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Álvarez-Ortega C, Gómez-Martínez JD, Cardona-Gallardo MA, Torres-España NF, Pava-Molano LF, Sánchez-Ortiz ÁI, Velásquez-Galvis M. Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation as a Treatment for Ventricular Arrhythmias Refractory to Conventional Treatment: A Case Series. Interv Cardiol 2024; 19:e06. [PMID: 38808282 PMCID: PMC11131149 DOI: 10.15420/icr.2023.09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2024] Open
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Background Ventricular arrhythmias are a leading cause of sudden death. The objective of this study was to characterise the results of patients with ventricular arrhythmias refractory to standard medical management, undergoing Video-assisted thoracoscopic cardiac sympathetic denervation (VAT-CSD) during 2012-2022 in Cali, Colombia. Methods This was an observational retrospective study, using the Institutional General Thoracic Surgery Database for patient identification and retrospectively reviewing the clinical charts for data description and analysis. Results Clinical records of 19 patients who underwent VAT-CSD for ventricular arrhythmia were analysed. The patients were predominantly male (73.7%) with an mean age of 62 years. Ischaemic heart disease was the main underlying condition (52.6%); all individuals had a diagnosis of heart failure, with comorbidities such as hypertension (63.1%), acute MI (57.8%) and diabetes (26.3%) also present. The procedure was performed bilaterally in 89.4% of cases and was successful with minimal perioperative complications. Postoperative follow-up showed improvement in symptoms, including a significant reduction in the number of ICD shocks and emergency department visits. Conclusion VAT-CSD is a viable, safe and palliative therapeutic option for patients with ventricular arrhythmias who have not responded to conventional treatments, achieving a significant decrease in symptoms with low mortality and perioperative complications.
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Navarro-Pérez MP, Bellosta-Diago E, Olesen J, Santos-Lasaosa S. Cardiac cephalalgia: a narrative review and ICHD-3 criteria evaluation. J Headache Pain 2022; 23:136. [PMID: 36266636 PMCID: PMC9583508 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-022-01508-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Cardiac cephalalgia is an unusual condition that occurs during an episode of myocardial ischemia. Information about cardiac cephalalgia is scarce and its characteristics and physiopathology remain unclear. Our aim is to provide a narrative review of clinical characteristics and physiopathology of cardiac cephalalgia and to evaluate the current diagnostic criteria. Methods A search through PubMed was undertaken for studies on cardiac cephalalgia published until 20th September 2022. We summarized the literature and provide a comprehensive review of the headache characteristics and possible mechanisms. We also evaluated current International Classification of Headache Disorders third edition diagnostic criteria based on prior reported cases. Results In total, 88 cases were found. Headache characteristics were variable. Occipital location and throbbing pain were the most frequently reported. Headache was accompanied in most cases by cardiac symptoms. Criterion B was fulfilled by 98% of cases, criterion C1 by 72%, and criteria C2a and C2b by 37 and 93.2%, respectively. Regarding headache features described in diagnostic criterion C3, ‘moderate to severe intensity’, ‘accompanied by nausea’, ‘not accompanied by photophobia or phonophobia’ and ‘aggravated by exertion’, were reported in 75, 31, 55 and 55% of cases, respectively. Conclusion Cardiac cephalalgia characteristics are variable and the headache features described in the diagnostic criterion C3 might not be adequate. Given that cardiac cephalalgia can be the manifestation of a life-threatening condition it is important to increase the knowledge about this entity. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s10194-022-01508-7.
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- María Pilar Navarro-Pérez
- Neurology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, San Juan Bosco 15, 50009, Saragossa, Spain. .,Aragon Institute for Health Research (IIS Aragón), Saragossa, Spain.
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- Neurology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, San Juan Bosco 15, 50009, Saragossa, Spain.,Aragon Institute for Health Research (IIS Aragón), Saragossa, Spain
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- Danish Headache Center, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Neurology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, San Juan Bosco 15, 50009, Saragossa, Spain.,Aragon Institute for Health Research (IIS Aragón), Saragossa, Spain
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Kobata H. Cardiac cephalalgia: a case series of four patients and updated literature review. Int J Emerg Med 2022; 15:33. [PMID: 35906565 PMCID: PMC9336087 DOI: 10.1186/s12245-022-00436-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Cardiac damage is common in patients with acute brain injury; however, little is known regarding cardiac-induced neurological symptoms. In the International Classification of Headache, Third Edition (ICHD-III), cardiac cephalalgia is classified as a headache caused by impaired homeostasis. Methods This report presents four patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who presented with headache that fulfilled the ICHD-III diagnostic criteria for cardiac cephalalgia. A systematic review of cardiac cephalalgia using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines is also presented. Results Case 1: A 69-year-old man with a history of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) developed sudden severe occipital pain, nausea, and cold sweating. Coronary angiography (CAG) revealed occlusion of the right coronary artery (RCA). Case 2: A 66-year-old woman complained of increasing occipitalgia and chest discomfort while riding a bicycle. CAG demonstrated 99% stenosis of the left anterior descending artery. Case 3: A 54-year-old man presented with faintness, cold sweating, and occipitalgia after eating lunch. CAG detected occlusion of the RCA. Case 4: A 72-year-old man went into shock after complaining of a sudden severe headache and nausea. Vasopressors were initiated and emergency CAG was performed, which detected three-vessel disease. In all four, electrocardiography (ECG) showed ST segment elevation or depression and echocardiography revealed a left ventricular wall motion abnormality. All patients underwent PCI, which resulted in headache resolution after successful coronary reperfusion. A total of 59 cases of cardiac cephalalgia were reviewed, including the four reported here. Although the typical manifestation of cardiac cephalalgia is migraine-like pain on exertion, it may present with thunderclap headache without a trigger or chest symptoms, mimicking subarachnoid hemorrhage. ECG may not always show an abnormality. Headaches resolve after successful coronary reperfusion. Conclusions Cardiac cephalalgia resulting from AMI can present with or without chest discomfort and even mimic the classic thunderclap headache associated with SAH. It should be recognized as a neurological emergency and treated without delay. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12245-022-00436-2.
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- Hitoshi Kobata
- Osaka Mishima Emergency Critical Care Center, 11-1 Minamiakutagawa-cho Takatsuki, Osaka, 569-1124, Japan.
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Aminopeptidase P (APPro, E.C 3.4.11.9) cleaves N-terminal amino acids from peptides and proteins where the penultimate residue is proline. This metal-ion-dependent enzyme shares a similar fold, catalytic mechanism, and substrate specificity with methionine aminopeptidase and prolidase. It adopts a canonical pita bread fold that serves as a structural basis for the metal-dependent catalysis and assembles as a tetramer in crystals. Similar to other metalloaminopeptidase, APPro requires metal ions for its maximal enzymatic activity, with manganese being the most preferred cation. Microbial aminopeptidase possesses unique characteristics compared with aminopeptidase from other sources, making it a great industrial enzyme for various applications. This review provides a summary of recent progress in the study of the structure and function of aminopeptidase P and describes its various applications in different industries as well as its significance in the environment.
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Evidence toward the potential absence of relationship between temporal and spatial heartbeats perception. Sci Rep 2021; 11:10759. [PMID: 34031511 PMCID: PMC8144555 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90334-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Many interoceptive tasks (i.e. measuring the sensitivity to bodily signals) are based upon heartbeats perception. However, the temporal perception of heartbeats-when heartbeats are felt-varies among individuals. Moreover, the spatial perception of heartbeats-where on the body heartbeats are felt-has not been characterized in relation to temporal. This study used a multi-interval heartbeat discrimination task in which participants judged the timing of their own heartbeats in relation to external tones. The perception of heartbeats in both time and spatial domains, and relationship between these domains was investigated. Heartbeat perception occurred on average ~ 250 ms after the ECG R-wave, most frequently sampled from the left part of the chest. Participants' confidence in discriminating the timing of heartbeats from external tones was maximal at 0 ms (tone played at R-wave). Higher confidence was related to reduced dispersion of sampling locations, but Bayesian statistics indicated the absence of relationship between temporal and spatial heartbeats perception. Finally, the spatial precision of heartbeat perception was related to state-anxiety scores, yet largely independent of cardiovascular parameters. This investigation of heartbeat perception provides fresh insights concerning interoceptive signals that contribute to emotion, cognition and behaviour.
