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Roy S, Lam MY, Panerai RB, Robinson TG, Minhas JS. Blood pressure variability at rest and during pressor challenges in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Blood Press Monit 2024; 29:232-241. [PMID: 38841869 DOI: 10.1097/mbp.0000000000000710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) have elevated blood pressure (BP) variability (BPV) and reduced baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) at rest for several days after initial stroke symptoms. We aimed to assess BPV and BRS in AIS patients during pressor challenge maneuvers in the acute and subacute phases of stroke. Pressor challenge maneuvers simulate day-to-day activities and can predict the quality of life. METHODS Continuous beat-to-beat BP and ECG in 15 AIS patients (mean age 69 ± 7.5 years) and 15 healthy controls (57 ± 16 years) were recorded at rest and during a 5-min rapid head positioning (RHP) paradigm. Patients were assessed within 24 h (acute phase) and 7 days (subacute phase) of stroke onset. Low frequency (LF) SBP power (measure of BPV), LF-α, and combined α-index (measure of BRS) were calculated from the recordings. RESULTS In the acute phase, at rest, LF-SBP power was higher ( P = 0.024) and α-index was lower ( P = 0.006) in AIS patients than in healthy controls. There was no change in LF-SBP during RHP in the patients but in healthy controls, it increased significantly ( P = 0.018). In the subacute phase, at rest, the alpha-index increased ( P = 0.037) and LF-SBP decreased ( P = 0.029) significantly in the AIS patients, however, there was still no rise in the LF-SBP power during RHP ( P = 0.240). CONCLUSION AIS patients have a high resting BPV. High resting BPV may be responsible for blunted BPV responses during pressor challenge maneuvers such as RHP, suggesting ongoing autonomic dysfunction and compromised quality of life.
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- Sankanika Roy
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
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Brislane Á, Davenport MH, Steinback CD. The sympathetic nervous system in healthy and hypertensive pregnancies: physiology or pathology? Exp Physiol 2023; 108:1238-1244. [PMID: 36459575 PMCID: PMC10988427 DOI: 10.1113/ep089665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the topic of this review? Sympathoexcitation in both healthy and hypertensive pregnancies, and concurrent adaptations along the neurovascular cascade. What advances does it highlight? Known and plausible adaptations along the neurovascular cascade which may offset elevated MSNA in normotensive pregnancy while also highlighting knowledge gaps regarding understudied pathways. ABSTRACT The progression from conception through to the postpartum period represents an extraordinary period of physiological adaptation in the mother to support the growth and development of the fetus. Healthy, normotensive human pregnancies are associated with striking increases in both plasma volume and sympathetic nerve activity, yet normal or reduced blood pressure; it represents a unique period of apparent healthy sympathetic hyperactivity. However, how this normal blood pressure is achieved in the face of sympathoexcitation, and the mechanisms responsible for this increased activity are unclear. Importantly, sympathetic activation has been implicated in hypertensive pregnancy disorders - the leading causes of maternal-fetal morbidity and mortality in the developed world. An understudied link between pregnancy and the development of maternal hypertension may lie in the sympathetic nervous system regulation of blood pressure. This brief review presents the latest data on sympathoexcitation in both healthy and hypertensive pregnancies, and concurrent adaptations along the neurovascular cascade.
