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Zhu Q, Xiao L, Cheng G, He J, Yin C, Wang L, Wang Q, Li L, Wei B, Weng Y, Geng F, Shen XZ, Shi P. Self-maintaining macrophages within the kidney contribute to salt and water balance by modulating kidney sympathetic nerve activity. Kidney Int 2023:S0085-2538(23)00343-5. [PMID: 37224917 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The kidney is critical in controlling salt and water balance, with the interstitium involved with a variety of components including immune cells in steady state. However, the roles of resident immune cells in kidney physiology are largely unknown. To help unravel some of these unknowns, we employed cell fate mapping, and identified a population of embryo-derived self-maintaining macrophages (SM-MØ) that were independent of the bone marrow in adult mouse kidneys. This kidney-specific SM-MØ population was distinctive from the kidney monocyte-derived macrophages in transcriptome and in their distribution. Specifically, the SM-MØ highly expressed nerve-associated genes; high-resolution confocal microscopy revealed that the SM-MØ in the cortex were in close association with sympathetic nerves and there was a dynamical interaction between macrophages and sympathetic nerves when live kidney sections were monitored. Kidney-specific depletion of the SM-MØ resulted in reduced sympathetic distribution and tone, leading to reduced renin secretion, increased glomerular filtration rate and solute diuresis, which caused salt decompensation and significant weight loss under a low-salt diet challenge. Supplementation of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine which is converted to norepinephrine in vivo rescued the phenotype of SM-MØ-depleted mice. Thus, our findings provide insights in kidney macrophage heterogeneity and address a non-canonical role of macrophages in kidney physiology. In contrast to the well-appreciated way of central regulation, local regulation of sympathetic nerve distribution and activities in the kidney was uncovered.
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- Qian Zhu
- Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China;; Department of Cardiology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China;; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Intervention and Regenerative Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Cardiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China;; Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China;; Department of Cardiology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China;; Department of Cardiology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Zhejiang Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Zhejiang Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China;; Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China;; Department of Cardiology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Blood of Transfusion, Affiliated Zhejiang Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China;; Department of Cardiology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China;.
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- Department of Cardiology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China;; Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China;.
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Watso JC, Robinson AT, Babcock MC, Migdal KU, Witman MAH, Wenner MM, Stocker SD, Farquhar WB. Short-term water deprivation attenuates the exercise pressor reflex in older female adults. Physiol Rep 2020; 8:e14581. [PMID: 32965797 PMCID: PMC7510566 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Older adults have reduced fluid intake and impaired body fluid and electrolyte regulation. Older female adults exhibit exaggerated exercise blood pressure (BP) responses, which is associated with an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events. However, it is unclear if dysregulated body fluid homeostasis contributes to altered exercise BP responses in older female adults. We tested the hypothesis that short-term water deprivation (WD) increases exercise BP responses in older female adults. Fifteen female adults (eight young [25 ± 6 years] and seven older [65 ± 6 years]) completed two experimental conditions in random crossover fashion; a euhydration control condition and a stepwise reduction in water intake over three days concluding with a 16-hr WD period. During both trials, beat-to-beat BP (photoplethysmography) and heart rate (electrocardiogram) were continuously assessed during rest, handgrip exercise (30% MVC), and post-exercise ischemia (metaboreflex isolation). At screening, older compared to young female adults had greater systolic and diastolic BP (p ≤ .02). Accelerometer-assessed habitual physical activity was not different between groups (p = .65). Following WD, 24-hr urine flow rate decreased, whereas thirst, urine specific gravity, and plasma osmolality increased (condition: p < .05 for all), but these WD-induced changes were not different between age groups (interaction: p ≥ .31 for all). Resting systolic and diastolic BP values were higher in older compared to young adults (p < .01 for both), but were not different between experimental conditions (p ≥ .20). In contrast to our hypothesis, WD was associated with attenuated systolic BP responses during handgrip exercise (post hoc: p < .01) and post-exercise ischemia (post hoc: p = .03) in older, but not young, female adults. These data suggest that reduced water intake-induced challenges to body fluid homeostasis do not contribute to exaggerated exercise BP responses in post-menopausal female adults.
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- Joseph C. Watso
- Department of Kinesiology and Applied PhysiologyUniversity of DelawareNewarkDEUSA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied PhysiologyUniversity of DelawareNewarkDEUSA
- School of KinesiologyNeurovascular Physiology LaboratoryAuburn UniversityAuburnALUSA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied PhysiologyUniversity of DelawareNewarkDEUSA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied PhysiologyUniversity of DelawareNewarkDEUSA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied PhysiologyUniversity of DelawareNewarkDEUSA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied PhysiologyUniversity of DelawareNewarkDEUSA
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- Department of MedicineUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPAUSA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied PhysiologyUniversity of DelawareNewarkDEUSA
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Watso JC, Robinson AT, Babcock MC, Migdal KU, Wenner MM, Stocker SD, Farquhar WB. Short-term water deprivation does not increase blood pressure variability or impair neurovascular function in healthy young adults. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2019; 318:R112-R121. [PMID: 31617739 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00149.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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High dietary salt increases arterial blood pressure variability (BPV) in salt-resistant, normotensive rodents and is thought to result from elevated plasma [Na+] sensitizing central sympathetic networks. Our purpose was to test the hypothesis that water deprivation (WD)-induced elevations in serum [Na+] augment BPV via changes in baroreflex function and sympathetic vascular transduction in humans. In a randomized crossover fashion, 35 adults [17 female/18 male, age: 25 ± 4 yr, systolic/diastolic blood pressure (BP): 107 ± 11/60 ± 7 mmHg, body mass index: 23 ± 3 kg/m2] completed two hydration protocols: a euhydration control condition (CON) and a stepwise reduction in water intake over 3 days, concluding with 16 h of WD. We assessed blood and urine electrolyte concentrations and osmolality, resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA; peroneal microneurography; 18 paired recordings), beat-to-beat BP (photoplethysmography), common femoral artery blood flow (Doppler ultrasound), and heart rate (single-lead ECG). A subset of participants (n = 25) underwent ambulatory BP monitoring during day 3 of each protocol. We calculated average real variability as an index of BPV. WD increased serum [Na+] (141.0 ± 2.3 vs. 142.1 ± 1.7 mmol/L, P < 0.01) and plasma osmolality (288 ± 4 vs. 292 ± 5 mosmol/kg H2O, P < 0.01). However, WD did not increase beat-to-beat (1.9 ± 0.4 vs. 1.8 ± 0.4 mmHg, P = 0.24) or ambulatory daytime (9.6 ± 2.1 vs. 9.4 ± 3.3 mmHg, P = 0.76) systolic BPV. Additionally, sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity (P = 0.20) and sympathetic vascular transduction were not different after WD (P = 0.17 for peak Δmean BP following spontaneous MSNA bursts). These findings suggest that, despite modestly increasing serum [Na+], WD does not affect BPV, arterial baroreflex function, or sympathetic vascular transduction in healthy young adults.
