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Relationship between heart rate recovery index and erectile dysfunction. North Clin Istanb 2021; 8:371-376. [PMID: 34585072 PMCID: PMC8430350 DOI: 10.14744/nci.2020.23921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE: Heart rate recovery (HRR) is a cardiac parameter that can be used to evaluate autonomic nervous system (ANS) function problems. We examined the possible relationship between erectile dysfunction (ED) and HRR which is a clinical condition associated with ANS dysfunction. METHODS: Seventy-six male patients that were examined with an exercise stress test and completed the International Index of Erectile Function Questionnaire Form (IIEF-5) were included in the study. The patients were divided into two groups as those with a normal HRR index (≥12, n=42) and those with an abnormal HRR index (<12, n=34). Then, statistical analyses were conducted to evaluate the correlations between ED and HRR. RESULTS: There were no differences between the groups in terms of risk factors, such as laboratory findings, age, BMI, hypertension, and smoking. However, in the group with an abnormal HRR index, the IIEF-5 score was significantly lower than the other group (11.2±4.2 vs. 20.3±4.6, p<0.001). A statistically significant positive correlation was observed between the IIEF-5 score and HRR index (r=0.702, p<0.001). In addition, the presence of diabetes mellitus and HRR index was independent risk factors for lowering the IIEF-5 score. CONCLUSION: The HRR index can be considered as an independent predictor of ED since a reduced value, which is associated with cardiovascular mortality and also causes ANS dysfunction.
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Mika D, Fischmeister R. Cyclic nucleotide signaling and pacemaker activity. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 166:29-38. [PMID: 34298001 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2021.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The sinoatrial node (SAN) is the natural pacemaker of the heart, producing the electrical impulse that initiates every heart beat. Its activity is tightly controlled by the autonomic nervous system, and by circulating and locally released factors. Neurohumoral regulation of heart rate plays a crucial role in the integration of vital functions and influences behavior and ability to respond to changing environmental conditions. At the cellular level, modulation of SAN activity occurs through intracellular signaling pathways involving cyclic nucleotides: cyclic AMP (cAMP) and cyclic GMP (cGMP). In this Review, dedicated to Professor Dario DiFrancesco and his accomplishements in the field of cardiac pacemaking, we summarize all findings on the role of cyclic nucleotides signaling in regulating the key actors of cardiac automatism, and we provide an up-to-date review on cAMP- and cGMP-phosphodiesterases (PDEs), compellingly involved in this modulation.
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- Delphine Mika
- Université Paris-Saclay, Inserm, UMR-S, 1180, Châtenay-Malabry, France.
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Tanaka S, Miyamoto T, Mori Y, Harada T, Tasaki H. Heart rate recovery is useful for evaluating the recovery of exercise tolerance in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Heart Vessels 2021; 36:1551-1557. [PMID: 33783632 PMCID: PMC8379125 DOI: 10.1007/s00380-021-01839-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This study aimed to examine the factors that contribute to improvement of exercise tolerance in patients with heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) following cardiac rehabilitation. Our hypothesis is that parasympathetic values are important for recovering exercise tolerance in those patients. We included 84 consecutive patients with HF and AF (mean age: 69 ± 15 years, 80% men). All of the patients underwent a cardiopulmonary exercise test and had pre and post 5 month cardiac rehabilitation assessed. After 155 ± 11 days and 44 ± 8 sessions, 73 patients (86%) showed an increase in peak oxygen uptake (VO2) and VO2 at the anaerobic threshold. In univariate linear regression analysis, the % change in heart rate recovery, plasma B-type natriuretic peptide levels, resting heart rate, and the minute ventilation /carbon dioxide output slope were significantly related to that of peak VO2 (p < 0.01, p = 0.03, p = 0.02, p < 0.01, respectively). Stepwise multivariate linear regression analysis showed that the % change in heart rate recovery was independently related to that of peak VO2 (p < 0.05). Our results suggest that heart rate recovery is closely associated with recovery of exercise tolerance in patients with HF and AF after CR.
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- Seiya Tanaka
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitakyushu Municipal Yahata Hospital, 2-6-2 Ogura, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 805-8534, Japan.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitakyushu Municipal Yahata Hospital, 2-6-2 Ogura, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 805-8534, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kitakyushu Municipal Yahata Hospital, 2-6-2 Ogura, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 805-8534, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitakyushu Municipal Yahata Hospital, 2-6-2 Ogura, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 805-8534, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitakyushu Municipal Yahata Hospital, 2-6-2 Ogura, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 805-8534, Japan
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Memmini AK, Fountaine MFL, Broglio SP, Moore RD. Long-Term Influence of Concussion on Cardio-Autonomic Function in Adolescent Hockey Players. J Athl Train 2021; 56:141-147. [PMID: 33400783 DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-0578.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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CONTEXT Concussion may negatively influence cardiovascular function and the autonomic nervous system, defined by alteration in heart rate variability (HRV). Differences in HRV most commonly emerge during a physical challenge, such as the final steps of the return-to-sport progression. OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of concussion history on aspects of cardio-autonomic function during recovery from a bout of submaximal exercise in adolescent male hockey athletes. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Research laboratory. PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS Thirty-three male athletes participating in Midget-AAA hockey were divided into those with (n = 15; age = 16 ± 1 years, height = 1.78 ± 0.06 m, mass = 73.9 ± 7.4 kg, 10.5 ± 1.6 years of sport experience, 25.2 ± 18.3 months since last injury) or without (n = 18; age = 16 ± 1 years, height = 1.78 ± 0.05 m, mass = 74.8 ± 7.6 kg, 10.6 ± 1.9 years of sport experience) a concussion history. Those with a concussion history were binned on total count: concussion) or 2 or more concussions. INTERVENTION(S) All athletes underwent 5 minutes of resting HRV assessment, followed by 20 minutes of aerobic exercise at 60% to 70% of their maximal target heart rate and a 9-minute, postexercise HRV assessment. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Heart rate variability measures of mean NN interval, root mean square of successive differences, and standard deviation of NN interval (SDNN). RESULTS Group demographic characteristics were not different. When the control and concussed groups were compared, group and time main effects for heart rate recovery, root mean square of successive differences, and SDNN (P values < .01), and an interaction effect for SDNN (P < .05) were demonstrated. Recovery trends for each group indicated that a history of 2 or more concussions may negatively affect cardio-autonomic recovery postexercise. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that those with more than 1 previous concussion may be associated with a greater risk for long-term dysautonomia. Future use of HRV may provide clinicians with objective guidelines for concussion-management and safe return-to-participation protocols.
