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Martin D, Reihe C, Drummer S, Roessler K, Boomer S, Nelson M. Venoconstrictor responses to activation of bradykinin-sensitive pericardial afferents involve the region of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. Physiol Rep 2022; 10:e15221. [PMID: 35307973 PMCID: PMC8935126 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023] Open
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Veins are important in the control of venous return, cardiac output, and cardiovascular homeostasis. However, the effector systems modulating venous function remain to be fully elucidated. We demonstrated that activation of bradykinin-sensitive pericardial afferents elicited systemic venoconstriction. The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) is an important site modulating autonomic outflow to the venous compartment. We tested the hypothesis that the PVN region is involved in the venoconstrictor response to pericardial injection of bradykinin. Rats were anesthetized with urethane/alpha chloralose and instrumented for recording arterial pressure, vena caval pressure, and mean circulatory filling pressure (MCFP), an index of venous tone. The rats were fitted with a pericardial catheter and PVN injector guide tubes. Mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), and MCFP responses to pericardial injection of bradykinin (1, 10 µg/kg) were recorded before and after PVN injection of omega conotoxin GVIA (200 ng/200 nl). Pericardial injection of saline produced no systematic effects on MAP, HR, or MCFP. In contrast, pericardial injection of bradykinin was associated with short latency increases in MAP (16 ± 4 to 18 ± 2 mm Hg) and MCFP 0.35 ± 0.19 to 1.01 ± 0.27 mm Hg. Heart rate responses to pericardial BK were highly variable, but HR was significantly increased (15 ± 9 bpm) at the higher BK dose. Conotoxin injection in the PVN region did not affect baseline values for these variables. However, injection of conotoxin into the area of the PVN largely attenuated the pressor (-1 ± 3 to 6 ± 3 mm Hg), MCFP (-0.19 ± 0.07 to 0.20 ± 0.18 mm Hg), and HR (4 ± 14 bpm) responses to pericardial bradykinin injection. We conclude that the PVN region is involved in the venoconstrictor responses to pericardial bradykinin injection.
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- Doug Martin
- Division of Basic Biomedical SciencesUniversity of South DakotaVermillionSouth DakotaUSA
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- Division of Basic Biomedical SciencesUniversity of South DakotaVermillionSouth DakotaUSA
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- Division of Basic Biomedical SciencesUniversity of South DakotaVermillionSouth DakotaUSA
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- Division of Basic Biomedical SciencesUniversity of South DakotaVermillionSouth DakotaUSA
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- Division of Basic Biomedical SciencesUniversity of South DakotaVermillionSouth DakotaUSA
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- Division of Basic Biomedical SciencesUniversity of South DakotaVermillionSouth DakotaUSA
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Feetham CH, Barrett-Jolley R. NK1-receptor-expressing paraventricular nucleus neurones modulate daily variation in heart rate and stress-induced changes in heart rate variability. Physiol Rep 2014; 2:e12207. [PMID: 25472606 PMCID: PMC4332202 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) is an established center of cardiovascular control, receiving projections from other nuclei of the hypothalamus such as the dorsomedial hypothalamus and the suprachiasmatic nucleus. The PVN contains a population of "pre-autonomic neurones" which project to the intermediolateralis of the spinal cord and increase sympathetic activity, blood pressure, and heart rate. These spinally projecting neurones express a number of membrane receptors including GABA and substance P NK1 receptors. Activation of NK1-expressing neurones increases heart rate, blood pressure, and sympathetic activity. However, their role in the pattern of overall cardiovascular control remains unknown. In this work, we use specific saporin lesion of NK1-expressing PVN rat neurones with SSP-SAP and telemetrically measure resting heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) parameters in response to mild psychological stress. The HRV parameter "low frequency/high frequency ratio" is often used as an indicator of sympathetic activity and is significantly increased with psychological stress in control rats (0.84 ± 0.14 to 2.02 ± 0.15; P < 0.001; n = 3). We find the stress-induced increase in this parameter to be blunted in the SSP-SAP-lesioned rats (0.83 ± 0.09 to 0.93 ± 0.21; P > 0.05; n = 3). We also find a shift in daily variation of heart rate rhythm and conclude that NK1-expressing PVN neurones are involved with coupling of the cardiovascular system to daily heart rate variation and the sympathetic response to psychological stress.
