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Wu YY, Zeng CH, Cai KY, Zheng C, Wang MY, Zhang HH. A glutamatergic pathway between the medial habenula and the rostral ventrolateral medulla may regulate cardiovascular function in a rat model of post-traumatic stress disorder. CHINESE J PHYSIOL 2023; 66:326-334. [PMID: 37929343 DOI: 10.4103/cjop.cjop-d-23-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious psychiatric disorder, and there is an association between it and the development of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to explore whether there is a glutamatergic pathway connecting the medial habenula (MHb) with the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) that is involved in the regulation of cardiovascular function in a rat model of PTSD. Vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (VGLUT2)-positive neurons in the MHb region were retrogradely labeled with FluoroGold (FG) by the double-labeling technique of VGLUT2 immunofluorescence and FG retrograde tracing. Rats belonging to the PTSD model group were microinjected with artificial cerebrospinal fluid (ACSF) or kynurenic acid (KYN; a nonselective glutamate receptor blocker) into their RVLM. Subsequently, with electrical stimulation of MHb, the discharge frequency of the RVLM neurons, heart rate, and blood pressure were found to be significantly increased after microinjection of ACSF using an in vivo multichannel synchronous recording technology; however, this effect was inhibited by injection of KYN. The expression of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) and α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor subunits was significantly increased in RVLM of PTSD model rats analyzed by the Western blotting technique. These findings suggest that there may be a glutamatergic pathway connection between MHb and RVLM and that this pathway may be involved in the regulation of cardiovascular function in the PTSD model rats, by acting on NMDA and AMPA receptors in the RVLM.
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- Ya-Yang Wu
- Psychophysiology Laboratory, Wannan Medical College; Cell Electrophysiology Laboratory, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, China
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- Psychophysiology Laboratory, Wannan Medical College; Cell Electrophysiology Laboratory, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, China
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- Psychophysiology Laboratory, Wannan Medical College; Cell Electrophysiology Laboratory, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, China
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- Neurobiology Laboratory, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, China
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- Cell Electrophysiology Laboratory, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, China
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- Psychophysiology Laboratory, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, China
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Moreau J, Ciriello J. Effects of acute intermittent hypoxia on energy balance and hypothalamic feeding pathways. Neuroscience 2013; 253:350-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2013] [Revised: 09/03/2013] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Granjeiro ÉM, Scopinho AA, Corrêa FMA, Resstel LBM. Prelimbic but not infralimbic cortex is involved in the pressor response to chemoreflex activation in awake rats. Exp Physiol 2011; 96:518-27. [DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2011.057596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Nunes FC, Ribeiro TP, França-Silva MS, Medeiros IA, Braga VA. Superoxide scavenging in the rostral ventrolateral medulla blunts the pressor response to peripheral chemoreflex activation. Brain Res 2010; 1351:141-149. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2010] [Revised: 06/26/2010] [Accepted: 07/01/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Kc P, Dick TE. Modulation of cardiorespiratory function mediated by the paraventricular nucleus. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2010; 174:55-64. [PMID: 20708107 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2010] [Revised: 08/01/2010] [Accepted: 08/02/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) coordinates autonomic and neuroendocrine systems to maintain homeostasis and to respond to stress. Neuroanatomic and neurophysiologic experiments have provided insight into the mechanisms by which the PVN acts. The PVN projects directly to the spinal cord and brainstem and, specifically, to sites that control cardio-respiratory function: the intermediolateral cell columns and phrenic motor nuclei in the spinal cord and rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) and the rostral nuclei in the ventral respiratory column (rVRC) in the brainstem. Activation of the PVN increases ventilation (both tidal volume and frequency) and blood pressure (both heart rate and sympathetic nerve activity). Excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters including glutamate and GABA converge in the PVN to influence its neuronal activity. However, a tonic GABAergic input to the PVN directly modulates excitatory outflow from the PVN. Further, even within the PVN, microinjection of GABA(A) receptor blockers increases glutamate release suggesting an indirect mechanism by which GABA control contributes to PVN functions. PVN activity alters blood pressure and ventilation during various stresses, such as maternal separation, chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH), dehydration and hemorrhage. Among the several PVN neurotransmitters and neurohormones, vasopressin and oxytocin modulate ventilation and blood pressure. Here, we review our data indicating that increases in vasopressin and vasopressin type 1A (V(1A)) receptor signalling in the RVLM and rVRC are mechanisms increasing blood pressure and ventilation after exposure to CIH. That blockade of V(1A) receptors in the medulla normalizes baseline blood pressure as well as blunts PVN-evoked blood pressure and ventilatory responses in CIH-conditioned animals indicate the role of vasopressin in cardiorespiratory control. In summary, morphological and functional studies have found that the PVN integrates sensory input and projects to the sympathetic and respiratory control systems with descending projections to the medulla and spinal cord.
