Effects of orexin 2 receptor activation on apnea in the C57BL/6J mouse. 2014

Michael W Moore, and Afaf Akladious, and Yufen Hu, and Sausan Azzam, and Pingfu Feng, and Kingman P Strohl
Louis Stokes Cleveland DVA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, UH Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44016, United States.

BACKGROUND The hypothesis was that an orexin 2 receptor (OX2R) agonist would prevent sleep-related disordered breathing. METHODS In C57BL/6J (B6) mice, body plethysmography was performed with and without EEG monitoring of state (wakefulness, NREM and REM sleep). Outcome was apnea rate/h during sleep-wake states at baseline and with an intracerebroventricular administration of vehicle, 4 nMol of agonist OB(DL), and 4 nMol of an antagonist, TCS OX2 29. RESULTS A significant reduction (p=0.035, f=2.99) in apneas/hour occurred, especially with the agonist. Expressed as a function of the change from baseline, there was a significant difference among groups in Wake (p=0.03, f=3.8), NREM (p=0.003, f=6.98) and REM (p=0.03, f=3.92) with the agonist reducing the rate of apneas during sleep from 29.7±4.7 (M±SEM) to 7.3±2.4 during sleep (p=0.001). There was also a reduction in apneas during wakefulness. Administration of the antagonist did not increase event rate over baseline levels. CONCLUSIONS The B6 mouse is a preclinical model of wake-and sleep-disordered breathing, and the orexin receptor agonist at a dose of 4 nMol given intracerebroventricularly will reduce events in sleep and also wakefulness.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007546 Isoquinolines A group of compounds with the heterocyclic ring structure of benzo(c)pyridine. The ring structure is characteristic of the group of opium alkaloids such as papaverine. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
D008297 Male Males
D008810 Mice, Inbred C57BL One of the first INBRED MOUSE STRAINS to be sequenced. This strain is commonly used as genetic background for transgenic mouse models. Refractory to many tumors, this strain is also preferred model for studying role of genetic variations in development of diseases. Mice, C57BL,Mouse, C57BL,Mouse, Inbred C57BL,C57BL Mice,C57BL Mice, Inbred,C57BL Mouse,C57BL Mouse, Inbred,Inbred C57BL Mice,Inbred C57BL Mouse
D010991 Plethysmography Recording of change in the size of a part as modified by the circulation in it. Plethysmographies
D011725 Pyridines Compounds with a six membered aromatic ring containing NITROGEN. The saturated version is PIPERIDINES.
D011897 Random Allocation A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects. Randomization,Allocation, Random
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D002408 Catheters, Indwelling Catheters designed to be left within an organ or passage for an extended period of time. Implantable Catheters,In-Dwelling Catheters,Catheter, In-Dwelling,Catheter, Indwelling,Catheters, In-Dwelling,In Dwelling Catheters,In-Dwelling Catheter,Indwelling Catheter,Indwelling Catheters
D002491 Central Nervous System Agents A class of drugs producing both physiological and psychological effects through a variety of mechanisms. They can be divided into "specific" agents, e.g., affecting an identifiable molecular mechanism unique to target cells bearing receptors for that agent, and "nonspecific" agents, those producing effects on different target cells and acting by diverse molecular mechanisms. Those with nonspecific mechanisms are generally further classed according to whether they produce behavioral depression or stimulation. Those with specific mechanisms are classed by locus of action or specific therapeutic use. (From Gilman AG, et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p252) Central Nervous System Drugs
D004195 Disease Models, Animal Naturally-occurring or experimentally-induced animal diseases with pathological processes analogous to human diseases. Animal Disease Model,Animal Disease Models,Disease Model, Animal

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