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Luo Z, He H, Chen X. Sensation of laryngeal obstruction as a manifestation of myocardial infarction: A case report. J Int Med Res 2021; 49:3000605211013191. [PMID: 34018837 PMCID: PMC8150416 DOI: 10.1177/03000605211013191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A rare case of a 62-year-old woman with an atypical cardiac symptom of sensation of laryngeal obstruction as a manifestation of acute coronary syndrome is described. Initially, the patient showed unremarkable test results and was diagnosed with laryngopharyngitis and discharged from hospital. However, 24 hours later she returned to the hospital with an abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) and elevated blood troponin levels and was diagnosed with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). She developed heart failure, cardiogenic shock and died. Clinicians should be aware that patients with an unexplained sensation of laryngeal obstruction should be considered for the presence of MI within their differential diagnosis since this may be the only symptom in some patients with life-threatening cardiac ischemia.
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- Zhuanbo Luo
- Department of Respiratory Disease, Ningbo First Hospital, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Emergency, Ningbo First Hospital, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Traditional Medicine, Ningbo First Hospital, Zhejiang, China
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Sun L, Zhang Q, Li N, Bao S, Wang D, Li X. Cardiac cephalalgia closely associated with acute myocardial infarction. Am J Emerg Med 2021; 47:350.e1-350.e3. [PMID: 33744054 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Cardiac cephalalgia is an uncommon symptom occurring in coronary artery disease. It is difficult to identify cardiac cephalalgia and link it to coronary artery disease because these patients present with only a headache and no typical symptoms of angina, such as chest pain, radiating pain, or chest tightness. Currently, the diagnostic value of cardiac cephalalgia in acute myocardial infarction is still under debate. We here report a case of cardiac cephalalgia. An 83-year-old woman with a severe headache lasting 6 h was diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction. ST elevation and severe stenosis of the right coronary artery were observed. Passage of the guide wire and radiocontrast agent increased the intensity of the headache, which disappeared once the right coronary artery was opened. As of one month into follow-up, the headache had not recurred. These observations strongly indicate a close association between cardiac cephalalgia and acute myocardial infarction, and they could help diagnose acute myocardial infarction related to headaches.
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- Li Sun
- Department of Emergency Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
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- Department of Cardiology, ZaoZhuang Municipal Hospital, Zaozhuang 277100, Shandong 250031, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China.
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Sakai C, Kawasaki T, Sugihara H, Matoba S. The Bezold-Jarisch reflex in a patient with coronary spastic angina. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2020; 25:e12759. [PMID: 32335982 PMCID: PMC7679827 DOI: 10.1111/anec.12759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Acute inferior myocardial damage can induce transient bradycardia and hypotension—the Bezold–Jarisch reflex, which is explained by the preferential distribution of vagal nerves in the inferior wall of the left ventricle. We report a 76‐year‐old man who showed a perfusion defect in the inferior wall with redistribution on exercise scintigraphy with thallium‐201. Of note, during exercise at an intensity of 100 watts, the patient's heart rate transiently decreased from 122 to 95 bpm in sinus rhythm, accompanied by ST‐segment depression. A diagnosis of coronary spastic angina was made since no stenotic lesions were observed on conventional coronary angiography.
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- Chieko Sakai
- Department of Cardiology, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Alteration of coupling between brain and heart induced by sedation with propofol and midazolam. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0219238. [PMID: 31314775 PMCID: PMC6636731 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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For a comprehensive understanding of the nervous system, several previous studies have examined the network connections between the brain and the heart in diverse conditions. In this study, we identified coupling between the brain and the heart along the continuum of sedation levels, but not in discrete sedation levels (e. g., wakefulness, conscious sedation, and deep sedation). To identify coupling between the brain and the heart during sedation, we induced several depths of sedation using patient-controlled sedation with propofol and midazolam. We performed electroencephalogram (EEG) spectral analysis and extracted the instantaneous heart rate (HR) from the electrocardiogram (ECG). EEG spectral power dynamics and mean HR were compared along the continuum of sedation levels. We found that EEG sigma power was the parameter most sensitive to changes in the sedation level and was correlated with the mean HR under the effect of sedative agents. Moreover, we calculated the Granger causality (GC) value to quantify brain-heart coupling at each sedation level. Additionally, the GC analysis revealed noticeably different strengths and directions of causality among different sedation levels. In all the sedation levels, GC values from the brain to the heart (GCb→h) were higher than GC values from the heart to the brain (GCh→b). Moreover, the mean GCb→h increased as the sedation became deeper, resulting in higher GCb→h values in deep sedation (1.97 ± 0.18 in propofol, 2.02 ± 0.15 in midazolam) than in pre-sedation (1.71 ± 0.13 in propofol, 1.75 ± 0.11 in midazolam; p < 0.001). These results show that coupling between brain and heart activities becomes stronger as sedation becomes deeper, and that this coupling is more attributable to the brain-heart direction than to the heart-brain direction. These findings provide a better understanding of the relationship between the brain and the heart under specific conditions, namely, different sedation states.
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Gong Y, Zhou Y, Yang J, Li S, Wang Z, Rao J, Li L, Yuan H, Shi L, Yang R, Xu X, Liu S, Liang S, Zou L. Abnormal sympathetic activity after myocardial ischemia involving P2X4 in dorsal root ganglia. Brain Res Bull 2019; 149:216-221. [PMID: 31051227 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2019.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The satellite glial cells (SGCs) of the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) expressed P2X4 receptor. In this study, we investigated the abnormal sympathetic activity after myocardial ischemia (MI) involving P2X4 receptor in the cervical DRG SGC. The results showed that MI injury upregulated the P2X4 receptor mRNA and protein in DRG, and the upregulated P2X4 receptor was co-localized with glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in DRG SGCs. P2X4 short hairpin RNA (shRNA) treatment decreased the expression of P2X4 receptor, counteracted the upregulation of GFAP and IL-1β and inhibited P38MAPK phosphorylation in DRG of MI rats. These results indicate that application of P2X4 shRNA may reduce P2X4-mediated nociceptive signal via inhibiting DRG afferents to alleviate the abnormal sympathetic activity induced by MI.
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- Yingxin Gong
- Undergraduate student of Medical School of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China
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- Undergraduate student of Medical School of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China
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- Undergraduate student of Medical School of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China
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- Undergraduate student of Medical School of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China
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- Undergraduate student of Medical School of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China
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- Undergraduate student of Medical School of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China
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- Neuropharmacology Laboratory of Physiology Department, Medical School of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China; Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of autonomic nervous function and disease, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China
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- Neuropharmacology Laboratory of Physiology Department, Medical School of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China; Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of autonomic nervous function and disease, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China
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- Neuropharmacology Laboratory of Physiology Department, Medical School of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China; Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of autonomic nervous function and disease, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China
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- Neuropharmacology Laboratory of Physiology Department, Medical School of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China; Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of autonomic nervous function and disease, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China
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- Neuropharmacology Laboratory of Physiology Department, Medical School of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China; Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of autonomic nervous function and disease, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China
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- Neuropharmacology Laboratory of Physiology Department, Medical School of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China; Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of autonomic nervous function and disease, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China
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- Neuropharmacology Laboratory of Physiology Department, Medical School of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China; Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of autonomic nervous function and disease, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China.
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- Neuropharmacology Laboratory of Physiology Department, Medical School of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China; Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of autonomic nervous function and disease, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People's Republic of China.
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Lazari J, Money-Kyrle A, Wakerley BR. Cardiac cephalalgia: severe, non-exertional headache presenting as unstable angina. Pract Neurol 2018; 19:173-175. [DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2018-002045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Cardiac cephalalgia is a migraine-like headache that occurs during episodes of myocardial ischaemia. Clinical characteristics of the headache vary widely but are often severe in intensity, worsen with reduced myocardial perfusion and resolve with reperfusion. It can present along with typical symptoms of angina pectoris, although not always. We present a 64-year-old man with a 6-month history of severe, non-exertional headaches occurring with increasing frequency. A resting ECG showed ST elevation in the inferior leads. His serum troponin I was not elevated. Coronary angiography showed severe stenosis of his right coronary artery, which was successfully stented by percutaneous coronary intervention. He remains headache free at 2-year follow-up.
