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Nespoux J, Monaghan MLT, Jones NK, Stewart K, Denby L, Czopek A, Mullins JJ, Menzies RI, Baker AH, Bailey MA. P2X7 receptor knockout does not alter renal function or prevent angiotensin II-induced kidney injury in F344 rats. Sci Rep 2024; 14:9573. [PMID: 38670993 PMCID: PMC11053004 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-59635-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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P2X7 receptors mediate immune and endothelial cell responses to extracellular ATP. Acute pharmacological blockade increases renal blood flow and filtration rate, suggesting that receptor activation promotes tonic vasoconstriction. P2X7 expression is increased in kidney disease and blockade/knockout is renoprotective. We generated a P2X7 knockout rat on F344 background, hypothesising enhanced renal blood flow and protection from angiotensin-II-induced renal injury. CRISPR/Cas9 introduced an early stop codon into exon 2 of P2rx7, abolishing P2X7 protein in kidney and reducing P2rx7 mRNA abundance by ~ 60% in bone-marrow derived macrophages. The M1 polarisation response to lipopolysaccharide was unaffected but P2X7 receptor knockout suppressed ATP-induced IL-1β release. In male knockout rats, acetylcholine-induced dilation of the renal artery ex vivo was diminished but not the response to nitroprusside. Renal function in male and female knockout rats was not different from wild-type. Finally, in male rats infused with angiotensin-II for 6 weeks, P2X7 knockout did not reduce albuminuria, tubular injury, renal macrophage accrual, and renal perivascular fibrosis. Contrary to our hypothesis, global P2X7 knockout had no impact on in vivo renal hemodynamics. Our study does not indicate a major role for P2X7 receptor activation in renal vascular injury.
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- Josselin Nespoux
- Edinburgh Kidney, British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Kidney, British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Kidney, British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Kidney, British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Kidney, British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Kidney, British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Kidney, British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Kidney, British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Kidney, British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Kidney, British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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Funato Y, Yamazaki D, Okuzaki D, Yamamoto N, Miki H. Importance of the renal ion channel TRPM6 in the circadian secretion of renin to raise blood pressure. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3683. [PMID: 34140503 PMCID: PMC8211686 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24063-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Blood pressure has a daily pattern, with higher values in the active period. Its elevation at the onset of the active period substantially increases the risk of fatal cardiovascular events. Renin secretion stimulated by renal sympathetic neurons is considered essential to this process; however, its regulatory mechanism remains largely unknown. Here, we show the importance of transient receptor potential melastatin-related 6 (TRPM6), a Mg2+-permeable cation channel, in augmenting renin secretion in the active period. TRPM6 expression is significantly reduced in the distal convoluted tubule of hypotensive Cnnm2-deficient mice. We generate kidney-specific Trpm6-deficient mice and observe a decrease in blood pressure and a disappearance of its circadian variation. Consistently, renin secretion is not augmented in the active period. Furthermore, renin secretion after pharmacological activation of β-adrenoreceptor, the target of neuronal stimulation, is abrogated, and the receptor expression is decreased in renin-secreting cells. These results indicate crucial roles of TRPM6 in the circadian regulation of blood pressure. Circadian variation of blood pressure, with higher values in the active period, is associated with the risk of fatal cardiovascular events. Here, we show the importance of renal TRPM6, a Magnesium-permeable cation channel, in raising blood pressure by stimulating renin secretion.
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- Yosuke Funato
- Department of Cellular Regulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Regulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Genome Information Research Center, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Neuroscience Laboratories, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Regulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
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Reduced capacity of autonomic and baroreflex control associated with sleep pattern in spontaneously hypertensive rats with a nondipping profile. J Hypertens 2017; 35:558-570. [DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000001205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Sikora M, Konopelski P, Pham K, Wyczalkowska-Tomasik A, Ufnal M. Repeated restraint stress produces acute and chronic changes in hemodynamic parameters in rats. Stress 2016; 19:621-629. [PMID: 27696923 DOI: 10.1080/10253890.2016.1244667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Noninvasive hemodynamic measurements in rats require placing animals in restrainers. To minimize restraint stress-induced artifacts several habituation protocols have been proposed, however, the results are inconclusive. Here, we evaluated if a four-week habituation is superior to a shorter habituation, or no habituation. This is the first study comparing different habituation protocols with the use of four-week continuous telemetry measurements. We did the experiments on male, 16-week old, Sprague-Dawley rats. Continuous recordings of mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) and heart rate (HR) were made before and during habituation protocols. Rats were subjected either to control (four weeks of restraint-free recordings, n = 5) or two-week (seven restraints, n = 6) or four-week (14 restraints, n = 6) restraint sessions. The restraint protocols included placement of rats in the middle of the dark phase into plastic restrainers as used for tail-cuff measurements. Restraint lasted for 60 min, and was repeated every second day. Each restraint significantly increased MABP (by 15-25 mmHg) and HR (by 40-120 beats/min). Exposure to the restraint protocols decreased diurnal variation in MABP. There was no hemodynamic adaptation to repeated restraint, and no significant difference in hemodynamic response to restraint among controls, the two-week and the four-week groups. In conclusion, our study indicates that measurements in restrained rats are not likely being made without stress-induced changes in MABP. Moreover, in hemodynamic studies in repeatedly restrained rats longer habituation is not superior to shorter habituation.
