{"title":"Effect of circadian rhythm and menstrual cycle on physical performance in women: a systematic review","authors":"Michaela Beníčková, Marta Gimunová, A. Paludo","doi":"10.3389/fphys.2024.1347036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2024.1347036","url":null,"abstract":"The literature has extensively investigated potential factors influencing women’s performance, including the menstrual cycle and the circadian rhythm. However, review articles exploring the combined influence of both factors remain lacking in the literature. The study aimed to systematically review the literature on the relationship between the circadian rhythm and menstrual cycle on physical performance in women. The review followed the PRISMA guidelines. The search was performed on the Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, SPORTDiscus, and Google Scholar databases. Of the 1205 records identified, four articles met the inclusion criteria. From four articles, two studies found a significant interaction between the time of day and phase of the menstrual cycle with physical performance. The isometric strength increased in the afternoon in the mid-luteal phase (versus the morning in the mid-luteal phase, p < 0.05), and the maximum cycling power was higher in the afternoon in the mid-follicular phase (versus the morning in the mid-follicular phase, p < 0.01). Our findings suggest that the time of day and the menstrual cycle phase affect physical performance, with the daytime potentially having a more significant influence. However, the results should be interpreted cautiously due to the limited studies and diverse methodologies used to monitor the menstrual cycle phase. This review reinforces the need for further investigation to understand better the combined effects of the circadian rhythm and menstrual cycle on women’s physical performance.https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=380965, identifier CRD42022380965.","PeriodicalId":504973,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Physiology","volume":"23 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140661462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Federico Bertagna, Shiraz Ahmad, Rebecca Lewis, S. Ravi P. Silva, Johnjoe McFadden, Christopher L.-H. Huang, Hugh R. Matthews, K. Jeevaratnam
{"title":"Loose-patch clamp analysis applied to voltage-gated ionic currents following pharmacological ryanodine receptor modulation in murine hippocampal cornu ammonis-1 pyramidal neurons","authors":"Federico Bertagna, Shiraz Ahmad, Rebecca Lewis, S. Ravi P. Silva, Johnjoe McFadden, Christopher L.-H. Huang, Hugh R. Matthews, K. Jeevaratnam","doi":"10.3389/fphys.2024.1359560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2024.1359560","url":null,"abstract":"The loose-patch clamp technique was first developed and used in native amphibian skeletal muscle (SkM), offering useful features complementing conventional sharp micro-electrode, gap, or conventional patch voltage clamping. It demonstrated the feedback effects of pharmacological modification of ryanodine receptor (RyR)-mediated Ca2+ release on the Na+ channel (Nav1.4) currents, initiating excitation–contraction coupling in native murine SkM. The effects of the further RyR and Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) antagonists, dantrolene and cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), additionally implicated background tubular-sarcoplasmic Ca2+ domains in these actions.We extend the loose-patch clamp approach to ion current measurements in murine hippocampal brain slice cornu ammonis-1 (CA1) pyramidal neurons. We explored the effects on Na+ currents of pharmacologically manipulating RyR and SERCA-mediated intracellular store Ca2+ release and reuptake. We adopted protocols previously applied to native skeletal muscle. These demonstrated Ca2+-mediated feedback effects on the Na+ channel function.Experiments applying depolarizing 15 ms duration loose-patch clamp steps to test voltages ranging from −40 to 120 mV positive to the resting membrane potential demonstrated that 0.5 mM caffeine decreased inward current amplitudes, agreeing with the previous SkM findings. It also decreased transient but not prolonged outward current amplitudes. However, 2 mM caffeine affected neither inward nor transient outward but increased prolonged outward currents, in contrast to its increasing inward currents in SkM. Furthermore, similarly and in contrast to previous SkM findings, both dantrolene (10 μM) and CPA (1 μM) pre-administration left both inward and outward currents unchanged. Nevertheless, dantrolene pretreatment still abrogated the effects of subsequent 0.5- and 2-mM caffeine challenges on both inward and outward currents. Finally, CPA abrogated the effects of 0.5 mM caffeine on both inward and outward currents, but with 2 mM caffeine, inward and transient outward currents were unchanged, but sustained outward currents increased.We, thus, extend loose-patch clamping to establish pharmacological properties of murine CA1 pyramidal neurons and their similarities and contrasts with SkM. Here, evoked though not background Ca2+-store release influenced Nav and Kv excitation, consistent with smaller contributions of background store Ca2+ release to resting [Ca2+]. This potential non-canonical mechanism could modulate neuronal membrane excitability or cellular firing rates.","PeriodicalId":504973,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Physiology","volume":"82 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140665416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proof-of-concept model for instantaneous heart rate-drift correction during low and high exercise exertion","authors":"Gabriele B. Papini, A. Bonomi, Francesco Sartor","doi":"10.3389/fphys.2024.1358785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2024.1358785","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: