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Jalil M, Coverdell TC, Gutierrez VA, Crook ME, Shi J, Stornetta DS, Schwalbe DC, Abbott SBG, Campbell JN. Molecular Disambiguation of Heart Rate Control by the Nucleus Ambiguus. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.12.16.571991. [PMID: 38168262 PMCID: PMC10760142 DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.16.571991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
Abstract
The nucleus ambiguus (nAmb) provides parasympathetic control of cardiorespiratory functions as well as motor control of the upper airways and striated esophagus. A subset of nAmb neurons innervates the heart through the vagus nerve to control cardiac function at rest and during key autonomic reflexes such as the mammalian diving reflex. These cardiovagal nAmb neurons may be molecularly and anatomically distinct, but how they differ from other nAmb neurons in the adult brain remains unclear. We therefore classified adult mouse nAmb neurons based on their genome-wide expression profiles, innervation of cardiac ganglia, and ability to control HR. Our integrated analysis of single-nucleus RNA-sequencing data predicted multiple molecular subtypes of nAmb neurons. Mapping the axon projections of one nAmb neuron subtype, Npy2r-expressing nAmb neurons, showed that they innervate cardiac ganglia. Optogenetically stimulating all nAmb vagal efferent neurons dramatically slowed HR to a similar extent as selectively stimulating Npy2r+ nAmb neurons, but not other subtypes of nAmb neurons. Finally, we trained mice to perform voluntary underwater diving, which we use to show Npy2r+ nAmb neurons are activated by the diving response, consistent with a cardiovagal function for this nAmb subtype. These results together reveal the molecular organization of nAmb neurons and its control of heart rate.
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- Maira Jalil
- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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Adams JA, Lopez JR, Banderas V, Sackner MA. A Nonrandomized Trial of the Effects of Passive Simulated Jogging on Short-Term Heart Rate Variability in Type 2 Diabetic Subjects. J Diabetes Res 2023; 2023:4454396. [PMID: 37082380 PMCID: PMC10113059 DOI: 10.1155/2023/4454396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023] Open
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Background Diabetes mellitus has reached global epidemic proportions, with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) comprising more than 90% of all subjects with diabetes. Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) frequently occurs in T2DM. Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects a neural balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic nervous systems (ANS) and a marker of CAN. Reduced HRV has been shown in T2DM and improved by physical activity and exercise. External addition of pulses to the circulation, as accomplished by a passive simulated jogging device (JD), restores HRV in nondiseased sedentary subjects after a single session. We hypothesized that application of JD for a longer period (7 days) might improve HRV in T2DM participants. Methods We performed a nonrandomized study on ten T2DM subjects (age range 44-73 yrs) who were recruited and asked to use a physical activity intervention, a passive simulated jogging device (JD) for 7 days. JD moves the feet in a repetitive and alternating manner; the upward movement of the pedal is followed by a downward movement of the forefoot tapping against a semirigid bumper to simulate the tapping of feet against the ground during jogging. Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis was performed using an electrocardiogram in each subject in seated posture on day 1 (baseline, BL), after seven days of JD (JD7), and seven days after discontinuation of JD (Post-JD). Time domain variables were computed, viz., standard deviation of all normal RR intervals (SDNN), standard deviation of the delta of all RR intervals (SDΔNN), and the square root of the mean of the sum of the squares of differences between adjacent RR intervals (RMSSD). Frequency domain measures were determined using a standard Fast Fourier spectral analysis, as well as the parameters of the Poincaré plots (SD1 and SD2). Results Seven days of JD significantly increased SDNN, SDΔNN, RMSSD, and both SD1 and SD2 from baseline values. The latter parameters remained increased Post-JD. JD did not modify the frequency domain measures of HRV. Conclusion A passive simulated jogging device increased the time domain and Poincaré variables of HRV in T2DM. This intervention provided effortless physical activity as a novel method to harness the beneficial effects of passive physical activity for improving HRV in T2DM subjects.
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- Jose A. Adams
- Division Neonatology, Mount Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
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- Mount Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
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- Mount Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
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Salavatian S, Hoang JD, Yamaguchi N, Lokhandwala ZA, Swid MA, Armour JA, Ardell JL, Vaseghi M. Myocardial infarction reduces cardiac nociceptive neurotransmission through the vagal ganglia. JCI Insight 2022; 7:155747. [PMID: 35015733 PMCID: PMC8876456 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.155747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Myocardial infarction causes pathological changes in the autonomic nervous system, which exacerbate heart failure and predispose to fatal ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. These changes are characterized by sympathetic activation and parasympathetic dysfunction (reduced vagal tone). Reasons for the central vagal withdrawal and, specifically, whether myocardial infarction causes changes in cardiac vagal afferent neurotransmission that then affect efferent tone, remain unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether myocardial infarction causes changes in vagal neuronal afferent signaling. Using in vivo neural recordings from the inferior vagal (nodose) ganglia and immunohistochemical analyses, structural and functional alterations in vagal sensory neurons were characterized in a chronic porcine infarct model and compared with normal animals. Myocardial infarction caused an increase in the number of nociceptive neurons but a paradoxical decrease in functional nociceptive signaling. No changes in mechanosensitive neurons were observed. Notably, nociceptive neurons demonstrated an increase in GABAergic expression. Given that nociceptive signaling through the vagal ganglia increases efferent vagal tone, the results of this study suggest that a decrease in functional nociception, possibly due to an increase in expression of inhibitory neurotransmitters, may contribute to vagal withdrawal after myocardial infarction.
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- Siamak Salavatian
- UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States of America
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Lehnert N, Kim E, Dong HT, Harland JB, Hunt AP, Manickas EC, Oakley KM, Pham J, Reed GC, Alfaro VS. The Biologically Relevant Coordination Chemistry of Iron and Nitric Oxide: Electronic Structure and Reactivity. Chem Rev 2021; 121:14682-14905. [PMID: 34902255 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule that is involved in a wide range of physiological and pathological events in biology. Metal coordination chemistry, especially with iron, is at the heart of many biological transformations involving NO. A series of heme proteins, nitric oxide synthases (NOS), soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), and nitrophorins, are responsible for the biosynthesis, sensing, and transport of NO. Alternatively, NO can be generated from nitrite by heme- and copper-containing nitrite reductases (NIRs). The NO-bearing small molecules such as nitrosothiols and dinitrosyl iron complexes (DNICs) can serve as an alternative vehicle for NO storage and transport. Once NO is formed, the rich reaction chemistry of NO leads to a wide variety of biological activities including reduction of NO by heme or non-heme iron-containing NO reductases and protein post-translational modifications by DNICs. Much of our understanding of the reactivity of metal sites in biology with NO and the mechanisms of these transformations has come from the elucidation of the geometric and electronic structures and chemical reactivity of synthetic model systems, in synergy with biochemical and biophysical studies on the relevant proteins themselves. This review focuses on recent advancements from studies on proteins and model complexes that not only have improved our understanding of the biological roles of NO but also have provided foundations for biomedical research and for bio-inspired catalyst design in energy science.
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- Nicolai Lehnert
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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Fuschillo S, Palomba L, Capparelli R, Motta A, Maniscalco M. Nitric Oxide and Hydrogen Sulfide: A Nice Pair in the Respiratory System. Curr Med Chem 2020; 27:7136-7148. [DOI: 10.2174/0929867327666200310120550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 01/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Nitric Oxide (NO) is internationally regarded as a signal molecule involved in several
functions in the respiratory tract under physiological and pathogenic conditions. Hydrogen Sulfide
(H2S) has also recently been recognized as a new gasotransmitter with a diverse range of functions
similar to those of NO.
Depending on their respective concentrations, both these molecules act synergistically or antagonistically
as signals or damage promoters. Nevertheless, available evidence shows that the complex
biological connections between NO and H2S involve multiple pathways and depend on the site of
action in the respiratory tract, as well as on experimental conditions. This review will provide an
update on these two gasotransmitters in physiological and pathological processes.
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- Salvatore Fuschillo
- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Division of the Telese Terme Institute, 82037 Telese Terme (BN), Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino (PU), Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80055 Portici, (NA), Italy
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- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council, 80078 Pozzuoli (NA), Italy
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- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Division of the Telese Terme Institute, 82037 Telese Terme (BN), Italy
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Ally A, Powell I, Ally MM, Chaitoff K, Nauli SM. Role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase on cardiovascular functions in physiological and pathophysiological states. Nitric Oxide 2020; 102:52-73. [PMID: 32590118 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2020.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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This review describes and summarizes the role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) on the central nervous system, particularly on brain regions such as the ventrolateral medulla (VLM) and the periaqueductal gray matter (PAG), and on blood vessels and the heart that are involved in the regulation and control of the cardiovascular system (CVS). Furthermore, we shall also review the functional aspects of nNOS during several physiological, pathophysiological, and clinical conditions such as exercise, pain, cerebral vascular accidents or stroke and hypertension. For example, during stroke, a cascade of molecular, neurochemical, and cellular changes occur that affect the nervous system as elicited by generation of free radicals and nitric oxide (NO) from vulnerable neurons, peroxide formation, superoxides, apoptosis, and the differential activation of three isoforms of nitric oxide synthases (NOSs), and can exert profound effects on the CVS. Neuronal NOS is one of the three isoforms of NOSs, the others being endothelial (eNOS) and inducible (iNOS) enzymes. Neuronal NOS is a critical homeostatic component of the CVS and plays an important role in regulation of different systems and disease process including nociception. The functional and physiological roles of NO and nNOS are described at the beginning of this review. We also elaborate the structure, gene, domain, and regulation of the nNOS protein. Both inhibitory and excitatory role of nNOS on the sympathetic autonomic nervous system (SANS) and parasympathetic autonomic nervous system (PANS) as mediated via different neurotransmitters/signal transduction processes will be explored, particularly its effects on the CVS. Because the VLM plays a crucial function in cardiovascular homeostatic mechanisms, the neuroanatomy and cardiovascular regulation of the VLM will be discussed in conjunction with the actions of nNOS. Thereafter, we shall discuss the up-to-date developments that are related to the interaction between nNOS and cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and stroke. Finally, we shall focus on the role of nNOS, particularly within the PAG in cardiovascular regulation and neurotransmission during different types of pain stimulus. Overall, this review focuses on our current understanding of the nNOS protein, and provides further insights on how nNOS modulates, regulates, and controls cardiovascular function during both physiological activity such as exercise, and pathophysiological conditions such as stroke and hypertension.