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- Claire H Feetham
- Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, Centre for Integrative Mammalian Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, Centre for Integrative Mammalian Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Nunn N, Womack M, Dart C, Barrett-Jolley R. Function and pharmacology of spinally-projecting sympathetic pre-autonomic neurones in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Curr Neuropharmacol 2011; 9:262-77. [PMID: 22131936 PMCID: PMC3131718 DOI: 10.2174/157015911795596531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2010] [Revised: 09/01/2010] [Accepted: 09/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus has been described as the "autonomic master controller". It co-ordinates critical physiological responses through control of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis, and by modulation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the central nervous system. The PVN comprises several anatomical subdivisions, including the parvocellular/ mediocellular subdivision, which contains neurones projecting to the medulla and spinal cord. Consensus indicates that output from spinally-projecting sympathetic pre-autonomic neurones (SPANs) increases blood pressure and heart rate, and dysfunction of these neurones has been directly linked to elevated sympathetic activity during heart failure. The influence of spinally-projecting SPANs on cardiovascular function high-lights their potential as targets for future therapeutic drug development. Recent studies have demonstrated pharmacological control of these spinally-projecting SPANs with glutamate, GABA, nitric oxide, neuroactive steroids and a number of neuropeptides (including angiotensin, substance P, and corticotrophin-releasing factor). The underlying mechanism of control appears to be a state of tonic inhibition by GABA, which is then strengthened or relieved by the action of other modulators. The physiological function of spinally-projecting SPANs has been subject to some debate, and they may be involved in physiological stress responses, blood volume regulation, glucose regulation, thermoregulation and/or circadian rhythms. This review describes the pharmacology of PVN spinally-projecting SPANs and discusses their likely roles in cardiovascular control.
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- Centre for Integrative Mammalian Biology, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill & Crown St. Liverpool, L69 7ZJ, UK
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Yu YQ, Ye ZG, Xia Q. The role of opioid in the mechanism of the hypotensive effect by simulating acupuncture on rat hindlimb. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS : ... ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007; 2005:4929-32. [PMID: 17281349 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1615579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The present study investigated the role of central opioid in the hypotensive effect of somatic afferent inputs. The femoral arterial pressure and electrocardiogram (ECG) of rats were recorded when the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (the PVN) was electrically stimulated or chemically activated (microinjection of L-glutamate) with or without microinjection of naloxone into the lateral ventricle of brain. Stimulation of the deep peroneal nerve (the DPN) decreased the pressor response elicited by electrical stimulation or chemical activation of the PVN. This inhibitory effect was reduced by microinjection of naloxone into the lateral ventricle of brain. These data suggest that opioid receptor in brain is involved in the inhibitory effect of stimulating the DPN on the pressor response induced by activation of the PVN.
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- Yan-Qin Yu
- Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China (phone: 0086-571-87217146)
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Martin DS, Egland MC, Barnes LU, Vogel EM. Adrenergic nerves mediate the venoconstrictor response to PVN stimulation. Brain Res 2006; 1076:93-100. [PMID: 16473331 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.12.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2005] [Revised: 12/19/2005] [Accepted: 12/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Veins play an important role in the control of venous return, cardiac output and cardiovascular homeostasis. However, the central nervous system sites and effector systems involved in modulating venous function remain to be fully elucidated. The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) is an important site modulating autonomic outflow to the cardiovascular system. Venous tone can be modulated by sympathetic nerves or by adrenal catecholamines. The present study assessed the relative contribution of these autonomic effector systems to the venoconstrictor response elicited by stimulation of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to sham operation or bilateral adrenal demedullation fitted with PVN guide cannulae and fitted with catheters for recording arterial pressure (AP) and intrathoracic vena caval pressure (VP). A latex balloon was advanced into the right atrium. MCFP was calculated from the AP and VP recorded after 4 s of right atrial occlusion. MCFP = VP + (AP - VP)/60. Mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), VP and MCFP responses to injections of BMI (25 ng/side) into the PVN were recorded from conscious rats to avoid the complicating effects of anesthesia. In sham-operated rats, injection of BMI into the PVN increased MAP by 13 +/- 3 mm Hg and HR by 56 +/- 6 bpm. MCFP was also increased significantly by 0.98 +/- 0.15 mm Hg indicating an increase in venomotor tone. Adrenal medullectomy did not affect the pressor (DeltaMAP = 12 +/- 2 mm Hg), tachycardic (DeltaHR = 48 +/- 7 bpm) or venoconstrictor (DeltaMCFP = 0.73 +/- 0.11 mm Hg) responses. Ganglionic blockade abolished the PVN-induced responses in both groups of rats. In a separate group, pretreatment with the adrenergic neuron blocker, guanethidine (20 mg/kg), also abolished the PVN-mediated venoconstrictor responses. Conversely, selective beta2 adrenergic receptor blockade did not affect MCFP responses to BMI. These data indicate that adrenomedullary catecholamines are not necessary for full expression of the venoconstrictor response to PVN stimulation.
