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Zhan C, Jang HB, Ahn D, Chang S, Ryu Y, Kim HK, Lee BH, Guan X, Fan Y, Lee BH, Kim HY. Deep electroacupuncture of neurogenic spots attenuates immobilization stress-induced acute hypertension in rats. Integr Med Res 2024; 13:101006. [PMID: 38298862 PMCID: PMC10826306 DOI: 10.1016/j.imr.2023.101006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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Background Our previous studies proved that neurogenic inflammatory spots (or neurogenic spots) have the same physiological features as acupuncture points and that neurogenic spot stimulation generates therapeutic effects in various animal models. However, it is unclear how deeply the neurogenic spots should be stimulated to generate therapeutic effects. Methods The effects of acupuncture at various needle depths below the neurogenic spot were examined in a rat immobilization stress-induced hypertension (IMH) model. Electroacupuncture was applied to a neurogenic spot at depths of 1, 2, or 3 mm using a concentric bipolar electrode. Results Electrical stimulation of the neurogenic spot at a 3-mm depth most effectively lowered blood pressure compared with controls and stimulation at 1- and 2-mm depths, which was inhibited by pretreatment with a local anesthetic lidocaine. Electrical stimulation of the neurogenic spot or injection of substance P (SP) at a 3-mm depth significantly excited the rostral ventrolateral medulla (rVLM) compared with superficial stimulation. Electrical stimulation applied at a 3-mm depth on neurogenic spots dominantly caused c-fos expression from rVLM and ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vlPAG) in IMH rats. Pretreatment with resiniferatoxin (RTX) injection into the neurogenic spot to ablate SP or calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) prevented the effects of 3-mm neurogenic spot stimulation on blood pressure in IMH rats. Conversely, artificial injection of SP or CGRP generated anti-hypertensive effects in IMH rats. Conclusion Our data suggest that neurogenic spot stimulation at a 3-mm depth generated anti-hypertensive effects through the local release of SP and CGRP and activation of rVLM and vlPAG.
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- Cong Zhan
- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- Department of Physiology, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- Department of Physiology, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Korean Medicine Fundamental Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- Department of Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Pace SA, Myers B. Hindbrain Adrenergic/Noradrenergic Control of Integrated Endocrine and Autonomic Stress Responses. Endocrinology 2023; 165:bqad178. [PMID: 38015813 DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqad178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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Hindbrain adrenergic/noradrenergic nuclei facilitate endocrine and autonomic responses to physical and psychological challenges. Neurons that synthesize adrenaline and noradrenaline target hypothalamic structures to modulate endocrine responses while descending spinal projections regulate sympathetic function. Furthermore, these neurons respond to diverse stress-related metabolic, autonomic, and psychosocial challenges. Accordingly, adrenergic and noradrenergic nuclei are integrative hubs that promote physiological adaptation to maintain homeostasis. However, the precise mechanisms through which adrenaline- and noradrenaline-synthesizing neurons sense interoceptive and exteroceptive cues to coordinate physiological responses have yet to be fully elucidated. Additionally, the regulatory role of these cells in the context of chronic stress has received limited attention. This mini-review consolidates reports from preclinical rodent studies on the organization and function of brainstem adrenaline and noradrenaline cells to provide a framework for how these nuclei coordinate endocrine and autonomic physiology. This includes identification of hindbrain adrenaline- and noradrenaline-producing cell groups and their role in stress responding through neurosecretory and autonomic engagement. Although temporally and mechanistically distinct, the endocrine and autonomic stress axes are complementary and interconnected. Therefore, the interplay between brainstem adrenergic/noradrenergic nuclei and peripheral physiological systems is necessary for integrated stress responses and organismal survival.
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- Sebastian A Pace
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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Muramatsu R, Sato T, Hamamura K, Miyazawa K, Takeguchi A, Tabuchi M, Togari A, Goto S. Guanabenz inhibits alveolar bone resorption in a rat model of periodontitis. J Pharmacol Sci 2021; 147:294-304. [PMID: 34507638 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2021.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Increase of sympathetic activity has been known to exacerbate osteoporosis through promotion of bone resorption. However, it is largely unknown about involvement of sympathetic activity in exacerbation of periodontitis. In this study, we investigated whether α2-adrenergic receptor (α2-AR) agonist guanabenz which decreases sympathetic activity, attenuates alveolar bone resorption in rats having high sympathetic activity with periodontitis. Volumes of residual alveolar bone and attachment levels in periodontium were examined using micro-computed tomography and hematoxylin-eosin staining, respectively. Furthermore, osteoclast numbers per bone surface and osteoclast surface per bone surface were measured using tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase staining. To examine the suppressive effects of guanabenz on pro-inflammatory cytokines, expression levels of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), TNF-α, IL1-β, and IL-6 in periodontium were measured using immunohistostaining. Administration of guanabenz attenuated loss of alveolar bone and attachment levels in rats having high sympathetic activity. Furthermore, its administration suppressed osteoclast numbers in rats having high sympathetic activity. TH, TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 positive cells in periodontium in rats treated with guanabenz for 12 weeks, were lower than those in control rats having high sympathetic activity. This study demonstrated administration of α2-AR agonist guanabenz attenuates alveolar bone resorption through decrease of sympathetic activity in rats.
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- Ryujiro Muramatsu
- Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan.
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- Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
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Vavřínová A, Behuliak M, Vaněčková I, Zicha J. The abnormalities of adrenomedullary hormonal system in genetic hypertension: Their contribution to altered regulation of blood pressure. Physiol Res 2021; 70:307-326. [PMID: 33982588 PMCID: PMC8820560 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.934687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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It is widely accepted that sympathetic nervous system plays a crucial role in the development of hypertension. On the other hand, the role of adrenal medulla (the adrenomedullary component of the sympathoadrenal system) in the development and maintenance of high blood pressure in man as well as in experimental models of hypertension is still controversial. Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) are the most widely used animal model of human essential hypertension characterized by sympathetic hyperactivity. However, the persistence of moderately elevated blood pressure in SHR subjected to sympathectomy neonatally as well as the resistance of adult SHR to the treatment by sympatholytic drugs suggests that other factors (including enhanced activity of the adrenomedullary hormonal system) are involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension of SHR. This review describes abnormalities in adrenomedullary hormonal system of SHR rats starting with the hyperactivity of brain centers regulating sympathetic outflow, through the exaggerated activation of sympathoadrenal preganglionic neurons, to the local changes in chromaffin cells of adrenal medulla. All the above alterations might contribute to the enhanced release of epinephrine and/or norepinephrine from adrenal medulla. Special attention is paid to the alterations in the expression of genes involved in catecholamine biosynthesis, storage, release, reuptake, degradation and adrenergic receptors in chromaffin cells of SHR. The contribution of the adrenomedullary hormonal system to the development and maintenance of hypertension as well as its importance during stressful conditions is also discussed.
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- A Vavřínová
- Laboratory of Experimental Hypertension, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 4, Czech Republic.
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de Sousa GG, Barbosa MA, Barbosa CM, Lima TC, Souza Dos Santos RA, Campagnole-Santos MJ, Alzamora AC. Different reactive species modulate the hypotensive effect triggered by angiotensins at CVLM of 2K1C hypertensive rats. Peptides 2020; 134:170409. [PMID: 32950566 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2020.170409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Hypertension is associated with increased central activity of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and oxidative stress. Here, we evaluated whether reactive species and neurotransmitters could contribute to the hypotensive effect induced by angiotensin (Ang) II and Ang-(1-7) at the caudal ventrolateral medulla (CVLM) in renovascular hypertensive rats (2K1C). Therefore, we investigated the effect of Ang II, Ang-(1-7), and the Ang-(1-7) antagonist A-779 microinjected before and after CVLM microinjection of the nitric oxide (NO)-synthase inhibitor, (L-NAME), vitamin C (Vit C), bicuculline, or kynurenic acid in 2K1C and SHAM rats. Baseline values of the mean arterial pressure (MAP) in 2K1C rats were higher than in SHAM rats. CVLM microinjection of Ang II, Ang-(1-7), l-NAME, or bicuculline induced decreases in the MAP in SHAM and 2K1C rats. In addition, Vit C and A-779 produced decreases in the MAP only in 2K1C rats. Kynurenic acid increased the MAP in both SHAM and 2K1C rats. Only the Ang-(1-7) effect was increased by l-NAME and reduced by bicuculline in SHAM rats. L-NAME also reduced the A-779 effect in 2K1C rats. Only the Ang II effect was abolished by CVLM Vit C and enhanced by CVLM kynurenic acid in SHAM and 2K1C rats. Overall, the superoxide anion and glutamate participated in the hypotensive effect of Ang II, while NO and GABA participated in the hypotensive effect of Ang-(1-7) in CVLM. The higher hypotensive response of A-779 in the CVLM of 2K1C rats suggests that Ang-(1-7) contributes to renovascular hypertension.
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- Graziele Galdino de Sousa
- Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Brazil; Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
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Guyenet PG, Stornetta RL, Souza GMPR, Abbott SBG, Brooks VL. Neuronal Networks in Hypertension: Recent Advances. Hypertension 2020; 76:300-311. [PMID: 32594802 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.120.14521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Neurogenic hypertension is associated with excessive sympathetic nerve activity to the kidneys and portions of the cardiovascular system. Here we examine the brain regions that cause heightened sympathetic nerve activity in animal models of neurogenic hypertension, and we discuss the triggers responsible for the changes in neuronal activity within these regions. We highlight the limitations of the evidence and, whenever possible, we briefly address the pertinence of the findings to human hypertension. The arterial baroreflex reduces arterial blood pressure variability and contributes to the arterial blood pressure set point. This set point can also be elevated by a newly described cerebral blood flow-dependent and astrocyte-mediated sympathetic reflex. Both reflexes converge on the presympathetic neurons of the rostral medulla oblongata, and both are plausible causes of neurogenic hypertension. Sensory afferent dysfunction (reduced baroreceptor activity, increased renal, or carotid body afferent) contributes to many forms of neurogenic hypertension. Neurogenic hypertension can also result from activation of brain nuclei or sensory afferents by excess circulating hormones (leptin, insulin, Ang II [angiotensin II]) or sodium. Leptin raises blood vessel sympathetic nerve activity by activating the carotid bodies and subsets of arcuate neurons. Ang II works in the lamina terminalis and probably throughout the brain stem and hypothalamus. Sodium is sensed primarily in the lamina terminalis. Regardless of its cause, the excess sympathetic nerve activity is mediated to some extent by activation of presympathetic neurons located in the rostral ventrolateral medulla or the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Increased activity of the orexinergic neurons also contributes to hypertension in selected models.
