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Martin D, Reihe C, Drummer S, Roessler K, Boomer S, Nelson M. Venoconstrictor responses to activation of bradykinin-sensitive pericardial afferents involve the region of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. Physiol Rep 2022; 10:e15221. [PMID: 35307973 PMCID: PMC8935126 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023] Open
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Veins are important in the control of venous return, cardiac output, and cardiovascular homeostasis. However, the effector systems modulating venous function remain to be fully elucidated. We demonstrated that activation of bradykinin-sensitive pericardial afferents elicited systemic venoconstriction. The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) is an important site modulating autonomic outflow to the venous compartment. We tested the hypothesis that the PVN region is involved in the venoconstrictor response to pericardial injection of bradykinin. Rats were anesthetized with urethane/alpha chloralose and instrumented for recording arterial pressure, vena caval pressure, and mean circulatory filling pressure (MCFP), an index of venous tone. The rats were fitted with a pericardial catheter and PVN injector guide tubes. Mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), and MCFP responses to pericardial injection of bradykinin (1, 10 µg/kg) were recorded before and after PVN injection of omega conotoxin GVIA (200 ng/200 nl). Pericardial injection of saline produced no systematic effects on MAP, HR, or MCFP. In contrast, pericardial injection of bradykinin was associated with short latency increases in MAP (16 ± 4 to 18 ± 2 mm Hg) and MCFP 0.35 ± 0.19 to 1.01 ± 0.27 mm Hg. Heart rate responses to pericardial BK were highly variable, but HR was significantly increased (15 ± 9 bpm) at the higher BK dose. Conotoxin injection in the PVN region did not affect baseline values for these variables. However, injection of conotoxin into the area of the PVN largely attenuated the pressor (-1 ± 3 to 6 ± 3 mm Hg), MCFP (-0.19 ± 0.07 to 0.20 ± 0.18 mm Hg), and HR (4 ± 14 bpm) responses to pericardial bradykinin injection. We conclude that the PVN region is involved in the venoconstrictor responses to pericardial bradykinin injection.
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- Doug Martin
- Division of Basic Biomedical SciencesUniversity of South DakotaVermillionSouth DakotaUSA
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- Division of Basic Biomedical SciencesUniversity of South DakotaVermillionSouth DakotaUSA
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- Division of Basic Biomedical SciencesUniversity of South DakotaVermillionSouth DakotaUSA
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- Division of Basic Biomedical SciencesUniversity of South DakotaVermillionSouth DakotaUSA
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- Division of Basic Biomedical SciencesUniversity of South DakotaVermillionSouth DakotaUSA
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- Division of Basic Biomedical SciencesUniversity of South DakotaVermillionSouth DakotaUSA
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Acupuncture Attenuates Blood Pressure via Inducing the Expression of nNOS. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2021; 2021:9945277. [PMID: 34239595 PMCID: PMC8235963 DOI: 10.1155/2021/9945277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background Sympathetic activation leads to elevated blood pressure. Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibits sympathetic nervous system activity, thereby decreasing blood pressure (BP). nNOS is highly expressed in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) and ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vlPAG), which play essential roles in the regulation of the cardiovascular and sympathetic nervous systems. Objective This study was designed to verify the hypothesis that acupuncture exerts an antihypertensive effect via increasing the expression of nNOS in ARC and vlPAG of spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats. Methods Rats without anesthesia were subject to daily acupuncture for 2 weeks. BP was monitored by the tail-cuff method. nNOS expressions in the ARC and vlPAG were detected by western blot and immunofluorescence. BP was measured after 7-Nitroindazole (7-NI), a specific nNOS inhibitor, was microinjected into ARC or vlPAG in SHR rats treated with acupuncture. Results Acupuncture for 14 days significantly attenuated BP, and the Taichong (LR3) acupoint was superior to Zusanli (ST36) and Fengchi (GB20) in lowering BP. In addition, acupuncture at Taichong (LR3) induced an increase of nNOS expression in ARC and vlPAG, whereas microinjection of 7-NI into ARC or vlPAG reversed the antihypertensive effect of acupuncture. Conclusions This study indicates that acupuncture at Taichong (LR3) induces a better antihypertensive effect than at Zusanli (ST36) or at Fengchi (GB20) in SHR rats, and enhancement of nNOS in ARC and vlPAG probably contributes to the antihypertensive effect of acupuncture.