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- D S Martin
- Basic Biomedical Sciences, University of South Dakota, 414 East Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA.
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Most forms of hypertension are associated with a wide variety of functional changes in the hypothalamus. Alterations in the following substances are discussed: catecholamines, acetylcholine, angiotensin II, natriuretic peptides, vasopressin, nitric oxide, serotonin, GABA, ouabain, neuropeptide Y, opioids, bradykinin, thyrotropin-releasing factor, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, tachykinins, histamine, and corticotropin-releasing factor. Functional changes in these substances occur throughout the hypothalamus but are particularly prominent rostrally; most lead to an increase in sympathetic nervous activity which is responsible for the rise in arterial pressure. A few appear to be depressor compensatory changes. The majority of the hypothalamic changes begin as the pressure rises and are particularly prominent in the young rat; subsequently they tend to fluctuate and overall to diminish with age. It is proposed that, with the possible exception of the Dahl salt-sensitive rat, the hypothalamic changes associated with hypertension are caused by renal and intrathoracic cardiopulmonary afferent stimulation. Renal afferent stimulation occurs as a result of renal ischemia and trauma as in the reduced renal mass rat. It is suggested that afferents from the chest arise, at least in part, from the observed increase in left auricular pressure which, it is submitted, is due to the associated documented impaired ability to excrete sodium. It is proposed, therefore, that the hypothalamic changes in hypertension are a link in an integrated compensatory natriuretic response to the kidney's impaired ability to excrete sodium.
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- H E de Wardener
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Imperial College School of Medicine, Charing Cross Campus, London, United Kingdom.
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Hallbeck M, Larhammar D, Blomqvist A. Neuropeptide expression in rat paraventricular hypothalamic neurons that project to the spinal cord. J Comp Neurol 2001; 433:222-38. [PMID: 11283961 DOI: 10.1002/cne.1137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVH) exerts many of its regulatory functions through projections to spinal cord neurons that control autonomic and sensory functions. By using in situ hybridization histochemistry in combination with retrograde tract tracing, we analyzed the peptide expression among neurons in the rat PVH that send axons to the spinal cord. Projection neurons were labeled by immunohistochemical detection of retrogradely transported cholera toxin subunit B, and radiolabeled long riboprobes were used to identify neurons containing dynorphin, enkephalin, or oxytocin mRNA. Of the spinally projecting neurons in the PVH, approximately 40% expressed dynorphin mRNA, 40% expressed oxytocin mRNA, and 20% expressed enkephalin mRNA. Taken together with our previous findings on the distribution of vasopressin-expressing neurons in the PVH (Hallbeck and Blomqvist [1999] J. Comp. Neurol. 411:201-211), the results demonstrated that the different PVH subdivisions display distinct peptide expression patterns among the spinal cord-projecting neurons. Thus, the lateral parvocellular subdivision contained large numbers of spinal cord-projecting neurons that express any of the four investigated peptides, whereas the ventral part of the medial parvocellular subdivision displayed a strong preponderance for dynorphin- and vasopressin-expressing cells. The dorsal parvocellular subdivision almost exclusively contained dynorphin- and oxytocin-expressing spinal cord-projecting neurons. This parcellation of the peptide-expressing neurons suggested a functional diversity among the spinal cord-projecting subdivisions of the PVH that provide an anatomic basis for its various and distinct influences on autonomic and sensory processing at the spinal level.
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- M Hallbeck
- Division of Cell Biology, Department of Biomedicine and Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden.