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- Patrice G Guyenet
- From the Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (P.G.G., R.L.S., G.M.P.R.S., S.B.G.A.)
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (P.G.G., R.L.S., G.M.P.R.S., S.B.G.A.)
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (P.G.G., R.L.S., G.M.P.R.S., S.B.G.A.)
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (P.G.G., R.L.S., G.M.P.R.S., S.B.G.A.)
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- Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland (V.L.B.)
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Farnham MMJ, Tallapragada VJ, O'Connor ET, Nedoboy PE, Dempsey B, Mohammed S, Fong AY, Lung MSY, Derakhshan F, Wilson RJA, Pilowsky PM. PACAP-PAC1 Receptor Activation Is Necessary for the Sympathetic Response to Acute Intermittent Hypoxia. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:881. [PMID: 31496933 PMCID: PMC6712064 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Repetitive hypoxia is a key feature of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), a condition characterized by intermittent airways obstruction. Patients with OSA present with persistent increases in sympathetic activity and commonly develop hypertension. The objectives of this study were to determine if the persistent increases in sympathetic nerve activity, known to be induced by acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH), are mediated through activation of the pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) signaling system. Here, we show that the excitatory neuropeptide PACAP, acting in the spinal cord, is important for generating the sympathetic response seen following AIH. Using PACAP receptor knockout mice, and pharmacological agents in Sprague Dawley rats, we measured blood pressure, heart rate, pH, PaCO2, and splanchnic sympathetic nerve activity, under anaesthesia, to demonstrate that the sympathetic response to AIH is mediated via the PAC1 receptor, in a cAMP-dependent manner. We also report that both intermittent microinjection of glutamate into the rostroventrolateral medulla (RVLM) and intermittent infusion of a sub-threshold dose of PACAP into the subarachnoid space can mimic the sympathetic response to AIH. All the sympathetic responses are independent of blood pressure, pH or PaCO2 changes. Our results show that in AIH, PACAP signaling in the spinal cord helps drive persistent increases in sympathetic nerve activity. This mechanism may be a precursor to the development of hypertension in conditions of chronic intermittent hypoxia, such as OSA.
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- Melissa M J Farnham
- The Heart Research Institute, Newtown, NSW, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- The Heart Research Institute, Newtown, NSW, Australia.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- The Heart Research Institute, Newtown, NSW, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- The Heart Research Institute, Newtown, NSW, Australia.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Exposure to methylphenidate in adolescence and adulthood modulates cross-sensitization to amphetamine in adulthood in three genetically variant female rat strains. Behav Brain Res 2019; 362:36-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cohen EM, Mohammed S, Kavurma M, Nedoboy PE, Cartland S, Farnham MM, Pilowsky PM. Microglia in the RVLM of SHR have reduced P2Y12R and CX3CR1 expression, shorter processes, and lower cell density. Auton Neurosci 2019; 216:9-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2018.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Senthilkumaran M, Bobrovskaya L, Verberne AJM, Llewellyn-Smith IJ. Insulin-responsive autonomic neurons in rat medulla oblongata. J Comp Neurol 2018; 526:2665-2682. [PMID: 30136719 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2017] [Revised: 08/12/2018] [Accepted: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Low blood glucose activates brainstem adrenergic and cholinergic neurons, driving adrenaline secretion from the adrenal medulla and glucagon release from the pancreas. Despite their roles in maintaining glucose homeostasis, the distributions of insulin-responsive adrenergic and cholinergic neurons in the medulla are unknown. We fasted rats overnight and gave them insulin (10 U/kg i.p.) or saline after 2 weeks of handling. Blood samples were collected before injection and before perfusion at 90 min. We immunoperoxidase-stained transverse sections of perfused medulla to show Fos plus either phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT) or choline acetyltransferase (ChAT). Insulin injection lowered blood glucose from 4.9 ± 0.3 mmol/L to 1.7 ± 0.2 mmol/L (mean ± SEM; n = 6); saline injection had no effect. In insulin-treated rats, many PNMT-immunoreactive C1 neurons had Fos-immunoreactive nuclei, with the proportion of activated neurons being highest in the caudal part of the C1 column. In the rostral ventrolateral medulla, 33.3% ± 1.4% (n = 8) of C1 neurons were Fos-positive. Insulin also induced Fos in 47.2% ± 2.0% (n = 5) of dorsal medullary C3 neurons and in some C2 neurons. In the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV), insulin evoked Fos in many ChAT-positive neurons. Activated neurons were concentrated in the medial and middle regions of the DMV beneath and just rostral to the area postrema. In control rats, very few C1, C2, or C3 neurons and no DMV neurons were Fos-positive. The high numbers of PNMT-immunoreactive and ChAT-immunoreactive neurons that express Fos after insulin treatment reinforce the importance of these neurons in the central response to a decrease in glucose bioavailability.
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- M Senthilkumaran
- Cardiovascular Medicine, Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.,School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Unit, Department of Medicine-Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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Sá ACC, Webb A, Gong Y, McDonough CW, Shahin MH, Datta S, Langaee TY, Turner ST, Beitelshees AL, Chapman AB, Boerwinkle E, Gums JG, Scherer SE, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Sadee W, Johnson JA. Blood pressure signature genes and blood pressure response to thiazide diuretics: results from the PEAR and PEAR-2 studies. BMC Med Genomics 2018; 11:55. [PMID: 29925376 PMCID: PMC6011347 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-018-0370-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Background Recently, 34 genes had been associated with differential expression relative to blood pressure (BP)/ hypertension (HTN). We hypothesize that some of the genes associated with BP/HTN are also associated with BP response to antihypertensive treatment with thiazide diuretics. Methods We assessed these 34 genes for association with differential expression to BP response to thiazide diuretics with RNA sequencing in whole blood samples from 150 hypertensive participants from the Pharmacogenomic Evaluation of Antihypertensive Responses (PEAR) and PEAR-2 studies. PEAR white and PEAR-2 white and black participants (n = 50 for each group) were selected based on the upper and lower quartile of BP response to hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and to chlorthalidone. Results FOS, DUSP1 and PPP1R15A were differentially expressed across all cohorts (meta-analysis p-value < 2.0 × 10− 6), and responders to HCTZ or chlorthalidone presented up-regulated transcripts. Rs11065987 in chromosome 12, a trans-eQTL for expression of FOS, PPP1R15A and other genes, is also associated with BP response to HCTZ in PEAR whites (SBP: β = − 2.1; p = 1.7 × 10− 3; DBP: β = − 1.4; p = 2.9 × 10− 3). Conclusions These findings suggest FOS, DUSP1 and PPP1R15A as potential molecular determinants of antihypertensive response to thiazide diuretics. Trial registration NCT00246519, NCT01203852www.clinicaltrials.gov Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12920-018-0370-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Ana Caroline C Sá
- Center for Pharmacogenomics, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, P.O.Box 100484, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0486, USA.,Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Center for Pharmacogenomics, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, P.O.Box 100484, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0486, USA
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- Center for Pharmacogenomics, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, P.O.Box 100484, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0486, USA
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- Center for Pharmacogenomics, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, P.O.Box 100484, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0486, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Center for Pharmacogenomics, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, P.O.Box 100484, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0486, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.,Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Pharmacogenomics, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, P.O.Box 100484, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0486, USA.,Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology and Genetic, College of Medicine, Center for Pharmacogenomics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Center for Pharmacogenomics, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, P.O.Box 100484, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0486, USA. .,Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. .,Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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Soares ER, Barbosa CM, Campagnole-Santos MJ, Santos RAS, Alzamora AC. Hypotensive effect induced by microinjection of Alamandine, a derivative of angiotensin-(1-7), into caudal ventrolateral medulla of 2K1C hypertensive rats. Peptides 2017; 96:67-75. [PMID: 28889964 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2017.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Revised: 09/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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In the present study we evaluated the cardiovascular effects produced by microinjection of the new component of the renin-angiotensin system, alamandine, into caudal ventrolateral medulla of urethane-anesthetized normotensive and hypertensive 2K1C rats. The participation of different angiotensin receptors in the effects of alamandine was also evaluated. Microinjection of angiotensin-(1-7) was used for comparison. The microinjection of 4, 40 and 140pmol of alamandine or angiotensin-(1-7) into caudal ventrolateral medulla induced similar hypotensive effects in Sham-operated rats. However, contrasting with angiotensin-(1-7), in 2K1C rats the MAP response to the highest dose of alamandine was similar to that observed with saline. The microinjection of A-779, a selective Mas receptor antagonist, blunted the angiotensin-(1-7) effects but did not block the hypotensive effect of alamandine in Sham or in 2K1C rats. However, microinjection of D-Pro7-angiotensin-(1-7), a Mas/MrgD receptor antagonist, blocked the hypotensive effect induced by both peptides. Furthermore, microinjection of PD123319, a putative AT2 receptor antagonist blocked the hypotensive effect of alamandine, but not of angiotensin-(1-7), in Sham and 2K1C rats. Microinjection of the AT1 receptor antagonist, losartan, did not alter the hypotensive effect of angiotensin-(1-7) or alamandine in both groups. These results provide new insights about the differential mechanisms participating in the central cardiovascular effects of alamandine and angiotensin-(1-7) in normotensive and 2K1C hypertensive rats.