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- Mariusz Sikora
- a Department of Experimental Physiology and Pathophysiology, Laboratory of Center for Preclinical Research , Medical University of Warsaw , Warsaw , Poland
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- a Department of Experimental Physiology and Pathophysiology, Laboratory of Center for Preclinical Research , Medical University of Warsaw , Warsaw , Poland
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- a Department of Experimental Physiology and Pathophysiology, Laboratory of Center for Preclinical Research , Medical University of Warsaw , Warsaw , Poland
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- a Department of Experimental Physiology and Pathophysiology, Laboratory of Center for Preclinical Research , Medical University of Warsaw , Warsaw , Poland
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Bouissou-Schurtz C, Lindesay G, Regnault V, Renet S, Safar ME, Molinie V, Dabire H, Bezie Y. Development of an Experimental Model to Study the Relationship Between Day-to-Day Variability in Blood Pressure and Aortic Stiffness. Front Physiol 2015; 6:368. [PMID: 26696902 PMCID: PMC4672044 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Accepted: 11/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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We aimed to develop an animal model of long-term blood pressure variability (BPV) and to investigate its consequences on aortic damage. We hypothesized that day-to-day BPV produced by discontinuous treatment of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) by valsartan may increase arterial stiffness. For that purpose, rats were discontinuously treated, 2 days a week, or continuously treated by valsartan (30 mg/kg/d in chow) or placebo. Telemetered BP was recorded during 2 min every 15 min, 3 days a week during 8 weeks to cover the full BP variations in response to the treatment schedule. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) and aortic structure evaluated by immunohistochemistry were investigated in a second set of rats treated under the same conditions. Continuous treatment with valsartan reduced systolic BP (SBP) and reversed the aortic structural alterations observed in placebo treated SHR (decrease of medial cross-sectional area). Discontinuous treatment with valsartan decreased SBP to a similar extent but increased the day-to-day BPV, short term BPV, diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and PWV as compared with continuous treatment. Despite no modifications in the elastin/collagen ratio and aortic thickness, an increase in PWV was observed following discontinuous treatment and was associated with a specific accumulation of fibronectin and its αv-integrin receptor compared with both groups of rats. Taken together the present results indicate that a discontinuous treatment with valsartan is able to induce a significant increase in day-to-day BPV coupled to an aortic phenotype close to that observed in hypertension. This experimental model should pave the way for future experimental and clinical studies aimed at assessing how long-term BPV increases aortic stiffness.
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- Cardiovascular Department, Institut de Recherches Servier Suresnes, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1116 Nancy, France
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- Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Department of Pharmacy Paris, France
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- Centre de Diagnostic et Université René Descartes, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, UFR Médecine Paris, France
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- Department of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire La Meynard Fort de France, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U955, Equipe 03 Créteil, France
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- Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Department of Pharmacy Paris, France
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Isegawa K, Hirooka Y, Kishi T, Yasukawa K, Utsumi H, Sunagawa K. Benefit of azilsartan on blood pressure elevation around rest-to-active phase in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Clin Exp Hypertens 2014; 37:45-50. [DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2014.897721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Department of Advanced Cardiovascular Regulation and Therapeutics, and
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- Department of Advanced Therapeutics for Cardiovascular Diseases, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan,
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- Department of Bio-Functional Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and
- Innovation Center for Medical Redox Navigation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Innovation Center for Medical Redox Navigation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Katayama T, Sueta D, Kataoka K, Hasegawa Y, Koibuchi N, Toyama K, Uekawa K, Mingjie M, Nakagawa T, Maeda M, Ogawa H, Kim-Mitsuyama S. Long-term renal denervation normalizes disrupted blood pressure circadian rhythm and ameliorates cardiovascular injury in a rat model of metabolic syndrome. J Am Heart Assoc 2013; 2:e000197. [PMID: 23974905 PMCID: PMC3828797 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.113.000197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Background Although renal denervation significantly reduces blood pressure in patients with resistant hypertension, the role of the renal nerve in hypertension with metabolic syndrome is unknown. We investigated the impact of long‐term renal denervation on SHR/NDmcr‐cp(+/+) (SHRcp) rats, a useful rat model of metabolic syndrome, to determine the role of the renal nerve in hypertension with metabolic syndrome. Methods and Results SHRcp rats were divided into (1) a renal denervation (RD) group and (2) a sham operation group (control) to examine the effects of long‐term RD on blood pressure circadian rhythm, renal sodium retention‐related molecules, the renin‐angiotensin‐aldosterone system, metabolic disorders, and organ injury. RD in SHRcp rats not only significantly reduced blood pressure but also normalized blood pressure circadian rhythm from the nondipper to the dipper type, and this improvement was associated with an increase in urinary sodium excretion and the suppression of renal Na+‐Cl− cotransporter upregulation. RD significantly reduced plasma renin activity. RD significantly prevented cardiovascular remodeling and impairment of vascular endothelial function and attenuated cardiovascular oxidative stress. However, RD failed to ameliorate obesity, metabolic disorders, and renal injury and failed to reduce systemic sympathetic activity in SHRcp rats. Conclusions By including the upregulation of the Na+‐Cl− cotransporter, the renal sympathetic nerve is involved in the disruption of blood pressure circadian rhythm as well as hypertension in metabolic syndrome. Thus, RD seems to be a useful therapeutic strategy for hypertension with metabolic syndrome.