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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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Zhang M, Qin DN, Suo YP, Su Q, Li HB, Miao YW, Guo J, Feng ZP, Qi J, Gao HL, Mu JJ, Zhu GQ, Kang YM. Endogenous hydrogen peroxide in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus regulates neurohormonal excitation in high salt-induced hypertension. Toxicol Lett 2015; 235:206-15. [PMID: 25891026 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2014] [Revised: 04/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the brain plays an important role in the progression of hypertension and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a major component of ROS. The aim of this study is to explore whether endogenous H2O2 changed by polyethylene glycol-catalase (PEG-CAT) and aminotriazole (ATZ) in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) regulates neurotransmitters, renin-angiotensin system (RAS), and cytokines, and whether subsequently affects the renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) in high salt-induced hypertension. Male Sprague-Dawley rats received a high-salt diet (HS, 8% NaCl) or a normal-salt diet (NS, 0.3% NaCl) for 10 weeks. Then rats were treated with bilateral PVN microinjection of PEG-CAT (0.2 i.u./50nl), an analog of endogenous catalase, the catalase inhibitor ATZ (10nmol/50nl) or vehicle. High salt-fed rats had significantly increased MAP, RSNA, plasma norepinephrine (NE) and pro-inflammatory cytokines (PICs). In addition, rats with high-salt diet had higher levels of NOX-2, NOX-4 (subunits of NAD(P)H oxidase), angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), interleukin-1beta (IL-1β), glutamate and NE, and lower levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) in the PVN than normal diet rats. Bilateral PVN microinjection of PEG-CAT attenuated the levels of RAS and restored the balance of neurotransmitters and cytokines, while microinjection of ATZ into the PVN augmented those changes occurring in hypertensive rats. Our findings demonstrate that ROS component H2O2 in the PVN regulating MAP and RSNA are partly due to modulate neurotransmitters, renin-angiotensin system, and cytokines within the PVN in salt-induced hypertension.
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- Meng Zhang
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Xi'an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Physiology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Taiyuan 030012, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Xi'an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Xi'an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Xi'an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Xi'an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Xi'an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Xi'an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Xi'an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Xi'an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China.
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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: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [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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Ito K, Hirooka Y, Sunagawa K. Cardiac sympathetic afferent stimulation induces salt-sensitive sympathoexcitation through hypothalamic epithelial Na+ channel activation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2014; 308:H530-9. [PMID: 25527778 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00586.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The cardiac sympathetic afferent (CSA), which plays an important role in heart-brain communication for sympathoexcitation, is stimulated in heart failure. Additionally, high salt intake leads to further sympathoexcitation due to activation of hypothalamic epithelial Na(+) channels (ENaCs) in heart failure. In the present study, we stimulated the CSA in adult male mice by epicardial application of capsaicin and using ethanol as a control to determine whether CSA stimulation led to activation of hypothalamic ENaCs, resulting in salt-induced sympathoexcitation. Three days after capsaicin treatment, an upregulation of hypothalamic α-ENaCs, without activation of mineralocorticoid receptors, was observed. We also examined expression levels of the known ENaC activator TNF-α. Hypothalamic TNF-α increased in capsaicin-treated mice, whereas intracerebroventricular infusion of the TNF-α blocker etanercept prevented capsaicin-induced upregulation of α-ENaCs. To examine brain arterial pressure (AP) sensitivity toward Na(+), we performed an intracerebroventricular infusion of high Na(+)-containing (0.2 M) artificial cerebrospinal fluid. AP and heart rate were significantly increased in capsaicin-treated mice compared with control mice. CSA stimulation also caused excitatory responses with high salt intake. Compared with a regular salt diet, the high-salt diet augmented AP, heart rate, and 24-h urinary norepinephrine excretion, which is an indirect marker of sympathetic activity with mineralocorticoid receptor activation, in capsaicin-treated mice but not in ethanol-treated mice. Treatment with etanercept or the ENaC blocker benzamil prevented these salt-induced excitatory responses. In summary, we show that CSA stimulation leads to an upregulation of hypothalamic α-ENaCs mediated via an increase in TNF-α and results in increased salt sensitivity.