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- Áine Brislane
- Program for Pregnancy & Postpartum HealthNeurovascular Health Lab, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and RecreationWomen and Children's Health Research InstituteAlberta Diabetes InstituteUniversity of AlbertaAlbertaCanada
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- Program for Pregnancy & Postpartum HealthNeurovascular Health Lab, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and RecreationWomen and Children's Health Research InstituteAlberta Diabetes InstituteUniversity of AlbertaAlbertaCanada
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- Program for Pregnancy & Postpartum HealthNeurovascular Health Lab, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and RecreationWomen and Children's Health Research InstituteAlberta Diabetes InstituteUniversity of AlbertaAlbertaCanada
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van Weperen VYH, Ripplinger CM, Vaseghi M. Autonomic control of ventricular function in health and disease: current state of the art. Clin Auton Res 2023; 33:491-517. [PMID: 37166736 PMCID: PMC10173946 DOI: 10.1007/s10286-023-00948-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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PURPOSE Cardiac autonomic dysfunction is one of the main pillars of cardiovascular pathophysiology. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the current state of the art on the pathological remodeling that occurs within the autonomic nervous system with cardiac injury and available neuromodulatory therapies for autonomic dysfunction in heart failure. METHODS Data from peer-reviewed publications on autonomic function in health and after cardiac injury are reviewed. The role of and evidence behind various neuromodulatory therapies both in preclinical investigation and in-use in clinical practice are summarized. RESULTS A harmonic interplay between the heart and the autonomic nervous system exists at multiple levels of the neuraxis. This interplay becomes disrupted in the setting of cardiovascular disease, resulting in pathological changes at multiple levels, from subcellular cardiac signaling of neurotransmitters to extra-cardiac, extra-thoracic remodeling. The subsequent detrimental cycle of sympathovagal imbalance, characterized by sympathoexcitation and parasympathetic withdrawal, predisposes to ventricular arrhythmias, progression of heart failure, and cardiac mortality. Knowledge on the etiology and pathophysiology of this condition has increased exponentially over the past few decades, resulting in a number of different neuromodulatory approaches. However, significant knowledge gaps in both sympathetic and parasympathetic interactions and causal factors that mediate progressive sympathoexcitation and parasympathetic dysfunction remain. CONCLUSIONS Although our understanding of autonomic imbalance in cardiovascular diseases has significantly increased, specific, pivotal mediators of this imbalance and the recognition and implementation of available autonomic parameters and neuromodulatory therapies are still lagging.
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- Valerie Y H van Weperen
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, UCLA Cardiac Arrythmia Center, University of California, 100 Medical Plaza, Suite 660, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, UCLA Cardiac Arrythmia Center, University of California, 100 Medical Plaza, Suite 660, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
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Tu H, Zhang D, Li YL. Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Arterial Baroreceptor Remodeling in Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes. Neurosci Bull 2018; 35:98-112. [PMID: 30146675 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-018-0274-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Clinical trials and animal experimental studies have demonstrated an association of arterial baroreflex impairment with the prognosis and mortality of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. As a primary part of the arterial baroreflex arc, the pressure sensitivity of arterial baroreceptors is blunted and involved in arterial baroreflex dysfunction in cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Changes in the arterial vascular walls, mechanosensitive ion channels, and voltage-gated ion channels contribute to the attenuation of arterial baroreceptor sensitivity. Some endogenous substances (such as angiotensin II and superoxide anion) can modulate these morphological and functional alterations through intracellular signaling pathways in impaired arterial baroreceptors. Arterial baroreceptors can be considered as a potential therapeutic target to improve the prognosis of patients with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
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- Huiyin Tu
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.
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Hemodynamic and Electrocardiographic Aspects of Uncomplicated Singleton Pregnancy. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2018; 1065:413-431. [PMID: 30051399 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-77932-4_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Pregnancy is associated with significant changes in maternal hemodynamics, which are triggered by profound systemic vasodilation and mediated through the autonomic nervous system as well as the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Vascular function changes to help accommodate an increase in intravascular volume due to blood volume expansion associated with pregnancy while maintaining the efficiency of ventricular-arterial coupling and diastolic perfusion pressure. The heart undergoes physiological (eccentric) hypertrophy due to increased volume load and cardiac stroke work, whereas the functional change of the left ventricle remains controversial. There are changes in cardiac electrical activity during pregnancy which can be detected in the electrocardiogram that are not related to disease. Sympathetic activation is a common phenomenon during uncomplicated pregnancy and may be a compensatory mechanism induced by profound systemic vasodilation and a decrease in mean arterial pressure. Despite marked sympathetic activation, vasoconstrictor responsiveness is blunted during uncomplicated pregnancy. There are race and ethnic differences in maternal hemodynamic adaptations to uncomplicated pregnancy, which may be attributed to differences in socioeconomic status or in prevalence rates of cardiovascular risk factors.