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- Tetsuji Katayama
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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Sueta D, Kataoka K, Koibuchi N, Toyama K, Uekawa K, Katayama T, Mingjie M, Nakagawa T, Waki H, Maeda M, Yasuda O, Matsui K, Ogawa H, Kim-Mitsuyama S. Novel mechanism for disrupted circadian blood pressure rhythm in a rat model of metabolic syndrome--the critical role of angiotensin II. J Am Heart Assoc 2013; 2:e000035. [PMID: 23629805 PMCID: PMC3698757 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.113.000035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study was performed to determine the characteristics and mechanism of hypertension in SHR/NDmcr-cp(+/+) rats (SHRcp), a new model of metabolic syndrome, with a focus on the autonomic nervous system, aldosterone, and angiotensin II. METHODS AND RESULTS We measured arterial blood pressure (BP) in SHRcp by radiotelemetry combined with spectral analysis using a fast Fourier transformation algorithm and examined the effect of azilsartan, an AT1 receptor blocker. Compared with control Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) and SHR, SHRcp exhibited a nondipper-type hypertension and displayed increased urinary norepinephrine excretion and increased urinary and plasma aldosterone levels. Compared with WKY and SHR, SHRcp were characterized by an increase in the low-frequency power (LF) of systolic BP and a decrease in spontaneous baroreflex gain (sBRG), indicating autonomic dysfunction. Thus, SHRcp are regarded as a useful model of human hypertension with metabolic syndrome. Oral administration of azilsartan once daily persistently lowered BP during the light period (inactive phase) and the dark period (active phase) in SHRcp more than in WKY and SHR. Thus, angiotensin II seems to be involved in the mechanism of disrupted diurnal BP rhythm in SHRcp. Azilsartan significantly reduced urinary norepinephrine and aldosterone excretion and significantly increased urinary sodium excretion in SHRcp. Furthermore, azilsartan significantly reduced LF of systolic BP and significantly increased sBRG in SHRcp. CONCLUSIONS These results strongly suggest that impairment of autonomic function and increased aldosterone in SHRcp mediate the effect of angiotensin II on circadian blood pressure rhythms.
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- Daisuke Sueta
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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Langley SR, Bottolo L, Kunes J, Zicha J, Zidek V, Hubner N, Cook SA, Pravenec M, Aitman TJ, Petretto E. Systems-level approaches reveal conservation of trans-regulated genes in the rat and genetic determinants of blood pressure in humans. Cardiovasc Res 2012; 97:653-65. [PMID: 23118132 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvs329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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AIMS Human genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of hypertension identified only few susceptibility loci with large effect that were replicated across populations. The vast majority of genes detected by GWAS has small effect and the regulatory mechanisms through which these genetic variants cause disease remain mostly unclear. Here, we used comparative genomics between human and an established rat model of hypertension to explore the transcriptional mechanisms mediating the effect of genes identified in 15 hypertension GWAS. METHODS AND RESULTS Time series analysis of radiotelemetric blood pressure (BP) was performed to assess 11 parameters of BP variation in recombinant inbred strains derived from the spontaneously hypertensive rat. BP data were integrated with ∼27 000 expression quantative trait loci (eQTLs) mapped across seven tissues, detecting >8000 significant associations between eQTL genes and BP variation in the rat. We then compiled a large catalogue of human genes from GWAS of hypertension and identified a subset of 2292 rat-human orthologous genes. Expression levels for 795 (34%) of these genes correlated with BP variation across rat tissues: 51 genes were cis-regulated, whereas 459 were trans-regulated and enriched for 'calcium signalling pathway' (P = 9.6 × 10(-6)) and 'ion channel' genes (P = 3.5 × 10(-7)), which are important determinants of hypertension. We identified 158 clusters of trans-eQTLs, annotated the underlying 'master regulator' genes and found significant over-representation in the human hypertension gene set (enrichment P = 5 × 10(-4)). CONCLUSION We showed extensive conservation of trans-regulated genes and their master regulators between rat and human hypertension. These findings reveal that small-effect genes associated with hypertension by human GWAS are likely to exert their action through coordinate regulation of pathogenic pathways.