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Lujan HL, DiCarlo SE. Fundamental hemodynamic mechanisms mediating the response to myocardial ischemia in conscious paraplegic mice: cardiac output versus peripheral resistance. Physiol Rep 2017; 5:5/6/e13214. [PMID: 28336819 PMCID: PMC5371571 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Autonomic dysfunction, a relative sedentary lifestyle, a reduced muscle mass and increased adiposity leads to metabolic abnormalities that accelerate the development of coronary artery disease (CAD) in individuals living with spinal cord injury (SCI). An untoward cardiac incident is related to the degree of CAD, suggesting that the occurrence of a significant cardiac event is significantly higher for individuals with SCI. Thus, understanding the fundamental hemodynamic mechanisms mediating the response to myocardial ischemia has the potential to positively impact individuals and families living with SCI. Accordingly, we systematically investigated if thoracic level 5 spinal cord transection (T5X; paraplegia) alters the arterial blood pressure response to coronary artery occlusion and if the different arterial blood pressure responses to coronary artery occlusion between intact and paraplegic mice are mediated by changes in cardiac output and or systemic peripheral resistance and whether differences in cardiac output are caused by changes in heart rate and or stroke volume. To achieve this goal, the tolerance to 3 min of coronary artery occlusion was determined in conscious intact and paraplegic mice. Paraplegic mice had an impaired ability to maintain arterial blood pressure during coronary artery occlusion as arterial pressure fell to near lethal levels by 1.38 ± 0.64 min. The lower arterial pressure was mediated by a lower cardiac output as systemic peripheral resistance was elevated in paraplegic mice. The lower cardiac output was mediated by a reduced heart rate and stroke volume. These results indicate that in paraplegic mice, the arterial pressure response to coronary artery occlusion is hemodynamically mediated primarily by cardiac output which is determined by heart rate and stroke volume.
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- Heidi L Lujan
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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Jamali HK, Waqar F, Gerson MC. Cardiac autonomic innervation. J Nucl Cardiol 2017; 24:1558-1570. [PMID: 27844333 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-016-0725-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The autonomic nervous system plays a key role in regulating changes in the cardiovascular system and its adaptation to various human body functions. The sympathetic arm of the autonomic nervous system is associated with the fight and flight response, while the parasympathetic division is responsible for the restorative effects on heart rate, blood pressure, and contractility. Disorders involving these two divisions can lead to, and are seen as, a manifestation of most common cardiovascular disorders. Over the last few decades, extensive research has been performed establishing imaging techniques to quantify the autonomic dysfunction associated with various cardiovascular disorders. Additionally, several techniques have been tested with variable success in modulating the cardiac autonomic nervous system as treatment for these disorders. In this review, we summarize basic anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the cardiac autonomic nervous system including adrenergic receptors. We have also discussed several imaging modalities available to aid in diagnosis of cardiac autonomic dysfunction and autonomic modulation techniques, including pharmacologic and device-based therapies, that have been or are being tested currently.
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- Hina K Jamali
- Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, P.O. Box 670542, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, P.O. Box 670542, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, P.O. Box 670542, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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Uzuka H, Matsumoto Y, Nishimiya K, Ohyama K, Suzuki H, Amamizu H, Morosawa S, Hirano M, Shindo T, Kikuchi Y, Hao K, Shiroto T, Ito K, Takahashi J, Fukuda K, Miyata S, Funaki Y, Ishibashi-Ueda H, Yasuda S, Shimokawa H. Renal Denervation Suppresses Coronary Hyperconstricting Responses After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in Pigs In Vivo Through the Kidney-Brain-Heart Axis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2017; 37:1869-1880. [PMID: 28818859 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.117.309777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Drug-eluting stent-induced coronary hyperconstricting responses remain an important issue. The adventitia harbors a variety of components that potently modulate vascular tone, including sympathetic nerve fibers (SNF) and vasa vasorum. Catheter-based renal denervation (RDN) inhibits sympathetic nerve activity. We, thus, examined whether RDN suppresses drug-eluting stent-induced coronary hyperconstricting responses, and if so, what mechanisms are involved. APPROACH AND RESULTS Protocol 1: pigs implanted with everolimus-eluting stents into the left coronary arteries underwent coronary angiography at 1 month after implantation for assessment of coronary vasomotion and adventitial SNF formation. Drug-eluting stent-induced coronary hyperconstricting responses were significantly enhanced associated with enhanced coronary adventitial SNF and vasa vasorum formation. Protocol 2: pigs implanted with everolimus-eluting stents were randomly assigned to the RDN or sham group. The RDN group underwent renal ablation. At 1 month, RDN significantly caused marked damage of the SNF at the renal arteries without any stenosis, thrombus, or dissections. Notably, RDN significantly upregulated the expression of α2-adrenergic receptor-binding sites in the nucleus tractus solitarius, attenuated muscle sympathetic nerve activity, and decreased systolic blood pressure and plasma renin activity. In addition, RDN attenuated coronary hyperconstricting responses to intracoronary serotonin at the proximal and distal stent edges associated with decreases in SNF and vasa vasorum formation, inflammatory cell infiltration, and Rho-kinase expression/activation. Furthermore, there were significant positive correlations between SNF and vasa vasorum and between SNF and coronary vasoconstricting responses. CONCLUSIONS These results provide the first evidence that RDN ameliorates drug-eluting stent-induced coronary hyperconstricting responses in pigs in vivo through the kidney-brain-heart axis.
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- Hironori Uzuka
- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (H.U., Y.M., K.N., K.O., H. Suzuki, H.A., S.M., M.H., T.S., Y.K., K.H., T.S., K.I., J.T., K.F., S.M., H. Shimokawa); Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (K.N.); Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (H. Suzuki); Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Y.F.); and Department of Pathology (H.I.-U.) and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.Y.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan.
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MORI Y, TAKAHASHI N, KUROKAWA T, KIYONAKA S. TRP channels in oxygen physiology: distinctive functional properties and roles of TRPA1 in O 2 sensing. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2017; 93:464-482. [PMID: 28769017 PMCID: PMC5713176 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.93.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) proteins form cation channels characterized by a wide variety of activation triggers. Here, we overview a group of TRP channels that respond to reactive redox species to transduce physiological signals, with a focus on TRPA1 and its role in oxygen physiology. Our systematic evaluation of oxidation sensitivity using cysteine-selective reactive disulphides with different redox potentials reveals that TRPA1 has the highest sensitivity to oxidants/electrophiles among the TRP channels, which enables it to sense O2. Proline hydroxylation by O2-dependent hydroxylases also regulates the O2-sensing function by inhibiting TRPA1 in normoxia; TRPA1 is activated by hypoxia through relief from the inhibition and by hyperoxia through cysteine oxidation that overrides the inhibition. TRPA1 enhances neuronal discharges induced by hyperoxia and hypoxia in the vagus to underlie respiratory adaptation to changes in O2 availability. This importance of TRPA1 in non-carotid body O2 sensors can be extended to the universal significance of redox-sensitive TRP channels in O2 adaptation.
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- Yasuo MORI
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Correspondence should be addressed: Y. Mori, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan (e-mail: )
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Shankar A, Allan CLM, Smyth D, Jardine D. Cardiac cephalgia: a diagnostic headache. Intern Med J 2016; 46:1219-1221. [PMID: 27734618 DOI: 10.1111/imj.13217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2016] [Revised: 04/10/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A 73-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of exertional headaches. Exercise tolerance test demonstrated progressive ischaemic changes concomitant with worsening headache. Cardiac cephalgia was diagnosed and his symptoms resolved after coronary artery bypass surgery. Cardiac cephalgia may occasionally present as exertional headache without chest symptoms.