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- Joseph C Watso
- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
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Hydration Status and Cardiovascular Function. Nutrients 2019; 11:nu11081866. [PMID: 31405195 PMCID: PMC6723555 DOI: 10.3390/nu11081866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Hypohydration, defined as a state of low body water, increases thirst sensations, arginine vasopressin release, and elicits renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system activation to replenish intra- and extra-cellular fluid stores. Hypohydration impairs mental and physical performance, but new evidence suggests hypohydration may also have deleterious effects on cardiovascular health. This is alarming because cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Observational studies have linked habitual low water intake with increased future risk for adverse cardiovascular events. While it is currently unclear how chronic reductions in water intake may predispose individuals to greater future risk for adverse cardiovascular events, there is evidence that acute hypohydration impairs vascular function and blood pressure (BP) regulation. Specifically, acute hypohydration may reduce endothelial function, increase sympathetic nervous system activity, and worsen orthostatic tolerance. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to present the currently available evidence linking acute hypohydration with altered vascular function and BP regulation.
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Watso JC, Babcock MC, Robinson AT, Migdal KU, Wenner MM, Stocker SD, Farquhar WB. Water deprivation does not augment sympathetic or pressor responses to sciatic afferent nerve stimulation in rats or to static exercise in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2019; 127:235-245. [PMID: 31070954 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00005.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Excess dietary salt intake excites central sympathetic networks, which may be related to plasma hypernatremia. Plasma hypernatremia also occurs following water deprivation (WD). The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that WD induces hypernatremia and consequently augments sympathetic and pressor responses to sympathoexcitatory stimuli in rats and humans. Sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) and arterial blood pressure (ABP) responses to sciatic afferent nerve stimulation (2-20 Hz) and chemical stimulation of the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) were assessed in rats after 48 h of WD and compared with normally hydrated control rats (CON). In a parallel randomized-crossover human experiment (n = 13 healthy young adults), sympathetic (microneurography) and pressor (photoplethysmography) responses to static exercise were compared between 16-h WD and CON conditions. In rats, plasma [Na+] was significantly higher in WD versus CON [136 ± 2 vs. 144 ± 2 (SD) mM, P < 0.01], but sciatic afferent nerve stimulation produced similar increases in renal SNA [5 Hz, 174 ± 34 vs. 169 ± 49% (SD), n = 6-8] and mean ABP [5 Hz, 21 ± 6 vs. 18 ± 7 (SD mmHg, n = 6-8]. RVLM injection of l-glutamate also produced similar increases in SNA and ABP in WD versus CON rats. In humans, WD increased serum [Na+] [140.6 ± 2.1 vs. 142.1 ± 1.9 mM (SD), P = 0.02] but did not augment sympathetic [muscle SNA: change from baseline (Δ) 6 ± 7 vs. 5 ± 7 (SD) bursts/min, P = 0.83] or mean ABP [Δ 12 ± 5 vs. 11 ± 8 (SD) mmHg, P = 0.73; WD vs. CON for all results] responses during the final minute of exercise. These findings suggest that despite eliciting relative hypernatremia, WD does not augment sympathetic or pressor responses to sciatic afferent stimulation in rats or to static exercise in humans. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Excess dietary salt intake excites central sympathetic networks, which may be related to plasma hypernatremia. Plasma hypernatremia also occurs following water deprivation (WD). We sought to determine whether plasma hypernatremia/hyperosmolality induced by WD augments sympathetic and pressor responses to sympathoexcitatory stimuli. Our findings suggest that WD does not augment sympathetic or pressor responses to sciatic afferent nerve stimulation in rats or to static exercise in humans.
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- Joseph C Watso
- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware
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The objective of this review is to provide an in-depth evaluation of how renal nerves regulate renal and cardiovascular function with a focus on long-term control of arterial pressure. We begin by reviewing the anatomy of renal nerves and then briefly discuss how the activity of renal nerves affects renal function. Current methods for measurement and quantification of efferent renal-nerve activity (ERNA) in animals and humans are discussed. Acute regulation of ERNA by classical neural reflexes as well and hormonal inputs to the brain is reviewed. The role of renal nerves in long-term control of arterial pressure in normotensive and hypertensive animals (and humans) is then reviewed with a focus on studies utilizing continuous long-term monitoring of arterial pressure. This includes a review of the effect of renal-nerve ablation on long-term control of arterial pressure in experimental animals as well as humans with drug-resistant hypertension. The extent to which changes in arterial pressure are due to ablation of renal afferent or efferent nerves are reviewed. We conclude by discussing the importance of renal nerves, relative to sympathetic activity to other vascular beds, in long-term control of arterial pressure and hypertension and propose directions for future research in this field. © 2017 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 7:263-320, 2017.
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- John W Osborn
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Feetham CH, Nunn N, Barrett-Jolley R. The depressor response to intracerebroventricular hypotonic saline is sensitive to TRPV4 antagonist RN1734. Front Pharmacol 2015; 6:83. [PMID: 25954200 PMCID: PMC4407506 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Several reports have shown that the periventricular region of the brain, including the paraventricular nucleus (PVN), is critical to sensing and responding to changes in plasma osmolality. Further studies also implicate the transient receptor potential ion channel, type V4 (TRPV4) channel in this homeostatic behavior. In previous work we have shown that TRPV4 ion channels couple to calcium-activated potassium channels in the PVN to decrease action potential firing frequency in response to hypotonicity. In the present study we investigated whether, similarly, intracerebroventricular (ICV) application of hypotonic solutions modulated cardiovascular parameters, and if so whether this was sensitive to a TRPV4 channel inhibitor. We found that ICV injection of 270 mOsmol artificial cerebrospinal fluid (ACSF) decreased mean blood pressure, but not heart rate, compared to naïve mice or mice injected with 300 mOsmol ACSF. This effect was abolished by treatment with the TRPV4 inhibitor RN1734. These data suggest that periventricular targets within the brain are capable of generating depressor action in response to TRPV4 ion channel activation. Potentially, in the future, the TRPV4 channel, or the TRPV4–KCa coupling mechanism, may serve as a therapeutic target for treatment of cardiovascular disease.
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- Claire H Feetham
- Department of Musculoskeletal Biology, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Biology, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Biology, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool Liverpool, UK
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Holbein WW, Toney GM. Activation of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus by forebrain hypertonicity selectively increases tonic vasomotor sympathetic nerve activity. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2014; 308:R351-9. [PMID: 25519737 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00460.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We recently reported that mean arterial pressure (MAP) is maintained in water-deprived rats by an irregular tonic component of vasomotor sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) that is driven by neuronal activity in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN). To establish whether generation of tonic SNA requires time-dependent (i.e., hours or days of dehydration) neuroadaptive responses or can be abruptly generated by even acute circuit activation, forebrain sympathoexcitatory osmosensory inputs to PVN were stimulated by infusion (0.1 ml/min, 10 min) of hypertonic saline (HTS; 1.5 M NaCl) through an internal carotid artery (ICA). Whereas isotonic saline (ITS; 0.15 M NaCl) had no effect (n = 5), HTS increased (P < 0.001; n = 6) splanchnic SNA (sSNA), phrenic nerve activity (PNA), and MAP. Bilateral PVN injections of muscimol (n = 6) prevented HTS-evoked increases of integrated sSNA and PNA (P < 0.001) and attenuated the accompanying pressor response (P < 0.01). Blockade of PVN NMDA receptors with d-(2R)-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (AP5; n = 6) had similar effects. Analysis of respiratory rhythmic bursting of sSNA revealed that ICA HTS increased mean voltage (P < 0.001) without affecting the amplitude of inspiratory or expiratory bursts. Analysis of cardiac rhythmic sSNA likewise revealed that ICA HTS increased mean voltage. Cardiac rhythmic sSNA oscillation amplitude was also increased, which is consistent with activation of arterial baroreceptor during the accompanying pressor response. Increased mean sSNA voltage by HTS was blocked by prior PVN inhibition (muscimol) and blockade of PVN NMDA receptors (AP5). We conclude that even acute glutamatergic activation of PVN (i.e., by hypertonicity) is sufficient to selectively increase a tonic component of vasomotor SNA.