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- Sarah R Langley
- MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
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Tsvirkun D, Bourreau J, Mieuset A, Garo F, Vinogradova O, Larina I, Navasiolava N, Gauquelin-Koch G, Gharib C, Custaud MA. Contribution of social isolation, restraint, and hindlimb unloading to changes in hemodynamic parameters and motion activity in rats. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39923. [PMID: 22768322 PMCID: PMC3388052 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The most accepted animal model for simulation of the physiological and morphological consequences of microgravity on the cardiovascular system is one of head-down hindlimb unloading. Experimental conditions surrounding this model include not only head-down tilting of rats, but also social and restraint stresses that have their own influences on cardiovascular system function. Here, we studied levels of spontaneous locomotor activity, blood pressure, and heart rate during 14 days under the following experimental conditions: cage control, social isolation in standard rat housing, social isolation in special cages for hindlimb unloading, horizontal attachment (restraint), and head-down hindlimb unloading. General activity and hemodynamic parameters were continuously monitored in conscious rats by telemetry. Heart rate and blood pressure were both evaluated during treadmill running to reveal cardiovascular deconditioning development as a result of unloading. The main findings of our work are that: social isolation and restraint induced persistent physical inactivity, while unloading in rats resulted in initial inactivity followed by normalization and increased locomotion after one week. Moreover, 14 days of hindlimb unloading showed significant elevation of blood pressure and slight elevation of heart rate. Hemodynamic changes in isolated and restrained rats largely reproduced the trends observed during unloading. Finally, we detected no augmentation of tachycardia during moderate exercise in rats after 14 days of unloading. Thus, we concluded that both social isolation and restraint, as an integral part of the model conditions, contribute essentially to cardiovascular reactions during head-down hindlimb unloading, compared to the little changes in the hydrostatic gradient.
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- Darya Tsvirkun
- UMR CNRS 6214 – INSERM 1083, Faculté de Médecine d’Angers, Université d’Angers, Angers, France
- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- UMR CNRS 6214 – INSERM 1083, Faculté de Médecine d’Angers, Université d’Angers, Angers, France
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- UMR CNRS 6214 – INSERM 1083, Faculté de Médecine d’Angers, Université d’Angers, Angers, France
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- UMR CNRS 6214 – INSERM 1083, Faculté de Médecine d’Angers, Université d’Angers, Angers, France
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- Institute for Biomedical Problems Russian Academy of Sciences SSC, Moscow, Russia
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- Associated French-Russia laboratory CaDyWEC (Cardiovascular Dysfunction induced by Weightlessness and Environmental Conditions), Angers, France
- Institute for Biomedical Problems Russian Academy of Sciences SSC, Moscow, Russia
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- Associated French-Russia laboratory CaDyWEC (Cardiovascular Dysfunction induced by Weightlessness and Environmental Conditions), Angers, France
- Institute for Biomedical Problems Russian Academy of Sciences SSC, Moscow, Russia
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- ISOSTEO-LYON (Institut Supérieur d’Ostéopathie), Limonest, France
- Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Est, Physiologie, Lyon, France
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- UMR CNRS 6214 – INSERM 1083, Faculté de Médecine d’Angers, Université d’Angers, Angers, France
- Associated French-Russia laboratory CaDyWEC (Cardiovascular Dysfunction induced by Weightlessness and Environmental Conditions), Angers, France
- Explorations Fonctionnelles Vasculaires, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France
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Lim K, Burke SL, Armitage JA, Head GA. Comparison of blood pressure and sympathetic activity of rabbits in their home cage and the laboratory environment. Exp Physiol 2012; 97:1263-71. [PMID: 22613739 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2012.064972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Methodological improvements in measuring cardiovascular parameters have meant that data can be collected from freely moving animals in their home cage. However, experiments in rabbits still often require them to be restrained in a laboratory setting. The aim of this study was to determine whether measurements collected when rabbits were placed in a holding box in the laboratory are representative of values obtained in freely moving conscious rabbits. Nine New Zealand White rabbits received two radiotelemetry implants to monitor mean arterial pressure (MAP) and renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA). The MAP measured in the laboratory (71 ± 1 mmHg) was similar to that in the home cage (69 ± 1 mmHg), but there was less MAP variability. The RSNA was also similar in both environments. In contrast, laboratory heart rate (HR) was 7% lower than home cage HR (181 ± 4 beats min(-1), P < 0.001), but HR variability was similar. Baroreflex gain, assessed by spectral analysis, was 19% higher in the laboratory than in the home cage due to lower MAP mid-frequency variability in the laboratory. Home cage circadian patterns of MAP and HR were strongly influenced by feeding and activity. Nevertheless, MAP and RSNA laboratory measurements were the same as average 24 h values and remained similar over several weeks. We conclude that while HR is generally lower in the laboratory, a valid representation of MAP and RSNA can be given by laboratory measurements.