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- Ahmmed Ally
- Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Smith, AR, USA.
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- All American Institute of Medical Sciences, Black River, Jamaica
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- Interventional Rehabilitation of South Florida, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
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- Chapman University and University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
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Ashton JL, Trew ML, LeGrice IJ, Paterson DJ, Paton JF, Gillis AM, Smaill BH. Shift of leading pacemaker site during reflex vagal stimulation and altered electrical source-to-sink balance. J Physiol 2019; 597:3297-3313. [PMID: 31087820 DOI: 10.1113/jp276876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Vagal reflexes slow heart rate and can change where the heartbeat originates within the sinoatrial node (SAN). The mechanisms responsible for this process - termed leading pacemaker (LP) shift - have not been investigated fully. We used optical mapping to measure the effects of baroreflex, chemoreflex and carbachol on pacemaker entrainment and electrical conduction across the SAN. All methods of stimulation triggered shifts in LP site from the central SAN to one or two caudal pacemaker regions. These shifts were associated with reduced current generation capacity centrally and increased electrical load caudally. Previous studies suggest LP shift is a rate-dependent phenomenon whereby acetylcholine slows central pacemaker rate disproportionately, enabling caudal cells that are less acetylcholine sensitive to assume control. However, our findings indicate the LP region is defined by both pacemaker rate and capacity to drive activation. Shifts in LP site provide an important homeostatic mechanism for rapid switches in heart rate. ABSTRACT Reflex vagal activity causes abrupt heart rate slowing with concomitant caudal shifts of the leading pacemaker (LP) site within the sinoatrial node (SAN). However, neither the mechanisms responsible nor their dynamics have been investigated fully. Therefore, the objective of this study was to elucidate the mechanisms driving cholinergic LP shift. Optical maps of right atrial activation were acquired in a rat working heart-brainstem preparation during baroreflex and chemoreflex stimulation or with carbachol. All methods of stimulation triggered shifts in LP site from the central SAN to caudal pacemaker regions, which were positive for HCN4 and received uniform cholinergic innervation. During baroreflex onset, the capacity of the central region to drive activation declined with a decrease in amplitude and gradient of optical action potentials (OAPs) in the surrounding myocardium. Accompanying this decline, there was altered entrainment in the caudal SAN as shown by decreased conduction velocity, OAP amplitude, gradient and activation time. Atropine abolished these responses. Chemoreflex stimulation produced similar effects but central capacity to drive activation was preserved before the LP shift. In contrast, carbachol produced a prolonged period of reduced capacity to drive and altered entrainment. Previous studies suggest LP shift is a rate-dependent phenomenon whereby acetylcholine slows central pacemaker rate disproportionately, enabling caudal cells that are less acetylcholine sensitive to assume control. Our findings indicate that cholinergic LP shifts are also determined by altered electrical source-to-sink balance in the SAN. We conclude that the LP region is defined by both rate and capacity to drive atrial activation.
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- University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- University of Calgary - Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Calgary, AB, Canada
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The Effects of Passive Simulated Jogging on Short-Term Heart Rate Variability in a Heterogeneous Group of Human Subjects. JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE 2018; 2018:4340925. [PMID: 30402499 PMCID: PMC6191954 DOI: 10.1155/2018/4340925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Background Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects neural balance between sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic nervous systems (ANS). Reduced HRV occurs in several chronic diseases and physical inactivity. External addition of pulses to the circulation restores HRV. A new method to add pulses to the circulation can be accomplished with a passive simulated jogging device (JD). We hypothesized that application of JD might increase HRV in seated and supine postures in a heterogeneous group of volunteer subjects. Methods Twenty ambulatory persons (age range 31-88) were recruited. The physical activity intervention (JD) moved the feet in a repetitive and alternating manner; upward movement of the pedal is followed by a downward movement of the forefoot tapping against a semirigid bumper to simulate tapping of feet against the ground during jogging. Each subject underwent four, 30 min sessions in seated and supine postures with the active JD and same with Sham. HRV was assessed at baseline (BL), and Recovery (REC) from analysis of an electrocardiogram. Time domain variables were computed, namely, standard deviation of all normal RR intervals (SDNN) and square root of the mean of the sum of the squares of differences between adjacent RR intervals (RMSSD). Frequency domain measures were determined using a standard Fast Fourier spectral analysis, as well as parameters of Poincaré plots. Results Thirty minutes of JD significantly increased time domain measures and Poincaré parameters of HRV in both seated and supine postures. Frequency domain parameters showed no change. The effects of JD on HRV measures were not affected by age, gender, or posture. Conclusion The passive simulated jogging device increased HRV in both seated and supine postures. This intervention that provided effortless physical activity is a novel method to harness the beneficial effects of increasing HRV.
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An Update on Hydrogen Sulfide and Nitric Oxide Interactions in the Cardiovascular System. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2018; 2018:4579140. [PMID: 30271527 PMCID: PMC6151216 DOI: 10.1155/2018/4579140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and nitric oxide (NO) are now recognized as important regulators in the cardiovascular system, although they were historically considered as toxic gases. As gaseous transmitters, H2S and NO share a wide range of physical properties and physiological functions: they penetrate into the membrane freely; they are endogenously produced by special enzymes, they stimulate endothelial cell angiogenesis, they regulate vascular tone, they protect against heart injury, and they regulate target protein activity via posttranslational modification. Growing evidence has determined that these two gases are not independent regulators but have substantial overlapping pathophysiological functions and signaling transduction pathways. H2S and NO not only affect each other's biosynthesis but also produce novel species through chemical interaction. They play a regulatory role in the cardiovascular system involving similar signaling mechanisms or molecular targets. However, the natural precise mechanism of the interactions between H2S and NO remains unclear. In this review, we discuss the current understanding of individual and interactive regulatory functions of H2S and NO in biosynthesis, angiogenesis, vascular one, cardioprotection, and posttranslational modification, indicating the importance of their cross-talk in the cardiovascular system.
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Nitric oxide (NO) signalling has pleiotropic roles in biology and a crucial function in cardiovascular homeostasis. Tremendous knowledge has been accumulated on the mechanisms of the nitric oxide synthase (NOS)-NO pathway, but how this highly reactive, free radical gas signals to specific targets for precise regulation of cardiovascular function remains the focus of much intense research. In this Review, we summarize the updated paradigms on NOS regulation, NO interaction with reactive oxidant species in specific subcellular compartments, and downstream effects of NO in target cardiovascular tissues, while emphasizing the latest developments of molecular tools and biomarkers to modulate and monitor NO production and bioavailability.
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- Charlotte Farah
- Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (FATH), Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique (IREC) and Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, UCL-FATH Tour Vésale 5th Floor, 52 Avenue Mounier B1.53.09, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (FATH), Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique (IREC) and Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, UCL-FATH Tour Vésale 5th Floor, 52 Avenue Mounier B1.53.09, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (FATH), Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique (IREC) and Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, UCL-FATH Tour Vésale 5th Floor, 52 Avenue Mounier B1.53.09, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Kalla M, Herring N, Paterson DJ. Cardiac sympatho-vagal balance and ventricular arrhythmia. Auton Neurosci 2016; 199:29-37. [PMID: 27590099 PMCID: PMC5334443 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Revised: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
A hallmark of cardiovascular disease is cardiac autonomic dysregulation. The phenotype of impaired parasympathetic responsiveness and sympathetic hyperactivity in experimental animal models is also well documented in large scale human studies in the setting of heart failure and myocardial infarction, and is predictive of morbidity and mortality. Despite advances in emergency revascularisation strategies for myocardial infarction, device therapy for heart failure and secondary prevention pharmacotherapies, mortality from malignant ventricular arrhythmia remains high. Patients at highest risk or those with haemodynamically significant ventricular arrhythmia can be treated with catheter ablation and implantable cardioverter defibrillators, but the morbidity and reduction in quality of life due to the burden of ventricular arrhythmia and shock therapy persists. Therefore, future therapies must aim to target the underlying pathophysiology that contributes to the generation of ventricular arrhythmia. This review explores recent advances in mechanistic research in both limbs of the autonomic nervous system and potential avenues for translation into clinical therapy. In addition, we also discuss the relationship of these findings in the context of the reported efficacy of current neuromodulatory strategies in the management of ventricular arrhythmia. We review advances in mechanistic research in the cardiac autonomic nervous system. This is discussed in relation to neuromodulatory therapy for ventricular arrhythmia. Neuromodulation therapies can influence both neurotransmitters and co-transmitters. This may therefore improve on conventional medical treatment.
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- Corresponding author at: Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre, Dept. of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OX13PT, UK.Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science CentreDept. of Physiology, Anatomy and GeneticsUniversity of OxfordParks RoadOX13PTUK
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Li D, Paterson DJ. Cyclic nucleotide regulation of cardiac sympatho-vagal responsiveness. J Physiol 2016; 594:3993-4008. [PMID: 26915722 DOI: 10.1113/jp271827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) are now recognized as important intracellular signalling molecules that modulate cardiac sympatho-vagal balance in the progression of heart disease. Recent studies have identified that a significant component of autonomic dysfunction associated with several cardiovascular pathologies resides at the end organ, and is coupled to impairment of cyclic nucleotide targeted pathways linked to abnormal intracellular calcium handling and cardiac neurotransmission. Emerging evidence also suggests that cyclic nucleotide coupled phosphodiesterases (PDEs) play a key role limiting the hydrolysis of cAMP and cGMP in disease, and as a consequence this influences the action of the nucleotide on its downstream biological target. In this review, we illustrate the action of nitric oxide-CAPON signalling and brain natriuretic peptide on cGMP and cAMP regulation of cardiac sympatho-vagal transmission in hypertension and ischaemic heart disease. Moreover, we address how PDE2A is now emerging as a major target that affects the efficacy of soluble/particulate guanylate cyclase coupling to cGMP in cardiac dysautonomia.