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- Department of Physiology and Center for Biomedical Neuroscience, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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Holbein WW, Bardgett ME, Toney GM. Blood pressure is maintained during dehydration by hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus-driven tonic sympathetic nerve activity. J Physiol 2014; 592:3783-99. [PMID: 24973410 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.276261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Resting sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) consists primarily of respiratory and cardiac rhythmic bursts of action potentials. During homeostatic challenges such as dehydration, the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) is activated and drives SNA in support of arterial pressure (AP). Given that PVN neurones project to brainstem cardio-respiratory regions that generate bursting patterns of SNA, we sought to determine the contribution of PVN to support of rhythmic bursting of SNA during dehydration and to elucidate which bursts dominantly contribute to maintenance of AP. Euhydrated (EH) and dehydrated (DH) (48 h water deprived) rats were anaesthetized, bilaterally vagotomized and underwent acute PVN inhibition by bilateral injection of the GABA-A receptor agonist muscimol (0.1 nmol in 50 nl). Consistent with previous studies, muscimol had no effect in EH rats (n = 6), but reduced mean AP (MAP; P < 0.001) and integrated splanchnic SNA (sSNA; P < 0.001) in DH rats (n = 6). Arterial pulse pressure was unaffected in both groups. Muscimol reduced burst frequency of phrenic nerve activity (P < 0.05) equally in both groups without affecting the burst amplitude-duration integral (i.e. area under the curve). PVN inhibition did not affect the amplitude of the inspiratory peak, expiratory trough or expiratory peak of sSNA in either group, but reduced cardiac rhythmic sSNA in DH rats only (P < 0.001). The latter was largely reversed by inflating an aortic cuff to restore MAP (n = 5), suggesting that the muscimol-induced reduction of cardiac rhythmic sSNA in DH rats was an indirect effect of reducing MAP and thus arterial baroreceptor input. We conclude that MAP is largely maintained in anaesthetized DH rats by a PVN-driven component of sSNA that is neither respiratory nor cardiac rhythmic.
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- Walter W Holbein
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA Center for Biomedical Neuroscience, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA
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Bardgett ME, Chen QH, Guo Q, Calderon AS, Andrade MA, Toney GM. Coping with dehydration: sympathetic activation and regulation of glutamatergic transmission in the hypothalamic PVN. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2014; 306:R804-13. [PMID: 24671240 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00074.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Autonomic and endocrine profiles of chronic hypertension and heart failure resemble those of acute dehydration. Importantly, all of these conditions are associated with exaggerated sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) driven by glutamatergic activation of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN). Here, studies sought to gain insight into mechanisms of disease by determining the role of PVN ionotropic glutamate receptors in supporting SNA and mean arterial pressure (MAP) during dehydration and by elucidating mechanisms regulating receptor activity. Blockade of PVN N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors reduced (P < 0.01) renal SNA and MAP in urethane-chloralose-anesthetized dehydrated (DH) (48 h water deprivation) rats, but had no effect in euhydrated (EH) controls. Blockade of PVN α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors had no effect in either group. NMDA in PVN caused dose-dependent increases of renal SNA and MAP in both groups, but the maximum agonist evoked response (Emax) of the renal SNA response was greater (P < 0.05) in DH rats. The latter was not explained by increased PVN expression of NMDA receptor NR1 subunit protein, increased PVN neuronal excitability, or decreased brain water content. Interestingly, PVN injection of the pan-specific excitatory amino acid transporter (EAAT) inhibitor DL-threo-β-benzyloxyaspartic acid produced smaller sympathoexcitatory and pressor responses in DH rats, which was associated with reduced glial expression of EAAT2 in PVN. Like chronic hypertension and heart failure, dehydration increases excitatory NMDA receptor tone in PVN. Reduced glial-mediated glutamate uptake was identified as a key contributing factor. Defective glutamate uptake in PVN could therefore be an important, but as yet unexplored, mechanism driving sympathetic hyperactivity in chronic cardiovascular diseases.
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- Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan
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- Department of Physiology and Center for Biomedical Neuroscience, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; and
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Frithiof R, Xing T, McKinley MJ, May CN, Ramchandra R. Intracarotid hypertonic sodium chloride differentially modulates sympathetic nerve activity to the heart and kidney. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2014; 306:R567-75. [PMID: 24523342 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00460.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hypertonic NaCl infused into the carotid arteries increases mean arterial pressure (MAP) and changes sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) via cerebral mechanisms. We hypothesized that elevated sodium levels in the blood supply to the brain would induce differential responses in renal and cardiac SNA via sensors located outside the blood-brain barrier. To investigate this hypothesis, we measured renal and cardiac SNA simultaneously in conscious sheep during intracarotid infusions of NaCl (1.2 M), sorbitol (2.4 M), or urea (2.4 M) at 1 ml/min for 4 min into each carotid. Intracarotid NaCl significantly increased MAP (91 ± 2 to 97 ± 3 mmHg, P < 0.05) without changing heart rate (HR). Intracarotid NaCl was associated with no change in cardiac SNA (11 ± 5.0%), but a significant inhibition of renal SNA (-32.5 ± 6.4%, P < 0.05). Neither intracarotid sorbitol nor urea changed MAP, HR, central venous pressure, cardiac SNA, and renal SNA. The changes in MAP and renal SNA were completely abolished by microinjection of the GABA agonist muscimol (5 mM, 500 nl each side) into the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN). Infusion of intracarotid NaCl for 20 min stimulated a larger increase in water intake (1,100 ± 75 ml) than intracarotid sorbitol (683 ± 125 ml) or intracarotid urea (0 ml). These results demonstrate that acute increases in blood sodium levels cause a decrease in renal SNA, but no change in cardiac SNA in conscious sheep. These effects are mediated by cerebral sensors located outside the blood-brain barrier that are more responsive to changes in sodium concentration than osmolality. The renal sympathoinhibitory effects of sodium are mediated via a pathway that synapses in the PVN.
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- Robert Frithiof
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Collister JP, Nahey DB, Hendel MD, Brooks VL. Roles of the subfornical organ and area postrema in arterial pressure increases induced by 48-h water deprivation in normal rats. Physiol Rep 2014; 2:e00191. [PMID: 24744870 PMCID: PMC3967674 DOI: 10.1002/phy2.191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Revised: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In rats, water deprivation (WD) increases arterial blood pressure (BP) in part due to actions of elevated osmolality in the brain to increase vasopressin levels and sympathetic activity. However, the osmoreceptors that mediate this response have not been identified. To test the hypothesis that osmoregulatory circumventricular organs are involved, BP and heart rate (HR) were continuously recorded telemetrically during 48 h of WD in normal rats with lesions (x) or sham lesions (sham) of the subfornical organ (SFO) or area postrema (AP). Although WD increased BP in SFOx and SFOsham rats, no significant difference in the hypertensive response was observed between groups. HR decreased transiently but similarly in SFOx and SFOsham rats during the first 24 h of WD. When water was reintroduced, BP and HR decreased rapidly and similarly in both groups. BP (during lights off) and HR were both lower in APx rats before WD compared to APsham. WD increased BP less in APx rats, and the transient bradycardia was eliminated. Upon reintroduction of drinking water, smaller falls in both BP and HR were observed in APx rats compared to APsham rats. WD increased plasma osmolality and vasopressin levels similarly in APx and APsham rats, and acute blockade of systemic V1 vasopressin receptors elicited similar depressor responses, suggesting that the attenuated BP response is not due to smaller increases in vasopressin or osmolality. In conclusion, the AP, but not the SFO, is required for the maximal hypertensive effect induced by WD in rats.