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- E R Soares
- Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Inovação Nanobiofarmacêutica, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Inovação Nanobiofarmacêutica, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Inovação Nanobiofarmacêutica, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Inovação Nanobiofarmacêutica, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil; Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Inovação Nanobiofarmacêutica, Brazil.
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Microglial number is related to the number of tyrosine hydroxylase neurons in SHR and normotensive rats. Auton Neurosci 2016; 198:10-8. [PMID: 27260963 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2016] [Revised: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Microglia are ubiquitously distributed throughout the central nervous system (CNS) and play a critical role in the maintenance of neuronal homeostasis. Recent advances have shown that microglia, never resting cells of the CNS, continuously monitor and influence neuronal/synaptic activity levels, by communicating with neurons with the aid of their dynamic processes. The brainstem contains many catecholaminergic nuclei that are key to many aspects of brain function. This includes C1 neurons of the ventrolateral medulla that are thought to play a critical role in control of the circulation. Despite the role of catecholaminergic brainstem neurons in normal physiology, the presence of microglia that surrounds them is poorly understood. Here, we investigate the spatial distribution and morphology of microglia in catecholaminergic nuclei of the brainstem in 3 strains of rat: Sprague-Dawley (SD), Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Our data reveal that microglia are heterogeneously distributed within and across different strains of rats. Interestingly, intra-strain comparison of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive (TH-ir) neuronal and microglial number reveals that microglial number varies with the TH-ir neuronal number in the brainstem. Even though microglial spatial distribution varies across brainstem nuclei, microglial morphology (% area covered, number of end point processes and branch length) does not differ significantly. This work provides the first evidence that even though microglia, in their surveilling state, do not vary appreciably in their morphology across brainstem areas, they do have a heterogeneous pattern of distribution that may be influenced by their local environment.
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pSer40 tyrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemistry identifies the anatomical location of C1 neurons in rat RVLM that are activated by hypotension. Neuroscience 2016; 317:162-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Revised: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ferreira PM, Xavier CH, Alzamora AC, Santos RAS, Campagnole-Santos MJ. Differential control of vasomotion by angiotensins in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of hypertensive rats. Neuropeptides 2015; 53:11-8. [PMID: 26390943 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2015.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2015] [Revised: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The central and peripheral renin-angiotensin systems are known for playing a key role in cardiovascular control. In the present study, we evaluated the hemodynamic effects produced by nanoinjections of angiotensin II (Ang II) or angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)] into the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) of adult male normotensive (Wistar-WT) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Animals were anesthetized (urethane 1.2g/kg) and instrumented for recording blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR) and blood flow (BF) in the femoral, renal or mesenteric arteries. Afterwards, rats were positioned in a stereotaxic and prepared for nanoinjections (100 nl) of saline (NaCl 0.9%), Ang-(1-7) (40 ng) or Ang II (40 ng) into the RVLM. The vascular resistance (VR) was calculated by ΔMAP/ΔBF ratio. In WT, Ang-(1-7) or Ang II caused equipotent pressor effects that were not accompanied by changes in vascular resistance. However, MAP changes were greater in SHR. This strain also showed a concomitant increase in relative vascular resistance (ΔVR/VRbaseline) of renal (0.31 ± 0.07 and 0.3 ± 0.07 vs. 0.02 ± 0.01; Ang-(1-7), Ang II and Saline, respectively) and mesenteric beds (0.3 ± 0.06 and 0.33 ± 0.04 vs. 0.05 ± 0.02; Ang-(1-7), Ang II and saline, respectively). We conclude that Ang II and Ang-(1-7) at the RVLM control the vascular resistance of renal and mesenteric beds during hypertension.
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- Patrícia M Ferreira
- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Nanobiofarmacêutica (INCT-Nanobiofar), Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Nanobiofarmacêutica (INCT-Nanobiofar), Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, MG, Brazil
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Lu HJ, Li MH, Li MZ, Park SE, Kim MS, Jin YZ, Park BR. Functional Connections of the Vestibulo-spino-adrenal Axis in the Control of Blood Pressure Via the Vestibulosympathetic Reflex in Conscious Rats. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF PHARMACOLOGY 2015; 19:427-34. [PMID: 26330755 PMCID: PMC4553402 DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2015.19.5.427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Revised: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Significant evidence supports the role of the vestibular system in the regulation of blood pressure during postural movements. In the present study, the role of the vestibulo-spino-adrenal (VSA) axis in the modulation of blood pressure via the vestibulosympathetic reflex was clarified by immunohistochemical and enzyme immunoassay methods in conscious rats with sinoaortic denervation. Expression of c-Fos protein in the intermediolateral cell column of the middle thoracic spinal regions and blood epinephrine levels were investigated, following microinjection of glutamate receptor agonists or antagonists into the medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) and/or sodium nitroprusside (SNP)-induced hypotension. Both microinjection of glutamate receptor agonists (NMDA and AMPA) into the MVN or rostral ventrolateral medullary nucleus (RVLM) and SNP-induced hypotension led to increased number of c-Fos positive neurons in the intermediolateral cell column of the middle thoracic spinal regions and increased blood epinephrine levels. Pretreatment with microinjection of glutamate receptor antagonists (MK-801 and CNQX) into the MVN or RVLM prevented the increased number of c-Fos positive neurons resulting from SNP-induced hypotension, and reversed the increased blood epinephrine levels. These results indicate that the VSA axis may be a key component of the pathway used by the vestibulosympathetic reflex to maintain blood pressure during postural movements.
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- Huan-Jun Lu
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Yanbian University College of Medicine and Key Laboratory of Natural Resources of Changbai Mountain & Functional Molecules at Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Yanbian University College of Medicine and Key Laboratory of Natural Resources of Changbai Mountain & Functional Molecules at Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Yanbian University College of Medicine and Key Laboratory of Natural Resources of Changbai Mountain & Functional Molecules at Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, China
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- Department of Physiology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine and Brain Science Institute at Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine and Brain Science Institute at Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Yanbian University College of Medicine and Key Laboratory of Natural Resources of Changbai Mountain & Functional Molecules at Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, China
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- Department of Physiology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine and Brain Science Institute at Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Korea
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Huan T, Meng Q, Saleh MA, Norlander AE, Joehanes R, Zhu J, Chen BH, Zhang B, Johnson AD, Ying S, Courchesne P, Raghavachari N, Wang R, Liu P, O'Donnell CJ, Vasan R, Munson PJ, Madhur MS, Harrison DG, Yang X, Levy D. Integrative network analysis reveals molecular mechanisms of blood pressure regulation. Mol Syst Biol 2015; 11:799. [PMID: 25882670 PMCID: PMC4422556 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20145399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous loci associated with blood pressure (BP). The molecular mechanisms underlying BP regulation, however, remain unclear. We investigated BP‐associated molecular mechanisms by integrating BP GWAS with whole blood mRNA expression profiles in 3,679 individuals, using network approaches. BP transcriptomic signatures at the single‐gene and the coexpression network module levels were identified. Four coexpression modules were identified as potentially causal based on genetic inference because expression‐related SNPs for their corresponding genes demonstrated enrichment for BP GWAS signals. Genes from the four modules were further projected onto predefined molecular interaction networks, revealing key drivers. Gene subnetworks entailing molecular interactions between key drivers and BP‐related genes were uncovered. As proof‐of‐concept, we validated SH2B3, one of the top key drivers, using Sh2b3−/− mice. We found that a significant number of genes predicted to be regulated by SH2B3 in gene networks are perturbed in Sh2b3−/− mice, which demonstrate an exaggerated pressor response to angiotensin II infusion. Our findings may help to identify novel targets for the prevention or treatment of hypertension.
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- Tianxiao Huan
- The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA The Population Sciences Branch and the Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA The Population Sciences Branch and the Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Center for Information Technology National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, New York, NY, USA Graduate School of Biological Sciences Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA The Population Sciences Branch and the Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, New York, NY, USA Graduate School of Biological Sciences Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Human Genomics Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Center for Information Technology National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA The Population Sciences Branch and the Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Genomics Core facility Genetics & Developmental Biology Center, The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Genomics Core facility Genetics & Developmental Biology Center, The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Human Genomics Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA
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- Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Center for Information Technology National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA The Population Sciences Branch and the Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Parker LM, Damanhuri HA, Fletcher SP, Goodchild AK. Hydralazine administration activates sympathetic preganglionic neurons whose activity mobilizes glucose and increases cardiovascular function. Brain Res 2015; 1604:25-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.01.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2014] [Revised: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gaede AH, Inglott MA, Farnham MMJ, Pilowsky PM. Catestatin has an unexpected effect on the intrathecal actions of PACAP dramatically reducing blood pressure. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2012; 303:R719-26. [PMID: 22874427 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00202.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This study focuses on presympathetic neurons of the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) that regulate sympathetic vasomotor tone. Many neurotransmitters are colocalized in RVLM neurons and are released under specific conditions to modulate efferent homeostatic responses. Of particular interest here are two peptides colocalized in catecholaminergic RVLM neurons: catestatin and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP). Chromogranin A-derived catestatin is a potent endogenous noncompetitive nicotinic and adrenoreceptor antagonist. Catestatin impairs adenylate cyclase and phospholipase C action: mechanisms engaged by PACAP. Although PACAP and catestatin are likely coreleased, the possible effects of this are unknown. We aimed to determine whether catestatin affects the normal sympathoexcitatory but isotensive responses to intrathecal PACAP. Urethane-anesthetized, vagotomized, ventilated Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 22) were given an intrathecal injection of catestatin at different times prior to intrathecal administration of PACAP-38. Arterial pressure, splanchnic sympathetic nerve activity, heart rate, and reflex responses to baroreceptor and chemoreceptor activation were recorded. The key findings of this study are that pretreatment with catestatin time dependently enhances the PACAP-38 effect on mean arterial pressure and enhances sympathetic barosensitivity and chemosensitivity. The time-scale of the effect of catestatin on the response to PACAP-38 strongly suggests that catestatin is either causing changes in gene expression to exert its effects, or modifying intracellular mechanisms normally engaged by PAC(1) receptors. The ability of catestatin pretreatment to enhance barosensitivity and chemosensitivity after PACAP-38 injection supports the hypothesis that catestatin manipulates the intracellular environment within sympathetic neurons in a way that increases responses to PACAP.