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Fermepín MR, Vatta MS, Bianciotti LG, Wolovich TJ, Fernández BE. B-Type and C-type natriuretic peptides modify norepinephrine uptake in discrete encephalic nuclei of the rat. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2000; 20:763-71. [PMID: 11100982 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007011127409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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1. We previously demonstrated that atrial natriuretic factor and B- and C-type natriuretic peptides (ANF, BNP, and CNP, respectively) modified catecholamine metabolism by increasing the neuronal uptake and decreasing the neuronal release of norepinephrine in the rat hypothalamus. The aim of the present work was to study the effects of natriuretic peptides BNP and CNP on norepinephrine uptake as an index of the amine metabolism in discrete areas and nuclei of the central nervous system (CNS) of the rat. 2. Experiments were carried out in vitro using the punchout technique in diverse areas and nuclei of rat CNS. Results showed that 100 nM BNP and 1 nM CNP increased norepinephrine (NE) uptake in all brain areas and nuclei studied. 3. Present results permit us to conclude that BNP and CNP regulate NE metabolism independently of the encephalic area or nucleus involved. In fact, NE uptake increased in nuclei related to the regulation of cardiovascular activity as well as nuclei associated with endocrine metabolism and hydrosaline homeostasis. These observations suggest that BNP and CNP may be involved in the regulation of these physiological processes in an indirect manner through modifications of noradrenergic neurotransmission. Present findings provide further support to the hypothesis that CNP would be the main natriuretic peptide in brain. Furthermore, previous as well as present results support the role of the natriureic peptides as neuromodulators of noradrenergic transmission at the presynaptic level.
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- M R Fermepín
- Cátedras de Fisiopatología y Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Gören MZ, Onat F, Berkman K. Participation of NMDA and kainate receptors of paraventricular nucleus in cardiovascular responses to glutamate receptor agonist. Eur J Pharmacol 2000; 388:77-84. [PMID: 10657549 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(99)00838-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The nuclei of the hypothalamus have been shown to be involved in central cardiovascular homeostasis. Recent studies suggest that glutamate-containing neurons have an important role in the regulation of central cardiovascular function. We report first on the effects of intracerebrally injected NMDA and non-NMDA receptor ligands on blood pressure and heart rate in conscious Sprague-Dawley rats. In the second part, we describe the effect of blockade of NMDA or kainate receptors in the paraventricular nucleus on glutamate receptor agonist-induced blood pressure responses. Intracerebroventricular injections of L-glutamic acid, NMDA and kainic acid produced increases in mean arterial pressure. Kainic acid produced significant decreases in heart rate. Microinjection of DL-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (APV; 25 and 50 nmol), a competitive NMDA receptor antagonist, into the paraventricular nucleus blunted the increases in the mean arterial pressure evoked by intracerebroventricular injections of NMDA (1 nmol), whereas microinjection of dinitroquinoxaline (DNQX; 20, 40 and 80 pmol), which acts as an antagonist at kainate receptors, failed to antagonize the cardiovascular effects of intracerebroventricular kainic acid (10 pmol). Microinjections of NMDA (100 pmol) into the paraventricular nucleus produced pressor responses, but kainic acid (5 and 10 pmol) failed to affect either mean arterial pressure or heart rate. These results suggest participation of the glutamergic system in cardiovascular regulation via NMDA receptors located within the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus in rats.
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- M Z Gören
- Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Haydarpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey
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Duan YF, Kopin IJ, Goldstein DS. Stimulation of the paraventricular nucleus modulates firing of neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 277:R403-11. [PMID: 10444546 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.2.r403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The present study assessed whether the baroreflex inhibition elicited by electrical stimulation of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) involves altered activity in the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS). Unit recordings were made from 107 neurons in the NTS in anesthetized rabbits. Intravenous phenylephrine was used to induce a pressor response and to activate baroreflexes. Of the neurons that responded to pressor responses, two-thirds were excited and one-third was inhibited. Stimulation of the PVN inhibited 70% of the phenylephrine-responsive NTS neurons, with or without concurrent baroreceptor stimulation. When PVN stimulation was delivered concurrently with phenylephrine injection, more NTS neuronal inhibition and less excitation occurred than with phenylephrine alone. Usually PVN stimulation inhibited NTS neurons that were excited by pressor responses; less commonly, PVN stimulation excited NTS neurons that were inhibited by pressor responses. The findings are consistent with the view that PVN activation during the defense reaction inhibits baroreflexes by altering firing of NTS neurons.
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- Y F Duan
- Clinical Neurochemistry Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1620, USA.