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- John P Collister
- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 55108, Minnesota
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 55108, Minnesota
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 55108, Minnesota
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University Portland, Oregon, 97239
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Holbein WW, Toney GM. Sympathetic network drive during water deprivation does not increase respiratory or cardiac rhythmic sympathetic nerve activity. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2013; 114:1689-96. [PMID: 23580603 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00078.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Effects of water deprivation on rhythmic bursting of sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) were investigated in anesthetized, bilaterally vagotomized, euhydrated (control) and 48-h water-deprived (WD) rats (n = 8/group). Control and WD rats had similar baseline values of mean arterial pressure, heart rate, end-tidal CO2, and central respiratory drive. Although integrated splanchnic SNA (sSNA) was greater in WD rats than controls (P < 0.01), analysis of respiratory rhythmic bursting of sSNA revealed that inspiratory rhythmic burst amplitude was actually smaller (P < 0.005) in WD rats (+68 ± 6%) than controls (+208 ± 20%), and amplitudes of the early expiratory (postinspiratory) trough and late expiratory burst of sSNA were not different between groups. Further analysis revealed that water deprivation had no effect on either the amplitude or periodicity of the cardiac rhythmic oscillation of sSNA. Collectively, these data indicate that the increase of sSNA produced by water deprivation is not attributable to either increased respiratory or cardiac rhythmic burst discharge. Thus the sympathetic network response to acute water deprivation appears to differ from that of chronic sympathoexcitation in neurogenic forms of arterial hypertension, where increased respiratory rhythmic bursting of SNA and baroreflex adaptations have been reported.
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- Walter W Holbein
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900, USA
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Veitenheimer B, Osborn JW. Effects of intrathecal kynurenate on arterial pressure during chronic osmotic stress in conscious rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 304:H303-10. [PMID: 23161878 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00629.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Increased plasma osmolality elevates mean arterial pressure (MAP) through activation of the sympathetic nervous system, but the neurotransmitters released in the spinal cord to regulate MAP during osmotic stress remain unresolved. Glutamatergic neurons of the rostral ventrolateral medulla project to sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the spinal cord and are likely activated during conditions of osmotic stress; however, this has not been examined in conscious rats. This study investigated whether increased MAP during chronic osmotic stress depends on activation of spinal glutamate receptors. Rats were chronically instrumented with an indwelling intrathecal (i.t.) catheter for antagonist delivery to the spinal cord and a radiotelemetry transmitter for continuous monitoring of MAP and heart rate. Osmotic stress induced by 48 h of water deprivation (WD) increased MAP by ~15 mmHg. Intrathecal kynurenic acid, a nonspecific antagonist of ionotropic glutamate receptors, decreased MAP significantly more after 48 h of WD compared with the water-replete state. Water-deprived rats also showed a greater fall in MAP in response to i.t. 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate. Finally, i.t. kynurenic acid also decreased MAP more in an osmotically driven model of neurogenic hypertension, the DOCA-salt rat, compared with normotensive controls. Our results suggest that spinally released glutamate mediates increased MAP during 48-h WD and DOCA-salt hypertension.
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- Britta Veitenheimer
- The Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Cardoso LM, Colombari E, Toney GM. Endogenous hydrogen peroxide in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus regulates sympathetic nerve activity responses to L-glutamate. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2012; 113:1423-31. [PMID: 22984242 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00912.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) is important for maintenance of sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) and cardiovascular function. PVN-mediated increases of SNA often involve the excitatory amino acid L-glutamate (L-glu), whose actions can be positively and negatively modulated by a variety of factors, including reactive oxygen species. Here, we determined modulatory effects of the highly diffusible reactive oxygen species hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) on responses to PVN L-glu. Renal SNA (RSNA), arterial blood pressure, and heart rate were recorded in anesthetized rats. L-Glu (0.2 nmol in 100 nl) microinjected unilaterally into PVN increased RSNA (P < 0.05), without affecting mean arterial blood pressure or heart rate. Effects of endogenously generated H(2)O(2) were determined by comparing responses to PVN L-glu before and after PVN injection of the catalase inhibitor 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole (ATZ; 100 nmol/200 nl, n = 5). ATZ alone was without effect on recorded variables, but attenuated the increase of RSNA elicited by PVN L-glu (P < 0.05). PVN injection of exogenous H(2)O(2) (5 nmol in 100 nl, n = 4) and vehicle (artificial cerebrospinal fluid) were without affect, but H(2)O(2), like ATZ, attenuated the increase of RSNA to PVN L-glu (P < 0.05). Tonic effects of endogenous H(2)O(2) were determined by PVN injection of polyethylene glycol-catalase (1.0 IU in 200 nl, n = 5). Whereas polyethylene glycol-catalase alone was without effect, increases of RSNA to subsequent PVN injection of L-glu were increased (P < 0.05). From these data, we conclude that PVN H(2)O(2) tonically, but submaximally, suppresses RSNA responses to L-glu, supporting the idea that a change of H(2)O(2) availability within PVN could influence SNA regulation under physiological and/or disease conditions.
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- Leonardo M Cardoso
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA
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Veitenheimer BJ, Engeland WC, Guzman PA, Fink GD, Osborn JW. Effect of global and regional sympathetic blockade on arterial pressure during water deprivation in conscious rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 303:H1022-34. [PMID: 22904160 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00413.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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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Forty-eight hours of water deprivation (WD) in conscious rats results in a paradoxical increase in mean arterial pressure (MAP). Previous studies suggest this may be due to increased sympathetic nerve activity (SNA). However, this remains to be investigated in conscious, freely behaving animals. The purpose of this study was to determine, in conscious rats, the role of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) in mediating WD-induced increases in MAP and to identify which vascular beds are targeted by increased SNA. Each rat was chronically instrumented with a radiotelemetry transmitter to measure MAP and heart rate (HR) and an indwelling venous catheter for plasma sampling and/or drug delivery. MAP and HR were continuously measured during a 2-day baseline period followed by 48 h of WD and then a recovery period. By the end of the WD period, MAP increased by ∼15 mmHg in control groups, whereas HR did not change significantly. Chronic blockade of α(1)/β(1)-adrenergic receptors significantly attenuated the WD-induced increase in MAP, suggesting a role for global activation of the SNS. However, the MAP response to WD was unaffected by selective denervations of the hindlimb, renal, or splanchnic vascular beds, or by adrenal demedullation. In contrast, complete adrenalectomy (with corticosterone and aldosterone replaced) significantly attenuated the MAP response to WD in the same time frame as α(1)/β(1)-adrenergic receptor blockade. These results suggest that, in conscious water-deprived rats, the SNS contributes to the MAP response and may be linked to release of adrenocortical hormones. Finally, this sympathetically mediated response is not dependent on increased SNA to one specific vascular bed.