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- Andrea H Gaede
- The Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie Univ., Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia
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Nitric oxide at the CVLM is involved in the attenuation of the reflex bradycardia in renovascular hypertensive rats. Nitric Oxide 2012; 26:118-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2012.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2011] [Revised: 12/06/2011] [Accepted: 01/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Farnham MMJ, Inglott MA, Pilowsky PM. Intrathecal PACAP-38 causes increases in sympathetic nerve activity and heart rate but not blood pressure in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 300:H214-22. [PMID: 20952662 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00662.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The rostral ventrolateral medulla contains presympathetic neurons that project monosynaptically to sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPN) in the spinal cord and are essential for the tonic and reflex control of the cardiovascular system. SPN directly innervate the adrenal medulla and, via postganglionic axons, affect the heart, kidneys, and blood vessels to alter sympathetic outflow and hence blood pressure. Over 80% of bulbospinal, catecholaminergic (C1) neurons contain pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) mRNA. Activation of PACAP receptors with intrathecal infusion of PACAP-38 causes a robust, prolonged elevation in sympathetic tone. Given that a common feature of most forms of hypertension is elevated sympathetic tone, this study aimed to determine in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) and the Wistar Kyoto rat (normotensive control) 1) the proportion of C1 neurons containing PACAP mRNA and 2) responsiveness to intrathecal PACAP-38. We further investigated whether intrathecal infusion of the PACAP antagonist, PACAP(6-38), reduces the hypertension in the SHR. The principal findings are that 1) the proportion of PACAP mRNA-containing C1 neurons is not different between normotensive and hypertensive rats, 2) intrathecal PACAP-38 causes a strain-dependent, sustained sympathoexcitation and tachycardia with variable effects on mean arterial pressure in normotensive and hypertensive rats, and 3) PACAP(6-38) effectively attenuated the effects of intrathecal PACAP-38, but had no effect alone, on any baseline variables. This finding indicates that PACAP-38 is not tonically released in the spinal cord of rats. A role for PACAP in hypertension in conscious rats remains to be determined.
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- Melissa M J Farnham
- Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Cocaine and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide (CART) is present in a subset of sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the rat. We examined the distribution of CART-immunoreactive terminals in rat stellate and superior cervical ganglia and adrenal gland and found that they surround neuropeptide Y-immunoreactive postganglionic neurons and noradrenergic chromaffin cells. The targets of CART-immunoreactive preganglionic neurons in the stellate and superior cervical ganglia were shown to be vasoconstrictor neurons supplying muscle and skin and cardiac-projecting postganglionic neurons: they did not target non-vasoconstrictor neurons innervating salivary glands, piloerector muscle, brown fat, or adrenergic chromaffin cells. Transneuronal tracing using pseudorabies virus demonstrated that many, but not all, preganglionic neurons in the vasoconstrictor pathway to forelimb skeletal muscle were CART immunoreactive. Similarly, analysis with the confocal microscope confirmed that 70% of boutons in contact with vasoconstrictor ganglion cells contained CART, whereas 30% did not. Finally, we show that CART-immunoreactive cells represented 69% of the preganglionic neuron population expressing c-Fos after systemic hypoxia. We conclude that CART is present in most, although not all, cardiovascular preganglionic neurons but not thoracic preganglionic neurons with non-cardiovascular targets. We suggest that CART immunoreactivity may identify the postulated "accessory" preganglionic neurons, whose actions may amplify vasomotor ganglionic transmission.
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Su CK, Ho CM, Kuo HH, Wen YC, Chai CY. Sympathetic-correlated c-Fos expression in the neonatal rat spinal cord in vitro. J Biomed Sci 2009; 16:44. [PMID: 19409080 PMCID: PMC2687431 DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-16-44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2008] [Accepted: 05/01/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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An isolated thoracic spinal cord of the neonatal rat in vitro spontaneously generates sympathetic nerve discharge (SND) at ~25 degrees C, but it fails in SND genesis at < or = 10 degrees C. Basal levels of the c-Fos expression in the spinal cords incubated at < or = 10 degrees C and ~25 degrees C were compared to determine the anatomical substrates that might participate in SND genesis. Cells that exhibited c-Fos immunoreactivity were virtually absent in the spinal cords incubated at < or = 10 degrees C. However, in the spinal cords incubated at ~25 degrees C, c-Fos-positive cells were found in the dorsal laminae, the white matter, lamina X, and the intermediolateral cell column (IML). Cell identities were verified by double labeling of c-Fos with neuron-specific nuclear protein (NeuN), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), or choline acetyltransferase (ChAT). The c-Fos-positive cells distributed in the white matter and lamina X were NeuN-negative or GFAP-positive and were glial cells. Endogenously active neurons showing c-Fos and NeuN double labeling were scattered in the dorsal laminae and concentrated in the IML. Double labeling of c-Fos and ChAT confirmed the presence of active sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPNs) in the IML. Suppression of SND genesis by tetrodotoxin (TTX) or mecamylamine (MECA, nicotinic receptor blocker) almost abolished c-Fos expression in dorsal laminae, but only mildly affected c-Fos expression in the SPNs. Therefore, c-Fos expression in some SPNs does not require synaptic activation. Our results suggest that spinal SND genesis is initiated from some spontaneously active SPNs, which are capable of TTX- or MECA-resistant c-Fos expression.
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- Chun-Kuei Su
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Enhanced response from the caudal pressor area in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Brain Res 2008; 1227:89-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.06.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2006] [Revised: 05/24/2008] [Accepted: 06/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Biophysical and histological determinants underlying natural firing behaviors of splanchnic sympathetic preganglionic neurons in neonatal rats. Neuroscience 2007; 150:926-37. [PMID: 18022326 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2007] [Revised: 09/14/2007] [Accepted: 10/11/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Isolated thoracic spinal cords of neonatal rats spontaneously generate splanchnic sympathetic nerve discharge (SND) with a quasiperiodic rhythm approximately 1-Hz. Using in vitro nerve-cord preparations that retained T6-T12 spinal segments, we investigated whether the natural firing behavior of sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPNs) encoded the SND rhythm and what were the main biophysical and histological determinants of SPN firing. Under extracellular recording conditions, electrical stimulation of splanchnic nerves elicited antidromic responses in 212 SPNs. Among them, 92 SPNs were quiescent; 120 active SPNs had an average firing rate of 0.72+/-0.04 Hz, which was close to the quasiperiodic rhythm of SND. SPNs with rhythmic burst firing were rare. Probability plots of interspike intervals were constructed to extract mathematical features underlying SPN firing. Most active SPNs (88%) had a firing well described by unimodal Gaussian, suggesting a predominantly tonic pattern with normal variations. Biophysical properties of 112 SPNs were measured under whole-cell recording conditions. The charging time constant, tau, is positively correlated with the average firing rate. Histological properties were examined in 45 SPNs with intracellular diffusion of Lucifer Yellow or biocytin. SPNs with pyramidal somata and multipolar dendrites tend to be spontaneously active. In contrast, those with bipolar somata and fewer dendritic branches were quiescent in firing. These observations suggest that activity levels of SPNs are correlated with their capacity for temporal and spatial summation of synaptic inputs. How the seemingly tonic firing of individual SPNs is integrated into whole-nerve SND with quasiperiodic rhythms is discussed.
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Powers-Martin K, McKitrick DJ, Arnolda LF, Phillips JK. Distinct subpopulations of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) containing sympathetic preganglionic neurons in spontaneously hypertensive and Wistar-Kyoto rats. J Comp Neurol 2006; 497:566-74. [PMID: 16739165 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPN) of the intermediolateral cell column (IML) play a critical role in the maintenance of vascular tone. We undertook a comparative neuroanatomical analysis of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) expression in the SPN of the mature normotensive Wistar Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR). The anatomical relationship between nNOS and the NO signaling molecule cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) was also determined. All animals were male, age > 6 months. Fluorogold (FG) retrograde labeling of SPN (detected with immunohistochemistry) was combined with NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry for NOS in the thoracic spinal cord (T1-11, n = 5 WKY, 5 SHR). There was no difference in the total number of FG-labeled SPN (WKY 6,542 +/- 828, SHR 6,091 +/- 820), but the proportion of FG-labeled cells expressing NOS was significantly less in the SHR (WKY 64.4 +/- 5.1 vs. SHR 55.6 +/- 2.1, P < 0.05). Fluorescence immunohistochemistry for nNOS/cGMP (n = 4 WKY, 4 SHR) was also performed. Confocal microscopy revealed that all nNOS-positive SPN contain cGMP and confirmed a strain-specific anatomical arrangement of SPN cell clusters. A novel subpopulation of cGMP-only cells were also identified. Double labeling for cGMP and choline acetyltransferase (n = 3 WKY, 3 SHR), confirmed these cells as SPN in both WKY and SHR. These results suggest that cGMP is a key signaling molecule in SPN, and that a reduced number of NOS neurons in the SHR may play a role in the increase in sympathetic tone associated with hypertension in these animals.