This study aimed to model below and above anaerobic threshold exercise-induced heart rate (HR) drift, so that the corrected HR could better represent V̇O2 kinetics during and after the exercise itself.Methods: Fifteen healthy subjects (age: 28 ± 5 years; V̇O2Max: 50 ± 8 mL/kg/min; 5 females) underwent a maximal and a 30-min submaximal (80% of the anaerobic threshold) running exercises. A five-stage computational (i.e., delay block, new training impulse-calculation block, Sigmoid correction block, increase block, and decrease block) model was built to account for instantaneous HR, fitness, and age and to onset, increase, and decrease according to the exercise intensity and duration.Results: The area under the curve (AUC) of the hysteresis function, which described the differences in the maximal and submaximal exercise-induced V̇O2 and HR kinetics, was significantly reduced for both maximal (26%) and submaximal (77%) exercises and consequent recoveries.Discussion: In conclusion, this model allowed HR drift instantaneous correction, which could be exploited in the future for more accurate V̇O2 estimations.","PeriodicalId":504973,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Physiology","volume":"9 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140677821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maisam Wahbah, M. S. Zitouni, Raghad Al Sakaji, Kiyoe Funamoto, Namareq Widatalla, Anita Krishnan, Yoshitaka Kimura, A. Khandoker
{"title":"A deep learning framework for noninvasive fetal ECG signal extraction","authors":"Maisam Wahbah, M. S. Zitouni, Raghad Al Sakaji, Kiyoe Funamoto, Namareq Widatalla, Anita Krishnan, Yoshitaka Kimura, A. Khandoker","doi":"10.3389/fphys.2024.1329313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2024.1329313","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The availability of proactive techniques for health monitoring is essential to reducing fetal mortality and avoiding complications in fetal wellbeing. In harsh circumstances such as pandemics, earthquakes, and low-resource settings, the incompetence of many healthcare systems worldwide in providing essential services, especially for pregnant women, is critical. Being able to continuously monitor the fetus in hospitals and homes in a direct and fast manner is very important in such conditions.Methods: Monitoring the health of the baby can potentially be accomplished through the computation of vital bio-signal measures using a clear fetal electrocardiogram (ECG) signal. The aim of this study is to develop a framework to detect and identify the R-peaks of the fetal ECG directly from a 12 channel abdominal composite signal. Thus, signals were recorded noninvasively from 70 pregnant (healthy and with health conditions) women with no records of fetal abnormalities. The proposed model employs a recurrent neural network architecture to robustly detect the fetal ECG R-peaks.Results: To test the proposed framework, we performed both subject-dependent (5-fold cross-validation) and independent (leave-one-subject-out) tests. The proposed framework achieved average accuracy values of 94.2% and 88.8%, respectively. More specifically, the leave-one-subject-out test accuracy was 86.7% during the challenging period of vernix caseosa layer formation. Furthermore, we computed the fetal heart rate from the detected R-peaks, and the demonstrated results highlight the robustness of the proposed framework.Discussion: This work has the potential to cater to the critical industry of maternal and fetal healthcare as well as advance related applications.","PeriodicalId":504973,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Physiology","volume":"21 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140674601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mariana Sponchiado, Amy Fagan, Luz Mata, Angelina L. Bonilla, Pedro Trevizan-Baú, Sreekala Prabhakaran, Leah R. Reznikov
{"title":"Sex-dependent regulation of mucin gene transcription and airway secretion and mechanics following intra-airway IL-13 in mice with conditional loss of club cell Creb1","authors":"Mariana Sponchiado, Amy Fagan, Luz Mata, Angelina L. Bonilla, Pedro Trevizan-Baú, Sreekala Prabhakaran, Leah R. Reznikov","doi":"10.3389/fphys.2024.1392443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2024.1392443","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Interleukin 13 (IL-13) is an important effector molecule in allergic asthma. IL-13-mediated mucin hypersecretion requires conversion of secretoglobin-positive club cells into goblet cells through suppression of forkhead box A2 (FOXA2) and induction of SAM pointed domain containing ETS transcription factor (SPDEF). IL-13-mediated mucin hypersecretion may also include modulation of purinergic and muscarinic receptors that control basal and stimulated mucin secretion. We recently found that the transcription factor cAMP response element-binding protein (Creb1) inhibits FOXA2 and modulates mucus secretion in mice.Methods: We tested the hypothesis that loss of club cell Creb1 mitigates the pro-mucin effects of IL-13. We challenged male and female mice with conditional loss of club cell Creb1 and wild type littermates with intra-airway IL-13 or vehicle. We also studied human “club cell-like” NCI-H322 cells.Results: Loss of club cell Creb1 augmented IL-13-mediated increases in mRNA for the gel-forming mucins Muc5ac and Muc5b and prevented IL-13-mediated decreases in muscarinic 3 receptor (M3R) mRNA in male airways. In female airways, loss of club cell Creb1 reduced M3R mRNA and significantly blunted IL-13-mediated increases in purinergic receptor P2Y2 (P2ry2) mRNA but did not impact Muc5ac and Muc5b mRNA. Despite changes in mucins and secretion machinery, goblet cell density following cholinergic stimulation was not impacted by loss of club cell Creb1 in either sex. IL-13 treatment decreased basal airway resistance across sexes in mice with