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- Koji Ito
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan; and
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- Department of Advanced Cardiovascular Regulation and Therapeutics, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan; and
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Sun HJ, Zhou H, Feng XM, Gao Q, Ding L, Tang CS, Zhu GQ, Zhou YB. Superoxide anions in the paraventricular nucleus mediate cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in insulin resistance rats. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2014; 212:267-82. [PMID: 25307720 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2014] [Revised: 05/26/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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AIM Cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) participates in sympathetic over-excitation. Superoxide anions and angiotensin II (Ang II) mechanisms are associated with sympathetic outflow and CSAR in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN). This study was designed to investigate whether PVN superoxide anions mediate CSAR and Ang II-induced CSAR enhancement response in fructose-induced insulin resistance (IR) rats. METHODS CSAR was evaluated with the changes of renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) responses to the epicardial application of capsaicin (CAP) in anaesthetized rats. RESULTS Compared with Control rats, IR rats showed that CSAR, PVN NAD(P)H oxidase activity, superoxide anions, malondialdehyde (MDA), Ang II and AT1 receptor levels were significantly increased, whereas PVN superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities were decreased. In Control and IR rats, PVN microinjection of superoxide anions scavengers tempol, tiron and PEG-SOD (an analogue of endogenous superoxide dismutase) or inhibition of PVN NAD(P)H oxidase with apocynin caused significant reduction of CSAR, respectively, but DETC (a superoxide dismutase inhibitor) strengthened the CSAR. PVN pre-treatment with tempol abolished, whereas DETC potentiated, Ang II-induced CSAR enhancement response. Moreover, PVN pre-treatment with tempol or losartan prevented superoxide anions increase caused by Ang II in IR rats. CONCLUSION PVN superoxide anions mediate CSAR and Ang II-induced CSAR response in IR rats. In IR state, increased NAD(P)H oxidase activity and decreased SOD and CAT activities in the PVN promote superoxide anions increase to involve in CSAR enhancement. Ang II may increase NAD(P)H oxidase activity via AT1 receptor to induce superoxide anion production.
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- H.-J. Sun
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Department of Physiology; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing China
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- Laboratory Center for Basic Medical Sciences; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing China
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- Clinical Laboratory of Luyi Xian People's Hospital; Zhoukou China
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- Laboratory Center for Basic Medical Sciences; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Department of Physiology; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science; Ministry of Education; Beijing China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Department of Physiology; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Department of Physiology; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing China
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Rossi NF, Chen H, Maliszewska-Scislo M. Paraventricular nucleus control of blood pressure in two-kidney, one-clip rats: effects of exercise training and resting blood pressure. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2013; 305:R1390-400. [PMID: 24089375 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00546.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Exercise-induced changes in γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) or nitric oxide signaling within the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) have not been studied in renovascular hypertension. We tested whether exercise training decreases mean arterial pressure (MAP) and renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) in two-kidney, one-clip (2K-1C) hypertensive rats due to enhanced nitric oxide or GABA signaling within PVN. Conscious, unrestrained male Sprague-Dawley rats with either sham (Sham) or right renal artery clipping (2K-1C) were assigned to sedentary (SED) or voluntary wheel running (ExT) for 6 or 12 wk. MAP and angiotensin II (ANG II) were elevated in 2K-1C SED rats. The 2K-1C ExT rats displayed lower MAP at 6 wk that did not decline further by 12 wk. Plasma ANG II was lower in 2K-1C ExT rats. Increases in MAP, heart rate, and RSNA to blockade of PVN nitric oxide in 2K-1C SED rats were attenuated compared with either Sham group. Exercise training restored the responses in 2K-1C ExT rats. The increase in MAP in response to bicuculline was inversely correlated with baseline MAP. The rise in MAP was lower in 2K-1C SED vs. either Sham group and was normalized in the 2K-1C ExT rats. Paradoxically, heart rate and RSNA responses were not diminished in 2K-1C SED rats but were significantly lower in the 2K-1C ExT rats. Thus the decrease in arterial pressure in 2K-1C hypertension associated with exercise training is likely due to diminished excitatory inputs to PVN because of lower ANG II and higher nitritergic tone rather than enhanced GABA inhibition of sympathetic output.
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- Noreen F Rossi
- John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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SOD1 gene transfer into paraventricular nucleus attenuates hypertension and sympathetic activity in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Pflugers Arch 2012; 465:261-70. [PMID: 23114721 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-012-1173-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2012] [Revised: 10/15/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Excessive sympathetic activity contributes to the initiation and progression of hypertension. Reactive oxygen species in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) is involved in sympathetic overdrive and hypertension. The present study was designed to investigate whether superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) overexpression in the PVN attenuated sympathetic activation and hypertension. Adenoviral vectors containing human SOD1 or null adenoviral vectors were microinjected into the PVN of Wistar rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Significant depressor effects were observed from weeks 1 to 4 after SOD1 gene transfer in SHR. Acute experiments were carried out at the end of the 3rd week. In the PVN, superoxide anion and angiotensin II levels were increased while SOD1 activity and protein expression were decreased in SHR, which were attenuated by SOD1 overexpression in the PVN. However, SOD1 overexpression had no significant effect on the SOD2 activity in the PVN. The blood pressure response to ganglionic blockade, cardiac sympathetic nerve activity, and cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) were enhanced, and the plasma norepinephrine level was increased in SHR, which were prevented by SOD1 gene transfer in the PVN. Furthermore, SOD1 overexpression decreased the ratio of left ventricular weight to body weight, cross-sectional areas of myocardial cells, media thickness, and the media/lumen ratio of small arteries in the heart in SHR. These results indicate that SOD1 overexpression in the PVN reduces arterial blood pressure, attenuates excessive sympathetic activity and CSAR, and improves myocardial and vascular remodeling in SHR.