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- A Shankar
- Department of General Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of General Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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- Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of General Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Guo ZL, Longhurst JC, Tjen-A-Looi SC, Fu LW. elPBN neurons regulate rVLM activity through elPBN-rVLM projections during activation of cardiac sympathetic afferent nerves. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2016; 311:R410-25. [PMID: 27225950 PMCID: PMC5008663 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00127.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 05/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The external lateral parabrachial nucleus (elPBN) within the pons and rostral ventrolateral medulla (rVLM) contributes to central processing of excitatory cardiovascular reflexes during stimulation of cardiac sympathetic afferent nerves (CSAN). However, the importance of elPBN cardiovascular neurons in regulation of rVLM activity during CSAN activation remains unclear. We hypothesized that CSAN stimulation excites the elPBN cardiovascular neurons and, in turn, increases rVLM activity through elPBN-rVLM projections. Compared with controls, in rats subjected to microinjection of retrograde tracer into the rVLM, the numbers of elPBN neurons double-labeled with c-Fos (an immediate early gene) and the tracer were increased after CSAN stimulation (P < 0.05). The majority of these elPBN neurons contain vesicular glutamate transporter 3. In cats, epicardial bradykinin and electrical stimulation of CSAN increased the activity of elPBN cardiovascular neurons, which was attenuated (n = 6, P < 0.05) after blockade of glutamate receptors with iontophoresis of kynurenic acid (Kyn, 25 mM). In separate cats, microinjection of Kyn (1.25 nmol/50 nl) into the elPBN reduced rVLM activity evoked by both bradykinin and electrical stimulation (n = 5, P < 0.05). Excitation of the elPBN with microinjection of dl-homocysteic acid (2 nmol/50 nl) significantly increased basal and CSAN-evoked rVLM activity. However, the enhanced rVLM activity induced by dl-homocysteic acid injected into the elPBN was reversed following iontophoresis of Kyn into the rVLM (n = 7, P < 0.05). These data suggest that cardiac sympathetic afferent stimulation activates cardiovascular neurons in the elPBN and rVLM sequentially through a monosynaptic (glutamatergic) excitatory elPBN-rVLM pathway.
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- Zhi-Ling Guo
- Department of Medicine and Susan-Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Department of Medicine and Susan-Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Department of Medicine and Susan-Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Department of Medicine and Susan-Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California
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Prakash S, Panchani N, Rathore C, Makwana P, Rathod M. Cardiac cephalalgia: First case from India. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2016; 19:252-4. [PMID: 27293340 PMCID: PMC4888692 DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.165467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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A 67-year-old male smoker had exertional headaches for 2 years. The headaches were holocephalic, very severe, excruciating, and occasionally accompanied by nausea. Physical examinations and neuroimaging were normal. Electrocardiogram (ECG) showed old infarct in inferior leads. Sublingual nitrate provided relief in headaches. Stress test was positive with recurrence of similar headaches with ECG changes suggestive of myocardial ischemia. Coronary angiogram revealed three-vessel disease. Coronary artery bypass surgery provided complete resolution of headaches.
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- Sanjay Prakash
- Department of Neurology, Smt Bhikhiben Kantilal Shah Medical Institute and Research Centre Medical College, Waghodia, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Smt Bhikhiben Kantilal Shah Medical Institute and Research Centre Medical College, Waghodia, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Neurology, Smt Bhikhiben Kantilal Shah Medical Institute and Research Centre Medical College, Waghodia, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Neurology, Smt Bhikhiben Kantilal Shah Medical Institute and Research Centre Medical College, Waghodia, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Medicine, Smt Bhikhiben Kantilal Shah Medical Institute and Research Centre Medical College, Waghodia, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
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Kapa S, DeSimone CV, Asirvatham SJ. Innervation of the heart: An invisible grid within a black box. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2016; 26:245-57. [PMID: 26254961 PMCID: PMC4706824 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2015.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Revised: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 07/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Autonomic control of cardiovascular function is mediated by a complex interplay between central, peripheral, and innate cardiac components. This interplay is what mediates the normal cardiovascular response to physiologic and pathologic stressors, including blood pressure, cardiac contractile function, and arrhythmias. However, in order to understand how modern therapies directly affecting autonomic function may be harnessed to treat various cardiovascular disease states requires an intimate understanding of anatomic and physiologic features of the innervation of the heart. Thus, in this review, we focus on defining features of the central, peripheral, and cardiac components of cardiac innervation, how each component may contribute to dysregulation of normal cardiac function in various disease states, and how modulation of these components may offer therapeutic options for these diseases.
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- Suraj Kapa
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN; Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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Visceral pain is diffusely localized, referred into other tissues, frequently not correlated with visceral traumata, preferentially accompanied by autonomic and somatomotor reflexes, and associated with strong negative affective feelings. It belongs together with the somatic pain sensations and non-painful body sensations to the interoception of the body. (1) Visceral pain is correlated with the excitation of spinal (thoracolumbar, sacral) visceral afferents and (with a few exceptions) not with the excitation of vagal afferents. Spinal visceral afferents are polymodal and activated by adequate mechanical and chemical stimuli. All groups of spinal visceral afferents can be sensitized (e.g., by inflammation). Silent mechanoinsensitive spinal visceral afferents are recruited by inflammation. (2) Spinal visceral afferent neurons project into the laminae I, II (outer part IIo) and V of the spinal dorsal horn over several segments, medio-lateral over the whole width of the dorsal horn and contralateral. Their activity is synaptically transmitted in laminae I, IIo and deeper laminae to viscero-somatic convergent neurons that receive additionally afferent synaptic (mostly nociceptive) input from the skin and from deep somatic tissues of the corresponding dermatomes, myotomes and sclerotomes. (3) The second-order neurons consist of excitatory and inhibitory interneurons (about 90 % of all dorsal horn neurons) and tract neurons activated monosynaptically in lamina I by visceral afferent neurons and di- or polysynaptically in deeper laminae. (4) The sensitization of viscero-somatic convergent neurons (central sensitization) is dependent on the sensitization of spinal visceral afferent neurons, local spinal excitatory and inhibitory interneurons and supraspinal endogenous control systems. The mechanisms of this central sensitization have been little explored. (5) Viscero-somatic tract neurons project through the contralateral ventrolateral tract and presumably other tracts to the lower and upper brain stem, the hypothalamus and via the thalamus to various cortical areas. (6) Visceral pain is presumably (together with other visceral sensations and nociceptive as well as non-nociceptive somatic body sensations) primarily represented in the posterior dorsal insular cortex (primary interoceptive cortex). This cortex receives in primates its spinal synaptic inputs mainly from lamina I tract neurons via the ventromedial posterior nucleus of the thalamus. (7) The transmission of activity from visceral afferents to second-order neurons in spinal cord is modulated in an excitatory and inhibitory way by endogenous anti- and pronociceptive control systems in the lower and upper brain stem. These control systems are under cortical control. (8) Visceral pain is referred to deep somatic tissues, to the skin and to other visceral organs. This referred pain consists of spontaneous pain and mechanical hyperalgesia. The mechanisms underlying referred pain and the accompanying tissue changes have been little explored.
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- W Jänig
- Physiologisches Institut, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Olshausenstr. 40, 24098, Kiel, Deutschland,
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Jeon YH. Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia: Practical Consideration for Prevention and Treatment. Korean J Pain 2015; 28:177-84. [PMID: 26175877 PMCID: PMC4500781 DOI: 10.3344/kjp.2015.28.3.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2015] [Revised: 05/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Herpes zoster (HZ) is a transient disease caused by the reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus (VZV) in spinal or cranial sensory ganglia. It is characterized by a painful rash in the affected dermatome. Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is the most troublesome side effect associated with HZ. However, PHN is often resistant to current analgesic treatments such as antidepressants, anticonvulsants, opioids, and topical agents including lidocaine patches and capsaicin cream and can persist for several years. The risk factors for reactivation of HZ include advanced age and compromised cell-mediated immunity (CMI). Early diagnosis and treatment with antiviral agents plus intervention treatments is believed to shorten the duration and severity of acute HZ and reduce the risk of PHN. Prophylactic vaccination against VZV can be the best option to prevent or reduce the incidence of HZ and PHN. This review focuses on the pathophysiology, clinical features, and management of HZ and PHN, as well as the efficacy of the HZ vaccine.