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- Dan Li
- Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Sherrington Building, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK
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- Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Sherrington Building, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK
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Zhang YH, Jin CZ, Jang JH, Wang Y. Molecular mechanisms of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in cardiac function and pathophysiology. J Physiol 2014; 592:3189-200. [PMID: 24756636 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.270306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS or NOS1) is the major endogenous source of myocardial nitric oxide (NO), which facilitates cardiac relaxation and modulates contraction. In the healthy heart it regulates intracellular Ca(2+), signalling pathways and oxidative homeostasis and is upregulated from early phases upon pathogenic insult. nNOS plays pivotal roles in protecting the myocardium from increased oxidative stress, systolic/diastolic dysfunction, adverse structural remodelling and arrhythmias in the failing heart. Here, we show that the downstream target proteins of nNOS and underlying post-transcriptional modifications are shifted during disease progression from Ca(2+)-handling proteins [e.g. PKA-dependent phospholamban phosphorylation (PLN-Ser(16))] in the healthy heart to cGMP/PKG-dependent PLN-Ser(16) with acute angiotensin II (Ang II) treatment. In early hypertension, nNOS-derived NO is involved in increases of cGMP/PKG-dependent troponin I (TnI-Ser(23/24)) and cardiac myosin binding protein C (cMBP-C-Ser(273)). However, nNOS-derived NO is shown to increase S-nitrosylation of various Ca(2+)-handling proteins in failing myocardium. The spatial compartmentation of nNOS and its translocation for diverse binding partners in the diseased heart or various nNOS splicing variants and regulation in response to pathological stress may be responsible for varied underlying mechanisms and functions. In this review, we endeavour to outline recent advances in knowledge of the molecular mechanisms mediating the functions of nNOS in the myocardium in both normal and diseased hearts. Insights into nNOS gene regulation in various tissues are discussed. Overall, nNOS is an important cardiac protector in the diseased heart. The dynamic localization and various mediating mechanisms of nNOS ensure that it is able to regulate functions effectively in the heart under stress.
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- Yin Hua Zhang
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea Ischaemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea Clinical Research Center, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji, Jilin Province, China
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- Clinical Research Center, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji, Jilin Province, China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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Pigott B, Bartus K, Garthwaite J. On the selectivity of neuronal NOS inhibitors. Br J Pharmacol 2013; 168:1255-65. [PMID: 23072468 PMCID: PMC3594681 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2012] [Revised: 09/07/2012] [Accepted: 09/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background and Purpose Isoform-selective inhibitors of NOS enzymes are desirable as research tools and for potential therapeutic purposes. Vinyl-l-N-5-(1-imino-3-butenyl)-l-ornithine (l-VNIO) and Nω-propyl-l-arginine (NPA) purportedly have good selectivity for neuronal over endothelial NOS under cell-free conditions, as does N-[(3-aminomethyl)benzyl]acetamidine (1400W), which is primarily an inducible NOS inhibitor. Although used in numerous investigations in vitro and in vivo, there have been surprisingly few tests of the potency and selectivity of these compounds in cells. This study addresses this deficiency and evaluates the activity of new and potentially better pyrrolidine-based compounds. Experimental Approach The inhibitors were evaluated by measuring their effect on NMDA-evoked cGMP accumulation in rodent hippocampal slices, a response dependent on neuronal NOS, and ACh-evoked cGMP synthesis in aortic rings of the same animals, an endothelial NOS-dependent phenomenon. Key Results l-VNIO, NPA and 1400W inhibited responses in both tissues but all showed less than fivefold higher potency in the hippocampus than in the aorta, implying useless selectivity for neuronal over endothelial NOS at the tissue level. In addition, the inhibitors had a 25-fold lower potency in the hippocampus than reported previously, the IC50 values being approximately 1 μM for l-VNIO and NPA, and 150 μM for 1400W. Pyrrolidine-based inhibitors were similarly weak and nonselective. Conclusion and Implications The results suggest that l-VNIO, NPA and 1400W, as well as the newer pyrrolidine-type inhibitors, cannot be used as neuronal NOS inhibitors in cells without stringent verification. The identification of inhibitors with useable selectivity in cells and tissues remains an important goal.
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- B Pigott
- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK
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Autonomic testing is used to define the role of the autonomic nervous system in diverse clinical and research settings. Because most of the autonomic nervous system is inaccessible to direct physiological testing, in the clinical setting the most widely used techniques entail the assessment of an end-organ response to a physiological provocation. The noninvasive measures of cardiovascular parasympathetic function involve the assessment of heart rate variability while the measures of cardiovascular sympathetic function assess the blood pressure response to physiological stimuli. Tilt-table testing, with or without pharmacological provocation, has become an important tool in the assessment of a predisposition to neurally mediated (vasovagal) syncope, the postural tachycardia syndrome, and orthostatic hypotension. Distal, postganglionic, sympathetic cholinergic (sudomotor) function may be evaluated by provoking axon reflex mediated sweating, e.g., the quantitative sudomotor axon reflex (QSART) or the quantitative direct and indirect axon reflex (QDIRT). The thermoregulatory sweat test provides a nonlocalizing measure of global pre- and postganglionic sudomotor function. Frequency domain analyses of heart rate and blood pressure variability, microneurography, and baroreflex assessment are currently research tools but may find a place in the clinical assessment of autonomic function in the future.
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- Roy Freeman
- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Adlam D, De Bono JP, Danson EJ, Zhang MH, Casadei B, Paterson DJ, Channon KM. Telemetric analysis of haemodynamic regulation during voluntary exercise training in mouse models. Exp Physiol 2011; 96:1118-1128. [PMID: 21824998 PMCID: PMC5357055 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2011.059261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Regular physical exercise reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and improves outcome in patients with cardiovascular diseases. The dynamic changes in blood pressure and heart rate with acute exercise are independently predictive of prognosis. Quantification of the haemodynamic response to exercise training in genetically modified mouse models may provide insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of exercise. We describe, for the first time, the use of radiotelemetry to provide continuous blood pressure monitoring in C57BL/6J mice during a programme of voluntary wheel exercise with continuous simultaneous recording and analysis of wheel rotations and beat-by-beat haemodynamic parameters. We define distinct haemodynamic profiles at rest, during normal cage activity and during episodes of voluntary wheel running. We show that whilst cage activity is associated with significant rises both in blood pressure and in heart rate, voluntary wheel running leads to a further substantial rise in heart rate with only a small increment in blood pressure. With 5 weeks of chronic exercise training, resting heart rate progressively falls, but heart rate during episodes of wheel running initially increases. In contrast, there are minimal changes in blood pressure in response to chronic exercise training. Finally, we have quantified the acute changes in heart rate at the onset of and recovery from individual episodes of wheel running, revealing that changes in heart rate are extremely rapid and that the peak rate of change of heart rate increases with chronic exercise training. The results of this study have important implications for the use of genetically modified mouse models to investigate the beneficial haemodynamic effects of chronic exercise on blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases.
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- D. Adlam
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, Sherrington Building, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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The methods used to assess cardiac parasympathetic (cardiovagal) activity and its effects on the heart in both humans and animal models are reviewed. Heart rate (HR)-based methods include measurements of the HR response to blockade of muscarinic cholinergic receptors (parasympathetic tone), beat-to-beat HR variability (HRV) (parasympathetic modulation), rate of post-exercise HR recovery (parasympathetic reactivation), and reflex-mediated changes in HR evoked by activation or inhibition of sensory (afferent) nerves. Sources of excitatory afferent input that increase cardiovagal activity and decrease HR include baroreceptors, chemoreceptors, trigeminal receptors, and subsets of cardiopulmonary receptors with vagal afferents. Sources of inhibitory afferent input include pulmonary stretch receptors with vagal afferents and subsets of visceral and somatic receptors with spinal afferents. The different methods used to assess cardiovagal control of the heart engage different mechanisms, and therefore provide unique and complementary insights into underlying physiology and pathophysiology. In addition, techniques for direct recording of cardiovagal nerve activity in animals; the use of decerebrate and in vitro preparations that avoid confounding effects of anesthesia; cardiovagal control of cardiac conduction, contractility, and refractoriness; and noncholinergic mechanisms are described. Advantages and limitations of the various methods are addressed, and future directions are proposed.
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- Mark W Chapleau
- The Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Li W, Olshansky B. Inflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide in heart failure and potential modulation by vagus nerve stimulation. Heart Fail Rev 2010; 16:137-45. [DOI: 10.1007/s10741-010-9184-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Tummala SR, Benac S, Tran H, Vankawala A, Zayas-Santiago A, Appel A, Kang Derwent JJ. Effects of inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase on basal retinal blood flow regulation. Exp Eye Res 2009; 89:801-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2009] [Revised: 07/08/2009] [Accepted: 07/12/2009] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Hoover DB, Isaacs ER, Jacques F, Hoard JL, Pagé P, Armour JA. Localization of multiple neurotransmitters in surgically derived specimens of human atrial ganglia. Neuroscience 2009; 164:1170-9. [PMID: 19747529 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2009] [Revised: 08/31/2009] [Accepted: 09/01/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Dysfunction of the intrinsic cardiac nervous system is implicated in the genesis of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. While this system has been studied extensively in animal models, far less is known about the intrinsic cardiac nervous system of humans. This study was initiated to anatomically identify neurotransmitters associated with the right atrial ganglionated plexus (RAGP) of the human heart. Biopsies of epicardial fat containing a portion of the RAGP were collected from eight patients during cardiothoracic surgery and processed for immunofluorescent detection of specific neuronal markers. Colocalization of markers was evaluated by confocal microscopy. Most intrinsic cardiac neuronal somata displayed immunoreactivity for the cholinergic marker choline acetyltransferase and the nitrergic marker neuronal nitric oxide synthase. A subpopulation of intrinsic cardiac neurons also stained for noradrenergic markers. While most intrinsic cardiac neurons received cholinergic innervation evident as punctate immunostaining for the high affinity choline transporter, some lacked cholinergic inputs. Moreover, peptidergic, nitrergic, and noradrenergic nerves provided substantial innervation of intrinsic cardiac ganglia. These findings demonstrate that the human RAGP has a complex neurochemical anatomy, which includes the presence of a dual cholinergic/nitrergic phenotype for most of its neurons, the presence of noradrenergic markers in a subpopulation of neurons, and innervation by a host of neurochemically distinct nerves. The putative role of multiple neurotransmitters in controlling intrinsic cardiac neurons and mediating efferent signaling to the heart indicates the possibility of novel therapeutic targets for arrhythmia prevention.
