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ISCIENCE
Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103641
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [82100120, 81770098, 31900717, 81900100]
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Disease [02-000-2101-5079]
- Zhongnan-shan Medical Foundation of Guangdong Province [ZNSA-2020013]
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This study reveals that GABAergic neurons in the l/vlPAG region suppress cough processing through a descending pathway. Activation of these neurons decreases coughing-like behaviors, while suppression of these neurons enhances cough sensitivity. These findings provide important insights into the neural mechanisms underlying chronic cough.
Chronic cough is a common refractory symptom of various respiratory diseases. However, the neural mechanisms that modulate the cough sensitivity and mediate chronic cough remain elusive. Here, we report that GABAergic neurons in the lateral/ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (l/vlPAG) suppress cough processing via a descending pathway. We found that l/vlPAG neurons are activated by coughing-like behaviors and that tussive agent- evoked coughing- like behaviors are impaired after activation of l/vlPAG neurons. In addition, we showed that l/vlPAG neurons form inhibitory synapses with the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) neurons. The synaptic strength of these inhibitory projections is weaker in cough hypersensitivity model mice than in naive mice. Important, activation of l/vlPAG GABAergic neurons projecting to the NTS decreases coughing-like behaviors. In contrast, suppressing these neurons enhances cough sensitivity. These results support the notion that l/vlPAG GABAergic neurons play important roles in cough hypersensitivity and chronic cough through disinhibition of cough processing at the medullary level.
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