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Zhang L, Xiong XQ, Fan ZD, Gan XB, Gao XY, Zhu GQ. Involvement of enhanced cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in sympathetic activation in early stage of diabetes. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2012; 113:47-55. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01228.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) is involved in sympathetic activation. The present study was designed to investigate the contribution of enhanced CSAR to sympathetic activation in the early stage of diabetes and the involvement of AT1 receptors in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN). Diabetes was induced by a single intravenous injection of streptozotocin in rats. Acute experiments were carried out under anesthesia after 3 wk. The CSAR was evaluated by the responses of renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) to epicardial application of capsaicin or bradykinin. Sympathetic activity and CSAR were enhanced in diabetic rats. Plasma norepinephrine and angiotensin II were increased, but the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) in the left ventricle wall was not significantly increased in diabetic rats. Pericardial injection of resiniferatoxin to desensitize cardiac afferents or PVN microinjection of lidocaine attenuated the CSAR and decreased the RSNA and MAP in diabetic rats. The AT1 receptor expression in the PVN increased in diabetic rats. Angiotensin II in the PVN caused greater increases in the RSNA and MAP and enhancement in the CSAR in diabetic rats, which were abolished by the losartan pretreatment. Losartan decreased the RSNA and MAP and attenuated the CSAR in diabetic rats but not in control rats. These results indicate that the CSAR is enhanced in the early stage of diabetic rats, which contributes to the sympathetic activation. AT1 receptors in the PVN are involved in the enhanced CSAR in diabetic rats.
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- Lei Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing; and
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing; and
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanjing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing; and
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing; and
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing; and
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Gan XB, Duan YC, Xiong XQ, Li P, Cui BP, Gao XY, Zhu GQ. Inhibition of cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex and sympathetic activity by baroreceptor and vagal afferent inputs in chronic heart failure. PLoS One 2011; 6:e25784. [PMID: 21991351 PMCID: PMC3185007 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2011] [Accepted: 09/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) contributes to sympathetic activation and angiotensin II (Ang II) in paraventricular nucleus (PVN) augments the CSAR in vagotomized (VT) and baroreceptor denervated (BD) rats with chronic heart failure (CHF). This study was designed to determine whether it is true in intact (INT) rats with CHF and to determine the effects of cardiac and baroreceptor afferents on the CSAR and sympathetic activity in CHF. Methodology/Principal Findings Sham-operated (Sham) or coronary ligation-induced CHF rats were respectively subjected to BD+VT, VT, cardiac sympathetic denervation (CSD) or INT. Under anesthesia, renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were recorded, and the CSAR was evaluated by the RSNA and MAP responses to epicardial application of capsaicin. Either CSAR or the responses of RSNA, MAP and CSAR to Ang II in PVN were enhanced in CHF rats treated with BD+VT, VT or INT. Treatment with VT or BD+VT potentiated the CSAR and the CSAR responses to Ang II in both Sham and CHF rats. Treatment with CSD reversed the capsaicin-induced RSNA and MAP changes and the CSAR responses to Ang II in both Sham and CHF rats, and reduced the RSNA and MAP responses to Ang II only in CHF rats. Conclusions The CSAR and the CSAR responses to Ang II in PVN are enhanced in intact CHF rats. Baroreceptor and vagal afferent activities inhibit CSAR and the CSAR responses to Ang II in intact Sham and CHF rats.
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- Xian-Bing Gan
- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Xu Y, Gao Q, Gan XB, Chen L, Zhang L, Zhu GQ, Gao XY. Endogenous hydrogen peroxide in paraventricular nucleus mediates sympathetic activation and enhanced cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in renovascular hypertensive rats. Exp Physiol 2011; 96:1282-92. [PMID: 21890522 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2011.059733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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An enhancement of the cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) contributes to sympathetic activation in renovascular hypertension. Angiotensin II in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) augments the CSAR and increases sympathetic outflow and blood pressure. The present study aimed to determine whether endogenous hydrogen peroxide in the PVN mediated the enhanced CSAR, sympathetic activity and the effects of angiotensin II in the PVN in renovascular hypertension induced by the two-kidney, one-clip method (2K1C) in rats. At the end of the fourth week, the rats underwent sino-aortic and vagal denervation under general anaesthesia with urethane and α-chloralose. Renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were recorded. The CSAR was evaluated by the RSNA response to epicardial application of bradykinin. Microinjection of polyethylene glycol-catalase (PEG-CAT), an analogue of endogenous catalase, into the PVN decreased the RSNA and MAP and abolished the CSAR in both sham-operated and 2K1C rats. Microinjection into the PVN of the catalase inhibitor, aminotriazole, increased the RSNA and MAP and enhanced the CSAR. The effects of PEG-CAT or aminotriazole were greater in 2K1C rats than in sham-operated animals. The effects of angiotensin II in the PVN were abolished by pretreatment with PEG-CAT in both sham-operated and 2K1C rats; however, aminotriazole failed to potentiate the effects of angiotensin II. The catalase activity was decreased but the H(2)O(2) levels were increased in the PVN of 2K1C rats. These results indicate that endogenous H(2)O(2) in the PVN not only mediates the enhanced sympathetic activity and CSAR, but also the effects of angiotensin II in the PVN in renovascular hypertensive rats.