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- D B Hoover
- Department of Pharmacology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA.
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Hardwick JC, Baran CN, Southerland EM, Ardell JL. Remodeling of the guinea pig intrinsic cardiac plexus with chronic pressure overload. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2009; 297:R859-66. [PMID: 19605763 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00245.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Chronic pressure overload (PO) is associated with cardiac hypertrophy and altered autonomic control of cardiac function, in which the latter may involve adaptations in central and/or peripheral cardiac neural control mechanisms. To evaluate the specific remodeling of the intrinsic cardiac nervous system following pressure overload, the descending thoracic aorta artery of the guinea pig was constricted approximately 20%, and the animals recovered for 9 wk. Thereafter, atrial neurons of the intrinsic cardiac plexus were isolated for electrophysiological and immunohistochemical analyses. Intracellular voltage recordings from intrinsic cardiac neurons demonstrated no significant changes in passive membrane properties or action potential depolarization compared with age-matched controls and sham-operated animals, but afterhyperpolarization duration was increased in PO animals. Neuronal excitability, as determined by the number of action potentials produced with depolarizing stimuli, was differentially increased in phasic neurons derived from PO animals in response to exogenously applied histamine compared with sham and age-matched controls. Conversely, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-induced increases in intrinsic cardiac neuron evoked AP frequency were similar between control and PO animals. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated a twofold increase in the percentage of neurons immunoreactive for neuronal nitric oxide synthase in PO animals compared with control. The density of mast cells within the intrinsic cardiac plexus from PO animals was also increased twofold compared with preparations from control animals. These results indicate that congestive heart failure associated with chronic pressure overload induces a differential remodeling of intrinsic cardiac neurons and upregulation of neuronal responsiveness to specific neuromodulators.
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- Jean C Hardwick
- Biology Dept., Ithaca College, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.
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Bolter CP, Turner MJ. Tertiapin-Q removes a large and rapidly acting component of vagal slowing of the guinea-pig cardiac pacemaker. Auton Neurosci 2009; 150:76-81. [PMID: 19481505 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2009.05.244] [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] [Received: 12/04/2008] [Revised: 05/01/2009] [Accepted: 05/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The participation of acetylcholine-activated potassium current (I(K,ACh)) and hyperpolarization-activated pacemaker current (I(f)) in vagal bradycardia were examined using vagally-innervated preparations of guinea-pig atria. Preparations were maintained in Krebs-Henseleit solution (36 degrees C). Before treatment, trains of vagal stimuli (10 s at 2, 5 and 10 Hz) produced graded bradycardias displaying rapid onset and offset. Tertiapin-Q (300 nM), which blocks I(K,ACh), had no effect on baseline atrial rate. In tertiapin-Q, vagal bradycardia displayed a gradual onset and offset, with a peak response ~50% of that recorded in control conditions. Cumulative addition of 1 mM ZD7288 (blocker of I(f)) caused atrial rate to fall by ~60%, but had no further effect on the amplitude of the vagal bradycardia, while response onset and offset became slightly faster. From these observations, we argue that (i) vagal bradycardia was attributable primarily to activation of I(K,ACh), (ii) vagal modulation of I(f) had a minor influence on the rate of onset and offset of bradycardia, and (iii) removal of the influence of I(K,ACh) unmasked a slow response, of undetermined origin, to vagal stimulation. In a separate set of experiments we compared the effects of 1 mM Ba(2+) and 300 nM tertiapin-Q on vagal bradycardia. Ba(2+) reduced baseline atrial rate and the response to vagal stimulation. Subsequent cumulative addition of tertiapin-Q had no additional effect on baseline atrial rate, but caused further reduction in the amplitude of vagal bradycardia, suggesting that 1 mM Ba(2+) did not achieve a complete block of I(K,ACh) in this preparation.
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- Chris P Bolter
- Department of Physiology and the Centre for Neuroscience, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Wu H, Jin Y, Arias J, Bassuk J, Uryash A, Kurlansky P, Webster K, Adams JA. In vivo upregulation of nitric oxide synthases in healthy rats. Nitric Oxide 2009; 21:63-8. [PMID: 19481168 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2009.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2008] [Revised: 02/19/2009] [Accepted: 05/19/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Periodic acceleration (pGz), sinusoidal motion of the whole body in a head-foot direction in the spinal axis, is a novel noninvasive means for cardiopulmonary support and induction of pulsatile shear stress. pGz increases plasma nitrite levels, in vivo and in vitro. Additionally, pGz confers cardioprotection in models of ischemia reperfusion injury. We hypothesize that pGz may also confer a cardiac phenotypic change by upregulation of the expression of the various NO synthase (NOS) isoforms in vivo. pGz was applied for 1h to awake restrained male rats at 2 frequencies (360 and 600 cpm) and acceleration (Gz) of +/-3.4 m/s(2). pGz did not affect arterial blood gases or electrolytes. pGz significantly increased total nitrosylated protein levels, indicating increased NO production. pGz also increased mRNA and protein levels of eNOS and nNOS, and phosphorylated eNOS in heart. pGz increased Akt phosphorylation (p-AKT), but not total Akt, or phosphorylated ERK1/2. Inducible (i) NOS levels were undetectable with or without pGz. Immunoblotting revealed the localization of nNOS, exclusively in cardiomyocyte, and pGz increased its expression. We have demonstrated that pGz changes myocardial NOS phenotypes. Such upregulation of eNOS and nNOS was still evident 24h after pGz. Further studies are needed to understand the biochemical and biomechanical signal transduction pathway for the observed NOS phenotype changed induced by pGz.
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- Heng Wu
- Divisions of Neonatology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL 33140, USA
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Danson EJ, Li D, Wang L, Dawson TA, Paterson DJ. Targeting cardiac sympatho-vagal imbalance using gene transfer of nitric oxide synthase. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2009; 46:482-9. [PMID: 19166856 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2008] [Revised: 12/14/2008] [Accepted: 12/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Heightened sympathetic excitation and diminished parasympathetic suppression of heart rate, cardiac contractility and vascular tone are all associated with cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and ischemic heart disease. This phenotype often exists before these disease states have been established and is a strong correlate of mortality in the population. However, the causal role of the autonomic phenotype in the development and maintenance of hypertension and myocardial ischemia remains a subject of debate, as are the mechanisms responsible for regulating sympathovagal balance. Emerging evidence suggests oxidative stress and reactive oxygen species (such as nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide) play important roles in the modulation of autonomic balance, but so far the most important sites of action of these ubiquitous signaling molecules are unclear. In many cases, these mediators have opposing effects in separate tissues rendering conventional pharmacological approaches non-efficacious. Novel techniques have recently been used to augment these signaling pathways experimentally in a targeted fashion to central autonomic nuclei, cardiac neurons, and myocytes using gene transfer of NO synthase. This review article discusses these recent advances in the understanding of the roles of NO and its oxidative metabolites on autonomic imbalance in models of cardiovascular disease.
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- E J Danson
- Department of Physiology, Burdon-Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre, Anatomy and Genetics University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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The traditional model of efferent cardiac noradrenaline and acetylcholine release being driven solely via brainstem integration of circulatory reflex afferent input needs to be modified in the light of the discovery of numerous local cardiac factors that impact on peripheral neuronal neurotransmitter release. These neuromodulators can be intrinsic to sympathetic ganglia or vagal neurons (such as neuronal nitric oxide synthase), act as cotransmitters between these neuronal populations (such as neuropeptide Y) or are released from the myocardium itself to act on neurons in a paracrine manner (such as natriuretic peptides). Both myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure are characterized by enhanced regulation of these neuromodulators. This review will focus on recent evidence that nitric oxide, natriuretic peptides and neuropeptide Y act by converging on neuronal cyclic nucleotide-dependent pathways to alter the autonomic phenotype in both health and disease.
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- Neil Herring
- Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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Hardwick JC, Southerland EM, Ardell JL. Chronic myocardial infarction induces phenotypic and functional remodeling in the guinea pig cardiac plexus. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2008; 295:R1926-33. [PMID: 18832084 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90306.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Chronic myocardial infarction (CMI) is associated with remodeling of the ventricle and evokes adaption in the cardiac neurohumoral control systems. To evaluate the remodeling of the intrinsic cardiac nervous system following myocardial infarction, the dorsal descending coronary artery was ligated in the guinea pig heart and the animals were allowed to recover for 7-9 wk. Thereafter, atrial neurons of the intrinsic cardiac plexus were isolated for electrophysiological and immunohistochemical analyses. Intracellular voltage recordings from intrinsic cardiac neurons demonstrated no significant changes in passive membrane properties or action potential configuration compared with age-matched controls and sham-operated animals. The intrinsic cardiac neurons from chronic infarcted hearts did demonstrate an increase in evoked action potential (AP) frequency (as determined by the number of APs produced with depolarizing stimuli) and an increase in responses to exogenously applied histamine compared with sham and age-matched controls. Conversely, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP)-induced increases in intrinsic cardiac neuron-evoked AP frequency were similar between control and CMI animals. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated a threefold increase in percentage of neurons immunoreactive for neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in CMI animals compared with control and the additional expression of inducible NOS by some neurons, which was not evident in control animals. Finally, the density of mast cells within the intrinsic cardiac plexus was increased threefold in preparations from CMI animals. These results indicate that CMI induces a differential remodeling of intrinsic cardiac neurons and functional upregulation of neuronal responsiveness to specific neuromodulators.