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- Prabha Kc
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-6010, USA.
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Kc P, Balan KV, Tjoe SS, Martin RJ, Lamanna JC, Haxhiu MA, Dick TE. Increased vasopressin transmission from the paraventricular nucleus to the rostral medulla augments cardiorespiratory outflow in chronic intermittent hypoxia-conditioned rats. J Physiol 2010; 588:725-40. [PMID: 20051497 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.184580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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A co-morbidity of sleep apnoea is hypertension associated with elevated sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) which may result from conditioning to chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH). Our hypothesis is that SNA depends on input to the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) from neurons in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) that release arginine vasopressin (AVP) and specifically, that increased SNA evoked by CIH depends on this excitatory input. In two sets of neuroanatomical experiments, we determined if AVP neurons project from the PVN to the RVLM and if arginine vasopressin (V(1A)) receptor expression increases in the RVLM after CIH conditioning (8 h per day for 10 days). In the first set, cholera toxin beta subunit (CT-beta) was microinjected into the RVLM to retrogradely label the PVN neurons. Immunohistochemical staining demonstrated that 14.6% of CT-beta-labelled PVN neurons were double-labelled with AVP. In the second set, sections of the medulla were immunolabelled for V(1A) receptors, and the V(1A) receptor-expressing cell count was significantly greater in the RVLM (P < 0.01) and in the neighbouring rostral ventral respiratory column (rVRC) from CIH- than from room air (RA)-conditioned rats. In a series of physiological experiments, we determined if blocking V(1A) receptors in the medulla would normalize blood pressure in CIH-conditioned animals and attenuate its response to disinhibition of PVN. Blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), diaphragm (D(EMG)) and genioglossus muscle (GG(EMG)) activity were recorded in anaesthetized, ventilated and vagotomized rats. The PVN was disinhibited by microinjecting a GABA(A) receptor antagonist, bicuculline (BIC, 0.1 nmol), before and after blocking V(1A) receptors within the RVLM and rVRC with SR49059 (0.2 nmol). In RA-conditioned rats, disinhibition of the PVN increased BP, HR, minute D(EMG) and GG(EMG) activity and these increases were attenuated after blocking V(1A) receptors. In CIH-conditioned rats, a significantly greater dose of blocker (0.4 nmol) was required to blunt these physiological responses (P < 0.05). Further, this dose normalized the baseline BP. In summary, AVP released by a subset of PVN neurons modulates cardiorespiratory output via V(1A) receptors in the RVLM and rVRC, and increased SNA in CIH-conditioned animals depends on up-regulation of V(1A) receptors in the RVLM.
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- Prabha Kc
- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-6010, USA.
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Reed B, Varon J, Chait BT, Kreek MJ. Carbon dioxide-induced anesthesia results in a rapid increase in plasma levels of vasopressin. Endocrinology 2009; 150:2934-9. [PMID: 19213839 PMCID: PMC2689799 DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-1408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Brief anesthesia, such as after exposure to high levels of carbon dioxide, prior to decapitation is considered a more humane alternative for the euthanasia of rodents, compared with use of decapitation alone. Studies of the levels of certain stress hormones in plasma such as corticosterone and ACTH have supported the use of this method of euthanasia in endocrinological and molecular studies. In the current study, rats were briefly exposed to a chamber filled with carbon dioxide until recumbent (20-25 sec), immediately killed via decapitation, and trunk blood collected; findings were compared with rats killed via decapitation with no exposure to carbon dioxide. RIAs were used to measure arginine vasopressin (AVP) and ACTH immunoreactivity (ir) in plasma. Whereas ACTH-ir levels remained steady after brief exposure to carbon dioxide (in accordance with results of other investigators), AVP-ir levels were increased by more than an order of magnitude. These results were confirmed by quantitative capillary-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, indicating this observation of rapid increase in plasma AVP-ir levels is not due to nonspecific recognition by the antibody used in the RIA. Likewise, using capillary-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, we observed a rapid increase in plasma oxytocin levels after carbon dioxide exposure. These surprising findings have important implications for the design and interpretation of studies involving brief carbon dioxide exposure prior to decapitation as well as those with euthanasia resulting from carbon dioxide-induced asphyxiation.