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- Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health and Medical Sciences; Institute for Advanced Study of Rehabilitation and Sports Science; Department of Medical Sciences and Neurology, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Seton Hall University, Nutley, NJ
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- Arnold School of Public Health; Institute for Mind and Brain, University of South Carolina, Columbia
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Verma N, Anand A, Tiwari S, Verma D. Correlation of obesity indices with heart rate recovery as a marker of autonomic function in healthy young adults. J Family Med Prim Care 2020; 9:3370-3373. [PMID: 33102298 PMCID: PMC7567198 DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_112_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Amaro-Vicente G, Laterza MC, Martinez DG, Alves MJNN, Trombetta IC, Braga AMFW, Toschi-Dias E, Rondon MUPB. Exercise Training Improves Heart Rate Recovery after Exercise in Hypertension. MOTRIZ: REVISTA DE EDUCACAO FISICA 2019. [DOI: 10.1590/s1980-6574201900010021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Moreira SR, Teixeira-Araujo AA, Numata Filho ES, Moraes MR, Simões HG. Psychophysiological characterization of different capoeira performances in experienced individuals: A randomized controlled trial. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0207276. [PMID: 30440010 PMCID: PMC6237361 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to characterize the psychophysiological demand in different capoeira performances. Eleven experienced capoeira practitioners underwent the following procedures in different days: 1) anamnesis and anthropometric measurements; 2) aerobic performance assessment; 3 to 5) performances of 90 seconds in three capoeira styles (Angola, Benguela and São Bento), which were performed in randomized controlled cross-over design. The psychophysiological demand was assessed through the heart rate (HR), R-R interval (RRi), blood pressure (BP), blood lactate ([Lac]), blood glucose ([Gluc]), rating perceived effort (RPE), feeling scale (FS) and perceived activation (PA). Descriptive statistics with mean and standard deviation was performed. A two-way repeated measures ANOVA with Bonferroni post-hoc test was used. The Angola demand was between 56–71% maximal HR with [Lac]PEAK: 6.9±2.9 mM, RPEPEAK: 10.0±2.2 pts and FS: 2.7±1.7 pts, while in the Benguela participants reached 64–85% maximal HR with [Lac]PEAK: 9.5±3.0 mM, RPEPEAK: 11.0±2.8 pts and FS: 2.1±1.6 pts and for São Bento between 69–102% maximal HR with [Lac]PEAK: 15.7±2.6 mM, RPEPEAK: 15.5±4.1 pts and FS: -0.8±3.0 pts. Interaction time*performance occurred to [Lac] (F = 42.157; p<0.001), HR (F = 12.154; p<0.001), RRi (F = 4.774; p<0.001), parasympathetic modulation-rMSSD (F = 3.189; p<0.01), [Gluc] (F = 2.152; p<0.05), RPE (F = 5.855; p<0.01), FS (F = 2.448; p<0.05) and PA (F = 3.893; p<0.05). We concluded that São Bento rhythm resulted in a greater physiological demand according to the HR, [Lac] and cardiac autonomic indicators, with the Benguela rhythm being intermediate while the Angola rhythm presented a reduced demand. The [Gluc] increased after the São Bento rhythm when compared to the other rhythms. The perceptual demand presented increased in terms of RPE and PA variables and decreased in terms of FS when the São Bento performance was analyzed in comparison to the Angola and/or Benguela in capoeira.
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- Sérgio R. Moreira
- Graduate Program on Physical Education, Federal University of Vale do São Francisco–UNIVASF, PE, Petrolina, Brazil
- Graduate Program Health and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Vale do Sao Francisco–UNIVASF, PE, Petrolina, Brazil
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- Graduate Program on Physical Education, Federal University of Vale do São Francisco–UNIVASF, PE, Petrolina, Brazil
- Graduate Program Health and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Vale do Sao Francisco–UNIVASF, PE, Petrolina, Brazil
- College of Physical Education, UNILEÃO–University Center, Juazeiro do Norte–CE, Brazil
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- Graduate Program on Physical Education, Federal University of Vale do São Francisco–UNIVASF, PE, Petrolina, Brazil
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- Graduate Program on Physical Education of Catholic University of Brasilia–UCB, DF, Brasília, Brazil
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- Graduate Program on Physical Education of Catholic University of Brasilia–UCB, DF, Brasília, Brazil
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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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Erat M, Doğan M, Sunman H, Dinç Asarcıklı L, Efe TH, Bilgin M, Çimen T, Akyel A, Yeter E. Evaluation of heart rate recovery index in heavy smokers. Anatol J Cardiol 2015; 16:667-72. [PMID: 27488749 PMCID: PMC5331350 DOI: 10.5152/anatoljcardiol.2015.6500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Objective: Cigarette smoking increases the risk of cardiovascular events. The heart rate recovery index (HRRI) is an indicator of autonomous nervous system function and is an independent prognostic risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we aimed to evaluate HRRI in heavy smokers. Methods: A total of 179 apparently healthy subjects (67 non-smokers as the control group and 112 heavy smokers) were enrolled into this prospective cross-sectional study. The presence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and known cardiac or non-cardiac diseases was specified as the exclusion criteria. Heavy cigarette smoking was defined as the consumption of more than one packet of cigarette per day. All subjects underwent the maximal Bruce treadmill test. HRRIs of the heavy cigarette smoker group at 1, 2, 3, and 5 min after maximal exercise were calculated and compared to those of the control group. Student t-test, chi-square test, and analysis of covariance were used for statistical analysis. Results: The baseline characteristics of the two groups were similar, except for body mass index and high-density lipoprotein level. HRRIs at 1, 2, 3, and 5 min after maximal exercise were found to be significantly lower in the heavy smoker group (HRRI1: 26.78±8.81 vs. 32.82±10.34, p<0.001; HRRI2: 44.37±12.11 vs. 51.72±12.87, p<0.001; HRRI3: 52.73±11.54 vs. 57.22±13.51, p=0.018; and HRRI5: 58.31±10.90 vs. 62.33±13.02, p=0.029). Conclusions: In the present study, we found that HRRI was impaired in heavy smokers. Our results suggest that beside previously known untoward effects on vascular biology, heavy smoking also has deleterious effects on the neuro–cardiovascular system.