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- Jean C Hardwick
- Department of Biology, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.
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Fellet AL, E. Boveris A, T. Arranz C, Balaszczuk AM. Cardiac mitochondrial nitric oxide: a regulator of heart rate? Am J Hypertens 2008; 21:377-81. [PMID: 18292759 DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2007.90] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Alterations in autonomic control and myocardial nitric-oxide (NO) production are likely linked to the development and progression of heart dysfunction. By focusing on heart rate, the complexity of the actions of NO at distinct levels throughout the autonomic nervous system and its relationship with other regulators can be demonstrated. Given the multiple and opposing actions of NO on cardiac control, it is difficult to interpret a response after a global intervention in the NO system. The diversity of intracellular pathways activated by NO, and their differing sensitivities to different levels of NO, might account for some aspects of reported specific but opposite effects. We discuss factors that might contribute to this diversity of actions. A proper elucidation of the effects of NO on metabolic pathways and on energy generation could lead to novel therapeutic strategies aimed at the early treatment of heart dysfunction.
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Maas R, Dentz L, Schwedhelm E, Thoms W, Kuss O, Hiltmeyer N, Haddad M, Klöss T, Standl T, Böger RH. Elevated plasma concentrations of the endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitor asymmetric dimethylarginine predict adverse events in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Crit Care Med 2007; 35:1876-81. [PMID: 17581491 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000277038.11630.71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In patients with cardiovascular disease or organ failure, elevated plasma concentrations of the endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitor asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) are associated with an increased risk of future cardiovascular events. We aimed to investigate elevated plasma ADMA concentrations as a prospective risk marker for adverse events in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Two tertiary care centers. PATIENTS Four hundred and two patients scheduled for elective noncardiac surgery. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Patients were followed for 30 days after surgery for a predefined composite end point (death, myocardial infarction/acute coronary syndrome, acute heart failure, severe arrhythmia, embolism, or thrombosis). Plasma ADMA concentrations at baseline were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography. ADMA was only weakly (-0.2 < tau < 0.2) correlated with other risk markers and risk scores. In univariate logistic regression, per 0.1-micromol/L increment in plasma ADMA concentration, the odds ratio to experience the primary end point increased by 1.26 (95% confidence interval 1.10-1.45, p = .001). In a multivariate logistic regression model adjusting for age, gender, current smoking, plasma creatinine, hypertension, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, highly sensitive C-reactive protein, revised cardiac risk index, type of surgery, high-risk surgery, ASA class, and study center, ADMA was found to be an independent risk marker. The odds ratio to experience the primary end point was 1.33 (95% confidence interval 1.12-1.59, p = .001) per 0.1-micromol/L increase in the plasma ADMA concentration. CONCLUSIONS Elevated plasma ADMA concentrations are independently associated with a higher risk for adverse events in the peri- and postoperative periods.
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- Renke Maas
- University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hamburg, Germany.
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Choate JK, Murphy SM, Feldman R, Anderson CR. Sympathetic control of heart rate in nNOS knockout mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 294:H354-61. [PMID: 17951372 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00898.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in cardiac postganglionic sympathetic neurons leads to enhanced cardiac sympathetic responsiveness in normal animals, as well as in animal models of cardiovascular diseases. We used isolated atria from mice with selective genetic disruption of nNOS (nNOS(-/-)) and their wild-type littermates (WT) to investigate whether sympathetic heart rate (HR) responses were dependent on nNOS. Immunohistochemistry was initially used to determine the presence of nNOS in sympathetic [tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactive] nerve terminals in the mouse sinoatrial node (SAN). After this, the effects of postganglionic sympathetic nerve stimulation (1-10 Hz) and bath-applied norepinephrine (NE; 10(-8)-10(-4) mol/l) on HR were examined in atria from nNOS(-/-) and WT mice. In the SAN region of WT mice, TH and nNOS immunoreactivity was virtually never colocalized in nerve fibers. nNOS(-/-) atria showed significantly reduced HR responses to sympathetic nerve activation and NE (P < 0.05). Similarly, the positive chronotropic response to the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin (10(-7)-10(-5) mol/l) was attenuated in nNOS(-/-) atria (P < 0.05). Constitutive NOS inhibition with L-nitroarginine (0.1 mmol/l) did not affect the sympathetic HR responses in nNOS(-/-) and WT atria. The paucity of nNOS in the sympathetic innervation of the mouse SAN, in addition to the attenuated HR responses to neuronal and applied NE, indicates that presynaptic sympathetic neuronal NO does not modulate neuronal NE release and SAN pacemaking in this species. It appears that genetic deletion of nNOS results in the inhibition of adrenergic-adenylate cyclase signaling within SAN myocytes.
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- J K Choate
- Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, 3800 Australia.
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Wadley GD, Choate J, McConell GK. NOS isoform-specific regulation of basal but not exercise-induced mitochondrial biogenesis in mouse skeletal muscle. J Physiol 2007; 585:253-62. [PMID: 17916611 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.141309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide is a potential regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis. Therefore, we investigated if mice deficient in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS-/-) or neuronal NOS (nNOS-/-) have attenuated activation of skeletal muscle mitochondrial biogenesis in response to exercise. eNOS-/-, nNOS-/- and C57Bl/6 (CON) mice (16.3 +/- 0.2 weeks old) either remained in their cages (basal) or ran on a treadmill (16 m min(-1), 5% grade) for 60 min (n = 8 per group) and were killed 6 h after exercise. Other eNOS-/-, nNOS-/- and CON mice exercise trained for 9 days (60 min per day) and were killed 24 h after the last bout of exercise training. eNOS-/- mice had significantly higher nNOS protein and nNOS-/- mice had significantly higher eNOS protein in the EDL, but not the soleus. The basal mitochondrial biogenesis markers NRF1, NRF2alpha and mtTFA mRNA were significantly (P< 0.05) higher in the soleus and EDL of nNOS-/- mice whilst basal citrate synthase activity was higher in the soleus and basal PGC-1alpha mRNA higher in the EDL. Also, eNOS-/- mice had significantly higher basal citrate synthase activity in the soleus but not the EDL. Acute exercise increased (P< 0.05) PGC-1alpha mRNA in soleus and EDL and NRF2alpha mRNA in the EDL to a similar extent in all genotypes. In addition, short-term exercise training significantly increased cytochrome c protein in all genotypes (P< 0.05) in the EDL. In conclusion, eNOS and nNOS are differentially involved in the basal regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis in skeletal muscle but are not critical for exercise-induced increases in mitochondrial biogenesis in skeletal muscle.
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- G D Wadley
- Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
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Chang HM, Wu UI, Lin TB, Lan CT, Chien WC, Huang WL, Shieh JY. Total sleep deprivation inhibits the neuronal nitric oxide synthase and cytochrome oxidase reactivities in the nodose ganglion of adult rats. J Anat 2007; 209:239-50. [PMID: 16879602 PMCID: PMC2100318 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00594.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: 12/16/2022] Open
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Sleep disorders are a form of stress associated with increased sympathetic activity, and they are a risk factor for the occurrence of cardiovascular disease. Given that nitric oxide (NO) may play an inhibitory role in the regulation of sympathetic tone, this study set out to determine the NO synthase (NOS) reactivity in the primary cardiovascular afferent neurons (i.e. nodose neurons) following total sleep deprivation (TSD). TSD was performed by the disc-on-water method. Following 5 days of TSD, all experimental animals were investigated for quantitative nicotinamine adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase (NADPH-d, a co-factor of NOS) histochemistry, neuronal NOS immunohistochemistry and neuronal NOS activity assay. In order to evaluate the endogenous metabolic activity of nodose neurons, cytochrome oxidase (COX) reactivity was further tested. All the above-mentioned reactivities were objectively assessed by computerized image analysis. The clinical significance of the reported changes was demonstrated by alterations of mean arterial blood pressure (MAP). The results indicated that in normal untreated rats, numerous NADPH-d/NOS- and COX-reactive neurons were found in the nodose ganglion (NG). Following TSD, however, both the labelling and staining intensity of NADPH-d/NOS as well as COX reactivity were drastically reduced in the NG compared with normal untreated ganglions. MAP was significantly higher in TSD rats (136+/-4 mmHg) than in normal untreated rats (123+/-2 mmHg). NO may serve as an important sympathoinhibition messenger released by the NG neurons, and decrease of NOS immunoexpression following TSD may account for the decrease in NOS content. In association with the reduction of NOS activity, a defect in NOS expression in the primary cardiovascular afferent neurons would enhance clinical hypertension, which might serve as a potential risk factor in the development of TSD-relevant cardiovascular disturbances.