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- Brian Reed
- Laboratories of the Biology of Addictive Diseases, Gaseous Ion Chemistry and MassSpectrometry, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA.
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This article reviews studies by the author on central mechanisms of hypertension. Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) have been developed as a rat model of genetic hypertension, and central acetylcholine has been implicated in hypertension in SHR. The rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVL), a major source of efferent sympathetic activity, has cholinergic pressor systems. The release of acetylcholine is enhanced in the RVL of SHR, leading to hypertension. The alteration of the RVL cholinergic system in SHR results from enhanced angiotensin systems in the anterior hypothalamic area (AHA). Angiotensin II-sensitive neurons are present in the AHA and they are tonically activated by endogenous angiotensins. The basal activity of AHA angiotensin II-sensitive neurons is enhanced in SHR, mainly due to enhanced sensitivity of AHA neurons to angiotensin II. The AHA angiotensin system is also responsible for hypertension induced by emotional stress and central Na(+) increases. These findings suggest that the AHA angiotensin system may play a critical role in the development of hypertension.
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- Takao Kubo
- Showa Pharmaceutical University, Machida City, Japan.
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Chan JYH, Chang AYW, Chan SHH. New insights on brain stem death: From bedside to bench. Prog Neurobiol 2005; 77:396-425. [PMID: 16376477 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2005.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2005] [Revised: 10/31/2005] [Accepted: 11/03/2005] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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As much as brain stem death is currently the clinical definition of death in many countries and is a phenomenon of paramount medical importance, there is a dearth of information on its mechanistic underpinnings. A majority of the clinical studies are concerned only with methods to determine brain stem death. Whereas a vast amount of information is available on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of cell death, rarely are these studies directed specifically towards the understanding of brain stem death. This review presents a framework for translational research on brain stem death that is based on systematically coordinated clinical and laboratory efforts that center on this phenomenon. It begins with the identification of a novel clinical marker from patients that is related specifically to brain stem death. After realizing that this "life-and-death" signal is related to the functional integrity of the brain stem, its origin is traced to the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM). Subsequent laboratory studies on this neural substrate in animal models of brain stem death provide credence to the notion that both "pro-life" and "pro-death" programs are at work during the progression towards death. Those programs (mitochondrial functions, nitric oxide, peroxynitrite, superoxide anion, coenzyme Q10, heat shock proteins and ubiquitin-proteasome system) hitherto identified from the RVLM are presented, along with their cellular and molecular mechanisms. It is proposed that outcome of the interplay between the "pro-life" and "pro-death" programs (dying) in this neural substrate determines the final fate of the individual (being dead). Thus, identification of additional programs in the RVLM and delineation of their regulatory mechanisms should shed new lights on future directions for clinical management of life-and-death.
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- Julie Y H Chan
- Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 81346, Taiwan, ROC
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Fernandes LG, Antunes VR, Bonagamba LGH, Machado BH. Pressor response to chemoreflex activation in awake rats: role of vasopressin and adrenal medulla. Physiol Behav 2005; 84:39-44. [PMID: 15642605 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2004] [Revised: 09/03/2004] [Accepted: 10/14/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The possible role of the peptide vasopressin and adrenal catecholamine in the pressor response to chemoreflex activation was evaluated in awake rats. Data show that the peripheral blockade of the V1 vasopressin receptor produced no change in the cardiovascular responses to chemoreflex activation, indicating that vasopressin plays no role on the pressor response to chemoreflex activation. We also have shown that the pressor response to chemoreflex activation is dependent on the sympathetic efferent activity since the antagonism of the alpha1-adrenoceptor with prazosin almost abolished the pressor response to chemoreflex activation. Furthermore, bilateral adrenal demedullation produced no change on the pressor response to chemoreflex activation, outpointing that the release of catecholamines by the adrenal medulla is not involved in the pressor response to chemoreflex. We conclude that the pressor response to chemoreflex activation is essentially mediated by the sympathetic innervations to the peripheral vascular beds.