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- Britta J Veitenheimer
- The Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Gabor A, Leenen FHH. Central neuromodulatory pathways regulating sympathetic activity in hypertension. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2012; 113:1294-303. [PMID: 22773773 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00553.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The classical neurotransmitters, glutamate and GABA, mediate fast (milliseconds) synaptic transmission and modulate its effectiveness through slow (seconds to minutes) signaling processes. Angiotensinergic pathways, from the lamina terminalis to the paraventricular nucleus (PVN)/supraoptic nucleus and rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), are activated by stimuli such as circulating angiotensin type II (Ang II), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sodium ion concentration ([Na(+)]), and possibly plasma aldosterone, leading to sympathoexcitation, largely by decreasing GABA and increasing glutamate release. The aldosterone-endogenous ouabain (EO) pathway is a much slower neuromodulatory pathway. Aldosterone enhances EO release, and the latter increases chronic activity in angiotensinergic pathways by, e.g., increasing expression for Ang I receptor (AT(1)R) and NADPH oxidase subunits in the PVN. Blockade of this pathway does not affect the initial sympathoexcitatory and pressor responses but to a large extent, prevents chronic responses to CSF [Na(+)] or Ang II. Recruitment of these two neuromodulatory pathways allows the central nervous system (CNS) to shift gears to rapidly cause and sustain sympathetic hyperactivity in an efficient manner. Decreased GABA release, increased glutamate release, and enhanced AT(1)R activation in, e.g., the PVN and RVLM contribute to the elevated blood pressure in a number of hypertension models. In Dahl S rats and spontaneous hypertensive rats, high salt activates the CNS aldosterone-EO pathway, and the salt-induced hypertension can be prevented/reversed by specific CNS blockade of any of the steps in the cascade from aldosterone synthase to AT(1)R. Further studies are needed to advance our understanding of how and where in the brain these rapid, slow, and very slow CNS pathways are activated and interact in models of hypertension and other disease states associated with chronic sympathetic hyperactivity.
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- Alexander Gabor
- Hypertension Unit, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Hypertonicity sensing in organum vasculosum lamina terminalis neurons: a mechanical process involving TRPV1 but not TRPV4. J Neurosci 2011; 31:14669-76. [PMID: 21994383 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1420-11.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Primary osmosensory neurons in the mouse organum vasculosum lamina terminalis (OVLT) transduce hypertonicity via the activation of nonselective cation channels that cause membrane depolarization and increased action potential discharge, and this effect is absent in mice lacking expression of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (Trpv1) gene (Ciura and Bourque, 2006). However other experiments have indicated that channels encoded by Trpv4 also contribute to central osmosensation in mice (Liedtke and Friedman, 2003; Mizuno et al., 2003). At present, the mechanism by which hypertonicity modulates cation channels in OVLT neurons is unknown, and it remains unclear whether Trpv1 and Trpv4 both contribute to this process. Here, we show that physical shrinking is necessary and sufficient to mediate hypertonicity sensing in OVLT neurons isolated from adult mice. Steps coupling progressive decreases in cell volume to increased neuronal activity were quantitatively equivalent whether shrinking was evoked by osmotic pressure or mechanical aspiration. Finally, modulation of OVLT neurons by tonicity or mechanical stimulation was unaffected by deletion of trpv4 but was abolished in cells lacking Trpv1 or wild-type neurons treated with the TRPV1 antagonist SB366791. Thus, hypertonicity sensing is a mechanical process requiring Trpv1, but not Trpv4.
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Acerbo MJ, Johnson AK. Behavioral cross-sensitization between DOCA-induced sodium appetite and cocaine-induced locomotor behavior. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2011; 98:440-8. [PMID: 21352848 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2011.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2010] [Revised: 02/04/2011] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Behavioral sensitization involves increases in the magnitude of a response to a stimulus after repeated exposures to the same response initiator. Administration of psychomotor stimulants and the induction of appetitive motivational states associated with natural reinforcers like sugar and salt are among experimental manipulations producing behavioral sensitization. In rats, repeated administration of the mineralocorticoid agonist deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA) initially induces incremental increases in daily hypertonic saline consumption (i.e., sensitization of sodium appetite) in spite of the retention of sodium. The present studies investigated whether sodium appetite sensitization induced by DOCA shares mechanisms similar to those of psychomotor stimulant-induced sensitization, and whether there is evidence for reciprocal cross-sensitization. In Experiments 1 and 3, rats received control or cocaine treatments to induce locomotor sensitization. A week later DOCA (or vehicle) was administered to generate a sodium appetite. Animals pretreated with cocaine showed a greater sodium appetite. In Experiment 2, the order of the putative sensitizing treatments was reversed. Rats first received either a series of DOCA or vehicle treatments either with or without access to saline and were later tested for sensitization of the locomotor response to cocaine. Animals pretreated with DOCA without access to saline showed greater locomotor responses to cocaine than animals receiving vehicle treatments. Together these experiments indicate that treatments generating a sustained salt appetite and producing cocaine-induced psychomotor responses show reciprocal behavioral cross-sensitization. The underlying mechanisms accounting for this relationship may be the fact that psychostimulants and an unresolved craving for sodium can act as potent stressors.
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- Martin J Acerbo
- Departments of Psychology, Pharmacology, and Health and Human Physiology, and the Cardiovascular Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Veitenheimer B, Osborn JW. Role of spinal V1a receptors in regulation of arterial pressure during acute and chronic osmotic stress. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2010; 300:R460-9. [PMID: 21123759 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00371.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Vasopressinergic neurons in the paraventricular nucleus project to areas in the spinal cord from which sympathetic nerves originate. This pathway is hypothesized to be involved in the regulation of mean arterial pressure (MAP), particularly under various conditions of osmotic stress. Several studies measuring sympathetic nerve activity support this hypothesis. However, the evidence that spinal vasopressin influences MAP under physiological or pathophysiological conditions in conscious animals is limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate, in conscious rats, if the increases in MAP during acute or chronic osmotic stimuli are due to activation of spinal vasopressin (V1a) receptors. Three conditions of osmotic stress were examined: acute intravenous hypertonic saline, 24- and 48-h water deprivation, and 4 wk of DOCA-salt treatment. Rats were chronically instrumented with an indwelling catheter for intrathecal injections and a radiotelemeter to measure MAP. In normotensive rats, intrathecal vasopressin and V1a agonist increased MAP, heart rate, and motor activity; these responses were blocked by pretreatment with an intrathecal V1a receptor antagonist. However, when the intrathecal V1a antagonist was given during the three conditions of osmotic stress to investigate the role of "endogenous" vasopressin, the antagonist had no effect on MAP, heart rate, or motor activity. Contrary to the hypothesis suggested by previous studies, these findings indicate that spinal V1a receptors are not required for elevations of MAP under conditions of acute or chronic osmotic stress in conscious rats.