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- Kyungjoon Lim
- Department of Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Lesion size and behavioral deficits after endothelin-1-induced ischemia are not dependent on time of day. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2011; 22:397-405. [PMID: 22056219 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2011] [Revised: 09/28/2011] [Accepted: 10/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The occurrence of stroke exhibits a strong circadian pattern with a peak in the morning hours after waking. The factors that influence this pattern of stroke prevalence may confer varying degrees of neuroprotection and therefore influence stroke severity. This question is difficult to address in clinical cases because of the variability in the location and duration of the ischemic event. METHODS The purpose of this study was to determine if time of day affected the severity of stroke targeting the motor cortex in rats. Strokes were produced using topical application of the vasoconstrictor endothelin-1 to motor cortex of unanesthetized animals at 2 time points: early day and early night. Behavioral deficits were measured using reaching, cylinder, and horizontal ladder tasks, and the volume of the lesion was quantified. RESULTS Behavior on reaching and horizontal ladder tasks were both severely impaired by endothelin-1 treatment compared to vehicle-treated animals, but deficits did not differ according to time of treatment. Similarly, while endothelin-1 produced larger lesions of the motor cortex than did vehicle treatment, the size of the lesion did not differ according to time of treatment. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that while many factors under circadian control can influence the prevalence of stroke, the magnitude of lesion and behavioral deficit resulting from an ischemic event may not be influenced by time of day.
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Reiner A, Del Mar N, Zagvazdin Y, Li C, Fitzgerald MEC. Age-related impairment in choroidal blood flow compensation for arterial blood pressure fluctuation in pigeons. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011; 52:7238-47. [PMID: 21828151 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Choroidal vessels compensate for changes in systemic blood pressure (BP) so that choroidal blood flow (ChBF) remains stable over a BP range of approximately 40 mm Hg above and below basal. Because of the presumed importance of ChBF regulation for maintenance of retinal health, we investigated if ChBF compensation for BP fluctuation in pigeons fails with age. METHODS Transcleral laser Doppler flowmetry was used to measure ChBF during spontaneous BP fluctuation in anesthetized pigeons ranging in age from 0.5 to 17 years (pigeons can live approximately 20 years in captivity). RESULTS ChBF in <8-year-old pigeons remained near 100% of basal ChBF at BPs ranging 40 mm Hg above and below basal BP (95 mm Hg). Baroregulation failed below approximately 50 mm Hg BP. In ≥8-year-old pigeons, ChBF compensation was absent at >90 mm Hg BP, with ChBF linearly following BP. Over the 60 to 90 mm Hg range, ChBF in ≥8-year-old pigeons was maintained at 60-70% of young basal ChBF. Below approximately 55 mm Hg, baroregulation again followed BP linearly. CONCLUSIONS Age-related ChBF baroregulatory impairment occurs in pigeons, with ChBF linear with above-basal BP, and ChBF failing to adequately maintain ChBF during below-basal BP. Defective autonomic sympathetic and parasympathetic neurogenic control, or defective myogenic control, may cause these baroregulatory defects. In either case, overperfusion during high BP may cause oxidative injury to the outer retina, whereas underperfusion during low BP may result in deficient nutrient supply and waste removal, with both abnormalities contributing to age-related retinal pathology and vision loss.
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- Anton Reiner
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA.
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Palma-Rigo K, Baudrie V, Laude D, Petrel C, Clauser E, Elghozi JL. Cardiovascular rhythms and cardiac baroreflex sensitivity in AT(1A) receptor gain-of-function mutant mice. Chronobiol Int 2010; 27:128-37. [PMID: 20205562 DOI: 10.3109/07420520903398591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A mutant mouse expressing a gain-of-function of the AT(1A) angiotensin II receptor was engineered to study the consequences of a constitutive activation of this receptor on blood pressure (BP). Cardiovascular rhythms and spontaneous cardiac baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) were evaluated using telemetric BP recordings of five transgenic (AT(1A)MUT) and five wild (AT(1A)WT) mice. The circadian rhythms were described with the Chronos-Fit program. The gain of the transfer function between systolic BP (SBP) and pulse intervals used to estimate the spontaneous BRS (ms/mmHg) was calculated in the low frequency (0.15-0.60 Hz) band. Transgenic AT(1A)MUT exhibited higher BP and heart rate (HR) levels compared to controls (SBP AT(1A)MUT 134.6 +/- 5.9 mmHg vs. AT(1A)WT 110.5 +/- 5.9; p < 0.05; HR AT(1A)MUT 531.0 +/- 14.9 vs. AT(1A)WT 454.8 +/- 5.4 beats/min; p = 0.001). Spontaneous BRS was diminished in transgenic mice (AT(1A)MUT 1.23 +/- 0.17 ms/mmHg vs. AT(1A)WT 1.91 +/- 0.18 ms/mmHg; p < 0.05). Motor activity did not differ between groups. These variables exhibited circadian changes, and the differences between the strains were maintained throughout the cycle. The highest values for BP, HR, and locomotor activity were observed at night. Spontaneous BRS varied in the opposite direction, with the lowest gain estimated when BP and HR were elevated (i.e., at night, when the animals were active). It is likely the BP elevation of the mutant mice results from the amplification of the effects of AngII at different sites. Future studies are necessary to explore whether AT(1A) receptor activation at the central nervous system level effectively contributed to the observed differences.