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- Luciano G Fernandes
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Chan SHH, Wang LL, Chan JYH. Differential engagements of glutamate and GABA receptors in cardiovascular actions of endogenous nNOS or iNOS at rostral ventrolateral medulla of rats. Br J Pharmacol 2003; 138:584-93. [PMID: 12598412 PMCID: PMC1573697 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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1. We evaluated in Sprague-Dawley rats anaesthetized with propofol the engagement of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC)/cGMP cascade, glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission in the cardiovascular actions of endogenous nitric oxide (NO) at the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM). 2. Microinjection bilaterally into the RVLM of a selective iNOS inhibitor, S-methylisothiourea (SMT, 250 pmoles), or a selective nNOS inhibitor, 7-nitroindazole (7-NI, 5 pmoles), induced respectively an enhancement or a reduction in systemic arterial pressure, heart rate and power density of the vasomotor components in the spectrum of arterial blood pressure signals, our experimental index for sympathetic neurogenic vasomotor tone. 3. The cardiovascular actions of SMT or 7-NI in the RVLM were significantly antagonized by co-administration into the RVLM of the sGC inhibitor, 1H-[1,2,4]Oxadiazole[4,3-alpha]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, 250 or 500 pmoles). 4. The cardiovascular excitatory effects after blockade of endogenous iNOS activity were significantly attenuated when N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, dizocilpine (20 or 50 pmoles), or non-NMDA receptor antagonist, 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (250 or 500 pmoles), was co-microinjected bilaterally into the RVLM. 5. On the other hand, the cardiovascular depressive responses to blockade of endogenous nNOS activity were significantly antagonized on co-administration of GABA(A) receptor antagonist, bicuculline methiodine (5 or 10 pmoles), but not GABA(B) receptor antagonist, 2-hydroxy saclofen (50 or 100 pmoles). 6. We conclude that the cardiovascular actions of endogenous NO in the RVLM engage the sGC/cGMP pathway. In addition, whereas NO derived from nNOS induced sympathoexcitation via both NMDA and non-NMDA receptors in the RVLM, NO generated by iNOS elicited sympathoinhibition via GABA(A) receptors.
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- Samuel H H Chan
- Center for Neuroscience, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 81346, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 81346, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Sato MA, Colombari E, Morrison SF. Inhibition of neurons in commissural nucleus of solitary tract reduces sympathetic nerve activity in SHR. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002; 282:H1679-84. [PMID: 11959631 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00619.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Neurons in the commissural nucleus of the solitary tract (commNTS) play an important role in certain cardiovascular responses dependent on sympathetic vasoconstrictor activation, including the arterial chemoreceptor reflex. Electrolytic lesions of the commNTS elicit a fall in arterial pressure (AP) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). To determine whether the latter result 1) arose from elimination of commNTS neuronal activity rather than en passant axons and 2) was accompanied by a reduction in sympathetic nerve activity, we evaluated the effect of inhibition of neurons in the commNTS on basal splanchnic sympathetic nerve activity (SNA), AP, and heart rate (HR) in SHR, Wistar-Kyoto (WKY), and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. In chloralose-anesthetized, paralyzed, and artificially ventilated SHR, microinjection of GABA into the commNTS markedly decreased splanchnic SNA, AP, and HR. The reductions in SNA and AP following similar microinjections in WKY and SD rats were significantly less than those in SHR. Our findings suggest that tonically active neurons in the commNTS contribute to the maintenance of SNA and the hypertension in SHR. The level of tonic discharge of these commNTS neurons in normotensive WKY and SD rats may be lower than in SHR.
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- Monica A Sato
- Department of Physiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611-3008, USA
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Kishi T, Hirooka Y, Sakai K, Shigematsu H, Shimokawa H, Takeshita A. Overexpression of eNOS in the RVLM Causes Hypotension and Bradycardia Via GABA Release. Hypertension 2001. [DOI: 10.1161/hyp.38.4.896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In this study, we examine the role of NO located in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) in the control of blood pressure and the activity of the sympathetic nervous system. To determine the effect of an increase in NO production in the RVLM on blood pressure in conscious rats, adenovirus vectors encoding either endothelial NO synthase (AdeNOS) or β-galactosidase (Adβgal) were transfected into the bilateral RVLM. The local expression of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) protein in the RVLM was confirmed by immunohistochemical staining for the eNOS protein and by Western blot analysis. Mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) and heart rate, which were monitored using a radio-telemetry system, were significantly decreased in the AdeNOS-treated group from day 5 to day 10 after the gene transfer. Urinary norepinephrine excretion was decreased on day 7 after the gene transfer in the AdeNOS-treated group. Microinjection of either N
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- Takuya Kishi
- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Mauad H, Machado BH. Pressor response to unilateral carotid chemoreceptor activation is not affected by ipsilateral antagonism of excitatory amino acid receptors in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of awake rats. Auton Neurosci 2001; 91:26-31. [PMID: 11515798 DOI: 10.1016/s1566-0702(01)00297-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The importance of the integrity of the ipsilateral rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) in the pressor response to activation of unilateral arterial chemoreceptors was evaluated. To achieve this goal, the left carotid body artery was ligated prior to the experiment and a guide cannula was implanted in the direction of the right RLVM, i.e. the side where the carotid body artery was kept intact. On the day of the experiment, the chemoreflex was activated with potassium cyanide (KCN, i.v.) before and after unilateral microinjection of kynurenic acid into the rostral or caudal aspect of the RVLM. The data indicated that microinjection of kynurenic into the rostral or caudal aspect of the RVLM produced no effect on the pressor response of chemoreflex activation. These data suggest that chemoreflex activation excites a neuronal network in which the processing of the sympatho-excitatory component of the chemoreflex is not restricted to an excitatory projection from the nucleus tractus solitarii to the ipsilateral RVLM.