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- Mehmet Erat
- Department of Cardiology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Research and Educational Hospital, Ankara-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Research and Educational Hospital, Ankara-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Research and Educational Hospital, Ankara-Turkey.
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- Department of Cardiology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Research and Educational Hospital, Ankara-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Research and Educational Hospital, Ankara-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Research and Educational Hospital, Ankara-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Research and Educational Hospital, Ankara-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Research and Educational Hospital, Ankara-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Research and Educational Hospital, Ankara-Turkey
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Cardiovascular recovery from psychological and physiological challenge and risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause mortality. Psychosom Med 2015; 77:215-26. [PMID: 25829236 PMCID: PMC4397577 DOI: 10.1097/psy.0000000000000171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Exaggerated cardiovascular (CV) reactivity to laboratory challenge has been shown to predict future CV morbidity and mortality. CV recovery has been less studied and has yielded inconsistent findings, possibly due to the presence of moderators. Reviews on the relationship between CV recovery and CV outcomes have been limited to cross-sectional studies and have not considered methodological factors. We performed a comprehensive meta-analytic review of the prospective literature investigating CV recovery to physical and psychological challenge and adverse CV outcomes. METHODS We searched PsycINFO and PubMed for prospective studies investigating the relationship between CV recovery and adverse CV outcomes. Studies were coded for variables of interest and for effect sizes. We conducted a random-effects weighted meta-analysis. Moderators were examined with analysis of variance-analog and meta-regression analyses. RESULTS Thirty-seven studies met the inclusion criteria (n = 125,386). Impaired recovery from a challenge predicted adverse CV outcomes (summary effect, r = 0.17, p < .001). Physical challenge was associated with larger predictive effects than psychological challenge. Moderator analyses revealed that recovery measured at 1 minute postexercise, passive recovery, use of mortality as an outcome measure, and older sample age were associated with larger effects. CONCLUSIONS Poor recovery from laboratory challenges predicts adverse CV outcomes, with recovery from exercise serving as a particularly strong predictor of CV outcomes. The overall effect size for recovery and CV outcomes is similar to that observed for CV reactivity and suggests that the study of recovery may have incremental value for understanding adverse CV outcomes.
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Abu Hanifah R, Mohamed MNA, Jaafar Z, Mohsein NASA, Jalaludin MY, Majid HA, Murray L, Cantwell M, Su TT. The correlates of body composition with heart rate recovery after step test: an exploratory study of Malaysian adolescents. PLoS One 2013; 8:e82893. [PMID: 24349388 PMCID: PMC3857804 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 10/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In adults, heart rate recovery is a predictor of mortality, while in adolescents it is associated with cardio-metabolic risk factors. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between body composition measures and heart rate recovery (HRR) after step test in Malaysian secondary school students. METHODS In the Malaysian Health and Adolescents Longitudinal Research Team (MyHEART) study, 1071 healthy secondary school students, aged 13 years old, participated in the step test. Parameters for body composition measures were body mass index z-score, body fat percentage, waist circumference, and waist height ratio. The step test was conducted by using a modified Harvard step test. Heart rate recovery of 1 minute (HRR1min) and heart rate recovery of 2 minutes (HRR2min) were calculated by the difference between the peak pulse rate during exercise and the resting pulse rate at 1 and 2 minutes, respectively. Analysis was done separately based on gender. Pearson correlation analysis was used to determine the association between the HRR parameters with body composition measures, while multiple regression analysis was used to determine which body composition measures was the strongest predictor for HRR. RESULTS For both gender groups, all body composition measures were inversely correlated with HRR1min. In girls, all body composition measures were inversely correlated with HRR2min, while in boys all body composition measures, except BMI z-score, were associated with HRR2min. In multiple regression, only waist circumference was inversely associated with HRR2min (p=0.024) in boys, while in girls it was body fat percentage for HRR2min (p=0.008). CONCLUSION There was an inverse association between body composition measurements and HRR among apparently healthy adolescents. Therefore, it is important to identify cardio-metabolic risk factors in adolescent as an early prevention of consequent adulthood morbidity. This reiterates the importance of healthy living which should start from young.