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Cardiac control is mediated via a series of reflex control networks involving somata in the (i) intrinsic cardiac ganglia (heart), (ii) intrathoracic extracardiac ganglia (stellate, middle cervical), (iii) superior cervical ganglia, (iv) spinal cord, (v) brainstem, and (vi) higher centers. Each of these processing centers contains afferent, efferent, and local circuit neurons, which interact locally and in an interdependent fashion with the other levels to coordinate regional cardiac electrical and mechanical indices on a beat-to-beat basis. This control system is optimized to respond to normal physiological stressors (standing, exercise, and temperature); however, it can be catastrophically disrupted by pathological events such as myocardial ischemia. In fact, it is now recognized that autonomic dysregulation is central to the evolution of heart failure and arrhythmias. Autonomic regulation therapy is an emerging modality in the management of acute and chronic cardiac pathologies. Neuromodulation-based approaches that target select nexus points of this hierarchy for cardiac control offer unique opportunities to positively affect therapeutic outcomes via improved efficacy of cardiovascular reflex control. As such, understanding the anatomical and physiological basis for such control is necessary to implement effectively novel neuromodulation therapies. © 2016 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 6:1635-1653, 2016.
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- Jeffrey L Ardell
- Los Angeles (UCLA) Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.,UCLA Neurocardiology Research Center of Excellence, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Los Angeles (UCLA) Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.,UCLA Neurocardiology Research Center of Excellence, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Ardell JL, Andresen MC, Armour JA, Billman GE, Chen PS, Foreman RD, Herring N, O'Leary DS, Sabbah HN, Schultz HD, Sunagawa K, Zucker IH. Translational neurocardiology: preclinical models and cardioneural integrative aspects. J Physiol 2016; 594:3877-909. [PMID: 27098459 DOI: 10.1113/jp271869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Neuronal elements distributed throughout the cardiac nervous system, from the level of the insular cortex to the intrinsic cardiac nervous system, are in constant communication with one another to ensure that cardiac output matches the dynamic process of regional blood flow demand. Neural elements in their various 'levels' become differentially recruited in the transduction of sensory inputs arising from the heart, major vessels, other visceral organs and somatic structures to optimize neuronal coordination of regional cardiac function. This White Paper will review the relevant aspects of the structural and functional organization for autonomic control of the heart in normal conditions, how these systems remodel/adapt during cardiac disease, and finally how such knowledge can be leveraged in the evolving realm of autonomic regulation therapy for cardiac therapeutics.
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- J L Ardell
- University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,UCLA Neurocardiology Research Center of Excellence, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,UCLA Neurocardiology Research Center of Excellence, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- The Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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Liu H, Wang L, Ma H, Guo R, Kang R, Han J, Dong Z. Coumestrol inhibits carotid sinus baroreceptor activity by cAMP/PKA dependent nitric oxide release in anesthetized male rats. Biochem Pharmacol 2014; 93:42-8. [PMID: 25449602 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2014.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2014] [Revised: 11/02/2014] [Accepted: 11/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Phytoestrogens could offer multiple beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system. Here, we have examined the effects of coumestrol (CMT) on carotid baroreceptors activity (CBA) and the possible mechanisms in male rats. The functional parameters of carotid baroreceptors were measured by recording sinus nerve afferent discharge in anesthetized male rats with perfused isolated carotid sinus. The levels of protein expression were determined by using ELISA and Western blotting. CMT (1 to 100μmolL(-1)) inhibited CBA, which shifted the functional curve of the carotid baroreceptor to the right and downward, with a marked decrease in the peak slope and the peak integral value of carotid sinus nerve discharge in a concentration dependent manner. These effects were not blocked by a specific estrogen receptor antagonist ICI 182,780, but were completely abolished by nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor l-NAME (N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester). Furthermore, a NO donor, SIN-1(3-morpholion-sydnon-imine), could potentiate these inhibitory effects of CMT. CMT stimulated the phosphorylation of Ser(1176)-eNOS (endothelial nitric oxide synthase) in a dose-dependent manner in carotid bifurcation tissue over a perfusion period of 15min. The rapid activation of eNOS by CMT was blocked by a highly selective PKA (protein kinase A) inhibitor H89. In addition, inhibition of PI3K (phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase) and ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase) pathways had no effect on eNOS activation by CMT. CMT inhibited CBA via eNOS activation and NO synthesis. These effects were mediated by the cAMP/PKA pathway and were unrelated to the estrogenic effect.