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- Hung-Ming Chang
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, and Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Heaton DA, Li D, Almond SC, Dawson TA, Wang L, Channon KM, Paterson DJ. Gene transfer of neuronal nitric oxide synthase into intracardiac Ganglia reverses vagal impairment in hypertensive rats. Hypertension 2007; 49:380-8. [PMID: 17210833 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000255792.97033.f7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Hypertension is associated with reduced cardiac vagal activity and decreased atrial guanylate cyclase and cGMP levels. Neuronal production of NO facilitates cardiac parasympathetic transmission, although oxidative stress caused by hypertension may disrupt this pathway. We tested the hypothesis that peripheral vagal responsiveness is attenuated in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) because of impaired NO-cGMP signaling and that gene transfer of neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) into cholinergic intracardiac ganglia can restore neural function. Cardiac vagal heart rate responses in the isolated SHR atrial/right vagus preparation were significantly attenuated compared with age-matched normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats. [(3)H] acetylcholine release was also significantly lower in the SHR. The NO donor, sodium nitroprusside, augmented vagal responses to nerve stimulation and [(3)H] acetylcholine release in the Wistar-Kyoto rat, whereas the soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor 1H-(1,2,4)oxadiazolo(4,3-a)quinoxaline-1-one attenuated [(3)H] acetylcholine release in Wistar-Kyoto atria. No effects of sodium nitroprusside or 1H-(1,2,4)oxadiazolo(4,3-a)quinoxaline-1-one were seen in the SHR during nerve stimulation. In contrast, SHR atria were hyperresponsive to carbachol-induced bradycardia, with elevated production of atrial cGMP. After gene transfer of adenoviral nNOS into the right atrium, vagal responsiveness in vivo was significantly increased in the SHR compared with transfection with adenoviral enhanced green fluorescent protein. Atrial nNOS activity was increased after gene transfer of adenoviral nNOS, as was expression of alpha(1)-soluble guanylate cyclase in both groups compared with adenoviral enhanced green fluorescent protein. In conclusion, a significant component of cardiac vagal dysfunction in hypertension is attributed to an impairment of the postganglionic presynaptic NO-cGMP pathway and that overexpression of nNOS can reverse this neural phenotype.
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- Daniel A Heaton
- Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Casadei B. The emerging role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the regulation of myocardial function. Exp Physiol 2006; 91:943-55. [PMID: 16990366 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2006.035493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The recent discovery of a NOS1 gene product (i.e. a neuronal-like isoform of nitric oxide synthase or nNOS) in the mammalian left ventricular (LV) myocardium has provided a new key for the interpretation of the complex experimental evidence supporting a role for myocardial constitutive nitric oxide (NO) production in the regulation of basal and beta-badrenergic cardiac function. Importantly, nNOS gene deletion has been associated with more severe LV remodelling and functional deterioration in murine models of myocardial infarction, suggesting that nNOS-derived NO may also be involved in the myocardial response to injury. To date, the mechanisms by which nNOS influences myocardial pathophysiology remain incompletely understood. In particular, it seems over simplistic to assume that all aspects of the myocardial phenotype of nNOS knockout (nNOS(-/-)) mice are a direct consequence of lack of NO production from this source. Emerging data showing co-localisation of xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) and nNOS in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of rodents, and increased XOR activity in the nNOS(-/-) myocardium, suggest that nNOS gene deletion may have wider implications on the myocardial redox state. Similarly, the mechanisms regulating the targeting of myocardial nNOS to different subcellular compartments and the functional consequences of intracellular nNOS trafficking have not been fully established. Whether this information could be translated into a better understanding and management of human heart failure remains the most important challenge for future investigations.
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- Barbara Casadei
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
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Carvalho THF, Lopes OU, Tolentino-Silva FR. Baroreflex responses in neuronal nitric oxide synthase knoukout mice (nNOS). Auton Neurosci 2006; 126-127:163-8. [PMID: 16713369 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2006.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2005] [Revised: 02/23/2006] [Accepted: 03/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The present study sought to determine the influence of the neuronal isoform of nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) on the baroreflex gain (mean index: bpm/mm Hg) and on the respiratory response to baroreflex activation by using nNOS knockout (nNOS-/-) mice. Experiments were performed with nNOS+/+ wild type (WT; n=12) and nNOS-/- mice (n=11), both of the C57Bl6 strain, randomly assigned to the two groups. Carotid artery and external jugular vein were cannulated under halothane, and after recuperation, urethane was intravenously injected. Baroreflex gain was evaluated by intravenous injection of phenylephrine (PE: 15-18 microg/kg) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP: 46-50 microg/kg) in WT and nNOS-/- anesthetized mice. At baseline, nNOS-/- mice had a comparable heart rate (604.5+/-23.6 vs. 618.7+/-11.2 bpm) but higher mean arterial pressure (112.4+/-6.3 vs. 94.8+/-3.9 mm Hg, P<0.05) than WT mice. Heart rate reflex was significantly reduced (P<0.05) in nNOS-/- mice, tachycardic and bradycardic responses were -1.04+/-0.3 and -2.03+/-0.5 in nNOS-/- mice vs. -4+/-0.7 and -4.52+/-0.2 in WT mice, respectively. To characterize the effect of arterial pressure changes on respiratory output, PE was injected in a separate group of WT (n=7) and nNOS-/- (n=6) mice. Tidal diaphragm activity decreased in WT mice (P<0.05); however, diaphragm minute respiration and respiratory frequency were not different between the strains of mice. In nNOS-/- group, heart rate reflex by PE injection was significantly reduced (P<0.05). These findings suggest that the absence of nNOS activity leads to an elevation of the baseline blood pressure and also shows the importance of this enzyme on the transmission of baroreflex signals.
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Linder AE, Weber DS, Whitesall SE, D'Alecy LG, Webb RC. Altered vascular reactivity in mice made hypertensive by nitric oxide synthase inhibition. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2006; 46:438-44. [PMID: 16160594 DOI: 10.1097/01.fjc.0000175879.14994.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This study tested the hypothesis that nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibition in mice would result in hypertension characterized by increased agonist-induced vasoconstrictor responsiveness and attenuated endothelium-dependent vasodilation. Administration of N-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA), an NO synthase inhibitor (1 g/L, 4 weeks), via drinking water to mice resulted in significant elevations in blood pressure. Phenylephrine-induced contraction was significantly increased in aortic rings from L-NNA-treated mice compared with rings from control mice. Aortic rings from control mice showed a concentration-dependent relaxation to acetylcholine whereas those obtained from L-NNA-treated mice showed a biphasic response, contracting at lower concentrations while relaxing at higher concentrations. Aortic rings from L-NNA-treated mice had decreased relaxation to acetylcholine and increased sensitivity to sodium nitroprusside compared with control rings. The relaxation induced by an NO-independent soluble guanylyl cyclase activator was not different between groups. In aortic rings from control and L-NNA-treated mice pre-contracted with phenylephrine, the administration of L-NNA to the organ bath caused additional and sustained contraction. When compared with the contraction induced by phenylephrine, L-NNA-induced contraction in aorta from control mice was significantly higher than that in aorta from L-NNA-treated mice. We conclude that mice treated with L-NNA develop hypertension and that a reduction in NO availability is responsible for the changes observed in vascular reactivity.
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- A Elizabeth Linder
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent modulator of cardiac and vascular regulation. Its role in cardiac-autonomic neural signaling has received much attention over the last decade because of the ability of NO to alter cardiac sympathovagal balance to favor more anti-arrhythmic states. Complexity and controversy have arisen, however, because of the numerous sources of NO in the brain, peripheral nerves, and cardiomyocytes, all of which are potential regulators of cardiac excitability and calcium signaling. This review addresses the integrative role of NO as a relatively ubiquitous signaling molecule with respect to cardiac neurobiology. The present idea, that divergent NO-signaling pathways from multiple sources within the heart and nervous system converge to modulate cardiac excitability and impact on morbidity and mortality in health and disease, is discussed.
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- Edward J Danson
- University Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK.
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Nasyrova AG, Nigmatullina RR, Latfullin IA, Rakhmatullina FF. Blockade of β-Adrenoceptors and Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptors Modulates Effect on Nitric Oxide on Heart Rate in Rats. Bull Exp Biol Med 2005; 140:6-9. [PMID: 16254607 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-005-0397-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nitroglycerine in doses of 0.4-1.0 mg/kg decreased the heart rate in rats, which was associated with inhibition of adrenergic influences realized via beta-adrenoceptors. The negative chronotropic effect of sodium nitroprusside in a dose of 1 mg/kg was more significant compared to that of nitroglycerine (by 2-3 times). It was associated with inhibition of adrenergic and stimulation of cholinergic influences mediated via beta-adrenoceptors and muscarinic cholinergic receptors, respectively. During blockade of beta-adrenoceptors and muscarinic cholinergic receptors, sodium nitroprusside increased the time of atrioventricular conduction. These data indicate that function of myocytes in the heart conduction system of rats depends on the PQ interval.
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- A G Nasyrova
- Department of Normal Physiology, Kazan State Medical University
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Wehling-Henricks M, Jordan MC, Roos KP, Deng B, Tidball JG. Cardiomyopathy in dystrophin-deficient hearts is prevented by expression of a neuronal nitric oxide synthase transgene in the myocardium. Hum Mol Genet 2005; 14:1921-33. [PMID: 15917272 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Null mutation of dystrophin causes the lethal pathology of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in which there is progressive pathology of skeletal and cardiac muscles. A large proportion of DMD patient deaths are attributable to cardiac dysfunction associated with ventricular fibrosis, arrhythmias and conduction abnormalities, although the relationships between the dystrophin mutation and the cardiac defects are unknown. Here, we tested whether cardiac pathology in dystrophin-deficient mdx mice can be corrected by the elevated production of nitric oxide (NO) by the myocardium. Dystrophin-deficient mdx mice were produced in which there was myocardial expression of a neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) transgene. Expression of the transgene prevented the progressive ventricular fibrosis of mdx mice and greatly reduced myocarditis. Electrocardiographs (ECG) attained by radiotelemetry of freely ambulatory mice showed that mdx mice displayed cardiac abnormalities that are characteristic of DMD patients, including deep Q-waves, diminished S:R ratios, polyphasic R-waves and frequent premature ventricular contractions. All of these ECG abnormalities in mdx mice were improved or corrected by nNOS transgene expression. In addition, defects in mdx cardiac autonomic function, which were reflected by decreased heart rate variability, were significantly reduced by nNOS transgene expression. These findings indicate that increasing NO production by dystrophic hearts may have therapeutic value.