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- Redzal Abu Hanifah
- Sports Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Sports Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Centre for Population Health (CePH), Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Centre for Population Health (CePH), Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Centre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- Centre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- Centre for Population Health (CePH), Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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The cardiac sympathetic co-transmitter galanin reduces acetylcholine release and vagal bradycardia: implications for neural control of cardiac excitability. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2011; 52:667-76. [PMID: 22172449 PMCID: PMC3314977 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2011] [Revised: 11/06/2011] [Accepted: 11/28/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The autonomic phenotype of congestive cardiac failure is characterised by high sympathetic drive and impaired vagal tone, which are independent predictors of mortality. We hypothesize that impaired bradycardia to peripheral vagal stimulation following high-level sympathetic drive is due to sympatho-vagal crosstalk by the adrenergic co-transmitters galanin and neuropeptide-Y (NPY). Moreover we hypothesize that galanin acts similarly to NPY by reducing vagal acetylcholine release via a receptor mediated, protein kinase-dependent pathway. Prolonged right stellate ganglion stimulation (10 Hz, 2 min, in the presence of 10 μM metoprolol) in an isolated guinea pig atrial preparation with dual autonomic innervation leads to a significant (p < 0.05) reduction in the magnitude of vagal bradycardia (5 Hz) maintained over the subsequent 20 min (n = 6). Immunohistochemistry demonstrated the presence of galanin in a small number of tyrosine hydroxylase positive neurons from freshly dissected stellate ganglion tissue sections. Following 3 days of tissue culture however, most stellate neurons expressed galanin. Stellate stimulation caused the release of low levels of galanin and significantly higher levels of NPY into the surrounding perfusate (n = 6, using ELISA). The reduction in vagal bradycardia post sympathetic stimulation was partially reversed by the galanin receptor antagonist M40 after 10 min (1 μM, n = 5), and completely reversed with the NPY Y2 receptor antagonist BIIE 0246 at all time points (1 μM, n = 6). Exogenous galanin (n = 6, 50–500 nM) also reduced the heart rate response to vagal stimulation but had no effect on the response to carbamylcholine that produced similar degrees of bradycardia (n = 6). Galanin (500 nM) also significantly attenuated the release of 3H-acetylcholine from isolated atria during field stimulation (5 Hz, n = 5). The effect of galanin on vagal bradycardia could be abolished by the galanin receptor antagonist M40 (n = 5). Importantly the GalR1 receptor was immunofluorescently co-localised with choline acetyl-transferase containing neurons at the sinoatrial node. The protein kinase C inhibitor calphostin (100 nM, n = 6) abolished the effect of galanin on vagal bradycardia whilst the protein kinase A inhibitor H89 (500 nM, n = 6) had no effect. These results demonstrate that prolonged sympathetic activation releases the slowly diffusing adrenergic co-transmitter galanin in addition to NPY, and that this contributes to the attenuation in vagal bradycardia via a reduction in acetylcholine release. This effect is mediated by GalR1 receptors on vagal neurons coupled to protein kinase C dependent signalling pathways. The role of galanin may become more important following an acute injury response where galanin expression is increased.
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Association of heart rate recovery after exercise with indices of obesity in healthy, non-obese adults. Eur J Appl Physiol 2009; 108:695-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-1276-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lesniewski LA, Connell ML, Durrant JR, Folian BJ, Anderson MC, Donato AJ, Seals DR. B6D2F1 Mice are a suitable model of oxidative stress-mediated impaired endothelium-dependent dilation with aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2009; 64:9-20. [PMID: 19211548 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gln049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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To determine if B6D2F1 mice represent a suitable model of oxidative stress-mediated impaired endothelium-dependent dilation (EDD) with aging, mice were studied at 6.9 +/- 0.3 and 31.9 +/- 0.6 months. EDD to acetylcholine (ACh) was 26% (p < .001) and 12% (p < .001) lower, respectively, in isolated carotid (n = 10-11) and femoral (n = 10) arteries from older mice, and reductions in arterial pressure to systemic ACh infusion were smaller in older mice (n = 6-10; p < .01). Nitrotyrosine was marked in aorta of older mice (p < .05, n = 4). Superoxide production in carotid arteries was greater (p < .05), and TEMPOL restored dilation in carotid arteries and systemically in older mice. N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME) reduced carotid artery dilation in young more than older mice, whereas TEMPOL restored the effects of l-NAME in older mice. Carotid artery stiffness was increased in older compared with young mice (p = .04). Our results provide the first comprehensive evidence that B6D2F1 mice are a useful model for investigating mechanisms of reduced nitric oxide-dependent, oxidative stress-associated EDD and increased arterial stiffness with aging.
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- Lisa A Lesniewski
- Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 80309, USA.
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Herring N, Lokale MN, Danson EJ, Heaton DA, Paterson DJ. Neuropeptide Y reduces acetylcholine release and vagal bradycardia via a Y2 receptor-mediated, protein kinase C-dependent pathway. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2007; 44:477-85. [PMID: 17996892 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2007.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2007] [Revised: 09/30/2007] [Accepted: 10/01/2007] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The co-transmitter neuropeptide Y (NPY), released during prolonged cardiac sympathetic nerve stimulation, can attenuate vagal-induced bradycardia. We tested the hypothesis that NPY reduces acetylcholine release, at similar concentrations to which it attenuates vagal bradycardia, via pre-synaptic Y2 receptors modulating a pathway that is dependent on protein kinase A (PKA) or protein kinase C (PKC). The Y2 receptor was immunofluorescently colocalized with choline acetyl-transferase containing neurons at the guinea pig sinoatrial node. The effect of NPY in the presence of various enzyme inhibitors was then tested on the heart rate response to vagal nerve stimulation in isolated guinea pig sinoatrial node/right vagal nerve preparations and also on (3)H-acetylcholine release from right atria during field stimulation. NPY reduced the heart rate response to vagal stimulation at 1, 3 and 5 Hz (significant at 100 nM and reaching a plateau at 250 nM NPY, p<0.05, n=6) but not to the stable analogue of acetylcholine, carbamylcholine (30, 60 or 90 nM, n=6) which produced similar degrees of bradycardia. The reduced vagal response was abolished by the Y2 receptor antagonist BIIE 0246 (1 microM, n=4). NPY also significantly attenuated the release of (3)H-acetylcholine during field stimulation (250 nM, n=6). The effect of NPY (250 nM) on vagal bradycardia was abolished by the PKC inhibitors calphostin C (0.1 microM, n=5) and chelerythrine chloride (25 microM, n=6) but not the PKA inhibitor H89 (0.5 microM, n=6). Conversely, the PKC activator Phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (0.5 microM, n=7) mimicked the effect of NPY and significantly reduced (3)H-acetylcholine release during field stimulation. These results show that NPY attenuates vagal bradycardia via a pre-synaptic decrease in acetylcholine release that appears to be mediated by a Y2 receptor pathway involving modulation of PKC.