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Fenwick NM, Martin CL, Llewellyn-Smith IJ. Immunoreactivity for cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript in rat sympathetic preganglionic neurons projecting to sympathetic ganglia and the adrenal medulla. J Comp Neurol 2006; 495:422-33. [PMID: 16485287 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Many sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPN) in the intermediolateral cell column (IML) contain cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART), but the function of these CART-immunoreactive (IR) neurons is unknown. To test the possibility that CART might mark SPN involved in cardiovascular regulation, we first established whether all CART neurons in the spinal cord were SPN by double-immunofluorescent labelling for CART and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT). All autonomic subnuclei contained SPN immunoreactive for ChAT plus CART. Occasional ChAT-negative, CART-positive neurons occurred adjacent to the IML, indicating the existence of CART-IR interneurons. We then retrogradely labelled SPN with cholera toxin subunit B (CTB) from a variety of targets and used double immunofluorescence to detect CTB and CART. Among SPN in the IML, 43% projecting to the coeliac ganglion, 34% projecting to the major pelvic ganglion, and about 15% projecting to the superior cervical ganglion or adrenal medulla contained CART. CART also occurred in most SPN projecting to the major pelvic ganglion from either the central autonomic area (63%) or the intercalated nucleus (58%). Finally, we used drug-induced hypotension in conscious rats to evoke Fos immunoreactivity in barosensitive SPN and immunostained to reveal Fos and CART. CART immunoreactivity was present in 41% of the Fos-IR barosensitive neurons, which were concentrated in the IML of segments T5-T13. CART-positive, Fos-negative neurons also occurred in the same segments. These results indicate that CART occurs in barosensitive SPN, nonbarosensitive SPN, and interneurons. Thus, CART is not an exclusive marker for cardiovascular SPN but is likely to influence many autonomic activities.
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- Natalie M Fenwick
- Cardiovascular Neuroscience Group, Cardiovascular Medicine and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia
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Li G, Wang X, Abdel-Rahman AA. Neuronal Norepinephrine Responses of the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla and Nucleus Tractus Solitarius Neurons Distinguish the I1- from the α2-Receptor-Mediated Hypotension in Conscious SHRs. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2005; 46:52-62. [PMID: 15965355 DOI: 10.1097/01.fjc.0000162773.54915.52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We tested the hypothesis that the I1 receptor mediates the reduction in rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) neuronal norepinephrine (NE; index of sympathetic activity) that leads to hypotension independent of other brainstem areas or the alpha2-adrenergic receptor. To this end, we developed a model that permitted measurement of real-time changes in neuronal NE in the RVLM or nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) along with blood pressure and heart rate in the conscious SHR in response to localized microinjections of selective I1 (rilmenidine) or alpha2-adrenergic (alpha-methylnorepinephrine; alpha-MNE) agonist versus the mixed I1/alpha2 agonist clonidine. To further support the hypothesis, we investigated the effects of localized selective alpha2- (SK&F86466) or I1 (efaroxan) blockade on the reductions in neuronal NE and blood pressure elicited by intra-RVLM rilmenidine. In the latter experiment, changes in RVLM neuronal c-Fos (another marker of sympathetic neural activity) were also investigated. Intra-RVLM rilmenidine (40 nmol) or clonidine (1 nmol) similarly reduced RVLM NE and blood pressure; these responses were approximately 2-fold greater than those elicited by the pure alpha2-adrenergic agonist alpha-MNE (10 nmol). By contrast, intra-NTS rilmenidine or clonidine had no effect on NTS NE or blood pressure versus significant reductions in both parameters by alpha-MNE. Intra-RVLM rilmenidine decreased c-Fos expression, and these responses were abolished by efaroxan but not by SK&F 86466. These findings suggest: (1) in the RVLM, I1-receptor signaling suppresses cardiovascular neuron activity, which leads to lowering of blood pressure; (2) although the alpha2-adrenergic receptor in the RVLM serves a similar role, it does not exert a tonic neuronal inhibitory effect and is not essential, as a downstream signaling entity, for the I1-evoked neurobiological effects in the brainstem. The potential confounding effects of anesthetics on the I1 and/or alpha2 receptor-mediated neuronal and cardiovascular responses were circumvented in the present study.
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- Guichu Li
- Department of Pharmacology, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353, USA
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Wang X, Li G, Abdel-Rahman AA. Site-dependent inhibition of neuronal c-jun in the brainstem elicited by imidazoline I1 receptor activation: Role in rilmenidine-evoked hypotension. Eur J Pharmacol 2005; 514:191-9. [PMID: 15910806 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2005] [Accepted: 03/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Clonidine (a mixed alpha2-adrenoceptor and imidazoline I1 receptor agonist)-evoked hypotension was associated with dissimilar reductions in c-jun gene expression in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) and the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) in normotensive rats. In the present study, we investigated the relative contribution of the alpha2-adrenoceptor vs. the imidazoline I1 receptor to the reduction in c-jun gene expression in these two brainstem areas. In conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs), equihypotensive doses of three centrally acting hypotensive drugs with different selectivity for the two receptors were administered intracisternally (4 microl) to limit their actions to the brain. As a control, a similar hypotensive response was elicited by i.v. hydralazine. Clonidine (0.5 microg), or alpha-methylnorepinephrine (alpha-MNE, 4 microg), a highly selective alpha2-adrenoceptor agonist, similarly reduced c-jun mRNA expression in the NTS and rostral ventrolateral medulla. In contrast, a similar hypotensive response (-37+/-3.5 mm Hg) caused by the selective imidazoline I1 receptor agonist rilmenidine (25 microg) was associated with reduction in c-jun mRNA expression in the rostral ventrolateral medulla, but not in the NTS. Further, intra-rostral ventrolateral medulla rilmenidine (40 nmol) reduced c-Jun protein expression in rostral ventrolateral medulla and blood pressure and both responses were antagonized by selective imidazoline I1 receptor (efaroxan, 4 nmol), but not alpha2-adrenoceptor (SK&F 86466, 10 nmol) blockade. These results suggest: (1) the c-jun containing neurons in the brainstem are involved in the centrally mediated hypotension elicited by centrally acting antihypertensive agents, and (2) the alpha2-adrenoceptor modulates c-jun gene expression in the NTS and rostral ventrolateral medulla implicated in centrally mediated hypotension, and (3) the imidazoline I1 receptor mediated inhibition of c-jun gene expression in the rostral ventrolateral medulla, but not in the NTS, contributes to the centrally mediated hypotension by the second generation drugs.
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- Xu Wang
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
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Lohmeier TE, Hildebrandt DA, Warren S, May PJ, Cunningham JT. Recent insights into the interactions between the baroreflex and the kidneys in hypertension. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2005; 288:R828-36. [PMID: 15793036 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00591.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Recent findings in chronically instrumented animals challenge the classic concept that baroreflexes do not play a role in the chronic regulation of arterial pressure. As alterations in renal excretory function are of paramount importance in the chronic regulation of arterial pressure, several of these recent studies have focused on the long-term interactions between the baroreflex and the kidneys during chronic perturbations in arterial pressure and body fluid volumes. An emerging body of evidence indicates that the baroreflex is chronically activated in several experimental models of hypertension, but in most cases, the duration of these studies has not exceeded 2 wk. Although these studies suggest that the baroreflex may play a compensatory role in attenuating the severity of the hypertension, possibly even in primary hypertension with uncertain causes of sympathetic activation, there has been only limited assessment of the quantitative importance of this interaction in the regulation of arterial pressure. In experimental models of secondary hypertension, baroreflex suppression of renal sympathetic nerve activity is sustained and chronically promotes sodium excretion. This raises the possibility that the renal nerves may be the critical efferent link for baroreceptor-induced suppression of central sympathetic output through which long-term compensatory reductions in arterial pressure are produced. This contention is supported by strong theoretical evidence but must be corroborated by experimental studies. Finally, although it is now clear that pressure-induced increases in baroreflex activity persist for longer periods of time than previously suggested, studies using new tools and novel approaches and extending beyond 2 wk of hypertension are needed to elucidate the true role of the baroreflex in the pathogenesis of clinical hypertension.
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- Thomas E Lohmeier
- Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State St., Jackson, MS 39216-4505, USA.
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Kaehler ST, Salchner P, Singewald N, Philippu A. Differential amino acid transmission in the locus coeruleus of Wistar Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rats. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 2004; 370:381-7. [PMID: 15526108 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-004-0987-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2004] [Accepted: 09/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In addition to differences in their blood pressure, Wistar Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) are known to differ in their emotional behaviour. The neurochemistry underlying these differences is not well understood. In the present study the release rates of the two main regulatory amino acids in the locus coeruleus, glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), were monitored in WKY rats and SHR to investigate whether basal and/or challenged neurotransmission differs between these strains. The strains differed in their basal blood pressure (WKY 102+/-2 mmHg, SHR 140+/-4 mmHg), as well as in their emotional behaviour, since WKY rats displayed enhanced anxiety-related behaviour in the open field test (time in centre: WKY 197+/-40 s/30 min, SHR 741+/-93 s/30 min). Basal glutamate and GABA release rates did not differ between WKY rats and SHR. A rise in blood pressure induced by intravenous infusion of noradrenaline for 10 min enhanced GABA release in WKY rats by 60%, while no effect was observed in SHR. Glutamate release did not respond to experimental hypertension in both strains. Intravenous infusion of sodium nitroprusside led to a fall in blood pressure, which was less pronounced and was of shorter duration in WKY rats than in SHR. The depressor response had no effect on amino acid release in the locus coeruleus of both strains. Mild stress induced by noise or tail pinch led to slight rises in arterial blood pressure (10 mmHg and 20 mmHg respectively), which were similar in WKY rats and SHR. Tail pinch enhanced the release rates of glutamate and GABA in the locus coeruleus of WKY rats and SHR; however, no strain differences were noted. Noise stress did not significantly influence amino acid release. These findings demonstrate that SHR and WKY rats differ in GABAergic neurotransmission, which is revealed in response to specific cardiovascular challenges, but not to mild stressors. The observed lack of GABA response to blood pressure elevation in SHR may reflect a disturbed mechanism counteracting high blood pressure, possibly contributing to hypertension in this strain.