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- H Mauad
- Department of Physiological Sciences, Biomedical Center, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Vitória, Brazil
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Loredo JS, Clausen JL, Nelesen RA, Ancoli-Israel S, Ziegler MG, Dimsdale JE. Obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension: are peripheral chemoreceptors involved? Med Hypotheses 2001; 56:17-9. [PMID: 11133249 DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The mechanism of pathogenesis of hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is unknown. Many investigators point to the high sympathetic nervous system activity (SNS) observed in OSA patients. However, there is no clear explanation as to the mechanism for the development of SNS hyperactivity in these patients. A common feature of patients with OSA is repetitive bouts of transient hypoxemia during sleep. Repetitive transient hypoxemia in rats has resulted in hypertension. In OSA patients, resolution of nocturnal hypoxemia with CPAP has corrected nocturnal and diurnal hypertension. Also, exposure to hyperoxia reduces blood pressure and sympathetic activity in OSA patients, but not in normals. These data suggest a significant role of peripheral chemoreceptors in the regulation of vascular tone. We hypothesize that peripheral chemoreceptors significantly contribute to the pathogenesis of hypertension in patients with OSA and that this is associated with chemoreceptor hyperactivity. This implies that correcting the intermittent nocturnal hypoxemia alone may prevent the cardiovascular morbidity associated with obstructive sleep apnea.
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- J S Loredo
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.
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Barman SM, Gebber GL, Orer HS. Medullary lateral tegmental field: an important source of basal sympathetic nerve discharge in the cat. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000; 278:R995-R1004. [PMID: 10749789 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.4.r995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We used blockade of excitatory amino acid (EAA) neurotransmission in the medullary lateral tegmental field (LTF) and rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) to assess the roles of these regions in the control of inferior cardiac sympathetic nerve discharge (SND) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) in urethan-anesthetized, baroreceptor-denervated cats. Bilateral microinjection of a non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-receptor antagonist [1,2,3, 4-tetrahydro-6-nitro-2,3-dioxobenzo-[f]quinoxaline-7-sulfonamide (NBQX)] into the LTF significantly decreased SND to 46 +/- 4% of control (as demonstrated with power-density spectral analysis) and MAP by 16 +/- 6 mmHg. In contrast, bilateral microinjection of an NMDA-receptor antagonist [D(-)-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (D-AP5)] into the LTF did not decrease SND or MAP. These results demonstrate that the LTF is an important synaptic relay in the pathway responsible for basal SND in the cat. Bilateral microinjection of NBQX or D-AP5 into the RVLM significantly decreased power in SND to 48 +/- 5 or 61 +/- 5% of control, respectively, and reduced MAP by 15 +/- 2 or 8 +/- 4 mmHg, respectively. These data indicate that EAA-mediated synaptic drive to RVLM-spinal sympathoexcitatory neurons accounts for a significant component of their basal activity.
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- S M Barman
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.