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- Britta Veitenheimer
- Dept. of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, 6-125 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Toney GM, Stocker SD. Hyperosmotic activation of CNS sympathetic drive: implications for cardiovascular disease. J Physiol 2010; 588:3375-84. [PMID: 20603334 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.191940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Evidence now indicates that exaggerated sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) significantly contributes to salt-sensitive cardiovascular diseases. Although CNS mechanisms that support the elevation of SNA in various cardiovascular disease models have been intensively studied, many mechanistic details remain unknown. In recent years, studies have shown that SNA can rise as a result of both acute and chronic increases of body fluid osmolality. These findings have raised the possibility that salt-sensitive cardiovascular diseases could result, at least in part, from direct osmosensory activation of CNS sympathetic drive. In this brief review we emphasize recent findings from several laboratories, including our own, which demonstrate that neurons of the forebrain organum vasculosum laminae terminalis (OVLT) play a pivotal role in triggering hyperosmotic activation of SNA by recruiting neurons in specific regions of the hypothalamus, brainstem and spinal cord. Although OVLT neurons are intrinsically osmosensitive and shrink when exposed to extracellular hypertonicity, it is not yet clear if these processes are functionally linked. Whereas acute hypertonic activation of OVLT neurons critically depends on TRPV1 channels, studies in TRPV1(-/-) mice suggest that acute and long-term osmoregulatory responses remain largely intact. Therefore, acute and chronic osmosensory transduction by OVLT neurons may be mediated by distinct mechanisms. We speculate that organic osmolytes such as taurine and possibly novel processes such as extracellular acidification could contribute to long-term osmosensory transduction by OVLT neurons and might therefore participate in the elevation of SNA in salt-sensitive cardiovascular diseases.
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- Glenn M Toney
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA.
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Malpas SC. Sympathetic nervous system overactivity and its role in the development of cardiovascular disease. Physiol Rev 2010; 90:513-57. [PMID: 20393193 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00007.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 431] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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This review examines how the sympathetic nervous system plays a major role in the regulation of cardiovascular function over multiple time scales. This is achieved through differential regulation of sympathetic outflow to a variety of organs. This differential control is a product of the topographical organization of the central nervous system and a myriad of afferent inputs. Together this organization produces sympathetic responses tailored to match stimuli. The long-term control of sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) is an area of considerable interest and involves a variety of mediators acting in a quite distinct fashion. These mediators include arterial baroreflexes, angiotensin II, blood volume and osmolarity, and a host of humoral factors. A key feature of many cardiovascular diseases is increased SNA. However, rather than there being a generalized increase in SNA, it is organ specific, in particular to the heart and kidneys. These increases in regional SNA are associated with increased mortality. Understanding the regulation of organ-specific SNA is likely to offer new targets for drug therapy. There is a need for the research community to develop better animal models and technologies that reflect the disease progression seen in humans. A particular focus is required on models in which SNA is chronically elevated.
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- Simon C Malpas
- Department of Physiology and the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland and Telemetry Research Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand.
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Villa PDS, Menani JV, Camargo GMPDA, Camargo LADA, Saad WA. Activation of the serotonergic 5-HT1A receptor in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus inhibits water intake and increases urinary excretion in water-deprived rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 150:14-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2008.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2007] [Revised: 04/30/2008] [Accepted: 05/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Stocker SD, Osborn JL, Carmichael SP. Forebrain osmotic regulation of the sympathetic nervous system. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2007; 35:695-700. [PMID: 18067592 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04835.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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1. Accumulating evidence in both humans and animals indicates that acute increases in plasma osmolality elevate sympathetic nerve activity (SNA). In addition, plasma hyperosmolality (or hypernatraemia) can produce sustained increases in SNA and arterial blood pressure (ABP) through stimulation of forebrain osmoreceptors. 2. Although an abundance of information exists regarding the osmoregulatory circuits for thirst and secretion of antidiuretic hormone, much less is known about those pathways and synaptic mechanisms linking osmotic perturbations and SNA. To date, the available evidence suggests that osmosensitive sites within the forebrain lamina terminalis, such as the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis, are key elements that link plasma hypertonicity to elevated SNA. 3. The major efferent target of osmosensitive regions in the forebrain lamina terminalis is the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVH). Evidence from a number of studies indicates that the PVH contributes to both acute and chronic osmotically driven increases in SNA. In turn, PVH neurons increase SNA through a direct vasopressinergic spinal pathway and/or a glutamatergic pathway to bulbospinal sympathetic neurons of the rostral ventrolateral medulla. 4. Future studies are needed to: (i) define the contribution of various osmosensitive regions of the forebrain lamina terminalis to acute and chronic osmotically driven increases in SNA; (ii) identify the cellular mechanisms and neural circuitry linking plasma osmolality and SNA; and (iii) define whether such mechanisms contribute to elevated SNA in salt-sensitive hypertension.
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- Sean D Stocker
- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298, USA
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Osborn JW, Collister JP, Guzman P. Effect of peripheral sympathetic nerve dysfunction on salt sensitivity of arterial pressure. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2007; 35:273-9. [PMID: 17973927 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04827.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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1. Dysregulation of peripheral sympathetic pathways contributes to some forms of salt-dependent hypertension. However, at the present time it is not known whether salt-induced activation of sympathetic nerves or loss of normal sympathoinhibitory responses to salt-induced volume expansion contributes to neurogenic salt-dependent hypertension. The present study was performed to the test the hypothesis that loss of peripheral sympathetic nerve function results in salt-dependent hypertension. 2. The effect of three pharmacological interventions of sympathetic nerve function on the long-term salt-sensitivity of mean arterial pressure (MAP) were measured: (i) blockade of ganglionic transmission with hexamethonium (HEX; n = 5); (ii) destruction of sympathetic nerve terminals with guanethidine (GUAN; n = 7); and (iii) alpha-adrenoceptor blockade with two specific antagonists, namely prazosin (PRAZ; n = 7) and terazosin (TERAZ; n = 8). 3. Mean arterial pressure and heart rate were measured 24 h/day by radiotelemetry in conscious rats during 5 days of normal and 7 days of high (HNa) dietary sodium intake. Despite marked increases in both sodium and water intake during 7 days of the HNa diet, no statistically significant changes in MAP were observed in HEX, GUAN, PRAZ or TERAZ groups. 4. We conclude that loss of peripheral sympathetic neural pathways alone does not cause salt-dependent hypertension in the rat.
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- John W Osborn
- Departments of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55105, USA.
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Shi P, Stocker SD, Toney GM. Organum vasculosum laminae terminalis contributes to increased sympathetic nerve activity induced by central hyperosmolality. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 293:R2279-89. [PMID: 17898124 PMCID: PMC3575105 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00160.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The contribution of the organum vasculosum laminae terminalis (OVLT) in mediating central hyperosmolality-induced increases of sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) and arterial blood pressure (ABP) was assessed in anesthetized rats. Solutions of graded NaCl concentration (150, 375, and 750 mM) were injected (150 mul) into the forebrain vascular supply via an internal carotid artery (ICA). Time-control experiments (n = 6) established that ICA NaCl injections produced short-latency, transient increases of renal SNA (RSNA) and mean ABP (MAP) (P < 0.05-0.001). Responses were graded, highly reproducible, and unaltered by systemic blockade of vasopressin V1 receptors (n = 4). In subsequent studies, stimulus-triggered averaging of RSNA was used to accurately locate the OVLT. Involvement of OVLT in responses to ICA NaCl was assessed by recording RSNA and MAP responses before and 15 min after electrolytic lesion of the OVLT (n = 6). Before lesion, NaCl injections increased RSNA and MAP (P < 0.05-0.001), similar to time control experiments. After lesion, RSNA responses were significantly reduced (P < 0.05-0.001), but MAP responses were unaltered. To exclude a role for fibers of passage, the inhibitory GABA-A receptor agonist muscimol was microinjected into the OVLT (50 pmol in 50 nl) (n = 6). Before muscimol, hypertonic NaCl increased RSNA, lumbar SNA (LSNA), and MAP (P < 0.05-0.001). After muscimol, both RSNA and LSNA were significantly reduced in response to 375 and 750 mM NaCl (P < 0.05). MAP responses were again unaffected. Injections of vehicle (saline) into OVLT (n = 6) and muscimol lateral to OVLT (n = 5) each failed to alter responses to ICA NaCl. We conclude that OVLT neurons contribute to sympathoexcitation by central hyperosmolality.