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- Yao Xu
- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Han Y, Fan ZD, Yuan N, Xie GQ, Gao J, De W, Gao XY, Zhu GQ. Superoxide anions in the paraventricular nucleus mediate the enhanced cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex and sympathetic activity in renovascular hypertensive rats. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2011; 110:646-52. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00908.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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An enhanced cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) is involved in the sympathetic activation in renovascular hypertension. The present study was designed to determine the role of superoxide anions in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) in mediating the enhanced CSAR and sympathetic activity in renovascular hypertension in the two-kidney, one-clip (2K1C) model. Sinoaortic denervation and vagotomy were carried out, and renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were recorded under anesthesia. The CSAR was evaluated by the response of RSNA to the epicardial application of capsaicin. Superoxide anion levels and NAD(P)H oxidase activity in the PVN increased in 2K1C rats and were much higher in 2K1C rats than in sham-operated (sham) rats after the epicardial application of capsaicin or PVN microinjection of ANG II. In both 2K1C and sham rats, PVN microinjection of the superoxide anion scavenger tempol or the NAD(P)H oxidase inhibitor apocynin abolished the CSAR, whereas the SOD inhibitor diethyldithiocarbamic acid (DETC) potentiated the CSAR. Tempol and apocynin decreased but DETC increased baseline RSNA and MAP. ANG II in the PVN caused larger responses of the CSAR, baseline RSNA, and baseline MAP in 2K1C rats than in sham rats. The effects of ANG II were abolished by pretreatment with tempol or apocynin in both 2K1C and sham rats and augmented by DETC in the PVN in 2K1C rats. These results indicate that superoxide anions in the PVN mediate the CSAR and the effects of ANG II in the PVN. Increased superoxide anions in the PVN contribute to the enhanced CSAR and sympathetic activity in renovascular hypertension.
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- Ying Han
- Departments of 1Physiology and
- Biochemical and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Biochemical and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Departments of 1Physiology and
- Biochemical and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Xu B, Chen WW, Fan ZD, Han Y, Xiong XQ, Gao XY, Zhu GQ. Responses of neurons in paraventricular nucleus to activation of cardiac afferents and acute myocardial ischaemia in rats. Exp Physiol 2011; 96:295-304. [DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2010.055475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Chen AD, Zhang SJ, Yuan N, Xu Y, De W, Gao XY, Zhu GQ. Angiotensin AT1receptors in paraventricular nucleus contribute to sympathetic activation and enhanced cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in renovascular hypertensive rats. Exp Physiol 2011; 96:94-103. [DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2010.054353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Koganezawa T, Shimomura Y, Terui N. The viscerosympathetic response in rabbits is mediated by GABAergic and glutamatergic inputs into the sympathetic premotor neurons of the rostral ventrolateral medulla. Exp Physiol 2010; 95:1061-70. [PMID: 20729268 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2010.054668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) receive inputs from various sources, including baroreceptors, and then regulate the activity of sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the spinal cord. Whether RVLM neurons mediate the viscerosympathetic reflex has yet to be clarified. In the present study, we investigated the role of RVLM neurons in the viscerosympathetic reflex in anaesthetized and vagotomized rabbits. Electrical stimulation of the greater splanchnic nerve (SplN) evoked reflex responses in renal sympathetic activity that were composed of inhibitory and/or excitatory components. Bilateral microinjection of muscimol, a GABA(A) receptor agonist, into the RVLM blocked the reflex responses. Bilateral microinjection of bicuculline, a GABA(A) receptor antagonist, largely attenuated the inhibitory component, whereas kynurenic acid, a glutamate receptor antagonist, eliminated the excitatory component. The activities of 21 RVLM barosensitive bulbospinal neurons were recorded. Twenty of the neurons responded to the SplN stimulation. The responses also consisted of inhibitory and/or excitatory components. The excitatory component of these neurons preceded that of the renal sympathetic nerve activity by about 100 ms. This latency difference was almost the same as that of the inhibitory responses evoked by aortic nerve stimulation. Therefore, the renal sympathetic reflex responses evoked by SplN stimulation are mediated by RVLM neurons, and GABAergic and glutamatergic transmission in the RVLM are related to this reflex.