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Yu BH, Mills PJ, Ziegler MG, Dimsdale JE. Sympathetic and respiratory responses to hypoxia in essential hypertension. Clin Exp Hypertens 1999; 21:249-62. [PMID: 10225480 DOI: 10.3109/10641969909068665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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An increased sympathetic nervous response to hypoxia and reduced beta-adrenergic receptor function have been reported in hypertension. This study examines the relationship between hypoxia and beta-adrenergic receptor function in sixteen normotensive and eight hypertensive subjects. We measured the average arterial oxygen saturation and the end tidal carbon dioxide partial pressure in hypertensive and normotensive groups under normoxia and mild isocapnic hypoxia (15% O2, 85% N2). The ratio of isoproterenol-stimulated cAMP to basal cAMP on lymphocytes was measured in the two groups under normoxia. We also measured plasma norepinephrine levels and calculated the "Chronotropic 25 Dose" of isoproterenol in the two groups under normoxia and hypoxia. Hypertensives had higher plasma norepinephrine levels for either breathing condition (F=7.16, p=0.015). Under hypoxia, hypertensives showed a significant decrease in the average arterial oxygen saturation (F=4.92, p=0.038) and higher "Chronotropic 25 Dose" implying decreased beta-adrenergic receptor sensitivity (F=6.30, p=0.011). These results suggest that hypertensives have a diminished ventilatory response and impaired beta-adrenergic response under hypoxia.
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- B H Yu
- Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Sung Kyun Kwan University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Mauad H, Machado BH. Involvement of the ipsilateral rostral ventrolateral medulla in the pressor response to L-glutamate microinjection into the nucleus tractus solitarii of awake rats. JOURNAL OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 1998; 74:43-8. [PMID: 9858123 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1838(98)00137-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Microinjection of L-glutamate into the lateral commissural nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) of unanesthetized rats evokes increases in mean arterial pressure (MAP) and a bradycardia. In a previous study we verified that this increase in MAP is mediated sympathetically because prazosin (i.v.) blocks this response. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) in the pressor response produced by L-glutamate microinjected into the NTS of unanesthetized rats. L-Glutamate was microinjected into the NTS before and 15 and 90 min after microinjection of kynurenic acid into the ipsilateral RVLM. Pressor (+24+/-3 vs. +6+/-3 mm Hg) and bradycardic (-101+/-10 vs. -3+/-12 bpm) responses to L-glutamate microinjected into the NTS (n = 8) were almost abolished 15 min after microinjection of kynurenic acid into the RVLM when compared with control responses. Both pressor (+23+/-6 mm Hg) and bradycardic (-93+/-16 bpm) responses to L-glutamate into the NTS returned to control values 90 min after microinjection of kynurenic acid into the RVLM. These data indicate that the pressor response to L-glutamate into the NTS is essentially dependent on the ipsilateral RVLM and also that this sympatho-excitatory response is mediated by excitatory amino acid receptors in RVLM neurons.
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- H Mauad
- Department of Physiological Sciences, Biomedical Center, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Vitória, Brazil
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Zanzinger J, Czachurski J, Seller H. Nitric oxide in the ventrolateral medulla regulates sympathetic responses to systemic hypoxia in pigs. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 275:R33-9. [PMID: 9688957 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.1.r33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The role of nitric oxide (NO) in the regulation of sympathetic activity during hypoxia was studied in anesthetized pigs (n = 21). Hypoxia (fractional concentration of O2 in inspired air = 0.1) increased pulmonary arterial pressure and decreased arterial blood pressure and peripheral vascular resistance. Renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) was moderately increased during hypoxia but decreased instantaneously on reoxygenation. Blockade of NO synthesis by NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA, 0.3 mmol/l) administered to the ventral surface of the medulla oblongata (VLM) significantly enhanced RSNA increases induced by hypoxia and abolished the RSNA response to reoxygenation. Furthermore, L-NNA significantly reduced peripheral hypoxic vasodilation but did not affect pulmonary vasoconstriction. The inactive enantiomer D-NNA had no measurable effects at the same concentration. Actions of L-NNA were effectively counteracted by the NO donor S-nitroso-N-acetyl-penicillamine (0.1 mmol/l). Deafferentiation (carotid sinus and vagal nerves cut) abolished sympathetic responses to hypoxia and their modulation by NO. The results suggest that activation of peripheral chemoreceptors induces NO release in the VLM that buffers sympathoexcitation during hypoxia and contributes to sympathoinhibition during reoxygenation.