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- Peng Shi
- Dept. of Physiology-MC 7756, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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Wenner MM, Rose WC, Delaney EP, Stillabower ME, Farquhar WB. Influence of plasma osmolality on baroreflex control of sympathetic activity. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 293:H2313-9. [PMID: 17644564 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01383.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to determine if plasma osmolality alters baroreflex control of sympathetic activity when controlling for a change in intravascular volume; we hypothesized that baroreflex control of sympathetic activity would be greater during a hyperosmotic stimulus compared with an isoosmotic stimulus when intravascular volume expansion was matched. Seven healthy subjects (25 +/- 2 yr) completed two intravenous infusions: a hypertonic saline infusion (HSI; 3% NaCl) and, on a separate occasion, an isotonic saline infusion (ISO; 0.9% NaCl), both at a rate of 0.15 ml x kg(-1) x min(-1). To isolate the effect of osmolality, comparisons between HSI and ISO conditions were retrospectively matched based on hematocrit; therefore, baroreflex control of sympathetic outflow was determined at 20 min of a HSI and 40 min of an ISO. Muscle sympathetic outflow (MSNA) was directly measured using the technique of peroneal microneurography; osmolality and blood pressure (Finometer) were assessed. The baroreflex control of sympathetic outflow was estimated by calculating the slope of the relationship between MSNA and diastolic blood pressure during controlled breathing. Plasma osmolality was greater during the HSI compared with the ISO (HSI: 292 +/- 0.9 mosmol/kg and ISO: 289 +/- 0.8 mosmol/kg, P < 0.05). Hematocrits were matched (HSI: 39.1 +/- 1% and ISO: 39.1 +/- 1%, P > 0.40); thus, we were successful in isolating osmolality. The baroreflex control of sympathetic outflow was greater during the HSI compared with the ISO (HSI: -8.3 +/- 1.2 arbitrary units x beat(-1) x mmHg(-1) vs. ISO: -4.0 +/- 0.8 arbitrary units x beat(-1) x mmHg(-1), P = 0.01). In conclusion, when controlling for intravascular volume, increased plasma osmolality enhances baroreflex control of sympathetic activity in humans.
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- Megan M Wenner
- Department of Health, Nutrition, College of Health Sciences, University of Delaware, Delaware 19716, USA
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Brooks VL, Freeman KL, Qi Y. Time course of synergistic interaction between DOCA and salt on blood pressure: roles of vasopressin and hepatic osmoreceptors. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 291:R1825-34. [PMID: 16857894 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00068.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In DOCA-salt rats, the time course of the synergistic interaction between osmolality and DOCA to produce hypertension is unknown. Therefore, in rats 2 wk after implantation of subcutaneous silicone pellets containing DOCA (65 mg) or no drug (sham), we determined blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) responses, using telemetric pressure transducers, during 2 wk of excess salt ingestion (1% NaCl in drinking water). BP was unaltered in sham rats after increased salt, but in DOCA rats BP increased within 4 h. The initial hypertension of 30–35 mmHg stabilized within 2 days, followed ∼5 days later by a further increment of ∼30 mmHg. HR first decreased during the dark phase; the second phase was linked to an abrupt increase in HR and BP variability and decreased HR variability. Pressor responses to acute intravenous hypertonic saline infusion were doubled in DOCA-treated rats via vasopressin and nonvasopressin mechanisms. Only in DOCA-treated rats, portal vein hypertonic saline infusion increased BP, which was prevented by V1 vasopressin blockade. After 2 wk of DOCA-salt, oral ingestion of water rapidly decreased BP. Intraportal infusion of water did not lower BP in DOCA-salt rats, suggesting that hepatic osmoreceptors were not involved. In summary, the hypertension of DOCA-treated rats consuming excess salt exhibits multiple phases and can be rapidly reversed. Hypertonicity-induced vasopressin and nonvasopressin pressor mechanisms that are augmented by DOCA, and hepatic osmoreceptors may contribute to the initial developmental phase. With time, combined DOCA-salt induces marked changes in the regulation of the autonomic nervous system, which may favor hypertension development.
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- Virginia L Brooks
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology L-334, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Antunes VR, Yao ST, Pickering AE, Murphy D, Paton JFR. A spinal vasopressinergic mechanism mediates hyperosmolality-induced sympathoexcitation. J Physiol 2006; 576:569-83. [PMID: 16873404 PMCID: PMC1890358 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.115766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2006] [Accepted: 07/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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An elevation in plasma osmolality elicits a complex neurohumoral response, including an activation of the sympathetic nervous system and an increase in arterial pressure. Using a combination of in vivo and in situ rat preparations, we sought to investigate whether hypothalamic vasopressinergic spinally projecting neurones are activated during increases in plasma osmolality to elicit sympathoexcitation. Hypertonic saline (HS, i.v. bolus), which produced a physiological increase in plasma osmolality to 299 +/- 1 mosmol (kg water)(-1), elicited an immediate increase in mean arterial pressure (MAP) (from 101 +/- 1 to 121 +/- 3 mmHg) in vivo. Pre-treatment with prazosin reversed the HS-induced pressor response to a hypotensive response (from 121 +/- 3 to 68 +/- 2 mmHg), indicating significant activation of the sympathetic nervous system. In an in situ arterially perfused decorticate rat preparation, hyperosmotic perfusate consisted of either 135 mm NaCl, or a non-NaCl osmolyte, mannitol (0.5%); both increased lumbar sympathetic nerve activity (LSNA) by 32 +/- 5% (NaCl) and 21 +/- 1% (mannitol), which was attenuated after precollicular transection (7 +/- 3% and 1 +/- 1%, respectively). Remaining experiments used the NaCl hyperosmotic stimulus. In separate preparations the hyperosmotic-induced sympathoexcitation (21 +/- 2%) was also significantly attenuated after transection of the circumventricular organs (2 +/- 1%). Either isoguvacine (a GABA(A) receptor agonist) or kynurenic acid (a non-selective ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonist) microinjected bilaterally into the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) attenuated the increase in LSNA induced by the hyperosmotic stimulus (control: 25 +/- 2%; after isoguvacine: 7 +/- 2%; after kynurenic: 8 +/- 3%). Intrathecal injection of a V(1a) receptor antagonist also reduced the increase in LSNA elicited by the hyperosmotic stimulus (control: 29 +/- 6%; after blocker: 4 +/- 1%). These results suggest that a physiological hyperosmotic stimulus produces sympathetically mediated hypertension in conscious rats. These data are substantiated by the in situ decorticate preparation in which sympathoexcitation was also evoked by comparable hyperosmotic stimulation. Our findings demonstrate the importance of vasopressin acting on spinal V(1a) receptors for mediating sympathoexcitatory response to acute salt loading.