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- Neil Herring
- Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Parks Road, Oxford University OX1 3PT, UK
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Freeman JV, Dewey FE, Hadley DM, Myers J, Froelicher VF. Autonomic nervous system interaction with the cardiovascular system during exercise. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2006; 48:342-62. [PMID: 16627049 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2005.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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There is considerable recent evidence that parameters thought to reflect the complex interaction between the autonomic nervous system and the cardiovascular system during exercise testing can provide significant prognostic information. Specific variables of great importance include heart rate (HR) response to exercise (reserve), HR recovery after exercise, and multiple components of HR variability both at rest and with exercise. Poor HR response to exercise has been strongly associated with sudden cardiac death and HR recovery from a standard exercise test has been shown to be predictive of mortality. In addition, there are limited studies evaluating the components of HR variability at rest and during exercise and their prognostic significance. Research continues seeking to refine these exercise measurements and further define their prognostic value. Future findings should augment the power of the exercise test in risk-stratifying cardiovascular patients.
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- James V Freeman
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center and Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
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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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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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Fellet AL, Di Verniero C, Arza P, Tomat A, Varela A, Arranz C, Balaszczuk AM. Effect of acute nitric oxide synthase inhibition in the modulation of heart rate in rats. Braz J Med Biol Res 2003; 36:669-76. [PMID: 12715087 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2003000500015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Acute nitric oxide synthase inhibition with N G-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) on chronotropic and pressor responses was studied in anesthetized intact rats and rats submitted to partial and complete autonomic blockade. Blood pressure and heart rate were monitored intra-arterially. Intravenous L-NAME injection (7.5 mg/kg) elicited the same hypertensive response in intact rats and in rats with partial (ganglionic and parasympathetic blockade) and complete autonomic blockade (38 +/- 3, 55 +/- 6, 54 +/- 5, 45 +/- 5 mmHg, respectively; N = 9, P = NS). L-NAME-induced bradycardia at the time when blood pressure reached the peak plateau was similar in intact rats and in rats with partial autonomic blockade (43 +/- 8, 38 +/- 5, 46 +/- 6 bpm, respectively; N = 9, P = NS). Rats with combined autonomic blockade showed a tachycardic response to L-NAME (10 3 bpm, P<0.05 vs intact animals, N = 9). Increasing doses of L-NAME (5.0, 7.5 and 10 mg/kg, N = 9) caused a similar increase in blood pressure (45 +/- 5, 38 +/- 3, 44 +/- 9 mmHg, respectively; P = NS) and heart rate (31 +/- 4, 34 +/- 3, 35 +/- 4 bpm, respectively; P = NS). Addition of L-NAME (500 micro M) to isolated atria from rats killed by cervical dislocation and rats previously subjected to complete autonomic blockade did not affect spontaneous beating or contractile strength (N = 9). In vivo results showed that L-NAME promoted a tachycardic response in rats with complete autonomic blockade, whereas the in vitro experiments showed no effect on intrinsic heart rate, suggesting that humoral mechanisms may be involved in the L-NAME-induced cardiac response.
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- A L Fellet
- C tedra de Fisiolog a, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioqu mica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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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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Herring N, Danson EJF, Paterson DJ. Cholinergic control of heart rate by nitric oxide is site specific. Physiology (Bethesda) 2002; 17:202-6. [PMID: 12270957 DOI: 10.1152/nips.01386.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Parasympathetic control of heart rate involves the exocytotic release of acetylcholine and muscarinic receptor regulation of pacemaking currents. Endogenous nitric oxide can potentially regulate all of these processes; however, recent work suggests that the main functional role of nitric oxide lies in the modulation of acetylcholine release.
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- Neil Herring
- University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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Mani AR, Nahavandi A, Moosavi M, Safarinejad R, Dehpour AR. Dual nitric oxide mechanisms of cholestasis-induced bradycardia in the rat. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2002; 29:905-8. [PMID: 12207570 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2002.03748.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1. Cholestatic liver disease is associated with nitric oxide (NO) overproduction and bradycardia. Nitric oxide has a dual effect on sinoatrial node and its effects depend on its concentration. Nitric oxide can increase heart rate by activating hyperpolarization-activated pacemaker current (If) but, at high concentrations, it can potentially decrease heart rate by inhibition of L-type calcium current. In the present study, the responsiveness of isolated atria to CsCl (an inhibitor of the If current) and acetylcholine (ACh; which decreases L-type calcium current through a NO-dependent pathway) were evaluated in bile duct-ligated and sham-operated control rats. 2. Bile duct ligation induced a significant decrease in the negative chronotropic effect of CsCl (0.2-5 mmol/L), but increased the responsiveness of isolated atria to ACh (10-8 to 10-3 mol/L). These effects were restored after incubation of the atria in the presence of the NO synthase inhibitor NG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (0.1 mmol/L). 3. Anaesthetized bile duct-ligated rats showed bradycardia and the plasma levels of NO2-/NO3- were significantly higher in bile duct-ligated rats compared with sham-operated animals. 4. Different and opposite responses of atria of cholestatic rats to CsCl and ACh can be explained by NO overproduction in bile duct-ligated animals. A dual role of NO in the regulation of the sinoatrial node may be responsible for this opposite effect and may have a role in the pathophysiology of cholestasis-induced bradycardia.