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- Kesia Palma-Rigo
- INSERM U970, Paris - Centre de Recherche Cardiovasculaire; Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Weigl Y, Ashkenazi IE, Dotan A, Peleg L. Shapes and structures of biological rhythms: variability of phenotypes in two strains of mice and their progeny. BIOL RHYTHM RES 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/09291010902727922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Silvani A, Bastianini S, Berteotti C, Franzini C, Lenzi P, Lo Martire V, Zoccoli G. Central and baroreflex control of heart period during the wake-sleep cycle in consomic rats with different genetic susceptibility to hypertension. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2009; 37:322-7. [PMID: 19769608 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2009.05293.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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1. In spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), the contributions of the baroreflex and central autonomic commands to the control of heart period (HP) vary among wake-sleep states and are impaired during quiet wakefulness and rapid eye movement sleep (REMS), respectively. 2. Dahl salt-sensitive (SS) rats are genetically susceptible to salt-sensitive hypertension, the development of which depends on diet. Substitution of chromosome 13 of SS rats with that of Brown Norway rats confers salt-resistance to consomic SS-13BN rats. 3. In the present study, we tested whether differences in the central and baroreflex contributions to HP control occur among wake-sleep states in SS and SS-13BN rats and reflect genetic susceptibility to hypertension. Rats (n = 5 per group) were fed a prohypertensive diet late during development to minimize hypertension in SS rats and were instrumented with an arterial catheter and electrodes for discriminating wake-sleep states. 4. The cross-correlation function between HP and blood pressure indicated that, in SS and SS-13BN rats, the contributions of the baroreflex and central commands to the control of HP differed significantly among wake-sleep states, with central commands outweighing the baroreflex in REMS. However, these contributions did not differ significantly between SS and SS-13BN rats in any wake-sleep state. 5. The data suggest that differences in the central and baroreflex contributions to HP control among wake-sleep states, which have been demonstrated in SHR, can be generalized to other rat models used in hypertension research. Impairments in the baroreflex and central autonomic control of HP during quiet wakefulness and REMS, respectively, cannot be generalized as an index of genetic susceptibility to hypertension.
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- Alessandro Silvani
- Department of Human and General Physiology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Grundt C, Meier K, Lemmer B. Gender Dependency of Circadian Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Profiles in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats: Effects of Beta‐Blockers. Chronobiol Int 2009; 23:813-29. [PMID: 16887750 DOI: 10.1080/07420520600827129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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This study investigated (i) blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), and their relation to urinary NOx and eNOS protein expression in male and female spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), as well as (ii) gender-dependent cardiovascular effects of nebivolol (NEB) in comparison to metoprolol (MET) in SHR. BP and HR were measured telemetrically after a single intraperitoneal application of NEB or MET at 07.00 and 19.00 h in male rats and at 19.00 h in proestrus female rats. The two beta-blockers varied in time of decreasing BP and HR and also in duration. In males, MET decreased BP and HR for few hours exclusively when applied at the onset of the activity phase (i.e., at 19.00 h), while after its application at 07.00 h, BP and HR were unchanged. In females, MET also caused a short-lasting BP and HR reduction, with the effect being more pronounced than in males. In males, NEB at either dosing time decreased HR and BP to a greater extent than did MET. This effect was evident both during the activity and rest periods and persisted for at least five days. In females, NEB provoked a similar, but more pronounced, effect on BP and HR in comparison to males. These findings demonstrate that significant gender-dependent differences in the circadian profile of BP and HR exist. BP and urinary NOx as well as eNOS expression are inversely correlated, and the cardiovascular effects of NEB and MET vary, depending on the time of application as well as gender.
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- Christina Grundt
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Matsumoto M, Tsujino T, Naito Y, Sakoda T, Ohyanagi M, Nonaka H, Masuyama T. High Salt Intake Elevated Blood Pressure but not Changed Circadian Blood Pressure Rhythm in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) Rat. Clin Exp Hypertens 2009; 31:271-80. [DOI: 10.1080/10641960902822526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Lemmer B. Effects of music composed by Mozart and Ligeti on blood pressure and heart rate circadian rhythms in normotensive and hypertensive rats. Chronobiol Int 2009; 25:971-86. [PMID: 19005899 DOI: 10.1080/07420520802539415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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There is continuing discussion on the effect of music ("Mozart effect") on numerous functions in man and experimental animals. Radiotelemetry now allows one to monitor cardiovascular functions in freely-moving unrestrained experimental animals. Radiotelemetry was used to monitor systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP, DBP), heart rate (HR), and motor activity (MA) in male normotensive WKY and hypertensive SHR animals. Rats were synchronized to a 12 h light (L): 12 h dark (D) regimen in an isolated, ventilated, light-controlled, sound-isolated animal container. Music (Mozart, Symphony # 40; Ligeti, String Quartet # 2) were played for 2 h at 75 dB in the animal cabin starting at the onset of L or D in a cross-over design. Data were collected every 5 min for 24 h under control conditions and during and after music. In addition, plasma concentrations of norepinephrine (NE) were determined in unrestrained animals at 3 h intervals over 24 h. In both WKY and SHR, highly significant circadian rhythms were obtained in SBP, DBP, HR, and MA under control conditions; HR was lower and BP higher in SHR than in WKY. NE was circadian rhythmic in both strains with higher values in D; the increase in NE with immobilization was much more pronounced in SHR than in WKY. The music of Mozart had no effect on either parameter in WKY, neither in L nor in D. In contrast, in SHR, the music of Mozart presented in L significantly decreased HR and left BP unaffected, leading to a small decrease in cardiac output. The music of Ligeti significantly increased BP both in L and in D and reflexively reduced HR in L, the effects being long-lasting over 24 h. Interestingly, white noise at 75 dB had no effect at all on either function in both strains. The effects of both Mozart and Ligeti cannot be attributed to a stress reaction, as stress due to cage switch increased HR and BP both in WKY and SHR. The study clearly demonstrates that music of different character (tempo, rhythm, pitch, tonality) can modify cardiovascular functions in freely-moving rats, with SHR being more sensitive than normotensive animals. The relative contribution of the characteristics of the two pieces of music, however, needs further evaluation.