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- Tadachika Koganezawa
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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Zhong MK, Shi Z, Zhou LM, Gao J, Liao ZH, Wang W, Gao XY, Zhu GQ. Regulation of cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex by GABAAand GABABreceptors in paraventricular nucleus in rats. Eur J Neurosci 2008; 27:3226-32. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06261.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhong MK, Duan YC, Chen AD, Xu B, Gao XY, De W, Zhu GQ. Paraventricular nucleus is involved in the central pathway of cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in rats. Exp Physiol 2008; 93:746-53. [PMID: 18281391 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2007.041632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Our previous studies have shown that angiotensin II and reactive oxygen species in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) modulate the cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR). The present study was designed to demonstrate more conclusively that the PVN is an important component of the central neurocircuitry of the CSAR. In anaesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats with sinoaortic denervation and cervical vagotomy, renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were continuously recorded. The CSAR was evaluated by the response of the RSNA to epicardial application of bradykinin or capsaicin. Bilateral microinjection of the anaesthetic, lignocaine, into the PVN abolished the CSAR without significant effects on the baseline RSNA and MAP, while l-glutamate, which excites the neurons in the PVN, enhanced the CSAR and increased the baseline RSNA and MAP. Bilateral electrolytic lesions of the PVN irreversibly abolished the CSAR without significant effects on the baseline RSNA and MAP. Bilateral selective lesions of the neurons in the PVN with kainic acid induced rapid and great increases in both RSNA and MAP which returned to nearly normal levels in 60 min. At the 90th minute after kainic acid, epicardial application of bradykinin or capsaicin failed to induce the CSAR. These results indicate that inhibition or lesion of the PVN abolishes the CSAR, but excitation of the neurons in the PVN enhances the CSAR, suggesting that the PVN is an important component of the central neurocircuitry of the CSAR.
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- Ming-Kui Zhong
- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Han Y, Shi Z, Zhang F, Yu Y, Zhong MK, Gao XY, Wang W, Zhu GQ. Reactive oxygen species in the paraventricular nucleus mediate the cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in chronic heart failure rats. Eur J Heart Fail 2007; 9:967-73. [PMID: 17719272 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2007.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2007] [Revised: 05/28/2007] [Accepted: 07/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to determine whether reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) mediate both the cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) and angiotensin II-induced CSAR enhancement in chronic heart failure (CHF) rats. CSAR was evaluated from the responses of renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) to epicardial application of bradykinin. In both CHF and sham-operated rats, PVN microinjection of the superoxide anion scavengers tempol or tiron almost abolished the CSAR, but the superoxide dismutase inhibitor DETC potentiated the CSAR. PVN pretreatment with tempol or tiron abolished, whereas DETC augmented, the angiotensin II-induced CSAR enhancement. In CHF rats, superoxide anion and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels in the PVN were increased, but were normalized by the AT(1) receptor antagonist losartan. PVN microinjection of tempol decreased superoxide anion and MDA levels, but epicardial application of bradykinin or PVN microinjection of angiotensin II increased superoxide anion and MDA to higher levels in CHF rats than in sham-operated rats. These results indicate that ROS in the PVN mediates the CSAR and the effect of angiotensin II in the PVN on the CSAR in both CHF and sham-operated rats. Increased ROS in the PVN are involved in the enhanced CSAR in CHF.
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- Ying Han
- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Yu Y, Zhong MK, Li J, Sun XL, Xie GQ, Wang W, Zhu GQ. Endogenous hydrogen peroxide in paraventricular nucleus mediating cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex and regulating sympathetic activity. Pflugers Arch 2007; 454:551-7. [PMID: 17387509 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0256-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2007] [Revised: 03/01/2007] [Accepted: 03/13/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We previously reported that reactive oxygen species (ROS) in paraventricular nucleus (PVN) mediated cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR). The present study investigated the role of endogenous hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), a ROS, in the PVN in mediating the CSAR and regulating sympathetic activity. The CSAR was evaluated by the response of renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) to epicardial application of bradykinin (BK) in rats. Bilateral microinjection of polyethylene glycol-catalase (PEG-CAT, an analogue of endogenous catalase) or polyethylene glycol-superoxide dismutase (PEG-SOD, an analogue of endogenous superoxide dismutase) into the PVN abolished the CSAR, decreased baseline RSNA and mean arterial pressure (MAP). Moreover, pretreatment with PEG-CAT or PEG-SOD blocked the enhanced CSAR and RSNA responses induced by exogenous angiotensin II (Ang II) in the PVN. Aminotriazole (ATZ, a catalase inhibitor) alone potentiated the CSAR, increased RSNA and MAP, but failed to augment the Ang II-induced CSAR enhancement responses. Pretreated with PEG-SOD, ATZ still increased baseline RSNA and MAP but inhibited the CSAR and Ang II-induced CSAR and RSNA enhancement responses. These results suggested that endogenous H(2)O(2) in the PVN mediated both the CSAR and Ang II-induced CSAR enhancement responses. H(2)O(2) in the PVN were involved in regulating sympathetic activity and arterial pressure.