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- S T Kaehler
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Innsbruck, Peter-Mayr-Strasse 1, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Jung JY, Lee JU, Kim WJ. Enhanced activity of central adrenergic neurons in two-kidney, one clip hypertension in Sprague–Dawley rats. Neurosci Lett 2004; 369:14-8. [PMID: 15380299 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2004] [Revised: 07/05/2004] [Accepted: 07/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The present study was aimed at investigating whether two-kidney, one clip (2K1C) hypertension is associated with an enhanced central adrenergic activity. Rats were made 2K1C hypertensive, and the expression of Fos-like immunoreactivity (FLI) and phenylethanalamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT)-immunoreactivity was determined in the brain areas related to the cardiovascular regulation. In 2K1C hypertension, the basal Fos-immunoreactivity was significantly increased in rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), paraventricular nucleus (PVN), and supraoptic nucleus (SON). PNMT-immunoreactivities were noted in RVLM, but not in PVN or SON. Intracerebroventricular administration of angiotensin II (AII) markedly increased Fos-immunoreactivities, the degree of which was greater in hypertension. Furthermore, AII increased the ratio of PNMT-positive/Fos-positive neurons in RVLM in hypertension. It is suggested that the responsiveness to AII of the central adrenergic system is enhanced in 2K1C hypertension.
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- Ji-Yeon Jung
- Department of Physiology, College of Dentistry, Chonnam National University 300 YongBong-Dong, Buk-Gu, Gwang-Ju 500-757, South Korea
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Burman KJ, Sartor DM, Verberne AJM, Llewellyn-Smith IJ. Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript in catecholamine and noncatecholamine presympathetic vasomotor neurons of rat rostral ventrolateral medulla. J Comp Neurol 2004; 476:19-31. [PMID: 15236464 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Presympathetic vasomotor adrenergic (C1) and nonadrenergic (non-C1) neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) provide the main excitatory drive to cardiovascular sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the spinal cord. C1 and non-C1 neurons contain cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART), suggesting that CART may be a common marker for RVLM presympathetic neurons. To test this hypothesis, we first used double-immunofluorescence staining for CART and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) to quantify CART-immunoreactive (-IR) catecholamine and noncatecholamine neurons in the C1 region. Next, we quantified the proportion of CART-IR RVLM neurons that expressed Fos in response to a hypotensive stimulus, using peroxidase immunohistochemistry for Fos and dual immunofluorescence for CART and TH. Finally, we fluorescently detected CART immunoreactivity in electrophysiologically identified, juxtacellularly labeled RVLM presympathetic neurons. In the RVLM, 97% of TH-IR neurons were CART-IR, and 74% of CART-IR neurons were TH-IR. Nitroprusside infusion significantly increased the number of Fos-IR RVLM neurons compared with saline controls. In nitroprusside-treated rats, virtually all Fos/TH neurons in the RVLM were immunoreactive for CART (98% +/- 1.3%, SD; n = 7), whereas 29% +/- 8.3% of CART-positive, TH-negative neurons showed Fos immunoreactivity. Six fast (2.8-5.8 m/second, noncatecholamine)-, two intermediate (2.1 and 2.2 m/second)-, and five slow (<1 m/second, catecholamine)-conducting RVLM presympathetic vasomotor neurons were juxtacellularly labeled. After fluorescent detection of CART and biotinamide, all 13 neurons were found to be CART-IR. These results suggest that, in rat RVLM, all catecholamine and noncatecholamine presympathetic vasomotor neurons contain CART.
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- Kathleen J Burman
- Cardiovascular Medicine and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia
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Dampney RAL, Horiuchi J. Functional organisation of central cardiovascular pathways: studies using c-fos gene expression. Prog Neurobiol 2003; 71:359-84. [PMID: 14757116 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2003.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Until about 10 years ago, knowledge of the functional organisation of the central pathways that subserve cardiovascular responses to homeostatic challenges and other stressors was based almost entirely on studies in anaesthetised animals. More recently, however, many studies have used the method of the expression of immediate early genes, particularly the c-fos gene, to identify populations of central neurons that are activated by such challenges in conscious animals. In this review we first consider the advantages and limitations of this method. Then, we discuss how the application of the method of immediate early gene expression, when used alone or in combination with other methods, has contributed to our understanding of the central mechanisms that regulate the autonomic and neuroendocrine response to various cardiovascular challenges (e.g., hypotension, hypoxia, hypovolemia, and other stressors) as they operate in the conscious state. In general, the results of studies of central cardiovascular pathways using immediate early gene expression are consistent with previous studies in anaesthetised animals, but in addition have revealed other previously unrecognised pathways that also contribute to cardiovascular regulation. Finally, we briefly consider recent evidence indicating that immediate early gene expression can modify the functional properties of central cardiovascular neurons, and the possible significance of this in producing long-term changes in the regulation of the cardiovascular system both in normal and pathological conditions.
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- R A L Dampney
- Department of Physiology and Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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Llewellyn-Smith IJ, Martin CL, Marcus JN, Yanagisawa M, Minson JB, Scammell TE. Orexin-immunoreactive inputs to rat sympathetic preganglionic neurons. Neurosci Lett 2003; 351:115-9. [PMID: 14583395 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(03)00770-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Orexin increases blood pressure and orexin-immunoreactive (IR) axons robustly innervate the spinal cord. Seeking anatomical evidence for direct effects of orexin on sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPN), we used immunohistochemistry to study the relationships between orexin-IR axons and SPN identified by immunoreactivity for choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) or for cholera toxin B retrogradely transported from the superior cervical ganglion (SCG). In the intermediolateral cell column (IML), varicose, orexin-positive axons closely apposed almost all SPN in segments T1 and T2, but appositions were rare in T4-L2. Orexin fibers also apposed ChAT-IR cell bodies in the intercalated nucleus and the central autonomic area from T1 to L2. Orexin-IR synapses were identified ultrastructurally on SPN projecting to the SCG. Since SPN involved in cardiovascular control cluster in the IML of mid- and lower thoracic cord, these findings suggest that orexin affects blood pressure by acting on supraspinal neurons rather than SPN.
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- I J Llewellyn-Smith
- Cardiovascular Neuroscience Group, Cardiovascular Medicine and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia.
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Sved AF, Ito S, Sved JC. Brainstem mechanisms of hypertension: role of the rostral ventrolateral medulla. Curr Hypertens Rep 2003; 5:262-8. [PMID: 12724060 DOI: 10.1007/s11906-003-0030-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The central nervous system plays a key role in the regulation of cardiovascular function, and alterations in the central neural mechanisms that control blood pressure may underlie the vast majority of cases of primary hypertension. The well-studied baroreceptor reflex powerfully regulates arterial pressure, though its involvement in the pathogenesis of chronic hypertension is likely to be only of minor importance. Supraspinal maintenance of sympathetic vasomotor outflow appears to emanate from neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla, and the tonic drive exerted on sympathetic vasomotor activity by the rostral ventrolateral medulla appears to be increased in several animal models of hypertension. In particular, the excitation of the rostral ventrolateral medulla by excitatory amino acid neurotransmitters and by stimulation of AT(1) angiotensin receptors appears to be increased in experimental hypertension. The current data support the view that neurogenic hypertension is mediated by increased excitatory drive of rostral ventrolateral medulla sympathoexcitatory neurons.
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- Alan F Sved
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, 446 Crawford Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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Nosjean A, Callera JC, Bonagamba L, Machado B, Hamon M, Laguzzi R. Serotonin(3) receptor stimulation in the nucleus tractus solitarii activates non-catecholaminergic neurons in the rat ventrolateral medulla. Neuroscience 2002; 112:935-49. [PMID: 12088752 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00057-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The present study was performed to determine whether or not the increased arterial pressure triggered by 5-HT(3) receptor stimulation in the nucleus tractus solitarii and underlain by a sympathoexcitation is associated with the activation of ventromedullary cells known to be involved in vascular regulation, i.e. the C1 and A1 catecholaminergic cells. For this purpose, double immunohistochemical labeling for tyrosine hydroxylase and c-fos protein was performed all along the ventrolateral medulla after microinjection of 1-(m-chlorophenyl)-biguanide, a selective and potent 5-HT(3) receptor agonist, into the nucleus tractus solitarii of alpha-chloralose/urethane-anaesthetized rats. This treatment produced a significant elevation of arterial pressure ( approximately +35 mm Hg). Concomitantly, a significant increase in the number of c-fos expressing neurons was observed in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (+63%), in particular in its most anterior part (+78%), and in the medullary region surrounding the caudal part of the facial nucleus (+91%). Retrograde labeling with gold-horseradish peroxidase complex showed that at least some of these activated c-fos expressing cells project to the spinal cord. However, the number of double-stained neurons, i.e. c-fos and tyrosine hydroxylase positive neurons, did not increase at any level of the ventrolateral medulla. In contrast, under the same alpha-chloralose/urethane anesthesia, systemic infusion of sodium nitroprusside appeared to produce a hypotension and a marked increase in the density of such double c-fos and tyrosine hydroxylase expressing cells in the rostral ventrolateral medulla and the caudal medullary region surrounding the caudal part of the facial nucleus. These data indicate that medullary catecholaminergic C1 and A1 neurons are not involved in the pressor effect elicited by 5-HT(3) receptor stimulation in the nucleus tractus solitarii. However, this 5-HT(3) receptor-mediated effect is clearly associated with the excitation of (non-catecholaminergic) neurons within the pressor region of the ventral medulla.
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- A Nosjean
- INSERM U288, NeuroPsychoPharmacologie, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75634 Paris Cedex 13, France.