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- Young Hoon Jeon
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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Chen WW, Xiong XQ, Chen Q, Li YH, Kang YM, Zhu GQ. Cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex and its implications for sympathetic activation in chronic heart failure and hypertension. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2015; 213:778-94. [PMID: 25598170 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2014] [Revised: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 12/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Persistent excessive sympathetic activation greatly contributes to the pathogenesis of chronic heart failure (CHF) and hypertension. Cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) is a sympathoexcitatory reflex with positive feedback characteristics. Humoral factors such as bradykinin, adenosine and reactive oxygen species produced in myocardium due to myocardial ischaemia stimulate cardiac sympathetic afferents and thereby reflexly increase sympathetic activity and blood pressure. The CSAR is enhanced in myocardial ischaemia, CHF and hypertension. The enhanced CSAR at least partially contributes to the sympathetic activation and pathogenesis of these diseases. Nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS), hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and rostral ventrolateral medulla are the most important central sites involved in the modulation and integration of the CSAR. Angiotensin II, AT1 receptors and NAD(P)H oxidase-derived superoxide anions pathway in the PVN are mainly responsible for the enhanced CSAR in CHF and hypertension. Central angiotensin-(1-7), nitric oxide, endothelin, intermedin, hydrogen peroxide and several other signal molecules are involved in regulating CSAR. Blockade of the CSAR shows beneficial effects in CHF and hypertension. This review focuses on the anatomical and physiological basis of the CSAR, the interaction of CSAR with baroreflex and chemoreflex, and the role of enhanced CSAR in the pathogenesis of CHF and hypertension.
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- W.-W. Chen
- Department of Physiology; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing Jiangsu China
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- Department of Physiology; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing Jiangsu China
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- Department of Pathophysiology; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing Jiangsu China
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- Department of Pathophysiology; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing Jiangsu China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology; Cardiovascular Research Center; Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine; Xi'an China
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- Department of Physiology; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing Jiangsu China
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Abd El-Aziz TA, Hussein YM, Elsebaie MH, Mohammad HA, Mohamed RH. A New Metabolic Mechanism for Absence of Pain in Patients with Silent Myocardial Ischemia. Arch Med Res 2015; 46:127-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2015.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Although most of the patients presenting with ischemic heart disease have chest pains, there are other rare presenting symptoms like cardiac cephalgia. In this report, we present a case of acute coronary syndrome with an only presentation of exertional headache. It was postulated as acute presentation of coronary artery disease, due to previous history of similar presentation associated with some chest pains with previous left coronary artery stenting. We present an unusual case with cardiac cephalgia in a young patient under the age of 50 which was not reported at that age before. There are four suggested mechanisms for this cardiac presentation.
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The hemodynamic response to blood loss in the conscious rat: contributions of cardiac vagal and cardiac spinal signals. Shock 2014; 41:282-91. [PMID: 24365884 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0000000000000106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The hemodynamic response to progressive blood loss passes through three distinct phases: an initial normotensive compensatory phase, a secondary hypotensive decompensatory phase, and a posthemorrhage recompensatory phase. The role of cardiac vagal and cardiac spinal signals in triggering the different phases of the response to hemorrhage was evaluated in the unanesthetized, freely moving rat by observing the effects on the response to 30% blood loss of prior cardiac vagal deafferentation (bilateral vagal rhizotomy) or prior cardiac spinal deafferentation (bilateral stellate ganglionectomy). In comparison to control animals, it was found that (i) cardiac spinal deafferentation significantly delayed the onset of the decompensatory phase, and (ii) cardiac vagal deafferentation slightly potentiated the decompensatory phase and impaired the recompensatory phase. These results indicate that it is cardiac spinal signals, rather than cardiac vagal signals, which in the conscious rat contribute to the triggering and progression of the decompensatory response to blood loss.
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Immanuel SA, Pamula Y, Kohler M, Martin J, Kennedy D, Nalivaiko E, Saint DA, Baumert M. Heartbeat Evoked Potentials during Sleep and Daytime Behavior in Children with Sleep-disordered Breathing. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2014; 190:1149-57. [DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201405-0920oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Passamani LM, Abdala AP, Moraes DJDA, Sampaio KN, Mill JG, Paton JFR. Temporal profile and mechanisms of the prompt sympathoexcitation following coronary ligation in Wistar rats. PLoS One 2014; 9:e101886. [PMID: 25006809 PMCID: PMC4090177 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Our aim was to assess the timing and mechanisms of the sympathoexcitation that occurs immediately after coronary ligation. We recorded thoracic sympathetic (tSNA) and phrenic activities, heart rate (HR) and perfusion pressure in Wistar rats subjected to either ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) or Sham operated in the working heart-brainstem preparation. Thirty minutes after LAD ligation, tSNA had increased (basal: 2.5±0.2 µV, 30 min: 3.5±0.3 µV), being even higher at 60 min (5.2±0.5 µV, P<0.01); while no change was observed in Sham animals. HR increased significantly 45 min after LAD (P<0.01). Sixty minutes after LAD ligation, there was: (i) an augmented peripheral chemoreflex - greater sympathoexcitatory response (50, 45 and 27% of increase to 25, 50 and 75 µL injections of NaCN 0.03%, respectively, when compared to Sham, P<0.01); (ii) an elevated pressor response (32±1 versus 23±1 mmHg in Sham, P<0.01) and a reduced baroreflex sympathetic gain (1.3±0.1 versus Sham 2.0±0.1%.mmHg-1, P<0.01) to phenylephrine injection; (iii) an elevated cardiac sympathetic tone (ΔHR after atenolol: -108±8 versus -82±7 bpm in Sham, P<0.05). In contrast, no changes were observed in cardiac vagal tone and bradycardic response to both baroreflex and chemoreflex between LAD and Sham groups. The immediate sympathoexcitatory response in LAD rats was dependent on an excitatory spinal sympathetic cardiocardiac reflex, whereas at 3 h an angiotensin II type 1 receptor mechanism was essential since Losartan curbed the response by 34% relative to LAD rats administered saline (P<0.05). A spinal reflex appears key to the immediate sympathoexcitatory response after coronary ligation. Therefore, the sympathoexcitatory response seems to be maintained by an angiotensinergic mechanism and concomitant augmentation of sympathoexcitatory reflexes.
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- Luciana Mesquita Passamani
- School of Physiology & Pharmacology, Bristol Heart Institute, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Department of Physiological Sciences, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- School of Physiology & Pharmacology, Bristol Heart Institute, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- School of Physiology & Pharmacology, Bristol Heart Institute, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Asvestas D, Vlachos K, Salachas A, Letsas KP, Sideris A. Headache: An unusual presentation of acute myocardial infraction. World J Cardiol 2014; 6:514-6. [PMID: 24976924 PMCID: PMC4072842 DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v6.i6.514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2013] [Revised: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Acute myocardial infarction should be diagnosed as early as possible for the appropriate management to salvage ischemic myocardium. Accurate diagnosis is typically based on the typical symptoms of angina. Headache is an unusual symptom in patients with acute myocardial infraction. We report a patient with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction who presented to the emergency department complaining of severe occipital headache without chest discomfort.
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- Dimitrios Asvestas
- Dimitrios Asvestas, Konstantinos Vlachos, Anastasios Salachas, Konstantinos P Letsas, Antonios Sideris, Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital, 10676 Athens, Greece
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- Dimitrios Asvestas, Konstantinos Vlachos, Anastasios Salachas, Konstantinos P Letsas, Antonios Sideris, Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital, 10676 Athens, Greece
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- Dimitrios Asvestas, Konstantinos Vlachos, Anastasios Salachas, Konstantinos P Letsas, Antonios Sideris, Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital, 10676 Athens, Greece
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- Dimitrios Asvestas, Konstantinos Vlachos, Anastasios Salachas, Konstantinos P Letsas, Antonios Sideris, Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital, 10676 Athens, Greece
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- Dimitrios Asvestas, Konstantinos Vlachos, Anastasios Salachas, Konstantinos P Letsas, Antonios Sideris, Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital, 10676 Athens, Greece
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Banozic A, Grkovic I, Puljak L, Sapunar D. Behavioral changes following experimentally-induced acute myocardial infarction in rats. Int Heart J 2014; 55:169-77. [PMID: 24632959 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.13-275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Rats with experimentally-induced acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have proven to be a clinically relevant model for visceral pain. As there are no behavioral data available on rats in the postinfarction period, we aimed to identify specific pain-related behavioral changes following AMI to increase the validity of the model. AMI was induced by left coronary artery ligation and pain-related behavior was analyzed using the open field test (OFT) and elevated plus maze (EPM). Morphine was applied following AMI induction to differentiate pain-related changes from those related to nonspecific global changes in responsiveness. AMI was histologically confirmed. Hypolocomotion was consistently evident in all behavioral tests for both the infarcted group and sham group. In the OFT, both AMI and sham rats exhibited less exploratory behavior and less activity. A similar pattern of behavior was observed in EPM, where both surgical groups showed fewer entries to the open arms and spent less time in the open arms. The sham group with an intact pericardium showed the same pattern of activity as control rats. The reduction in activity and rearing observed following AMI was successfully reversed following morphine injection. This effect was abolished after naloxone application allowing us to attribute observed changes specifically to pain.This study demonstrates that pain-related behavior in the acute postinfarction period is generally characterized by reduced mobility and explorative behavior. Our results showed that cardiac ischemia as a consequence of experimentally-induced infarction is a less important source of pain behavior than manipulation of the pericardium.