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- Yang Yu
- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Huang J, Tamisier R, Ji E, Tong J, Weiss WJ. Chronic intermittent hypoxia modulates nNOS mRNA and protein expression in the rat hypothalamus. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2007; 158:30-8. [PMID: 17442632 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2006] [Revised: 03/07/2007] [Accepted: 03/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Exposure to chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) as observed in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) elicits a sustained elevation of sympathetic activity and arterial blood pressure. Our overall hypothesis is that intermittent hypoxia might increase sympathetic activity, in part by altering neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) expression in the hypothalamus, where nitric oxide is sympathoinhibitory. In this study, we begin investigation of this hypothesis by testing the more specific hypothesis that the CIH alters nNOS expression in regions of the hypothalamus associated with cardiovascular regulation. To test the effect of CIH on NOS expression we subjected male Sprague-Dawley rats to cyclic intermittent hypoxia for 8h/day, for 35 days. Experimental rats showed an increase in systemic blood pressure. In situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry were performed on hypothalamic sections, respectively. The CIH rats displayed significantly lower levels of both nNOS mRNA and protein in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVN) with different changes in the subareas of the PVN. There was a decreased level of nNOS mRNA and protein in the subfornical organ and the periventricular hypothalamic nucleus of the CIH rats, but no significant change in the supraoptic nucleus or the lateral hypothalamic area. This work suggests that examination of central regulation of sympathetic activity may help elucidate the mechanisms of hypertension after CIH.
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- Jianhua Huang
- Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States.
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Reyes BAS, Glaser JD, Magtoto R, Van Bockstaele EJ. Pro-opiomelanocortin colocalizes with corticotropin- releasing factor in axon terminals of the noradrenergic nucleus locus coeruleus. Eur J Neurosci 2006; 23:2067-77. [PMID: 16630054 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04744.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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We previously demonstrated that the opioid peptide enkephalin and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) are occasionally colocalized in individual axon terminals but more frequently converge on common dendrites in the locus coeruleus (LC). To further examine potential opioid cotransmitters in CRF afferents we investigated the distribution of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), the precursor that yields the potent bioactive peptide beta-endorphin, with respect to CRF immunoreactivity using immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopic analyses of the LC. Coronal sections were collected through the dorsal pontine tegmentum of rat brain and processed for immunocytochemical detection of POMC and CRF or tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). POMC-immunoreactive processes exhibited a distinct distribution within the LC as compared to the enkephalin family of opioid peptides. Specifically, POMC fibers were enriched in the ventromedial aspect of the LC with fewer fibers present dorsolaterally. Immunofluorescence microscopy showed frequent coexistence of POMC and CRF in varicose processes that overlapped TH-containing somatodendritic processes in the LC. Ultrastructural analysis showed POMC immunoreactivity in unmyelinated axons and axon terminals. Axon terminals containing POMC were filled with numerous large dense-core vesicles. In sections processed for POMC and TH, approximately 29% of POMC-containing axon terminals (n = 405) targeted dendrites that exhibited immunogold-silver labeling for TH. In contrast, sections processed for POMC and CRF showed that 27% of POMC-labeled axon terminals (n = 657) also exhibited CRF immunoreactivity. Taken together, these data indicate that a subset of CRF afferents targeting the LC contain POMC and may be positioned to dually impact LC activity.