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- Haitao Liu
- Department of Anesthesiology, the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medicine, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medicine, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
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Pulse wave analysis of the aortic pressure waveform in patients with vasovagal syncope. Heart Vessels 2014; 31:74-9. [PMID: 25164239 DOI: 10.1007/s00380-014-0576-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Vascular reflex mechanisms contribute to vasovagal syncope. However, the alterations in central haemodynamics in patients with vasovagal syncope are unknown. 30 consecutive patients (36.5 ± 15 years, 14 females) with recurrent vasovagal syncope (VVS) and a positive tilt table test were compared to 39 age- and sex-matched controls (36.9 ± 16 years, 15 females) with a negative tilt table result and no history of syncope. Central aortic pressure parameters including augmentation index and central pulse pressure as markers of aortic stiffness were generated non-invasively by applanation tonometry of the radial artery and use of a validated mathematical transfer function. No difference in aortic augmentation index was observed between groups. (VVS 9 ± 2.6 vs. Control 11 ± 2.4, p = 0.8). However, in patients with vasovagal syncope the aortic pressure waveform significantly differed from healthy controls. A prolonged time to the peak of aortic pressure wave (aortic T2) was observed in patients with vasovagal syncope (226 ± 24 vs. 208 ± 21 ms, p = 0.001). Furthermore time to the first shoulder of the aortic pressure wave (aortic T1) was slightly shorter compared to healthy controls, but did not reach statistical significance (106 ± 22 vs. 110 ± 12 ms, p = 0.33). Patients with vasovagal syncope have an altered aortic pressure waveform at rest, but no signs of elevated aortic stiffness. The underlying mechanisms for these findings may potentially result from a complex imbalance of the autonomic nervous system with a continuous deregulation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic reflex arcs.
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Tomiyama H, Matsumoto C, Kimura K, Odaira M, Shiina K, Yamashina A. Pathophysiological contribution of vascular function to baroreflex regulation in hypertension. Circ J 2014; 78:1414-9. [PMID: 24694767 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-14-0064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND We examined which pathophysiological abnormalities of vascular function might be closely associated with abnormal baroreflex regulation in subjects with hypertension. METHODS AND RESULTS In the cross-sectional assessment, 280 subjects with hypertension were enrolled for measurement of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), radial augmentation index (rAI), flow-mediated vasodilatation (FMD) of the brachial artery and baroreceptor sensitivity (BRS). These parameters were measured again as prospective assessment in some of these subjects. In the cross-sectional assessment, after adjustment for confounding variables including anti-hypertensive medication, the baPWV, but not the rAI or FMD, was found to have a significant independent relationship with BRS (standardization coefficient, -0.149, P<0.043). In the subjects who were newly started on anti-hypertensive medication (n=40), regression of baPWV before and 1 year after the start of medication was significantly associated with change in BRS during the same period. In subjects already on anti-hypertensive medication (n=92) also, the evolutional change of baPWV over a follow-up period >1.5 years was significantly associated with change in BRS during the same period. CONCLUSIONS Increased stiffness of the large- to middle-sized arteries, rather than abnormal central hemodynamics or endothelial dysfunction, appears to contribute to abnormal baroreflex regulation in patients with hypertension.
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Young CN, Davisson RL. In vivo assessment of neurocardiovascular regulation in the mouse: principles, progress, and prospects. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 301:H654-62. [PMID: 21705676 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00355.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A growing body of evidence indicates that a number of common complex diseases, including hypertension, heart failure, and obesity, are characterized by alterations in central neurocardiovascular regulation. However, our understanding of how changes within the central nervous system contribute to the development and progression of these and other diseases remains unclear. As with many areas of cardiovascular research, the mouse has emerged as a key species for investigations of neuroregulatory processes because of its amenability to highly specific genetic manipulations. In parallel with the development of increasingly sophisticated murine models has come the miniaturization and advancement in methodologies for in vivo assessment of neurocardiovascular end points in the mouse. The following brief review will focus on a number of key direct and indirect experimental approaches currently in use, including measurement of arterial blood pressure, assessment of cardiovascular autonomic control, and evaluation of arterial baroreflex function. The advantages and limitations of each methodology are highlighted to allow for a critical evaluation by the reader when considering these approaches.