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- Ali R Mani
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Herring N, Zaman JA, Paterson DJ. Natriuretic peptides like NO facilitate cardiac vagal neurotransmission and bradycardia via a cGMP pathway. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001; 281:H2318-27. [PMID: 11709398 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.281.6.h2318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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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We tested the hypothesis that natriuretic peptide receptors (NPRs) that are coupled to cGMP production act in a similar way to nitric oxide (NO) by enhancing acetylcholine release and vagal-induced bradycardia. The effects of enzyme inhibitors and channel blockers on the action of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain-derived natriuretic peptide (BNP), and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) were evaluated in isolated guinea pig atrial-right vagal nerve preparations. RT-PCR confirmed the presence NPR B and A receptor mRNA in guinea pig sinoatrial node tissue. BNP and CNP significantly (P < 0.05) enhanced the heart rate (HR) response to vagal nerve stimulation. CNP had no effect on the HR response to carbamylcholine and facilitated the release of [(3)H]acetylcholine during atrial field stimulation. The particulate guanylyl cyclase-coupled receptor antagonist HS-142-1, the phosphodiesterase 3 inhibitor milrinone, the protein kinase A inhibitor H89, and the N-type calcium channel blocker omega-conotoxin all blocked the effect of CNP on vagal-induced bradycardia. Like NO, BNP and CNP facilitate vagal neurotransmission and bradycardia. This may occur via a cGMP-PDE3-dependent pathway increasing cAMP-PKA-dependent phosphorylation of presynaptic N-type calcium channels.
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- N Herring
- University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Choate JK, Danson EJ, Morris JF, Paterson DJ. Peripheral vagal control of heart rate is impaired in neuronal NOS knockout mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001; 281:H2310-7. [PMID: 11709397 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.281.6.h2310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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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The role of nitric oxide (NO) in the vagal control of heart rate (HR) is controversial. We investigated the cholinergic regulation of HR in isolated atrial preparations with an intact right vagus nerve from wild-type (nNOS+/+, n = 81) and neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) knockout (nNOS-/-, n = 43) mice. nNOS was immunofluorescently colocalized within choline-acetyltransferase-positive neurons in nNOS+/+ atria. The rate of decline in HR during vagal nerve stimulation (VNS, 3 and 5 Hz) was slower in nNOS-/- compared with nNOS+/+ atria in vitro (P < 0.01). There was no difference between the HR responses to carbamylcholine in nNOS+/+ and nNOS-/- atria. Selective nNOS inhibitors, vinyl-L-niohydrochloride or 1-2-trifluoromethylphenyl imidazole, or the guanylyl cyclase inhibitor, 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one significantly (P < 0.05) attenuated the decrease in HR with VNS at 3 Hz in nNOS+/+ atria. NOS inhibition had no effect in nNOS-/- atria during VNS. In all atria, the NO donor sodium nitroprusside significantly enhanced the magnitude of the vagal-induced bradycardia, showing the downstream intracellular pathways activated by NO were intact. These results suggest that neuronal NO facilitates vagally induced bradycardia via a presynaptic modulation of neurotransmission.
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- J K Choate
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Herring N, Paterson DJ. Nitric oxide-cGMP pathway facilitates acetylcholine release and bradycardia during vagal nerve stimulation in the guinea-pig in vitro. J Physiol 2001; 535:507-18. [PMID: 11533140 PMCID: PMC2278790 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.00507.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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1. We tested the hypothesis that nitric oxide (NO) augments vagal neurotransmission and bradycardia via phosphorylation of presynaptic calcium channels to increase vesicular release of acetylcholine. 2. The effects of enzyme inhibitors and calcium channel blockers on the actions of the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) were evaluated in isolated guinea-pig atrial-right vagal nerve preparations. 3. SNP (10 microM) augmented the heart rate response to vagal nerve stimulation but not to the acetylcholine analogue carbamylcholine (100 nM). SNP also increased the release of [3H]acetylcholine in response to field stimulation. No effect of SNP was observed on either the release of [3H] acetylcholine or the HR response to vagal nerve stimulation in the presence of the guanylyl cyclase inhibitor 1H-(1,2,4)-oxadiazolo-(4,3-a)-quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, 10 microM). 4. The phosphodiesterase 3 (PDE 3) inhibitor milrinone (1 microM) increased the release of [3H] acetylcholine and the vagal bradycardia and prevented any further increase by SNP. SNP was still able to augment the vagal bradycardia in the presence of the protein kinase G inhibitor KT5823 (1 microM) but not after protein kinase A (PKA) inhibition with H-89 (0.5 microM) or KT5720 (1 microM) had reduced the HR response to vagal nerve stimulation. Neither milrinone nor H-89 changed the HR response to carbamylcholine. 5. SNP had no effect on the magnitude of the vagal bradycardia after inhibition of N-type calcium channels with omega-conotoxin GVIA (100 nM). 6. These results suggests that NO acts presynaptically to facilitate vagal neurotransmission via a cGMP-PDE 3-dependent pathway leading to an increase in cAMP-PKA-dependent phosphorylation of presynaptic N-type calcium channels. This pathway may augment the HR response to vagal nerve stimulation by increasing presynaptic calcium influx and vesicular release of acetylcholine.
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- N Herring
- University Laboratory of Physiology, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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Rosenwinkel ET, Bloomfield DM, Arwady MA, Goldsmith RL. Exercise and autonomic function in health and cardiovascular disease. Cardiol Clin 2001; 19:369-87. [PMID: 11570111 DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8651(05)70223-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Autonomic nervous system activity contributes to the regulation of cardiac output during rest, exercise, and cardiovascular disease. Measurement of HRV has been particularly useful in assessing parasympathetic activity, while its utility for assessing sympathetic function and overall sympathovagal balance remains controversial. Studies have revealed that parasympathetic tone dominates the resting state, while exercise is associated with prompt withdrawal of vagal tone and subsequent sympathetic activation. Conversely, recovery is characterized by parasympathetic activation followed by sympathetic withdrawal, although clarification of the normal trajectory and autonomic basis of heart rate decay following exercise is needed. Abnormalities in autonomic physiology--especially increased sympathetic activity, attenuated vagal tone, and delayed heart rate recovery--have been associated with increased mortality. Exercise training is associated with a relative enhancement of vagal tone, improved heart rate recovery after exercise, and reduced morbidity in patients with cardiovascular disease. However, whether exercise training leads to reduced mortality in this population because of its ability to specifically modulate autonomic function is unknown at the present time. Although the results of a recent randomized study in patients with CHF and a meta-analysis in the setting of a recent myocardial infarction determined that exercise training leads to improved outcomes in these populations, neither study measured autonomic function. Improved autonomic function due to exercise training is a promising rationale for explaining improvements in outcome, although more research is needed to confirm this hypothesis.