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- Adriana Banozic
- Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Histology, University of Split School of Medicine
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Shimizu S, Takahashi N, Mori Y. TRPs as chemosensors (ROS, RNS, RCS, gasotransmitters). Handb Exp Pharmacol 2014; 223:767-94. [PMID: 24961969 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05161-1_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The transient receptor potential (trp) gene superfamily encodes TRP proteins that act as multimodal sensor cation channels for a wide variety of stimuli from outside and inside the cell. Upon chemical or physical stimulation of cells, TRP channels transduce electrical and/or Ca(2+) signals via their cation channel activities. These functional features of TRP channels allow the body to react and adapt to different forms of environmental changes. Indeed, members of one class of TRP channels have emerged as sensors of reactive oxygen species (ROS), reactive nitrogen species (RNS), reactive carbonyl species (RCS), and gaseous messenger molecules including molecular oxygen (O2), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and carbon dioxide (CO2). Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), an ROS, triggers the production of ADP-ribose, which binds and activates TRPM2. In addition to TRPM2, TRPC5, TRPV1, and TRPA1 are also activated by H2O2 via modification of cysteine (Cys) free sulfhydryl groups. Nitric oxide (NO), a vasoactive gaseous molecule, regulates TRP channels directly via Cys S-nitrosylation or indirectly via cyclic GMP (cGMP)/protein kinase G (PKG)-dependent phosphorylation. Anoxia induced by O2-glucose deprivation and severe hypoxia activates TRPM7 and TRPC6, respectively, whereas TRPA1 serves as a sensor of mild hypoxia and hyperoxia in vagal and sensory neurons. TRPA1 also detects other gaseous molecules, such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2). In this review, we highlight our current knowledge of TRP channels as chemosensors for ROS, RNS, RCS, and gaseous molecules and discuss their functional impacts on physiological and pathological events.
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- Shunichi Shimizu
- Division of Physiology and Pathology, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, Showa University School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan
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Foreman RD, Linderoth B. Neural mechanisms of spinal cord stimulation. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2013. [PMID: 23206679 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-404706-8.00006-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Neuromodulation, specifically spinal cord stimulation (SCS), relieves pain and improves organ function. This chapter discusses the limited information presently available about the underlying mechanisms that explain the beneficial effects of treating patients with SCS. Where applicable, information is presented about translational research that illustrates the importance of collaboration between clinicians, basic scientists, and engineers. This chapter presents the infant stage of studies that attempt to explain the mechanisms which come into play for treating neuropathic pain, ischemic pain in peripheral vascular disease, and diseases of the visceral organs, specifically the gastrointestinal tract and the heart. The basic science studies will demonstrate how SCS acts on various pain syndromes and diseases via multiple pathways in the central nervous system as well as in somatic structures and visceral organs.
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- Robert D Foreman
- Department of Physiology, Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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Liu J, Li G, Peng H, Tu G, Kong F, Liu S, Gao Y, Xu H, Qiu S, Fan B, Zhu Q, Yu S, Zheng C, Wu B, Peng L, Song M, Wu Q, Li G, Liang S. Sensory-sympathetic coupling in superior cervical ganglia after myocardial ischemic injury facilitates sympathoexcitatory action via P2X7 receptor. Purinergic Signal 2013; 9:463-79. [PMID: 23754120 PMCID: PMC3757147 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-013-9367-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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P2X receptors participate in cardiovascular regulation and disease. After myocardial ischemic injury, sensory-sympathetic coupling between rat cervical DRG nerves and superior cervical ganglia (SCG) facilitated sympathoexcitatory action via P2X7 receptor. The results showed that after myocardial ischemic injury, the systolic blood pressure, heart rate, serum cardiac enzymes, IL-6, and TNF-α were increased, while the levels of P2X7 mRNA and protein in SCG were also upregulated. However, these alterations diminished after treatment of myocardial ischemic (MI) rats with the P2X7 antagonist oxATP. After siRNA P2X7 in MI rats, the systolic blood pressure, heart rate, serum cardiac enzymes, the expression levels of the satellite glial cell (SGC) or P2X7 were significantly lower than those in MI group. The phosphorylation of ERK 1/2 in SCG participated in the molecular mechanism of the sympathoexcitatory action induced by the myocardial ischemic injury. Retrograde tracing test revealed the sprouting of CGRP or SP sensory nerves (the markers of sensory afferent fibers) from DRG to SCG neurons. The upregulated P2X7 receptor promoted the activation of SGCs in SCG, resulting in the formation of sensory-sympathetic coupling which facilitated the sympathoexcitatory action. P2X7 antagonist oxATP could inhibit the activation of SGCs and interrupt the formation of sensory-sympathetic coupling in SCG after the myocardial ischemic injury. Our findings may benefit the treatment of coronary heart disease and other cardiovascular diseases.
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- Jun Liu
- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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- />Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
- />Key Laboratory of Basic Medicine, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006 People’s Republic of China
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Neural Mechanisms That Underlie Angina-Induced Referred Pain in the Trigeminal Nerve Territory: A c-Fos Study in Rats. ISRN PAIN 2013; 2013:671503. [PMID: 27335881 PMCID: PMC4893399 DOI: 10.1155/2013/671503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The present study was designed to determine whether the trigeminal sensory nuclear complex (TSNC) is involved in angina-induced referred pain in the trigeminal nerve territory and to identify the peripheral nerve conducting nociceptive signals that are input into the TSNC. Following application of the pain producing substance (PPS) infusion, the number of Fos-labeled cells increased significantly in the subnucleus caudalis (Sp5C) compared with other nuclei in the TSNC. The Fos-labeled cells in the Sp5C disappeared when the left and right cervical vagus nerves were sectioned. Lesion of the C1-C2 spinal segments did not reduce the number of Fos-labeled cells. These results suggest that the nociceptive signals that conduct vagal afferent fibers from the cardiac region are input into the Sp5C and then projected to the thalamus.
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Falcone C, Bozzini S, Gazzaruso C, Calcagnino M, Ghiotto N, Falcone R, Coppola A, Giustina A, Pelissero G. Primary headache and silent myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease. Cardiology 2013; 125:133-8. [PMID: 23735904 DOI: 10.1159/000350401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The mechanisms by which migraine is linked to ischemic vascular disease remain uncertain and are likely to be complex. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between silent myocardial ischemia (SMI) and a history of documented primary headache in a large population of patients with exercise-induced myocardial ischemia. METHODS The study involved 1,427 consecutive patients (918 symptomatic and 509 asymptomatic patients) with exercise-induced myocardial ischemia and documented coronary artery disease (CAD). RESULTS Patients with anginal symptoms during exercise-induced myocardial ischemia had a significantly higher prevalence of primary headache than those without (41 vs. 30%, p < 0.001). Patients with angina pectoris in daily life also had greater prevalence of primary headache than those without anginal symptoms (37 vs. 20%; p < 0.0001). Symptomatic patients during percutaneous transluminal coronary angiography or myocardial infarction had a greater prevalence of primary headache than asymptomatic patients (p < 0.001 and p = 0.005, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that a history of headache in CAD population is correlated to a high probability of anginal symptoms and a decreased probability of SMI. The anamnestic absence of headache requires a close monitoring for patients with risk factors for CAD, because this population seems to have a lower susceptibility to pain and the risk of developing SMI might be increased.
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- Colomba Falcone
- Interdepartmental Center of Research in Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy.