loss of club cell Creb1, whereas loss of club cell Creb1 augmented IL-13-mediated increases in airway elastance in response to methacholine. NCI-H322 cells displayed IL-13 signaling components, including IL-13Rα1 and IL-4Rα. Pharmacologic inhibition of CREB reduced IL-13Rα1 mRNA, whereas recombinant CREB decreased IL-4Rα mRNA. Application of IL-13 to NCI-H322 cells increased concentrations of cAMP in a delayed manner, thus linking IL-13 signaling to CREB signaling.Conclusion: These data highlight sex-specific regulation of club cell Creb1 on IL-13-mediated mucin hypersecretion and airway mechanics.","PeriodicalId":504973,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Physiology","volume":"5 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140674064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Danica Janicijevic, Angel Saez-Berlanga, Carlos Babiloni-López, Fernando Martín-Rivera, Pablo Jiménez-Martínez, Alejandro Silvestre-Herrero, Javier Martínez-Puente, Pablo Ferradás-Nogueira, Alvaro Juesas, Javier Gené-Morales, Iván Chulvi-Medrano, J. Colado
{"title":"Acute physiological and psychological responses during an incremental treadmill test wearing a new upper-body sports garment with elastomeric technology","authors":"Danica Janicijevic, Angel Saez-Berlanga, Carlos Babiloni-López, Fernando Martín-Rivera, Pablo Jiménez-Martínez, Alejandro Silvestre-Herrero, Javier Martínez-Puente, Pablo Ferradás-Nogueira, Alvaro Juesas, Javier Gené-Morales, Iván Chulvi-Medrano, J. Colado","doi":"10.3389/fphys.2024.1372020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2024.1372020","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The use of elastomeric technology in sports garments is increasing in popularity; however, its specific impact on physiological and psychological variables is not fully understood. Thus, we aimed to analyze the physiological (muscle activation of the pectoralis major, triceps brachii, anterior deltoid, and rectus abdominis, capillary blood lactate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate) and psychological (global and respiratory rating of perceived exertion [RPE]) responses during an incremental treadmill test wearing a new sports garment for the upper body that incorporates elastomeric technology or a placebo garment.Methods: Eighteen physically active young adults participated in two randomized sessions, one wearing the elastomeric garment and the other wearing a placebo. Participants performed in both sessions the same treadmill incremental test (i.e., starting at 8 km/h, an increase of 2 km/h each stage, stage duration of 3 min, and inclination of 1%; the test ended after completing the 18 km/h Stage or participant volitional exhaustion). The dependent variables were assessed before, during, and/or after the test. Nonparametric tests evaluated differences.Results: The elastomeric garment led to a greater muscle activation (p < 0.05) in the pectoralis major at 16 km/h (+33.35%, p = 0.01, d = 0.47) and 18 km/h (+32.09%, p = 0.02, d = 0.55) and in the triceps brachii at 10 km/h (+20.28%, p = 0.01, d = 0.41) and 12 km/h (+34.95%, p = 0.04, d = 0.28). Additionally, lower lactate was observed at the end of the test (−7.81%, p = 0.01, d = 0.68) and after 5 min of recovery (−13.71%, p < 0.001, d = 1.00) with the elastomeric garment. Nonsignificant differences between the garments were encountered in the time to exhaustion, cardiovascular responses, or ratings of perceived exertion.Conclusion: These findings suggest that elastomeric garments enhance physiological responses (muscle activation and blood lactate) during an incremental treadmill test without impairing physical performance or effort perception.","PeriodicalId":504973,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Physiology","volume":"70 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140675225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bin Liu, Gendie Lash, Fengxiang Wei, Priyadarshini Pantham
{"title":"Editorial: Advances in research on aging in female infertility and pathologic pregnancy","authors":"Bin Liu, Gendie Lash, Fengxiang Wei, Priyadarshini Pantham","doi":"10.3389/fphys.2024.1413425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2024.1413425","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":504973,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Physiology","volume":" 41","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140683098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial: Training and performance in swimming","authors":"Rodrigo Zacca, Sabrina Demarie, Pedro Morouço","doi":"10.3389/fphys.2024.1402543","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2024.1402543","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":504973,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Physiology","volume":"57 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140727563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bhavisha A. Bakrania, F. Spradley, Lana McClements
{"title":"Editorial: Adverse outcomes of preeclampsia: from mother to baby, pregnancy to postpartum","authors":"Bhavisha A. Bakrania, F. Spradley, Lana McClements","doi":"10.3389/fphys.2024.1394120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2024.1394120","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":504973,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Physiology","volume":"15 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140728456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial: Asthma: physiology and pathophysiology","authors":"C. Barbas","doi":"10.3389/fphys.2024.1403211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2024.1403211","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":504973,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Physiology","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140732207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}