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- E T Rosenwinkel
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Nahavandi A, Dehpour AR, Mani AR, Homayounfar H, Abdoli A, Abdolhoseini MR. The role of nitric oxide in bradycardia of rats with obstructive cholestasis. Eur J Pharmacol 2001; 411:135-141. [PMID: 11137868 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(00)00773-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) has an important role in controlling heart rate and contributes to the cholinergic antagonism of the positive chronotropic response to adrenergic stimulation. Based on evidence of NO overproduction in cholestasis and also on the existence of bradycardia in cholestatic subjects, this study aimed to evaluate the chronotropic effect of epinephrine in isolated atria of cholestatic rats and determine whether alterations in epinephrine-induced chronotropic responses of cholestatic rats are corrected after systemic inhibition of NO synthase (NOS) with N(G)-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA). Male Sprague-Dawley rats were used. Cholestasis was induced by surgical ligation of the bile duct under general anesthesia and sham-operated animals were considered as control. The animals were divided into three groups, which received either L-arginine (200 mg/kg/day), L-NNA (10 mg/kg/day) or saline. One week after the operation, a lead II ECG was recorded from the animals, then spontaneously beating atria were isolated and chronotropic responses to epinephrine were evaluated in a standard oxygenated organ bath. The results showed that plasma gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase and alanine aminotransferase activity was increased by bile-duct ligation, and that L-aginine treatment partially, but significantly, prevented the elevation of these markers of liver damage. The results showed that heart rate of cholestatic animals was significantly less than that of sham-operated control rats in vivo and this bradycardia was corrected with daily administration of L-NNA. The basal spontaneous beating rate of atria in cholestatic animals was not significantly different from that of sham-operated rats in vitro. Meanwhile, cholestasis induced a significant decrease in chronotropic effect of epinephrine. These effects were corrected by daily administration of L-NNA. Surprisingly L-arginine was as effective as L-NNA and increased the chronotropic effect of epinephrine in cholestatic rats but not in sham-operated animals. Systemic NOS inhibition corrected the decreased chronotropic response to adrenergic stimulation in cholestatic rats, and suggests an important role for NO in the pathophysiology of heart rate complications in cholestatic subjects. The opposite effect of chronic L-arginine administration in cholestasis and in control rats could be explained theoretically by an amelioration of cholestasis-induced liver damage by chronic L-arginine administration in bile duct-ligated rats.
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- A Nahavandi
- Department of Physiology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14155-6183, Tehran, Iran.
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Almond SC, Paterson DJ. Sulphonylurea-sensitive channels and NO-cGMP pathway modulate the heart rate response to vagal nerve stimulation in vitro. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2000; 32:2065-73. [PMID: 11040109 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2000.1237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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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Sulphonylurea-sensitive K(+)channels (K(ATP)) have been implicated in the release of acetylcholine (ACh) from the vagus nerve in the heart. Our aim was to establish the functional significance of this and to test whether this modulation could interact with stimulation of the NO-cGMP pathway that facilitates the decrease in heart rate (HR) in response to vagal nerve stimulation (VNS). We studied the effect of activation (diazoxide, 100 microM) and inhibition (glibenclamide 30 microM or tolbutamide 5 microM) of K(ATP)channels, and activation of the NO-cGMP pathway with the NO donor, sodium nitroprusside (SNP, 20 microM) or the cGMP analogue, 8-Br-cGMP (0.5 m M) on the HR response to VNS in the isolated guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) double atrial/right vagus preparation (n=40). Tolbutamide increased the bradycardia in response to vagal stimulation at 3 and 5 Hz (P<0.05); effects that were reversed by diazoxide. Glibenclamide also significantly increased the HR response to VNS at 1 and 3 Hz (P<0.05). Diazoxide alone significantly attenuated the HR response to VNS at 5 Hz (P<0.05). Neither glibenclamide nor diazoxide affected the HR response to carbamylcholine (CCh, 50-200 n M). In the presence of a maximal dose of tolbutamide, SNP or 8-Br-cGMP further increased the HR response to VNS at 5 Hz (P<0.05). These results are consistent with the hypothesis that inhibition of sulphonylurea-sensitive channels can increase the HR response to VNS by a pre-synaptic mechanism, and that this modulation may be independent of activation of the NO-cGMP pathway.
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- S C Almond
- University Laboratory of Physiology, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK
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Herring N, Golding S, Paterson DJ. Pre-synaptic NO-cGMP pathway modulates vagal control of heart rate in isolated adult guinea pig atria. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2000; 32:1795-804. [PMID: 11013124 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2000.1214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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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The role of nitric oxide (NO) in the vagal modulation of heart rate (HR) is controversial. We tested the hypothesis that NO acts via a pre-synaptic, guanylyl cyclase (GC) dependent pathway. The effects of inhibiting NO synthase (NOS) and GC were evaluated in isolated atrial/right vagal nerve preparations from adult (550-750 g) and young (150-250 g) female guinea pigs. Levels of NOS protein were quantified in right atria using Western blotting and densitometry. The non-specific NOS inhibitor N- omega -nitro- L -arginine (L -NA, 100 microM, n=5) significantly reduced the negative chronotropic response to vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) at 3 and 5 Hz in the adult guinea pig. This effect was reversed with 1 m ML -arginine. Similar results were observed with the specific neuronal NOS inhibitor vinyl-N5-(1-imino-3-butenyl)- L -ornithine (L -VNIO, 100 microM, n=7). Inhibition of GC with 1H-(1,2,4)-oxadiazolo-(4, 3-a)-quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, 10 microM, n=7) also significantly reduced the negative chronotropic response to VNS at 3 and 5 Hz in adult guinea pigs. Neither L -NA (n=6), L -VNIO (n=5) nor ODQ (n=6) changed the HR response to cumulative doses of carbamylcholine in adult guinea pig atria suggesting that the action of NO is pre-synaptic. The HR response to VNS was unaffected by L -NA (n=7) or ODQ (n=7) in young guinea pigs and Western blot analysis showed significantly lower levels of nNOS protein in right atria from young animals. These results suggest a pre-synaptic NO-cGMP pathway modulates cardiac cholinergic transmission, although this may depend on the developmental stage of the guinea pig.