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- Michelle Wehling-Henricks
- Department of Physiological Science, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA
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Gardiner SM, March JE, Kemp PA, Bennett T. Bolus injection of human UII in conscious rats evokes a biphasic haemodynamic response. Br J Pharmacol 2004; 143:422-30. [PMID: 15339862 PMCID: PMC1575352 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2004] [Revised: 06/10/2004] [Accepted: 07/14/2004] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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A biphasic cardiovascular response to bolus i.v. injection of human urotensin II (hUII, 3 nmol kg(-1)) in conscious, male, Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats was identified and underlying mechanisms were explored. Initially (0-5 min) there was tachycardia, hypotension and mesenteric and hindquarters vasodilatation; later (30-120 min), tachycardia, hindquarters vasodilatation and a modest rise in blood pressure occurred. Pretreatment with indomethacin or N(G) nitro-l-arginine methylester (l-NAME) reduced the mesenteric vasodilator response to hUII, and abolished the late tachycardia and hindquarters vasodilatation. Indomethacin also abolished the hypotension and early hindquarters vasodilatation, and substantially reduced the initial tachycardia. Indomethacin and l-NAME together prevented all haemodynamic responses to hUII. Inhibition of inducible NOS had no effect on responses to hUII, whereas inhibition of neuronal NOS reduced the delayed tachycardic response to hUII but did not significantly affect the vasodilatation. Only the initial tachycardic response to hUII was antagonised by propranolol. In spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), the initial haemodynamic responses to hUII were qualitatively similar to those in SD rats, although there was also a modest renal vasodilatation. The secondary response comprised a smaller tachycardia and a small rise in blood pressure, with no significant hindquarters vasodilatation. Haemodynamic responses to hUII were not enhanced by endothelin and angiotensin receptor antagonism in either SD rats or in SHRs. One interpretation of these results is that the primary response to bolus injection of hUII is prostanoid- or prostanoid- and NO-mediated (mesenteric vasodilatation) and that this triggers secondary events, which are dependent on eNOS (hindquarters vasodilatation) and neuronal NOS (tachycardia).
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- Sheila M Gardiner
- Centre for Integrated Systems Biology & Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham.
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Sears CE, Ashley EA, Casadei B. Nitric oxide control of cardiac function: is neuronal nitric oxide synthase a key component? Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2004; 359:1021-44. [PMID: 15306414 PMCID: PMC1693378 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to regulate cardiac function, both in physiological conditions and in disease states. However, several aspects of NO signalling in the myocardium remain poorly understood. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the disparate functions ascribed to NO result from its generation by different isoforms of the NO synthase (NOS) enzyme, the varying subcellular localization and regulation of NOS isoforms and their effector proteins. Some apparently contrasting findings may have arisen from the use of non-isoform-specific inhibitors of NOS, and from the assumption that NO donors may be able to mimic the actions of endogenously produced NO. In recent years an at least partial explanation for some of the disagreements, although by no means all, may be found from studies that have focused on the role of the neuronal NOS (nNOS) isoform. These data have shown a key role for nNOS in the control of basal and adrenergically stimulated cardiac contractility and in the autonomic control of heart rate. Whether or not the role of nNOS carries implications for cardiovascular disease remains an intriguing possibility requiring future study.
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- Claire E Sears
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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Danson EJF, Mankia KS, Golding S, Dawson T, Everatt L, Cai S, Channon KM, Paterson DJ. Impaired regulation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase and heart rate during exercise in mice lacking one nNOS allele. J Physiol 2004; 558:963-74. [PMID: 15155789 PMCID: PMC1665015 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.062299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We tested the hypothesis that a single allele deletion of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) would impair the neural control of heart rate following physical training, and that this phenotype could be restored following targeted gene transfer of nNOS. Voluntary wheel-running (+EX) in heterozygous nNOS knockout mice (nNOS(+/-), +EX; n= 52; peak performance 9.1 +/- 1.8 km day(-1)) was undertaken and compared to wild-type mice (n= 38; 9.5 +/- 0.8 km day(-1)). In anaesthetized wild-type mice, exercise increased phenylephrine-induced bradycardia by 67% (measured as heart rate change, in beats per minute, divided by the change in arterial blood pressure, in mmHg) or pulse interval response to phenylephrine by 52% (measured as interbeat interval change, in milliseconds, divided by the change in blood pressure). Heart rate changes or interbeat interval changes in response to right vagal nerve stimulation were also enhanced by exercise in wild-type atria (P < 0.05), whereas both in vivo and in vitro responses to exercise were absent in nNOS(+/-) mice. nNOS inhibition attenuated heart rate responses to vagal nerve stimulation in all atria (P < 0.05) and normalized the responses in wild-type, +EX with respect to wild-type with no exercise (-EX) atria. Atrial nNOS mRNA and protein were increased in wild-type, +EX compared to wild-type, -EX (P < 0.05), although exercise failed to have any effect in nNOS(+/-) atria. In vivo nNOS gene transfer using adenoviruses targeted to atrial ganglia enhanced choline acetyltransferase-nNOS co-localization (P < 0.05) and increased phenylephrine-induced bradycardia in vivo and heart rate responses to vagal nerve stimulation in vitro compared to gene transfer of enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP, P < 0.01). This difference was abolished by nNOS inhibition (P < 0.05). In conclusion, genomic regulation of NO bioavailability from nNOS in cardiac autonomic ganglia in response to training is dependent on both alleles of the gene. Although basal expression of nNOS is normal, polymorphisms of nNOS may interfere with neural regulation of heart rate following training. Targeted gene transfer of nNOS can restore this impairment.
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- E J F Danson
- University Laboratory of Physiology, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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Cardiac parasympathetic activity reduces susceptibility to potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias in heart failure and ischemic heart disease. This influence is mediated in large part by antagonism of the adverse cardiac effects of sympathetic overactivity ("indirect" parasympathetic activity) in addition to the "direct" effects of muscarinic stimulation. Nitric oxide modulates parasympathetic cardiac signaling in some animal models, but human data are lacking. We have investigated the influence of endogenous nitric oxide on cardiac responses to parasympathetic stimulation in healthy humans. In 18 volunteers, we studied chronotropic and inotropic responses to muscarinic stimulation, both before and after prestimulation with isoproterenol. Cardiac muscarinic stimulation was achieved using an intravenous bolus of the short-acting cholinesterase inhibitor, edrophonium. Responses were assessed during a background infusion of a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor (N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine [L-NMMA]), placebo (saline), or phenylephrine (vasoconstrictor control) in a single-blind, random order, crossover protocol. L-NMMA did not affect chronotropic responses to edrophonium alone (direct parasympathetic activity). The decrease in heart rate attributable to "indirect" parasympathetic activity (derived by comparison with the effect of edrophonium during concurrent adrenergic stimulation) was substantially attenuated by L-NMMA in comparison to both control infusions. No modification of muscarinic inotropic responses by L-NMMA was apparent in comparison to the vasoconstrictor control. Nitric oxide exerts a powerful facilitating influence on indirect (antiadrenergic) but not direct human cardiac parasympathetic control. Stimulation of the endogenous nitric oxide pathway might enhance parasympathetic protection against the adverse influences of cardiac sympathetic overactivity.
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- Saqib Chowdhary
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK.
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Mohan RM, Golding S, Heaton DA, Danson EJ, Paterson DJ. Targeting neuronal nitric oxide synthase with gene transfer to modulate cardiac autonomic function. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 84:321-44. [PMID: 14769442 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2003.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Microdomains of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) are spatially localised within both autonomic neurons innervating the heart and post-junctional myocytes. This review examines the use of gene transfer to investigate the role of nNOS in cardiac autonomic control. Furthermore, it explores techniques that may be used to improve upon gene delivery to the cardiac autonomic nervous system, potentially allowing more specific delivery of genes to the target neurons/myocytes. This may involve modification of the tropism of the adenoviral vector, or the use of alternative viral and non-viral gene delivery mechanisms to minimise potential immune responses in the host. Here we show that adenoviral vectors provide an efficient method of gene delivery to cardiac-neural tissue. Functionally, adenovirus-nNOS can increase cardiac vagal responsiveness by facilitating cholinergic neurotransmission and decrease beta-adrenergic excitability. Whether gene transfer remains the preferred strategy for targeting cardiac autonomic impairment will depend on site-specific promoters eliciting sustained gene expression that results in restoration of physiological function.
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- R M Mohan
- University Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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Farias M, Jackson K, Johnson M, Caffrey JL. Cardiac enkephalins attenuate vagal bradycardia: interactions with NOS-1-cGMP systems in canine sinoatrial node. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2003; 285:H2001-12. [PMID: 12881216 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00275.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Endogenous opioids and nitric oxide (NO) are recognized modulators of cardiac function. Enkephalins and inhibitors of NO synthase (NOS) both produce similar interruptions in the vagal control of heart rate. This study was conducted to test the hypothesis that NO systems within the canine sinoatrial (SA) node facilitate local vagal transmission and that the endogenous enkephalin methionine-enkephalin-arginine-phenylalanine (MEAP) attenuates vagal bradycardia by interrupting the NOS-cGMP pathway. Microdialysis probes were inserted into the SA node, and they were perfused with nonselective (Nomega-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester) and neuronal (7-nitroindazole) NOS inhibitors. The right vagus nerve was stimulated and both inhibitors gradually attenuated the resulting vagal bradycardia. The specificity of these inhibitions was verified by an equally gradual reversal of the inhibition with an excess of the NOS substrate l-arginine. Introduction of MEAP into the nodal interstitium produced a quickly developing but quantitatively similar interruption of vagal bradycardia that was also slowly reversed by the addition of l-arginine and not by d-arginine. Additional support for convergence of opioid and NO pathways was provided when the vagolytic effects of MEAP were also reversed by the addition of the NO donor S-nitroso-N-acetyl-penicillamine, the protein kinase G activator 8-bromo-cGMP, or the phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine. MEAP and 7-nitroindazole were individually combined with the direct acting muscarinic agonist methacholine to evaluate potential interactions with muscarinic receptors within the SA node. MEAP and 7-nitroindazole were unable to overcome the bradycardia produced by methacholine. These data suggest that NO and enkephalins moderate the vagal control of heart rate via interaction with converging systems that involve the regulation of cAMP within nodal parasympathetic nerve terminals.