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- J Zanzinger
- I. Physiologisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Zhu DN, Moriguchi A, Mikami H, Higaki J, Ogihara T. Central amino acids mediate cardiovascular response to angiotensin II in the rat. Brain Res Bull 1998; 45:189-97. [PMID: 9443839 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(97)00338-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To elucidate the role of the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) in cardiovascular control through the release of central amino acid neurotransmitters, experiments were performed in Sprague-Dawley (normotensive) rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) anesthetized with urethane by using microdialysis sampling from the RVLM for determination of amino acid neurotransmitters. The baseline release of the excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter, glutamate (GLU) from the RVLM in SHR was higher and those of the inhibitory amino acid neurotransmitters, glycine (GLY), taurine (TAU), and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), were lower than in normotensive rats. Microinjection of angiotensin II (ANG II) into the RVLM caused a dose-dependent increase in mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR), accompanied by increased release of GLU in the RVLM. In contrast, microinjection of the ANG II type 1 receptor (AT1) antagonist CV 11974 into the RVLM reduced MAP and HR, accompanied by increased release of GLY, TAU and GABA. These changes in MAP and HR after administration of ANG II or AT1 antagonist were partially blocked by the use of the corresponding antagonist of each amino acid neurotransmitter. Furthermore, these effects were more prominently seen in SHR than in normotensive rats. These results suggest that the release of amino acid neurotransmitters mediate the cardiovascular effects of the angiotensin system in the RVLM, which may be involved in the generation of hypertension in SHR.
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- D N Zhu
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan
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Kubo T, Yanagihara Y, Yamaguchi H, Fukumori R. Excitatory amino acid receptors in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus mediate pressor response induced by carotid body chemoreceptor stimulation in rats. Clin Exp Hypertens 1997; 19:1117-34. [PMID: 9310207 DOI: 10.3109/10641969709083208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In urethane-anesthetized rats with spinal transection, antagonists of excitatory amino acid receptors, P2 purinoceptors and adrenoceptors were microinjected into the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVN) and their effects on the pressor response evoked by carotid body chemoreceptor stimulation were examined. Microinjections of the non-selective excitatory amino acid antagonist kynurenate, the non-NMDA receptor antagonist CNQX and the NMDA antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (AP5) into the PVN inhibited the chemoreceptor reflex-induced pressor response. The excitatory amino acid agonist L-glutamate injected into the PVN produced an increase in blood pressure. The P2 purinoceptor antagonist suramin did not affect the pressor response and ATP did not affect basal blood pressure. The alpha adrenoceptor antagonist phentolamine, prazosin and yohimbine also inhibited the chemoreceptor-induced pressor response, while the beta antagonist propranolol did not affect it. These findings indicate that excitatory amino acid receptors and alpha adrenoceptors in the PVN are involved in mediating the pressor response induced by carotid body chemoreceptor stimulation in rats.
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- T Kubo
- Department of Pharmacology, Showa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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Martins-Pinge MC, Baraldi-Passy I, Lopes OU. Excitatory effects of nitric oxide within the rostral ventrolateral medulla of freely moving rats. Hypertension 1997; 30:704-7. [PMID: 9323009 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.30.3.704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The aim of the present study was to examine the participation of NO in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) of freely moving rats. We utilized NO donors and L-arginine, which were microinjected into the RVLM. Unilateral microinjection (100 nL) of 2.5 nmol sodium nitroprusside produced a biphasic response consisting of an initial, rapid increase in arterial pressure (AP) from 125+/-5 to 161+/-8 mm Hg (P<.01) and a second, long-lasting response with a progressive increase in AP (maximum delta peak, 34+/-9 mm Hg; P<.01). Another NO donor, S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP; 2.5 nmol), also produced immediate hypertension from 118+/-5 mm Hg to 168+/-7 mm Hg (P<.01) but without the second, long-lasting response. L-Arginine (5, 24, and 140 nmol) produced a gradual increase in AP. L-Glutamate (5 nmol) microinjected into the RVLM produced an increase in AP from 122+/-9 mm Hg to 171+/-8 mm Hg (P<.01) and bradycardia from 342+/-10 to 315+/-8 beats/min. This AP response was significantly attenuated, from 115+/-7 to 128+/-9 mm Hg (P<.05), after microinjection of methylene blue (3 nmol) without alterations in heart rate. These results indicate that NO may have an excitatory effect on the RVLM of freely moving rats, probably in association with glutamatergic synapses via cGMP mechanisms.
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- M C Martins-Pinge
- Department of Physiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil.