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- N Herring
- University Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK
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Cross-talk between cardiac electrical and mechanical function is a bidirectional process: The origin and spread of electric excitation govern cardiac contraction and relaxation, while the mechanic environment provides feedback information to the heart's electric behavior. The latter tends to be unduly disregarded by the medical community. This article reviews experimental findings on the effects of diastolic mechanics on cardiac electrophysiology, and describes physiological correlates, clinical manifestations, and therapeutic utility of cardiac mechanic stimulation in humans.
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- P Kohl
- Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Kohl P, Hunter P, Noble D. Stretch-induced changes in heart rate and rhythm: clinical observations, experiments and mathematical models. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 71:91-138. [PMID: 10070213 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6107(98)00038-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Clinical and research data indicate that active and passive changes in the mechanical environment of the heart are capable of influencing both the initiation and the spread of cardiac excitation via pathways that are intrinsic to the heart. This direction of the cross-talk between cardiac electrical and mechanical activity is referred to as mechano-electric feedback (MEF). MEF is thought to be involved in the adjustment of heart rate to changes in mechanical load and would help to explain the precise beat-to-beat regulation of cardiac performance as it occurs even in the recently transplanted (and, thus, denervated) heart. Furthermore, there is clinical evidence that MEF may be involved in mechanical initiation of arrhythmias and fibrillation, as well as in the re-setting of disturbed heart rhythm by 'mechanical' first aid procedures. This review will outline the clinical relevance of cardiac MEF, describe cellular correlates to the responses observed in situ, and discuss the role that quantitative mathematical models may play in identifying the involvement of cardiac MEF in the regulation of heart rate and rhythm.
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- P Kohl
- University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford, UK.
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Sears CE, Choate JK, Paterson DJ. NO-cGMP pathway accentuates the decrease in heart rate caused by cardiac vagal nerve stimulation. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1999; 86:510-6. [PMID: 9931184 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.86.2.510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The role of the cardiac muscarinic-receptor-coupled nitric oxide (NO) pathway in the cholinergic control of heart rate (HR) is controversial. We investigated whether adding excessive NO or its intracellular messenger cGMP could significantly modulate the HR response to vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) in the anesthetized rabbit and isolated guinea pig atria. The NO donor molsidomine (0.2 mg/kg iv) significantly enhanced the decrease in HR seen with right VNS (5 Hz, 5 V, 30 s) in vivo. A qualitatively similar effect was seen with the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP; 10 and 100 microM) during VNS in vitro. This effect was still present when the baseline shift in HR caused by SNP was eliminated by using the specific hyperpolarization-activated current antagonist 4-(N-ethyl-N-phenylamino)-1,2-dimethyl-6-(methylamino)-pyrimidinium chloride (ZD-7288, 1 microM). The accentuated decrease in HR with SNP during VNS was mimicked by the stable analog of cyclic GMP, 8-bromoguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (0.5 mM). This, however, was not seen with bath application of the stable analog of acetylcholine, carbamylcholine chloride (100 nM). We conclude that excessive NO enhances the magnitude of the decrease in HR caused by VNS. This effect appears to involve a presynaptic action via a cGMP-dependent pathway because it was not mimicked by bath-applied carbamylcholine chloride.
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- C E Sears
- University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford OX1 3PT, United Kingdom.
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Sears CE, Choate JK, Paterson DJ. Effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on the sympatho-vagal contol of heart rate. JOURNAL OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 1998; 73:63-73. [PMID: 9808372 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1838(98)00123-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The role of nitric oxide (NO) in the sympatho-vagal control of heart rate was investigated in the cardiac sympathectomized and vagotomized anaesthetised rabbit and in the isolated guinea-pig atria with intact vagus nerve. Specific inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) with 1-(2-trimethylphenyl) imidazole (TRIM, 50 mg kg(-1) i.v. in vivo) significantly enhanced the magnitude of the change in heart rate (HR) with sympathetic nerve stimulation (SNS, 31.6+/-4.5 bpm control vs. 49.7+/-6.0 bpm in TRIM, P < 0.05, 10 Hz). This effect was reversed by L-arginine (deltaHR 37.2+/-4.1 bpm, 50 mg kg(-1) i.v.). An enhanced HR response to SNS was also seen with the non-isoform specific inhibitor, N-omega-nitro-L-arginine (L-NA, 50 mg kg(-1) i.v.). Infusing isoprenaline (0.2 microg kg(-1) min(-1)) did not mimic the change in HR response to SNS with TRIM. There was, however, no significant effect of inhibition of NOS with TRIM L-NA or NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA, 20 mg kg(-1) i.v.) on the magnitude of the change in HR with vagal nerve stimulation (5 Hz) in vivo. There was also no significant effect of NOS inhibition on the change in HR with vagal nerve stimulation in vivo in the presence of pre-adrenergic stimulation or in the presence of propranolol (0.5 mg kg(-1) i.v., 2, 5 and 10 Hz stimulation). This result was confirmed in the isolated guinea-pig atria with the specific nNOS inhibitor, 7-nitroindazole (7-NiNa, 100 microM) at 1, 2, 3 or 5 Hz stimulation frequency. Our data suggest that endogenous NO plays an inhibitory role in cardiac sympathetic neurotransmission, but there was no convincing evidence from our results for a major role for endogenous NO in vagal control of heart rate, with or without prior adrenergic stimulation.
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- C E Sears
- University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford, UK.
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