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- V R Antunes
- Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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O'Donaughy TL, Qi Y, Brooks VL. Central action of increased osmolality to support blood pressure in deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt rats. Hypertension 2006; 48:658-63. [PMID: 16966581 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000238140.06251.7a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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To test the hypothesis that increased osmolality contributes to hypertension in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt-hypertensive rats by acting in the brain, DOCA-salt and Sham-salt rats were instrumented with bilateral, nonoccluding intracarotid and femoral catheters. Two weeks prior, rats were uninephrectomized and received subcutaneous implants with or without DOCA (65 mg) and began drinking salt water (1% NaCl and 0.2% KCl). DOCA-salt rats (n=28) exhibited elevated blood pressure (159+/-4 mm Hg; P<0.05) and heart rate (392+/-10 bpm; P<0.05) compared with Sham-salt animals (n=5; blood pressure: 107+/-5 mm Hg; heart rate: 355+/-10 bpm). Bilateral intracarotid infusion of hypotonic fluid (osmolality: approximately 40 mOsm/L), which lowers osmolality of blood to the brain by approximately 2%, rapidly decreased blood pressure in DOCA-salt rats (-22+/-4 mm Hg after 15 minutes; P<0.05; n=7) but not Sham-salt rats (2+/-2 mm Hg; n=5). Hypotonic fluid infused intravenously did not lower blood pressure (0+/-2 mm Hg) in DOCA-salt rats (n=7). In DOCA-salt rats pretreated with a V(1) vasopressin antagonist (Manning compound, 5 microg, IV), intracarotid hypotonic infusion still decreased blood pressure (-10+/-3 mm Hg; P<0.05; n=9), but the response was smaller (P<0.05). Finally, in DOCA-salt rats (n=4) pretreated with the V(1) antagonist and the ganglionic blocker hexamethonium, decreasing osmolality of blood to the brain did not reduce blood pressure. These data indicate that, in DOCA-salt rats, hypertonicity acts in the brain to support blood pressure, in part by stimulating vasopressin secretion and in part by stimulating another rapidly reversible mechanism, likely the sympathetic nervous system.
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- Theresa L O'Donaughy
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland 97239, USA
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Gottlieb HB, Ji LL, Jones H, Penny ML, Fleming T, Cunningham JT. Differential effects of water and saline intake on water deprivation-induced c-Fos staining in the rat. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 290:R1251-61. [PMID: 16306162 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00727.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We studied c-Fos staining in adult male rats after 48 h of water deprivation and after 46 h of water deprivation with 2 h of access to water or physiological saline. Controls were allowed ad libitum access to water and physiological saline. For immunocytochemistry, anesthetized rats were perfused with a commercially available antibody for c-Fos. Dehydration significantly increased plasma vasopressin (AVP), osmolality, plasma renin activity (PRA), hematocrit, and sodium concentration and decreased urinary volume. Fos staining was significantly increased in the median preoptic nucleus, organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis, supraoptic nucleus (SON), and magnocellular and parvocellular paraventricular nucleus (PVN), as well as the area postrema, nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS), and rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVL). Rehydration with water significantly decreased AVP levels and Fos staining in the SON, PVN, and RVL and significantly increased Fos expression in the perinuclear zone of the SON, NTS, and parabrachial nucleus. Rehydration with water was associated with decreased urinary sodium concentration and hypotonicity, and hematocrit and PRA were comparable to levels seen after dehydration. After rehydration with saline, plasma osmolality, hematocrit, and PRA were not different from control, but plasma AVP and urinary sodium concentration were increased. In the SON, Fos staining was significantly increased, with a great percentage of the Fos cells also stained for oxytocin compared with water deprivation. Changes in Fos staining were also observed in the NTS, RVL, parabrachial nucleus, and PVN. Rehydration with water or saline produces differential effects on plasma AVP, Fos staining, and sodium concentration.
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- Helmut B Gottlieb
- Dept. of Pharmacology, UTHSCSA, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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Using deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)–salt rats, we tested the hypothesis that increased plasma NaCl concentration supports sympathetic activity and blood pressure (BP) during salt-sensitive hypertension. One day before experimentation, femoral catheters and an electrode for measurement of lumbar sympathetic nerve activity (LSNA) probe were surgically positioned in DOCA-salt and Sham-salt rats. DOCA-salt rats exhibited increased (
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vasopressin blockade (Manning compound, 5 μg IV), infusion (0.12 mL/min) of 5% dextrose in water decreased NaCl concentrations, BP (−28±7 mm Hg), and LSNA (−39±5%) in DOCA-salt but not Sham-salt rats. To explain how such small (≈2%) increases in plasma NaCl could underlie the hypertension, we hypothesized that DOCA augments the pressor and sympathoexcitatory actions of NaCl. To address this hypothesis, animals with equally elevated NaCl but no DOCA (Sham-1.7% salt) and animals with increased DOCA but normal NaCl levels (DOCA-water) were prepared and administered the infusion of 5% dextrose in water. BP and LSNA were not altered in DOCA-water rats. In the Sham-1.7% salt rats, BP fell (
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- Theresa L O'Donaughy
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Khalil RA. Dietary salt and hypertension: new molecular targets add more spice. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 290:R509-13. [PMID: 16467497 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00600.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Raouf A Khalil
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, NRB 435, 77 Ave. Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Stocker SD, Simmons JR, Stornetta RL, Toney GM, Guyenet PG. Water deprivation activates a glutamatergic projection from the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus to the rostral ventrolateral medulla. J Comp Neurol 2006; 494:673-85. [PMID: 16374796 PMCID: PMC2861548 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Elevated sympathetic outflow contributes to the maintenance of blood pressure in water-deprived rats. The neural circuitry underlying this response may involve activation of a pathway from the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVH) to the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM). We sought to determine whether the PVH-RVLM projection activated by water deprivation is glutamatergic and/or contains vasopressin- or oxytocin-neurophysins. Vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (VGLUT2) mRNA was detected by in situ hybridization in the majority of PVH neurons retrogradely labeled from the ipsilateral RVLM with cholera toxin subunit B (CTB; 85% on average, with regional differences). Very few RVLM-projecting PVH neurons were immunoreactive for oxytocin- or vasopressin-associated neurophysin. Injection of biotinylated dextran amine (BDA) into the PVH produced clusters of BDA-positive nerve terminals within the ipsilateral RVLM that were immunoreactive (ir) for the VGLUT2 protein. Some of these terminals made close appositions with tyrosine-hydroxylase-ir dendrites (presumptive C1 cells). In water-deprived rats (n=4), numerous VGLUT2 mRNA-positive PVH neurons retrogradely labeled from the ipsilateral RVLM with CTB were c-Fos-ir (16-40%, depending on PVH region). In marked contrast, few glutamatergic, RVLM-projecting PVH neurons were c-Fos-ir in control rats (n=3; 0-3%, depending on PVH region). Most (94% +/- 4%) RVLM-projecting PVH neurons activated by water deprivation contained VGLUT2 mRNA. In summary, most PVH neurons that innervate the RVLM are glutamatergic, and this population includes the neurons that are activated by water deprivation. One mechanism by which water deprivation may increase the sympathetic outflow is activation of a glutamatergic pathway from the PVH to the RVLM.
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- Sean D Stocker
- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298, USA
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