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- Colin N Young
- Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-6401, USA.
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All animals use a sophisticated array of receptor proteins to sense their external and internal environments. Major advances have been made in recent years in understanding the molecular and genetic bases for sensory transduction in diverse modalities, indicating that both metabotropic and ionotropic pathways are important in sensory functions. Here, I review the historical background and recent advances in understanding the roles of a relatively newly discovered family of receptors, the degenerin/epithelial sodium channels (DEG/ENaC). These animal-specific cation channels show a remarkable sequence and functional diversity in different species and seem to exert their functions in diverse sensory modalities. Functions for DEG/ENaC channels have been implicated in mechanosensation as well as chemosensory transduction pathways. In spite of overall sequence diversity, all family members share a unique protein topology that includes just two transmembrane domains and an unusually large and highly structured extracellular domain, that seem to be essential for both their mechanical and chemical sensory functions. This review will discuss many of the recent discoveries and controversies associated with sensory function of DEG/ENaC channels in both vertebrate and invertebrate model systems, covering the role of family members in taste, mechanosensation, and pain.
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Hart EC, Joyner MJ, Wallin BG, Karlsson T, Curry TB, Charkoudian N. Baroreflex control of muscle sympathetic nerve activity: a nonpharmacological measure of baroreflex sensitivity. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009; 298:H816-22. [PMID: 20008270 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00924.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The sensitivity of baroreflex control of sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) represents the responsiveness of SNA to changes in blood pressure. In a slightly different analysis, the baroreflex threshold measures the probability of whether a sympathetic burst will occur at a given diastolic blood pressure. We hypothesized that baroreflex threshold analysis could be used to estimate the sensitivity of the sympathetic baroreflex measured by the pharmacological modified Oxford test. We compared four measures of sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity in 25 young healthy participants: the "gold standard" modified Oxford analysis (nitroprusside and phenylephrine), nonbinned spontaneous baroreflex analysis, binned spontaneous baroreflex analysis, and threshold analysis. The latter three were performed during a quiet baseline period before pharmacological intervention. The modified Oxford baroreflex sensitivity was significantly related to the threshold slope (r = 0.71, P < 0.05) but not to the binned (1 mmHg bins) and the nonbinned spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity (r = 0.22 and 0.36, respectively, P > 0.05), which included burst area. The threshold analysis was also performed during the modified Oxford manipulation. Interestingly, we found that the threshold analysis results were not altered by the vasoactive drugs infused for the modified Oxford. We conclude that the noninvasive threshold analysis technique can be used as an indicator of muscle SNA baroreflex sensitivity as assessed by the modified Oxford technique. Furthermore, the modified Oxford method does not appear to alter the properties of the baroreflex.
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- Emma C Hart
- Dept. of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 59906, USA.
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Cao X, Dai X, Parker LM, Kreulen DL. Differential Regulation of NADPH Oxidase in Sympathetic and Sensory Ganglia in Deoxycorticosterone Acetate–Salt Hypertension. Hypertension 2007; 50:663-71. [PMID: 17698723 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.107.089748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We demonstrated recently that superoxide anion levels are elevated in prevertebral sympathetic ganglia of deoxycorticosterone acetate–salt hypertensive rats and that this superoxide anion is generated by reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase. In this study we compared the reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase enzyme system of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and sympathetic celiac ganglion (CG) and its regulation in hypertension. The reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase activity of ganglion extracts was measured using fluorescence spectrometry of dihydroethidine; the activity in hypertensive dorsal root ganglion was 34% lower than in normotensive DRG. In contrast, activity was 79% higher in hypertensive CG than normotensive CG. mRNA for the oxidase subunits NOX1, NOX2, NOX4, p47
phox
, and p22
phox
were present in both CG and DRG; mRNA for NOX4 was significantly higher in CG than in DRG. The levels of mRNA and protein expression of the membrane-bound catalytic subunit p22
phox
and of the regulatory subunits p47
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were measured in CG and DRG in normotensive and hypertensive rats. p22
phox
mRNA and protein expression was greater in CG of hypertensive rats but not in DRG. Compared with normotensive controls, p47
phox
mRNA and protein, as well as
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protein, were significantly decreased in hypertensive DRG but not in CG. Immunohistochemical staining of p47
phox
showed translocation from cytoplasm to membrane in hypertensive CG but not in hypertensive DRG. This suggests that reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase activation in sympathetic neurons and sensory neurons is regulated in opposite directions in hypertension. This differential regulation may contribute to unbalanced vasomotor control and enhanced vasoconstriction in the splanchnic circulation.