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Suzuki H, Sumiyoshi A, Kawashima R, Shimokawa H. Different brain activation under left and right ventricular stimulation: an fMRI study in anesthetized rats. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56990. [PMID: 23451129 PMCID: PMC3579932 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2012] [Accepted: 01/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Myocardial ischemia in the anterior wall of the left ventricule (LV) and in the inferior wall and/or right ventricle (RV) shows different manifestations that can be explained by the different innervations of cardiac afferent nerves. However, it remains unclear whether information from different areas of the heart, such as the LV and RV, are differently processed in the brain. In this study, we investigated the brain regions that process information from the LV or RV using cardiac electrical stimulation and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in anesthetized rats because the combination of these two approaches cannot be used in humans. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS An electrical stimulation catheter was inserted into the LV or RV (n = 12 each). Brain fMRI scans were recorded during LV or RV stimulation (9 Hz and 0.3 ms width) over 10 blocks consisting of alternating periods of 2 mA for 30 sec followed by 0.2 mA for 60 sec. The validity of fMRI signals was confirmed by first and second-level analyses and temporal profiles. Increases in fMRI signals were observed in the anterior cingulate cortex and the right somatosensory cortex under LV stimulation. In contrast, RV stimulation activated the right somatosensory cortex, which was identified more anteriorly compared with LV stimulation but did not activate the anterior cingulate cortex. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE This study provides the first evidence for differences in brain activation under LV and RV stimulation. These different brain processes may be associated with different clinical manifestations between anterior wall and inferoposterior wall and/or RV myocardial ischemia.
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- Hideaki Suzuki
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
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Numata T, Ogawa N, Takahashi N, Mori Y. TRP channels as sensors of oxygen availability. Pflugers Arch 2013; 465:1075-85. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-013-1237-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Revised: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ghorbani ML, Nyborg NCB, Fjalland B, Sheykhzade M. Calcium activity of upper thoracic dorsal root ganglion neurons in zucker diabetic Fatty rats. Int J Endocrinol 2013; 2013:532850. [PMID: 23662103 PMCID: PMC3639628 DOI: 10.1155/2013/532850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2012] [Revised: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The aim of the present study was to examine the calcium activity of C8-T5 dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons from Zucker diabetic fatty rats. In total, 8 diabetic ZDF fatty animals and 8 age-matched control ZDF lean rats were employed in the study. C8-T5 dorsal root ganglia were isolated bilaterally from 14 to 18 weeks old rats, and a primary culture was prepared. Calcium activity was measured ratiometrically using the fluorescent Ca(2+)-indicator Fura-2 acetoxymethyl ester. All neurons were stimulated twice with 20 mM K(+), followed by stimulation with either 0.3 or 0.5 μ M Capsaicin, alone or in combination with algogenic chemicals (bradykinin, serotonin, prostaglandin E2 (all 10(-5) M), and adenosine (10(-3) M)) at pH 7.4 and 6.0. Neurons from diabetic animals exhibited an overall increased response to stimulation with 20 mM K(+) compared to neurons from control. Stimulation with Capsaicin alone caused an augmented response in neurons from diabetic animals compared to control animals. When stimulated with a combination of Capsaicin and algogenic chemicals, no differences between the two groups of neurons were measured, neither at pH 7.4 nor 6.0. In conclusion, diabetes-induced alterations in calcium activity of the DRG neurons were found, potentially indicating altered neuronal responses during myocardial ischemia.
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Takahashi N, Kozai D, Mori Y. TRP channels: sensors and transducers of gasotransmitter signals. Front Physiol 2012; 3:324. [PMID: 22934072 PMCID: PMC3429092 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The transient receptor potential (trp) gene superfamily encodes cation channels that act as multimodal sensors for a wide variety of stimuli from outside and inside the cell. Upon sensing, they transduce electrical and Ca2+ signals via their cation channel activities. These functional features of TRP channels allow the body to react and adapt to different forms of environmental changes. Indeed, members of one class of TRP channels have emerged as sensors of gaseous messenger molecules that control various cellular processes. Nitric oxide (NO), a vasoactive gaseous molecule, regulates TRP channels directly via cysteine (Cys) S-nitrosylation or indirectly via cyclic GMP (cGMP)/protein kinase G (PKG)-dependent phosphorylation. Recent studies have revealed that changes in the availability of molecular oxygen (O2) also control the activation of TRP channels. Anoxia induced by O2-glucose deprivation and severe hypoxia (1% O2) activates TRPM7 and TRPC6, respectively, whereas TRPA1 has recently been identified as a novel sensor of hyperoxia and mild hypoxia (15% O2) in vagal and sensory neurons. TRPA1 also detects other gaseous molecules such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2). In this review, we focus on how signaling by gaseous molecules is sensed and integrated by TRP channels.
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- Nobuaki Takahashi
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan
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Rosen SD. From heart to brain: the genesis and processing of cardiac pain. Can J Cardiol 2012; 28:S7-19. [PMID: 22424286 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2011] [Revised: 09/15/2011] [Accepted: 09/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Angina pectoris is important because of its association with heart disease and risk of death. Historically after Heberden's account of angina in 1772, the association of pain with coronary artery disease quickly followed. Within a few years, Burns suggested an etiological role for ischemia. Subsequently, theories of differential myocardial stretch dominated thinking until Lewis' chemical hypothesis in 1932, in which the local release of chemical substances during ischemia was seen as the cause of pain. This review considers how ischemia at the tissue level triggers activation of afferent nociceptive pain fibres. The afferent projections of sympathetic and vagal afferent fibres are described, with a number of methodologies cited (eg, injection of pseudorabies virus into the heart with mapping of the retrograde viral transport pathways; and elevation of neuronal c-fos synthesis in brain regions activated by capsaicin application to the heart). Our own functional neuroimaging studies of angina are also reviewed. There are 2 intriguing features of angina. The first is the poor correlation between symptoms and extent of coronary disease. The spectrum ranges from entirely silent myocardial ischemia to that of a functional pain syndrome--the 'sensitive heart'--of cardiac syndrome X. An even more difficult aspect is the wide variability in symptoms experienced by an individual patient. A new paradigm is presented which, besides considering myocardial oxygen supply/demand imbalance, also draws insights from the broader field of pain research. Neuromodulation applies at multiple levels of the neuraxis--peripheral nerves, spinal cord, and brain--and it invites exploitation, whether pharmacological or electrical, for the benefit of the cardiac patient in pain.
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- Stuart D Rosen
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
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Steagall RJ, Sipe AL, Williams CA, Joyner WL, Singh K. Substance P release in response to cardiac ischemia from rat thoracic spinal dorsal horn is mediated by TRPV1. Neuroscience 2012; 214:106-19. [PMID: 22525132 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2012] [Revised: 04/11/2012] [Accepted: 04/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) inhibits substance P (SP) release and decreases the expression of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) in the spinal cord at thoracic 4 (T4) during cardiac ischemia in rat models (Ding et al., 2007). We hypothesized that activation of TRPV1 in the T4 spinal cord segment by intermittent occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery (CoAO) mediates spinal cord SP release. Experiments were conducted in urethane-anesthetized Sprague-Dawley male rats using SP antibody-coated microprobes to measure SP release at the central terminal endings of cardiac ischemic-sensitive afferent neurons (CISAN) in the spinal T4 dorsal horns. Vehicle, capsaicin (CAP; TRPV1 agonist) and capsazepine (CZP; TRPV1 antagonist) were injected into the left T4 prior to stimulation of CISAN by intermittent CoAO (with or without upper cervical SCS). CAP induced endogenous SP release from laminae I and II in the T4 spinal cord above baseline. Conversely, CZP injections significantly inhibited SP release from laminae I-VII in the T4 spinal cord segment below baseline. CZP also attenuated CoAO-induced SP release, while T4 injections of CZP with SCS completely restored SP release to basal levels during CoAO activation. CAP increased the number of c-Fos (a marker for CISAN activation) positive T4 dorsal horn neurons compared to sham-operated animals, while CZP (alone or during CoAO and SCS+CoAO) significantly reduced the number of c-Fos positive neurons. These results suggest that spinal release of the putative nociceptive transmitter SP occurs, at least in part, via a TRPV1 mechanism.
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- R J Steagall
- Department of Physiology, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614-1708, United States.
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Krahl SE. Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy: A review of the peripheral mechanisms. Surg Neurol Int 2012; 3:S47-52. [PMID: 22826811 PMCID: PMC3400480 DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.91610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2011] [Accepted: 12/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a unique epilepsy treatment in that a peripheral intervention is used to treat a disease that is entirely related to pathological events occurring within the brain. To understand how stimulation of the vagus nerve can be used to stop seizures, an understanding of the peripheral anatomy and physiology of the vagus nerve is essential. The peripheral aspects of the vagus nerve are discussed in this review, with an explanation of which fibers and branches are involved in producing these antiepileptic effects, along with speculation about the potential for improving the therapy.