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Haselton JR, Vari RC. Neuronal cell bodies in paraventricular nucleus affect renal hemodynamics and excretion via the renal nerves. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 275:R1334-42. [PMID: 9756566 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.4.r1334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Several lines of evidence support the existence of an oligosynaptic projection from the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) to the kidney in the rat. We sought to provide evidence that this neural pathway is capable of influencing renal function in rats. Bilateral microinjections of bicuculline (Bic; 1 nmol) into the PVN decreased glomerular filtration rate (59%), effective renal plasma flow (71%), urine flow (UV; 57%), and urinary sodium excretion (UNaV; 54%), accompanied by increased mean arterial pressure (17%) and heart rate (17%). These results were not obtained when Bic was injected outside the PVN or when vehicle (0.9% saline) was injected into the PVN. Bilateral renal denervation (5-7 days before the experiments) significantly reduced the renal vasoconstriction, attenuated the antidiuresis, and abolished the antinatriuresis evoked by PVN stimulation. On the other hand, both the antidiuresis and antinatriuresis evoked by PVN stimulation were undiminished after treatment with either of two vasopressin receptor antagonists ([beta-mercapto-beta,beta-cyclopentamethylenepropionyl1,O-Et-Tyr2, Val4,Arg8]vasopressin, a vasopressin V1 receptor antagonist, or [adamantaneacetyl1,O-Et-D-Tyr2,Val4,aminobutyryl6,Arg8, 9]-vasopressin, a V2 receptor antagonist). In renal-denervated rats treated with the same V2 receptor antagonist, PVN stimulation produced highly variable increases in both UV and UNaV, which overall were not statistically different than zero. We conclude that the activation of neurons in PVN evokes 1) renal vasoconstriction accompanied by antinatriuresis, both of which are attributable to the renal nerves, and 2) decreased water excretion, which is mediated by the renal nerves and vasopressin V2 receptors.
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- J R Haselton
- Department of Physiology, University of North Dakota, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202-9037, USA
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Martin DS, Rodrigo MC, Egland MC, Barnes LU. Disinhibition of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus increases mean circulatory filling pressure in conscious rats. Brain Res 1997; 756:106-13. [PMID: 9187320 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(97)00128-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Venous capacitance plays an important role in the control of cardiac output. However, the central nervous system sites and neurochemical signals involved in modulating venous function remain to be fully elucidated. The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) is an important site modulating autonomic outflow to the cardiovascular system. The present study tested the hypothesis that removal of tonic GABAergic tone in the PVN would increase peripheral venous tone. Mean circulatory filling pressure was used as an index of venous tone. Arterial pressure, venous pressure, heart rate, and mean circulatory filling pressure (MCFP) were monitored in conscious male Sprague Dawley rats. The rats were challenged with microinjections of bicuculline methiodide (BMI) (25 ng) or vehicle (artificial cerebrospinal fluid) into the PVN. In one group of rats, BMI injections were performed before and after ganglionic blockade with chlorisondamine hydrochloride (10 mg/kg) and atropine (0.4 mg/kg) given subcutaneously. In a second group, BMI injections were performed in chlorisondamine-treated rats whose blood pressure had been returned to control with an infusion of norepinephrine. Injection of bicuculline into the PVN increased MAP (14 +/- 2 to 18 +/- 2 mmHg) and HR (49 +/- 12 to 74 +/- 14 bpm). MCFP also increased significantly by 1.00 +/- 0.17 to 1.39 +/- 0.18 mmHg, indicating an increase in the driving pressure for venous return. Injection of the vehicle did not affect these variables. In both groups, ganglionic blockade significantly attenuated the bicuculline-induced increases in MAP, HR and MCFP. These data indicate that sympathetic drive from the PVN to the venous system is under tonic GABAergic control.
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- D S Martin
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion 57069, USA
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Duan YF, Winters R, McCabe PM, Green EJ, Huang Y, Schneiderman N. Cardiorespiratory components of defense reaction elicited from paraventricular nucleus. Physiol Behav 1997; 61:325-30. [PMID: 9035265 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9384(96)00410-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The present study was conducted to test the hypothesis that the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) is involved in the mediation or modulation of the cardiorespiratory components of the defense reaction (DR) in rabbits. Electrical stimulation of the PVN elicited increases in blood pressure and heart rate, hyperventilation, decreased blood flow to the visceral organs, and an increase in blood flow to the hindlimbs that was mediated by an atropine-sensitive vasodilation system. This response pattern is nearly identical to the one that is elicited by electrical stimulation of the hypothalamic defense area. In addition, the cardiomotor component of the baroreceptor reflex was observed to be suppressed during electrical stimulation of the PVN. Previous studies have shown that electrical stimulation of the hypothalamic defense area also leads to inhibition of the cardiomotor component of the baroreceptor reflex. The results of the present study provide evidence that the PVN is involved in the mediation or modulation of the defense reaction.
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- Y F Duan
- Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA
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