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Chan SHH, Chao YM, Tseng CJ, Chan JYH. Down-regulation of basal Fos expression at nucleus tractus solitarii underlies restoration of baroreflex response after antihypertensive treatment in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Neuroscience 2002; 112:113-20. [PMID: 12044476 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00061-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Antihypertensive therapy not only normalizes the elevated blood pressure but also restores the reduced baroreceptor reflex response associated with hypertension, although the underlying mechanism is not fully understood. We assessed the hypothesis that a reversal of the enhanced basal Fos expression seen during hypertension in nucleus tractus solitarii, the terminal site of baroreceptor afferents, underlies the restoration of baroreceptor reflex sensitivity after antihypertensive treatment. Male adult spontaneously hypertensive or normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats received for 3 weeks captopril (100 mg/kg/day) added to their drinking water. Evaluated subsequently under pentobarbital anesthesia, captopril-treated spontaneously hypertensive rats exhibited significantly lowered systolic blood pressure and restoration of the sensitivity in baroreceptor reflex control of heart rate to levels comparable with Wistar-Kyoto rats. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis and immunohistochemical evaluation revealed concomitant down-regulation of basal expression in nucleus tractus solitarii of c-fos gene at both mRNA and protein levels. Captopril treatment, on the other hand, elicited no discernible effect on systolic blood pressure, cardiac baroreceptor reflex sensitivity or basal expression of Fos protein at the nucleus tractus solitarii of normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats. From these findings we suggest that a down-regulation of basal Fos expression in nucleus tractus solitarii may contribute to the restoration of baroreceptor reflex sensitivity in spontaneously hypertensive rats that received antihypertensive treatment such as captopril.
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- S H H Chan
- Neuroscience Group, Chang Gung University and Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Minson JB, Arnolda LF, Llewellyn-Smith IJ. Neurochemistry of nerve fibers apposing sympathetic preganglionic neurons activated by sustained hypotension. J Comp Neurol 2002; 449:307-18. [PMID: 12115667 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPN) in rat spinal cord were activated by the reflex stimulation of bulbospinal sympathetic neuronal pathways after a nitroprusside-induced hypotension. Hypotension-sensitive SPN, identified by immunoreactivity (IR) to the product of the immediate early gene c-fos and to choline acetyltransferase, were localized in the intermediolateral cell column of thoracic and upper lumbar cord, particularly middle to lower thoracic cord. Putative neurotransmitters, or their markers, in varicose fiber networks around SPN were identified. Nearly all hypotension-sensitive (Fos-IR) SPN were apposed by varicose fibers immunoreactive for tyrosine hydroxylase, serotonin, substance P, or enkephalin. Neuropeptide Y (NPY)- or phenylethanolamine-N-methyl transferase (PNMT)-IR varicose fibers apposed Fos-IR SPN in the upper and middle thoracic spinal cord, but in lower thoracic segments some Fos-IR SPN lacked these appositions. In thoracic segment 12, 51% +/- 5% of Fos-IR SPN (n = 9 rats) lacked PNMT contacts and 25% +/- 3% of Fos-IR SPN (n = 8 rats) lacked NPY contacts. In contrast to other chemically defined afferents, galanin-IR varicose fibers apposed fewer than half of the Fos-IR SPN in the middle to lower thoracic cord. Neurotransmitters/neuromodulators that might influence the activity of SPN acting in the baroreflex-mediated control of blood pressure have been identified. Uniformity in the neurochemistry of some fibers making connections with Fos-IR SPN, regardless of their segmental origin, suggests that common sets of neurons provide convergent inputs to all hypotension-sensitive SPN. Other fibers show topographic differences in their contacts with Fos-IR SPN, suggesting that subgroups of hypotension-sensitive SPN are targeted by particular neuron groups.
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- Jane B Minson
- Cardiovascular Neuroscience Group, Cardiovascular Medicine and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia 5042, Australia.
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1. Amino acid neurotransmitters are critical for controlling the activity of most central neurons, including sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPN), the spinal cord neurons involved in controlling blood pressure and other autonomic functions. 2. In studies reviewed here, SPN were identified either by retrograde tracing from a peripheral target (superior cervical ganglion or adrenal medulla) or by detection of immunoreactivity for choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), the acetylcholine-synthesizing enzyme that is a marker for all SPN, in intact or completely transected rat spinal cord. 3. Postembedding immunogold labelling on ultrathin sections was then used to detect GABA and sometimes glutamate in nerve terminals on SPN or near them in the neuropil of the lateral horn. 4. In some cases, the terminals were prelabelled to show an anterograde tracer or immunoreactivity for ChAT or neuropeptide Y. 5. This anatomical work has provided information that is helpful in understanding how SPN are influenced by their GABAergic innervation. 6. Immunogold studies showed that the proportion of input provided by GABAergic terminals varies between different groups of SPN. For some groups, this input may be preferentially targeted to cell bodies. 7. Anterograde tracing demonstrated that supraspinal as well as intraspinal GABAergic neurons innervate SPN and investigations on completely transected cord suggested that supraspinal neurons may provide a surprisingly large proportion of the GABAergic terminals that contact SPN. 8. The double-labelling studies in which other amino acids, ChAT or neuropeptide Y were localized along with GABA indicate that GABAergic terminals contain other neurochemicals that could modulate the actions of GABA, depending on the complement of receptors that are present pre- and post-synaptically. 9. Taken together, these data indicate that GABAergic transmission to SPN may be much more complicated than suggested by the currently available electrophysiological studies.
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- Ida J Llewellyn-Smith
- Cardiovascular Neuroscience Group, Cardiovascular Medicine and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
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Palmer AA, Printz MP. Differences between SHR and WKY following the airpuff startle stimulus in the number of Fos expressing, RVLM projecting neurons. Clin Exp Hypertens 2002; 24:125-39. [PMID: 11883788 DOI: 10.1081/ceh-120003196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The neurocircuitry responsible for excessive stress-induced cardiovascular responses in genetic hypertensive rats remains elusive. Prior studies detailed a differential cardiovascular response profile to airpuff startle stimuli between Spontaneously Hypertensive (SHR) and Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats. We recently identified strain differential Fos expression in the rostroventrolateral medulla (RVLM) and several RVLM projecting sites following airpuff startle. The current study sought to define RVLM projecting neurons that also express Fos following placement in the test chamber and administration of the airpuff startle stimulus. Unilateral iontophoretic micro-injections of fluorogold were made into the RVLM of 9-10 week old SHR and WKY rats. Two to three weeks later, animals were subjected to a series of 60 airpuff startle stimuli. Brains were double labeled for Fos and fluorogold. Single fluorogold and single Fos cells, and double labeled cells were found in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), caudal ventral lateral medulla (CVLM), Kölliker fuse (KF), ventral lateral, lateral, and dorsal central gray, lateral hypothalamus (LH), and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN). These data are consistent with the notion that the RVLM receives differential excitatory and/or inhibitory input from higher brain centers, perhaps contributing to differential Fos expression in the RVLM, differential autonomic responding, or both.
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Burman KJ, McKitrick DJ, Minson JB, West A, Arnolda LF, Llewellyn-Smith IJ. Neurokinin-1 receptor immunoreactivity in hypotension sensitive sympathetic preganglionic neurons. Brain Res 2001; 915:238-43. [PMID: 11595214 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02907-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Substance P activation of neurokinin-1 (NK1) receptors on spinal sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPN) influences blood pressure. We identified SPN likely to subserve the baroreceptor reflex and established if these neurons showed NK1 receptor-immunoreactivity. Nitroprusside (NP) infusion or inferior vena cava (IVC) constriction activated similar numbers of SPN. Of these, about 40% were NK1 receptor-immunoreactive after NP infusion, but only about 20% were NK1 receptor-immunoreactive after IVC constriction. The distribution of Fos/NK1 receptor SPN suggested that substance P may preferentially target sympathoadrenal SPN.
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- K J Burman
- Cardiovascular Neuroscience Group, Cardiovascular Medicine and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University of South Australia, South Australia 5042, Bedford Park, Australia.
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Minson JB, Llewellyn-Smith IJ, Arnolda LF. Neuropeptide Y mRNA expression in interneurons in rat spinal cord. Auton Neurosci 2001; 93:14-20. [PMID: 11695701 DOI: 10.1016/s1566-0702(01)00324-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY)-immunoreactive axons are present within the spinal cord. Some of these axons originate from neurons in the brainstem. Other axons arise from within the spinal cord since NPY-immunoreactivity can be detected after complete spinal cord transection. To identify spinal neurons that might express NPY, we localized NPY mRNA in rat spinal cord using in situ hybridization histochemistry. NPY mRNA-containing neurons were localized in the dorsal horn, in medial laminae of the grey matter and in the lateral spinal nucleus in thoracic, lumbar and sacral cord. The location of some of these neurons, and their proximity to sympathetic preganglionic neurons, suggest some NPY-containing interneurons are likely to be involved in spinal as well as supraspinal autonomic reflex pathways.
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- J B Minson
- Cardiovascular Medicine and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
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El-Mas MM, Abdel-Rahman AA. Clonidine diminishes c-jun gene expression in the cardiovascular sensitive areas of the rat brainstem. Brain Res 2000; 856:245-9. [PMID: 10677633 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)02370-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The present study investigated the effect of clonidine on the basal and inducible c-jun and c-fos mRNA expression in the nucleus tractus solitarius (middle, mNTS, and rostral, rNTS) and the rostral ventrolateral medulla (caudal, cRVLM, and rostral, rRVLM). Conscious rats received saline, clonidine (30 microg/kg, i.v.), saline plus sodium nitroprusside (NP), or clonidine plus NP. Under basal conditions (saline-infused rats), c-jun mRNA was expressed in the mNTS and rRVLM but not in the rNTS or cRVLM whereas c-fos mRNA was not detectable. Clonidine attenuated the increases in c-fos in the mNTS and cRVLM and c-jun gene expression in the mNTS and rRVLM caused by NP-evoked hypotension and also reduced the basal expression of c-jun mRNA in the mNTS and rRVLM. These findings establish a causal link between clonidine inhibition of c-fos expression in brainstem and its hypotensive action, and provide the first evidence that clonidine attenuates the expression of the closely linked c-jun gene in neurons implicated in centrally mediated hypotension.