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- Martin Farias
- Department of Integrative Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA
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Ma X, Abboud FM, Chapleau MW. Neurocardiovascular regulation in mice: Experimental approaches and novel findings. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2003; 30:885-93. [PMID: 14678254 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2003.03927.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1. Neural mechanisms are of major importance in the regulation of arterial blood pressure, blood volume and other aspects of cardiovascular function. The recent explosion in gene discovery and advances in molecular technologies now provide the opportunity to define the molecular and cellular mechanisms essential to integrative neurocardiovascular regulation. The unique susceptibility of mice to genetic manipulation makes this species an attractive model for such investigation. 2. We provide here a brief overview of: (i) experimental approaches used to assess autonomic and reflex control of the circulation in mice; (ii) novel mechanisms of neurocardiovascular regulation revealed using these approaches; and (iii) findings from recent studies involving mouse models of cardiovascular disease.
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- Xiuying Ma
- The Cardiovascular Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Nitric oxide (NO) is produced from virtually all cell types composing the myocardium and regulates cardiac function through both vascular-dependent and -independent effects. The former include regulation of coronary vessel tone, thrombogenicity, and proliferative and inflammatory properties as well as cellular cross-talk supporting angiogenesis. The latter comprise the direct effects of NO on several aspects of cardiomyocyte contractility, from the fine regulation of excitation-contraction coupling to modulation of (presynaptic and postsynaptic) autonomic signaling and mitochondrial respiration. This multifaceted involvement of NO in cardiac physiology is supported by a tight molecular regulation of the three NO synthases, from cellular spatial confinement to posttranslational allosteric modulation by specific interacting proteins, acting in concert to restrict the influence of NO to a particular intracellular target in a stimulus-specific manner. Loss of this specificity, such as produced on excessive NO delivery from inflammatory cells (or cytokine-stimulated cardiomyocytes themselves), may result in profound cellular disturbances leading to heart failure. Future therapeutic manipulations of cardiac NO synthesis will necessarily draw on additional characterization of the cellular and molecular determinants for the net effect of this versatile radical on the cardiomyocyte biology.
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- P B Massion
- Department of Medicine, Unit of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (FATH 5349), University of Louvain Medical School, 53 avenue Mounier, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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A novel mouse isolated atrial preparation with intact postganglionic autonomic innervation was used to investigate the neuronal control of heart rate. To establish whether autonomic activation was likely to alter heart rate by modulating the hyperpolarization-activated current (If), the L-type Ca2+ current (ICa,L), or the ACh-activated K+ current (IK,ACh), the effects of nerve stimulation (right stellate ganglion or right vagus, 1-30 Hz) and autonomic agonists (0.1 microM norepinephrine or 0.3 microM carbachol) on heart rate were investigated in the presence of inhibitors of these currents, cesium chloride (Cs+, 1 mM), nifedipine (200 nM), and barium chloride (Ba2+, 0.1 mM), respectively. The positive chronotropic response to stellate ganglion stimulation was reduced by approximately 20% with Cs+ and nifedipine (P < 0.05), whereas the heart rate response to norepinephrine was only reduced with Cs+ (P < 0.05). Ba2+ attenuated the decrease in heart rate with vagal stimulation and carbachol by approximately 60% (P < 0.05). These results are consistent with the idea that sympathetic nerve stimulation modulates If to increase heart rate in the mouse. Activation of ICa,L also appears to contribute to the sympathetic heart rate response. However, the decrease in heart rate with vagal stimulation or carbachol is likely to result primarily from the activation of IK,ACh.
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- J K Choate
- Department of Physiology, PO Box 13F, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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Wakefield ID, March JE, Kemp PA, Valentin JP, Bennett T, Gardiner SM. Comparative regional haemodynamic effects of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitors, S-methyl-L-thiocitrulline and L-NAME, in conscious rats. Br J Pharmacol 2003; 139:1235-43. [PMID: 12871844 PMCID: PMC1573945 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2003] [Revised: 04/28/2003] [Accepted: 04/30/2003] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. The regional haemodynamic effects of the putative nNOS inhibitor, S-methyl-L-thiocitrulline (SMTC), were compared with those of the nonselective NOS inhibitor, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), in conscious, male Sprague-Dawley rats. 2. SMTC (0.3 mg kg(-1) bolus) produced a significant, short-lived, pressor effect associated with renal, mesenteric and hindquarters vasoconstriction; the same dose of L-NAME did not affect mean blood pressure (BP), although it caused bradycardia and mesenteric vasoconstriction. 3. At the highest dose tested (10 mg kg(-1)), L-NAME produced a significantly greater bradycardia and fall in mesenteric vascular conductance than SMTC, although the initial pressor response to SMTC was greater, but less sustained, than that to L-NAME. 4. Infusion of SMTC or L-NAME (3 mg kg(-1) h(-1)) induced rises in BP and falls in renal, mesenteric and hindquarters vascular conductances, but the effects of L-NAME were greater than those of SMTC, and L-NAME also caused bradycardia. 5. The renal vasodilator response to acetylcholine was markedly attenuated by infusion of L-NAME, but unaffected by SMTC. The hindquarters vasodilatation induced by salbutamol was attenuated by L-NAME, but not by SMTC. The mesenteric vasodilator response to bradykinin was modestly enhanced by SMTC, but not by L-NAME. The depressor and renal, mesenteric and hindquarters vasodilator responses to sodium nitroprusside were enhanced by L-NAME, whereas SMTC modestly enhanced the hypotensive and renal vasodilator effects of sodium nitroprusside, but attenuated the accompanying tachycardia. 6. The results are consistent with the cardiovascular effects of low doses of SMTC being attributable to nNOS inhibition.
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- Ian D Wakefield
- Centre for Integrated Systems Biology & Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH
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- Centre for Integrated Systems Biology & Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH
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- Centre for Integrated Systems Biology & Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH
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- Centre for Integrated Systems Biology & Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH
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- Centre for Integrated Systems Biology & Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH
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Ortiz PA, Garvin JL. Cardiovascular and renal control in NOS-deficient mouse models. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2003; 284:R628-38. [PMID: 12571071 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00401.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) plays an essential role in the maintenance of cardiovascular and renal homeostasis. Endogenous NO is produced by three different NO synthase (NOS) isoforms: endothelial NOS (eNOS), inducible NOS (iNOS), and neuronal NOS (nNOS). To investigate which NOS is responsible for NO production in different tissues, NOS knockout (-/-) mice have been generated for the three isoforms. This review focuses on the regulation of cardiovascular and renal function in relation to blood pressure homeostasis in the different NOS-/- mice. Although regulation of vascular tone and cardiac function in eNOS-/- has been extensively studied, far less is known about renal function in these mice. eNOS-/- mice are hypertensive, but the mechanism responsible for their high blood pressure is still not clear. Less is known about cardiovascular and renal control in nNOS-/- mice, probably because their blood pressure is normal. Recent data suggest that nNOS plays important roles in cardiac function, renal homeostasis, and regulation of vascular tone under certain conditions, but these are only now beginning to be studied. Inasmuch as iNOS is absent from the cardiovascular system under physiological conditions, it may become important to blood pressure regulation only during pathological conditions related to inflammatory processes. However, iNOS is constitutively expressed in the kidney, where its function is largely unknown. Overall, the study of NOS knockout mice has been very useful and produced many answers, but it has also raised new questions. The appearance of compensatory mechanisms suggests the importance of the different isoforms to specific processes, but it also complicates interpretation of the data. In addition, deletion of a single gene may have physiologically significant effects in addition to those being studied. Thus the presence or absence of a specific phenotype may not reflect the most important physiological function of the absent gene.
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- Pablo A Ortiz
- Division of Hypertension and Vascular Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
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Danson EJF, Paterson DJ. Enhanced neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression is central to cardiac vagal phenotype in exercise-trained mice. J Physiol 2003; 546:225-32. [PMID: 12509490 PMCID: PMC2342466 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.031781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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We investigated whether enhanced cardiac vagal responsiveness elicited by exercise training is dependent on neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS-1), since the NO-cGMP pathway facilitates acetylcholine release. Isolated atria with intact right vagal innervation were taken from male mice (18-22 weeks old) after a period of 10 weeks voluntary wheel-running (+EX, n = 27; peaked 9.8 +/- 0.6 km day(-1) at 5 weeks), and from mice housed in cages without wheels (-EX, n = 27). Immunostaining of whole atria for NOS-1 identified intrinsic neurones, all of which co-localized with choline acetyltransferase-positive ganglia. Western blot analysis confirmed that NOS-1 protein level was significantly greater in +EX compared to -EX atria (P < 0.05, unpaired t test). Basal heart rates (HR) were slower in +EX than in -EX atria (322 +/- 6 versus 360 +/- 7 beats min(-1); P < 0.05, unpaired t test) However, in +EX atria, HR responses to vagal stimulation (VNS, 3 and 5 Hz) were significantly enhanced compared to -EX atria (3 Hz, +EX: -76 +/- 8 beats min(-1) versus -EX: -62 +/- 7 beats min(-1); 5 Hz, +EX: -106 +/- 4 beats min(-1) versus -EX: -93 +/- 3 beats min(-1); P < 0.01, unpaired t test). Inhibition of NOS-1 with vinyl-L-N-5-(1-imino-3-butenyl)-L-ornithine (L-VNIO, 100 microM) or soluble guanylyl cyclase with 1H-[1, 2, 4]oxadiazolo[4, 3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, 10 microM) abolished the difference in HR responses to VNS between +EX and -EX atria, and effects of L-VNIO were reversed by excess L-arginine (1 mM; P < 0.01, ANOVA). There were no differences between the HR responses to the bath-applied acetylcholine analogue carbamylcholine chloride in +EX and -EX atria (IC(50) concentrations were 5.9 +/- 0.4 microM (-EX) and 5.7 +/- 0.4 microM (+EX)), suggesting that the changes in vagal responsiveness resulted from presynaptic facilitation of neurotransmission. In conclusion, NOS-1 appears to be a key protein in generating the cardiac vagal gain of function elicited by exercise training.
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- E J F Danson
- University Laboratory of Physiology, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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