell groups
title_full Criteria for central respiratory chemoreceptors: experimental evidence supporting current candidate cell groups
title_fullStr Criteria for central respiratory chemoreceptors: experimental evidence supporting current candidate cell groups
title_full_unstemmed Criteria for central respiratory chemoreceptors: experimental evidence supporting current candidate cell groups
title_short Criteria for central respiratory chemoreceptors: experimental evidence supporting current candidate cell groups
title_sort criteria for central respiratory chemoreceptors experimental evidence supporting current candidate cell groups
topic central chemosensitivity
hypercapnic ventilatory response
interoception
respiratory control
chemoreceptor
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1241662/full
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