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- M M El-Mas
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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Leman S, Viltart O, Sequeira H. Expression of Fos protein in adrenal preganglionic neurons following chemical stimulation of the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat. Brain Res 2000; 854:189-96. [PMID: 10784121 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)02343-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The ventrolateral medulla is known to be involved in the regulation of arterial blood pressure, especially via its connections with sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPNs) mainly located in the intermediolateral nucleus of the spinal cord. It has been shown that stimulation of the rostral part of the ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) elicits a release of catecholamines from the adrenal medulla. The aim of the present study was to demonstrate the existence of a functional pathway between the RVLM and adrenal SPNs using the combination of a retrograde tract tracing technique (cholera toxin B subunit) with the immunohistochemical detection of Fos protein following the chemical stimulation of RVLM. The data obtained showed that: (1) chemical stimulation of the RVLM induced Fos immunoreactivity in the intermediolateral nucleus and particularly in SPNs projecting to the adrenal medulla; (2) along the thoracic segments T2-T12, 26.1% of retrogradely identified adrenal SPNs were Fos-immunoreactive with the greatest percentage (30.9%) in the T8 segment. These results favored a functional control of the RVLM on adrenal SPNs which may contribute to a substantial activation of the cardiovascular system via the release of adrenal catecholamines.
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- S Leman
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences du Comportement, Université de Lille I, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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McLean KJ, Jarrott B, Lawrence AJ. Hypotension activates neuropeptide Y-containing neurons in the rat medulla oblongata. Neuroscience 1999; 92:1377-87. [PMID: 10426492 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(99)00015-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The present study was designed to determine whether neurons within cardiovascular control nuclei of the rat brainstem that become activated following a hypotensive insult also possess the capacity to utilize neuropeptide Y. Adult male Wistar-Kyoto rats were injected with glyceryl trinitrate (10 mg/kg, i.p.) or vehicle, and 4 h later anaesthetized (pentobarbitone, 60 mg/kg, i.p.) and transcardially perfused. The brains were removed and processed by standard two-colour peroxidase immunohistochemistry. Activated cells were determined by incubation with a primary antibody to Fos protein, which was followed by a second incubation with a primary antibody to neuropeptide Y for double labelling of Fos-positive cells. Compared to vehicle, glyceryl trinitrate-induced hypotension caused a marked induction of Fos protein in the caudal one-third of the nucleus tractus solitarius (bregma -14 to -13.3 mm), which tailed off rapidly in more rostral sections. Following hypotension, significant populations of activated cells were also observed in the rostral and caudal ventrolateral medulla. In the caudal nucleus tractus solitarius and the posterior part of the medial nucleus tractus solitarius, respectively, 15 of 104 and 40 of 120 Fos-positive cells exhibited cytoplasmic neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity following hypotension, compared to seven of 40 and 15 of 40 in vehicle-treated rats, indicating a significant (two- to three-fold) increase in double-labelled cells following systemic glyceryl trinitrate (P < 0.05, unpaired t-test). In contrast, in the anterior part of the medial nucleus tractus solitarius, the number of double-labelled cells did not change following hypotension. An increase in double-labelled cells was also observed in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (2.5-fold increase compared to vehicle) and caudal ventrolateral medulla (5.8-fold increase compared to vehicle) following hypotension. These data indicate that, in the rat, neuropeptide Y-containing neurons are involved in the central response to a hypotensive challenge. The primary regions where neuropeptide Y-containing neurons appear to be activated are the caudal one-third of the nucleus tractus solitarius and the caudal ventrolateral medulla/rostral ventrolateral medulla, which are key nuclei associated with the integration of the baroreceptor heart rate reflex and sympathetic vasomotor outflow.
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- K J McLean
- Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Palmer AA, Printz MP. Strain differences in Fos expression following airpuff startle in Spontaneously Hypertensive and Wistar Kyoto rats. Neuroscience 1999; 89:965-78. [PMID: 10199628 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(98)00333-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The airpuff startle stimulus elicits both a behavioral and a concurrent sympathetic and parasympathetic activation, which have been shown to differ between inbred normotensive Wistar Kyoto and Spontaneously Hypertensive rat strains. Neither the brain sites responsible for the cardiovascular and motor responses, nor the origins of the strain differential responses, have yet been elucidated. The goals of the present study were (i) to define the neuronal pattern of immunoreactive Fos expression to the airpuff stimulus, and (ii) to determine whether this pattern of expression differed between the two contrasting inbred rat strains, thereby relating to observed differences in response. The airpuff stimulus induced Fos protein expression in discrete nuclei within the hypothalamus, thalamus, midbrain, pons and medulla of both strains, with strain-dependent differences evident in the hypothalamus (lateral, ventromedial and dorsomedial), pons (locus coeruleus) and medulla (rostroventrolateral medulla and solitary tract nuclei). To remove Fos expression arising from test chamber novelty, which was observed in both strains, a subset of animals was habituated to the test chamber for four days prior to testing. Habituation reduced Fos expression in several brain regions in the Wistar Kyoto, but failed to do so in the Spontaneously Hypertensive rat. The present results are the first to identify a set of brain regions likely to be responsible for the mediation of the cardiovascular and motor responses associated with the airpuff startle stimulus. Several of the identified areas contain neurotransmitters implicated by prior pharmacological studies. Further, these data identify differences in the degree of activation of specific neuronal structures that probably underlie strain differences in the cardiovascular response to the airpuff. Additionally, the results provide a cellular correlate to reported deficits in behavioral habituation by the Spontaneously Hypertensive rat and suggest a potentially profound difference between the ability of these two strains to adapt to repeated mild stress stimuli.
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- A A Palmer
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla 92093, USA
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Krukoff TL, MacTavish D, Jhamandas JH. Hypertensive rats exhibit heightened expression of corticotropin-releasing factor in activated central neurons in response to restraint stress. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1999; 65:70-9. [PMID: 10036309 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(98)00342-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To test the hypothesis that chronically elevated sympathetic drive is associated with hyperreactiveness of autonomic centers in the brain to stress, adult spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) and two strains of normotensive rats (Wistar Kyoto [WKY] and Sprague Dawley [SD] rats) were acutely exposed to restraint stress; controls from each strain were not stressed. Brain sections were prepared for Fos immunohistochemistry to identify activated neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, Barrington's nucleus of the pons, nucleus of the tractus solitarius, and ventrolateral medulla, or for combined Fos immunohistochemistry and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in situ hybridization in the paraventricular nucleus and Barrington's nucleus. Restraint led to increased activation of neurons in all nuclei. Strain differences were found only in the caudal and rostral paraventricular nucleus where restraint resulted in greater numbers of activated neurons in SHRs compared to either normotensive strain. Levels of CRF mRNA in Barrington's nucleus of unrestrained rats were similar among strains. After restraint, mRNA levels and double labeled neurons were increased in Barrington's nucleus of SHRs. In unstressed rats, CRF mRNA levels were elevated in some regions of the paraventricular nucleus in SHRs. After restraint, mRNA levels increased throughout the paraventricular nucleus of SHRs. Significantly greater numbers of double labeled neurons were found in the dorsolateral medial and ventral medial parvocellular paraventricular nucleus of stressed SHRs compared to WKY or SD rats. These data show that chronic elevation in sympathetic activity, present in SHRs, is associated with hyperreactiveness of the paraventricular and Barrington's nucleus including recruitment of neurons to express CRF, and may have important implications for the response of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis during stress.
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- T L Krukoff
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Solomon SG, Llewellyn-Smith IJ, Minson JB, Arnolda LF, Chalmers JP, Pilowsky PM. Neurokinin-1 receptors and spinal cord control of blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Brain Res 1999; 815:116-20. [PMID: 9974130 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)01107-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this study we examined blood pressure and heart rate responses to intrathecal administration of a synthetic NK1-receptor agonist, H2N-(CH2)4-CO-Phe-Phe-Pro-NmeLeu-Met-NH2 (GR 73,632), in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and their progenitor strain, the Wistar-Kyoto rat (WKY). Sodium pentobarbitone anaesthetised rats with implanted intrathecal catheters were paralysed (pancuronium dibromide) and artificially ventilated. Injection of GR 73,632 at the T9 spinal level evoked dose-dependent increases in mean arterial pressure (MAP) in WKY and SHR. SHR had a lower MAP response threshold than WKY but increase in response with increasing dose was less in SHR than WKY. Biphasic blood pressure responses at high doses were observed in both strains. Prior administration of the NK1-receptor antagonist (3 aR,7aR)-7,7-diphenyl-2-[1-imino-2(methoxyphenyl)ethyl] perhydroisoindol-4-one (RP 67,580) significantly reduced the pressor response in WKY but not SHR. The depressor response was not attenuated in either strain.
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- S G Solomon
- Department of Physiology, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Rowland NE. Brain mechanisms of mammalian fluid homeostasis: insights from use of immediate early gene mapping. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 1998; 23:49-63. [PMID: 9861612 DOI: 10.1016/s0149-7634(97)00068-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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A comprehensive review of the literature through mid-1997 is presented on the application of immediate early gene mapping to problems related to brain mechanisms of fluid homeostasis and cardiovascular regulation in mammals. First, the basic mechanisms of fluid intake and the principles and pitfalls of immediate early gene mapping are briefly introduced. Then, data from several principal paradigms are reviewed. These include fluid deprivation and intracellular dehydration, both of which are associated with thirst and water intake. The contributions of peripheral sodium receptors, and of both hindbrain and forebrain integrative mechanisms are evaluated. Extracellular dehydration, and associated aspects of both thirst and sodium appetite are then reviewed. The contributions of both structures along the lamina terminalis and the hypothalamic magnocellular neurosecretory groups figure prominently in most of these paradigms. Effects of hypotension and hypertension are discussed, including data from the endogenous generation and the exogenous application of angiotensin II. Lastly, we summarize the contribution of the early gene mapping technique and consider briefly the prospects for new advances using this method.
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- N E Rowland
- Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611-2250, USA.
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