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- Scott E. Krahl
- Research and Development Service, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 90073, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Lujan HL, Krishnan S, Dicarlo SE. Cardiac spinal deafferentation reduces the susceptibility to sustained ventricular tachycardia in conscious rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2011; 301:R775-82. [PMID: 21677267 PMCID: PMC3174758 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00140.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2011] [Accepted: 06/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The response to myocardial ischemia is complex and involves the cardio-cardiac sympathetic reflex. Specifically, cardiac spinal (sympathetic) afferents are excited by ischemic metabolites and elicit an excitatory sympathetic reflex, which plays a major role in the genesis of ventricular arrhythmias. For example, brief myocardial ischemia leads to ATP release, which activates cardiac spinal afferents through stimulation of P2 receptors. Clinical work with patients and preclinical work with animals document that disruption of this reflex protects against ischemia-induced ventricular arrhythmias. However, the role of afferent signals in the initiation of sustained ventricular tachycardia has not been investigated. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that cardiac spinal deafferentation reduces the susceptibility to sustained ventricular tachycardia in adult (12-15 wk of age), conscious, male Sprague-Dawley rats. To test this hypothesis, the susceptibility to ventricular tachyarrhythmias produced by occlusion of the left main coronary artery was determined in two groups of conscious rats: 1) deafferentation (bilateral excision of the T1-T5 dorsal root ganglia) and 2) control (sham deafferentation). The ventricular arrhythmia threshold (VAT) was defined as the time from coronary occlusion to sustained ventricular tachycardia resulting in a reduction in arterial pressure. Results document a significantly higher VAT in the deafferentation group (7.0 ± 0.7 min) relative to control (4.3 ± 0.3 min) rats. The decreased susceptibility to tachyarrhythmias with deafferentation was associated with a reduced cardiac metabolic demand (lower rate-pressure product and ST segment elevation) during ischemia.
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- Heidi L Lujan
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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TRPA1 underlies a sensing mechanism for O2. Nat Chem Biol 2011; 7:701-11. [PMID: 21873995 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2011] [Accepted: 07/01/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Oxygen (O(2)) is a prerequisite for cellular respiration in aerobic organisms but also elicits toxicity. To understand how animals cope with the ambivalent physiological nature of O(2), it is critical to elucidate the molecular mechanisms responsible for O(2) sensing. Here our systematic evaluation of transient receptor potential (TRP) cation channels using reactive disulfides with different redox potentials reveals the capability of TRPA1 to sense O(2). O(2) sensing is based upon disparate processes: whereas prolyl hydroxylases (PHDs) exert O(2)-dependent inhibition on TRPA1 activity in normoxia, direct O(2) action overrides the inhibition via the prominent sensitivity of TRPA1 to cysteine-mediated oxidation in hyperoxia. Unexpectedly, TRPA1 is activated through relief from the same PHD-mediated inhibition in hypoxia. In mice, disruption of the Trpa1 gene abolishes hyperoxia- and hypoxia-induced cationic currents in vagal and sensory neurons and thereby impedes enhancement of in vivo vagal discharges induced by hyperoxia and hypoxia. The results suggest a new O(2)-sensing mechanism mediated by TRPA1.
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Li BY, Glazebrook P, Kunze DL, Schild JH. KCa1.1 channel contributes to cell excitability in unmyelinated but not myelinated rat vagal afferents. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2011; 300:C1393-403. [PMID: 21325638 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00278.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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High conductance calcium-activated potassium (BK(Ca)) channels can modulate cell excitability and neurotransmitter release at synaptic and afferent terminals. BK(Ca) channels are present in primary afferents of most, if not, all internal organs and are an intriguing target for pharmacological manipulation of visceral sensation. Our laboratory has a long-standing interest in the neurophysiological differences between myelinated and unmyelinated visceral afferent function. Here, we seek to determine whether there is a differential distribution of BK(Ca) channels in myelinated and unmyelinated vagal afferents. Immunocytochemistry studies with double staining for the BK-type K(Ca)1.1 channel protein and isolectin B4 (IB4), a reliable marker of unmyelinated peripheral afferents, reveal a pattern of IB4 labeling that strongly correlates with the expression of the K(Ca)1.1 channel protein. Measures of cell size and immunostaining intensity for K(Ca)1.1 and IB4 cluster into two statistically distinct (P < 0.05) populations of cells. Smaller diameter neurons most often presented with strong IB4 labeling and are presumed to be unmyelinated (n = 1,390) vagal afferents. Larger diameter neurons most often lacked or exhibited a very weak IB4 labeling and are presumed to be myelinated (n = 58) vagal afferents. Complimentary electrophysiological studies reveal that the BK(Ca) channel blockers charybdotoxin (ChTX) and iberiotoxin (IbTX) bring about a comparable elevation in excitability and action potential widening in unmyelinated neurons but had no effect on the excitability of myelinated vagal afferents. This study is the first to demonstrate using combined immunohistochemical and electrophysiological techniques that K(Ca)1.1 channels are uniquely expressed in unmyelinated C-type vagal afferents and do not contribute to the dynamic discharge characteristics of myelinated A-type vagal afferents. This unique functional distribution of BK-type K(Ca) channels may provide an opportunity for afferent selective pharmacological intervention across a wide range of visceral pathophysiologies, particularly those with a reflexogenic etiology and pain.
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- Bai-Yan Li
- Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University, 723 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Birdsong WT, Fierro L, Williams FG, Spelta V, Naves LA, Knowles M, Marsh-Haffner J, Adelman JP, Almers W, Elde RP, McCleskey EW. Sensing muscle ischemia: coincident detection of acid and ATP via interplay of two ion channels. Neuron 2011; 68:739-49. [PMID: 21092862 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/03/2010] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Ischemic pain--examples include the chest pain of a heart attack and the leg pain of a 30 s sprint--occurs when muscle gets too little oxygen for its metabolic need. Lactic acid cannot act alone to trigger ischemic pain because the pH change is so small. Here, we show that another compound released from ischemic muscle, adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP), works together with acid by increasing the pH sensitivity of acid-sensing ion channel number 3 (ASIC3), the molecule used by sensory neurons to detect lactic acidosis. Our data argue that ATP acts by binding to P2X receptors that form a molecular complex with ASICs; the receptor on sensory neurons appears to be P2X5, an electrically quiet ion channel. Coincident detection of acid and ATP should confer sensory selectivity for ischemia over other conditions of acidosis.
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- William T Birdsong
- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Sciences University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA
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Balasubramaniam R, Turner LN, Fischer D, Klasser GD, Okeson JP. Non-odontogenic toothache revisited. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.4236/ojst.2011.13015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Austin PD, Henderson SE. Biopsychosocial assessment criteria for functional chronic visceral pain: a pilot review of concept and practice. PAIN MEDICINE 2010; 12:552-64. [PMID: 21143765 DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.01025.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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UNLABELLED Functional chronic visceral pain (FCVP) is one of the most common causes of morbidity in the general population. Pain perceived within the abdomen may occur due to a range of different mechanisms according to the organ and their afferent pathways. Advances in our understanding of the complexities of FCVP could lead to the exploitation of contemporary research in order to develop and utilize our understanding of neurobiological and psychobiological visceral mechanisms in a clinical setting. This progression, together with increasing amounts of epidemiological and gender based information concerning specific abdominal pain syndromes can allow us to develop assessment tools that go beyond disease only analysis and move toward a more comprehensive assessment model so that patients may have access to expert or multidisciplinary management sooner, rather than later. Based on current evidence, one must consider the main contributors to pain, whether it is nociceptive, neuropathic or psychosocial or as is common with FCVP, a combination of all three. AIM This comprehensive assessment model should encompass not only systematic evaluation for reliable communication, but should also progress toward idiographic diagnosis relating to the uniqueness of the patient. This model should be practical in a multidisciplinary setting, taking into account the multi-faceted nature of this presentation.
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- Philip D Austin
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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P2X receptors and modulation of pain transmission: Focus on effects of drugs and compounds used in traditional Chinese medicine. Neurochem Int 2010; 57:705-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2010.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2010] [Accepted: 09/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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