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- Björn Lemmer
- Institut fur Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
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Reactivity of isolated toad aortic rings to angiotension II: the role of nitric oxide. J Comp Physiol B 2008; 179:403-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0325-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2008] [Revised: 11/24/2008] [Accepted: 11/26/2008] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Finta E, Laude D, Alföldi S, Farsang C, Elghozi JL. Effects of rilmenidine on 24-h rhythmicity of blood pressure and spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity in essential hypertensive subjects. J Hypertens 2007; 24:1619-25. [PMID: 16877965 DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000239298.63377.db] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effects of the centrally acting imidazoline-like compound rilmenidine on the circadian and short-term cardiovascular rhythms derived from continuous blood pressure (BP) recordings in patients with mild essential hypertension. METHODS This was a single-center, open study. Recordings were obtained from eight subjects, using a Portapres during two 24-h hospitalizations: the first after the inclusion visit and the second 4 weeks after starting rilmenidine treatment (1 or 2 mg/day). For circadian analysis of cardiovascular variables, 10 min were selected every hour to obtain 24 periods per subject for each session. Spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) was estimated using the sequence technique and the cross-spectral analysis between systolic BP and interbeat intervals. RESULTS Rilmenidine significantly reduced the overall systolic and diastolic BP and heart rate (P < 0.001). The effects of rilmenidine on BP and heart rhythm were marked during the daytime. Rilmenidine reduced the low-frequency (LF) component of systolic BP variability throughout the 24 h. The highest values of spontaneous BRS were observed at night. Rilmenidine increased the BRS obtained by the slope of the sequence method throughout the 24-h period (P < 0.001). The LF gain was significantly increased with rilmenidine during the day and the night. CONCLUSIONS Rilmenidine may differentially affect the baroreflex-dependent (phasic or reflex) and the baroreflex-independent (tonic) autonomic outflow. The 24-h approach reinforced this concept, since indexes of BRS were increased throughout the 24-h period while BP was reduced during the daytime.
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- Ervin Finta
- Department of Internal Medicine, Szent Imre Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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Li H, Sun NL, Wang J, Liu AJ, Su DF. Circadian expression of clock genes and angiotensin II type 1 receptors in suprachiasmatic nuclei of sinoaortic-denervated rats. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2007; 28:484-92. [PMID: 17376287 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2007.00543.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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AIM To investigate whether the circadian expression of central clock genes and angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptors was altered in sinoaortic-denervated (SAD) rats. METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent sinoaortic denervation or a sham operation at the age of 12 weeks. Four weeks after the operation, blood pressure and heart period were measured in the conscious state in a group of sham-operated (n=10) and SAD rats (n=9). Rest SAD and sham-operated rats were divided into 6 groups (n=6 in each group). The suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) tissues were taken every 4 h throughout the day from each group for the determination of the mRNA expression of clock genes (Per2 and Bmal1) and the AT1 receptor by RT-PCR; the protein expression of Per2 and Bmal1 was determined by Western blotting. RESULTS Blood pressure levels in the SAD rats were similar to those of the sham-operated rats. However, blood pressure variabilities significantly increased in the SAD rats compared with the sham-operated rats. The circadian variation of clock genes in the SCN of the sham-operated rats was characterized by a marked increase in the mRNA and protein expression during dark periods. Per2 and Bmal1 mRNA levels were significantly lower in the SAD rats, especially during dark periods. Western blot analysis confirmed an attenuation of the circadian rhythm of the 2 clock proteins in the SCN of the SAD rats. AT1 receptor mRNA expressions in the SCN were abnormally upregulated in the light phase, changed to a 12-h cycle in the SAD rats. CONCLUSION The circadian variation of the 2 central clock genes was attenuated in the SAD rats. Arterial baroreflex dysfunction also induced a disturbance in the expression of AT1 receptors in the SCN.