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- Beverly A S Reyes
- Department of Neurosurgery, Further Institute for Neurosciences, Thomas Jefferson University, 900 Walnut Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
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Wang HJ, Zhang F, Zhang Y, Gao XY, Wang W, Zhu GQ. AT1 receptor in paraventricular nucleus mediates the enhanced cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in rats with chronic heart failure. Auton Neurosci 2005; 121:56-63. [PMID: 16099221 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2005.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2005] [Revised: 06/23/2005] [Accepted: 07/04/2005] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Our previous studies have shown that the cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) was enhanced in the chronic heart failure in dogs and rats. Exogenous angiotensin II (Ang II) in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) potentiated this reflex which was mediated by AT1 receptor. The aim of the present study was to determine if the abnormal endogenous Ang II and AT1 receptor in the PVN were responsible for the enhanced CSAR in rats with coronary ligation-induced chronic heart failure (CHF). Under urethane and alpha-chloralose anesthesia, mean arterial pressure, heart rate and renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) were recorded in sino-aortic denervated and cervical vagotomized CHF and sham-operated rats. The effects of bilateral microinjection of AT1 receptor antagonist losartan and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor captopril on the CSAR evoked by epicardial application of bradykinin (BK, 0.04 and 0.4 microg) were determined respectively. Both AT1 receptor mRNA and AT1 receptor protein in the PVN were measured. Bilateral microinjection of either captopril (10 nmol) or losartan (50 nmol) into the PVN inhibited the enhanced CSAR evoked by BK in rats with CHF, but had no significant effects in sham-operated rats. AT1 receptor protein in the PVN significantly increased in CHF rats compared with sham-operated rats. These results indicated that either decrease of Ang II or blockage of AT1 receptor in the PVN normalized the enhanced CSAR evoked by epicardial application of BK in rats with CHF, and that increased expression of AT1 receptor in the PVN contributed to the enhanced CSAR in the CHF state.
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- Han-Jun Wang
- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, P.R. China
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Singru PS, Fekete C, Lechan RM. Neuroanatomical evidence for participation of the hypothalamic dorsomedial nucleus (DMN) in regulation of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) by alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone. Brain Res 2005; 1064:42-51. [PMID: 16336950 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2005] [Revised: 09/19/2005] [Accepted: 09/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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To test the hypothesis that neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) may be under both direct and indirect regulation by alpha melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH)-synthesizing neurons of the arcuate nucleus, we determined whether the retrogradely transported marker substance, cholera toxin beta-subunit (CtB), when injected into the PVN, labels distinct populations of neurons in the hypothalamic dorsomedial nucleus (DMN) that are innervated by axon terminals containing alpha-MSH. Following iontophoresis of CtB into the PVN, retrogradely labeled neurons were identified in the DMN primarily on the same side as the injection, although a few neurons were also identified in the opposite side of the DMN. The greatest percentage of retrogradely labeled DMN neurons were located in the medial portion of the ventral subdivision of the DMN (DMNv), accounting for approximately 64.8 +/- 1.1% of all CtB-labeled cells in the DMN. The second largest population, comprising 25.9 +/- 1.6% of the total number of CtB cells in the DMN, was diffusely distributed in the dorsal subdivision of the DMN (DMNd). Only 9.4 +/- 0.3% of the CtB-labeled cells were located in the compact zone of the DMN (DMNc). In double-labeling immunofluorescent preparations, 61.1 +/- 1.0% of the CtB cells in the DMNv, 38.6 +/- 0.9% of the CtB cells in the DMNd, and 13.1 +/- 1.3% of the CtB cells in the DMNc were contacted by axon terminals containing alpha-MSH. These data establish that neurons in discrete regions in the DMN may be influenced by the melanocortin signaling system and thereby, could serve as important relay sites to the PVN.
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- Praful S Singru
- Tupper Research Institute and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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Han Y, Zhang Y, Wang HJ, Gao XY, Wang W, Zhu GQ. Reactive oxygen species in paraventricular nucleus modulates cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in rats. Brain Res 2005; 1058:82-90. [PMID: 16153615 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.07.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2005] [Revised: 07/24/2005] [Accepted: 07/27/2005] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Our previous studies showed that angiotensin II (Ang II) in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) potentiated the cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) in rats. This study investigated whether the reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the PVN modulated the CSAR and contributed to the effect of Ang II on the CSAR in rats. Under alpha-chloralose and urethane anesthesia, renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate were recorded in sinoaortic-denervated and cervical-vagotomized rats. The CSAR was evaluated by the RSNA response to epicardial application of bradykinin (0.04 and 0.4 microCompared with microinjection of saline into the PVN, superoxide anion scavenger, either tempol (20 nmol) or tiron (10 nmol), significantly decreased the CSAR (P < 0.05). Conversely, superoxide dismutase (SOD) inhibitor diethyldithio-carbamic acid (DETC, 10 nmol) potentiated the CSAR (P < 0.05). Microinjection of Ang II (0.3 nmol) into the PVN resulted in an enhanced CSAR (P < 0.05). The effect of Ang II on the CSAR was completely inhibited by pretreatment with either tempol or tiron (P < 0.05) but was not affected by DETC. On the other hand, either tempol or tiron decreased the RSNA (P < 0.05), but DETC increased the RSNA (P < 0.05). Ang II increased the RSNA (P < 0.05) and MAP (P < 0.05). The effect of Ang II on the RSNA and MAP was abolished by pretreatment with either tempol or tiron but was not affected by DETC. These results indicated that the ROS in the PVN modulated the CSAR and contributed to the effect of Ang II in the PVN on the CSAR.
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- Ying Han
- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, People's Republic of China
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