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Kubo T, Asari T, Amano M, Hagiwara Y, Fukumori R. Evidence for the involvement of endogenous aspartate in the mediation of carotid chemoreceptor reflexes in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat. Neurosci Lett 1997; 232:103-6. [PMID: 9302097 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(97)00584-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate (AP5; 153 pmol) injected into the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) inhibited pressor responses induced by carotid chemoreceptor stimulation. AP5 also inhibited pressor responses to aspartate (0.75 nmol) but not to glutamate (0.53 nmol) similarly injected. High K+ (50 mM) released endogenous aspartate and glutamate in a Ca2+-dependent manner from the RVLM. Chemoreceptor stimulation caused a release of aspartate but not of glutamate in the RVLM, and sinus nerve denervation abolished the release of aspartate. Increases in blood pressure induced by intravenous phenylephrine did not release aspartate. These results support the hypothesis that endogenous aspartate in the rat RVLM is involved in the mediation of chemoreceptor reflexes.
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- T Kubo
- Department of Pharmacology, Showa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Machida, Tokyo, Japan
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Vasquez EC, Meyrelles SS, Mauad H, Cabral AM. Neural reflex regulation of arterial pressure in pathophysiological conditions: interplay among the baroreflex, the cardiopulmonary reflexes and the chemoreflex. Braz J Med Biol Res 1997; 30:521-32. [PMID: 9251774 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x1997000400014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The maintenance of arterial pressure at levels adequate to perfuse the tissues is a basic requirement for the constancy of the internal environment and survival. The objective of the present review was to provide information about the basic reflex mechanisms that are responsible for the moment-to-moment regulation of the cardiovascular system. We demonstrate that this control is largely provided by the action of arterial and non-arterial reflexes that detect and correct changes in arterial pressure (baroreflex), blood volume or chemical composition (mechano- and chemosensitive cardiopulmonary reflexes), and changes in blood-gas composition (chemoreceptor reflex). The importance of the integration of these cardiovascular reflexes is well understood and it is clear that processing mainly occurs in the nucleus tractus solitarii, although the mechanism is poorly understood. There are several indications that the interactions of baroreflex, chemoreflex and Bezold-Jarisch reflex inputs, and the central nervous system control the activity of autonomic preganglionic neurons through parallel afferent and efferent pathways to achieve cardiovascular homeostasis. It is surprising that so little appears in the literature about the integration of these neural reflexes in cardiovascular function. Thus, our purpose was to review the interplay between peripheral neural reflex mechanisms of arterial blood pressure and blood volume regulation in physiological and pathophysiological states. Special emphasis is placed on the experimental model of arterial hypertension induced by N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) in which the interplay of these three reflexes is demonstrable.
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- E C Vasquez
- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brasil
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In anesthetized and ventilated rats, activation of carotid chemoreceptors with intracarotid administration of 100 nmol sodium cyanide rapidly excited the spinal cord-projecting vasomotor neurons in the rostroventrolateral reticular nucleus (RVL) of the medulla oblongata and sympathetic nerves and increased arterial pressure. The chemoreflex sympathoexcitatory pressor responses were attenuated by an acute systemic administration of ethanol at 0.45 g/kg, but not at 45 mg/kg. The ethanol effects were observed at the level of RVL-spinal vasomotor neurons, in attenuating the neuronal responses to the chemoreflex excitation and direct iontophoresis of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) but without altering responses of the carotid sinus nerves to intracarotid cyanide. The effect of ethanol on the RVL neurons was further defined as blocking NMDA-evoked inward current in the corresponding spontaneously active RVL neurons in vitro. The results indicate that acute ethanol intoxication markedly influences NMDA receptor activation and arterial chemoreflexes. The relevance of the type of action to clinical hypertension in chronic and heavy drinkers is discussed.
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- M K Sun
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Kubo T, Amano M, Asari T. N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors but not non-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors mediate hypertension induced by carotid body chemoreceptor stimulation in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat. Neurosci Lett 1993; 164:113-6. [PMID: 8152584 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(93)90870-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In urethane-anesthetized rats, excitatory amino acid antagonists were microinjected into the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) and their effects on the pressor response and tachycardia evoked by carotid chemoreceptor stimulation were examined. Microinjections of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (AP5) and MK-801 into the RVLM inhibited these chemoreceptor reflex responses whereas these responses were not affected by injection of the non-NMDA receptor antagonist CNQX. AP5 and MK-801 but not CNQX abolished the pressor response evoked by NMDA whereas CNQX but not AP5 and MK-801 abolished that evoked by AMPA or kainate. These results provide evidence that NMDA receptors in the RVLM of the rat are involved in the carotid chemoreceptor reflex.
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- T Kubo
- Department of Pharmacology, Showa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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