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- Hui Li
- Department of Cardiology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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Baudrie V, Laude D, Elghozi JL. Optimal frequency ranges for extracting information on cardiovascular autonomic control from the blood pressure and pulse interval spectrograms in mice. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 292:R904-12. [PMID: 17038438 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00488.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The analysis of blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) variability by spectral methods has proven a useful tool in many animal species for the assessment of the vagal and sympathetic contributions to oscillations of BP and HR. Continuous BP measurements obtained in mice by telemetry were used to characterize the spectral bandwidths of autonomic relevance by using an approach with no a priori. The paradigm was based on the autonomic blockades obtained with conventional drugs (atropine, prazosin, atenolol). The spectral changes were estimated in all of the combinations of spectral bandwidths. The effect of hydralazine was also tested using the same systematic analysis, to detect the zones of sympathetic activation resulting reflexly from the vasodilatory action of the drug. Two zones of interest in the study of the autonomic control of BP and HR were observed. The first zone covered the 0.15-0.60 Hz range of the systolic BP spectrum and corresponds to the low-frequency zone (or Mayer waves). This zone reflects sympathetic control since the power spectral density of this zone was significantly reduced with alpha1-adrenoceptor blockade (prazosin), while it was significantly amplified as a result of a reflex sympathetic activation (hydralazine). The second zone covered the 2.5-5.0 Hz range of the pulse interval spectrum and corresponded to the high-frequency zone (respiratory sinus arrhythmia) under vagal control (blocked by atropine). These zones are recommended for testing the autonomic control of circulation in mice.
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Scremin OU, Shih TM, Huynh L, Roch M, Sun W, Chialvo DR, Jenden DJ. Circadian rhythms of heart rate and locomotion after treatment with low-dose acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. J Appl Toxicol 2006; 26:410-8. [PMID: 16858689 DOI: 10.1002/jat.1155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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This study tested the hypothesis that repeated exposure to low levels of sarin, pyridostigmine bromide (PB) or their combination, at doses equivalent to those possibly experienced by veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, could lead to persistent or delayed autonomic effects and thus help to explain the cause of clinical findings in this population. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated for 3 weeks with: saline injection (0.5 ml kg(-1), s.c., 3 times weekly) with tap drinking water (control); saline injection with PB (80 mg l(-1) in drinking water); sarin injection (62.5 microg kg(-1), s.c., 0.5 x LD(50), 3 times weekly) with tap drinking water (sarin); or sarin injection with PB in drinking water (sarin + PB). At 2, 4 or 16 weeks post-treatment, heart rate (HR) and locomotor activity (LA) were studied by radiotelemetry. Two weeks posttreatment, HR in drug-treated animals was significantly lower than in controls. A decrease in low-frequency HR power spectrum (PS) was found at 00:00 h and 08:00 h with sarin + PB and at 00:00 h with sarin, while total power was enhanced with sarin + PB at 22:00 h. Minimal effects of drug treatments on HR and HR PS were detected at 4 and 16 weeks post-treatment. No significant differences in LA between control and other groups were found. Since no consistent long-term effects were found in any of the variables studied, these experiments do not support the hypothesis that repeated administration of low doses of PB and the nerve agent sarin can induce persistent or delayed alterations in autonomic function.
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- Oscar U Scremin
- Department of Research, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA.
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Wang DS, Xie HH, Shen FM, Cai GJ, Su DF. Blood pressure variability, cardiac baroreflex sensitivity and organ damage in experimentally hypertensive rats. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2006; 32:545-52. [PMID: 16026514 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2005.04229.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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1. The present study was designed to investigate the haemodynamic features and morphological changes in experimentally hypertensive rat models. 2. Sprague-Dawley rats were used to prepare the experimentally hypertensive models, including two-kidney, one-clip renovascular hypertensive (2K1C) rats, deoxycorticosterone acetate salt hypertensive (DOCA) rats and N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester-induced hypertensive (l-NAME) rats. Six weeks after the induction of hypertension, 24 h blood pressure was recorded and blood pressure variability (BPV) expressed by 24 h (or 12 h in the daytime and night-time study) standard deviation of the variables was calculated. Then, cardiac baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) was determined and four endogenous factors (tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1beta, angiotensin II and endothelin-1) were measured. Finally, morphological changes were examined. 3. It was found that an increase in BPV and a decrease in BRS were accompanied by an elevation of blood pressure in all three hypertensive models. The DOCA rats had the highest BPV, whereas the l-NAME rats had the lowest BRS. 4. Morphological changes were similar in DOCA and l-NAME rats and the cardiac changes were relatively slight in 2K1C rats. Tumour necrosis factor-alpha was increased in all the three models, especially in DOCA rats. Endothelin-1 was higher in DOCA rats and angiotensin II was increased in 2K1C rats and decreased in DOCA rats. 5. In conclusion, increased BPV and decreased BRS accompanied the elevation of blood pressure in all three hypertensive models. The DOCA rats had the highest BPV and the l-NAME rats had the lowest BRS. Obvious organ damage was seen in all three hypertensive models 6 weeks after the induction of hypertension.
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- Di-Song Wang
- Department of Pharmacology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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