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- Xian Cao
- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Wu YM, Xue HM, Xiao L, He RR. Urotensin II inhibits carotid sinus baroreflex in anesthetized male rats. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2007; 28:216-20. [PMID: 17241524 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2007.00499.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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AIM To study the effects of urotensin II (UII) on the carotid sinus baroreflex (CSB). METHODS The functional curve of carotid sinus baroreflex was measured by recording changes in arterial pressure in anesthetized male rats with perfused isolated carotid sinus. RESULTS UII at the concentration of 3 nmol/L had no effect on the CSB, while at the concentration of 30, 300 and 3000 nmol/L inhibited the CSB, shifting the functional curve of the baroreflex upward and to the right. There was a marked decrease in peak slope and reflex decrease in blood pressure. These effects of UII were concentration-dependent. Pretreatment with verapamil (an antagonist of the L-type calcium channel, 10 micromol/L) partially eliminated the above effects of UII (300 nmol/L) on the CSB. Pretreatment with BIM-23127 (3 micromol/L), an antagonist of human and rat UII receptors, abolished the actions of UII on the CSB. Pretreatment with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) 100 micromol/L did not affect the inhibitory effects of UII (300 nmol/L) on the CSB. CONCLUSION These data suggest that UII exerts an inhibitory action on the isolated CSB. Such an action of UII is predominantly mediated by the UII receptors in vascular smooth muscles, resulting in the opening of L-type calcium channels.
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- Yu-ming Wu
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medicine, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, China.
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Chan CT, Jain V, Picton P, Pierratos A, Floras JS. Nocturnal hemodialysis increases arterial baroreflex sensitivity and compliance and normalizes blood pressure of hypertensive patients with end-stage renal disease. Kidney Int 2005; 68:338-44. [PMID: 15954925 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00411.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Impaired neural control of heart rate, elevated arterial stiffness, and hypertension place patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) at increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. Nocturnal hemodialysis (6 x 8 hours/week), a more intense program than conventional hemodialysis (3 x 4 hours/week), lowers blood pressure and restores brachial dilator responses to hyperemia and nitrates. METHODS We hypothesized that nocturnal hemodialysis would increase arterial baroreflex sensitivity for heart rate of hypertensive ESRD patients by an afferent vascular mechanism. Ten consecutive hypertensive ESRD patients (age 42 +/- 4) (mean +/- SEM) receiving conventional hemodialysis were studied before and 2 months after conversion to nocturnal hemodialysis. Regression slopes relating RR interval responses to rises or falls in systolic blood pressure were averaged to derive spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity for heart rate for each patient, and the stroke volume/pulse pressure ratio was used to estimate total arterial compliance. RESULTS Dialysis dose (Kt/V per session) increased from 1.2 +/- 0.05 to 2.1 +/- 0.1 (P < 0.05). Despite withdrawal of antihypertensive medications (from 2.9 to 0.1 drugs/patient), nocturnal hemodialysis lowered systolic blood pressure (from 143 +/- 4 to 120 +/- 6 mm Hg) (P= 0.001). Both baroreflex sensitivity (from 4.76 +/- 1.1 msec/mm Hg to 6.91 +/- 1.1 msec/mm Hg) (P= 0.04) and total arterial compliance (from 0.98 +/- 0.13 mL/mm Hg to 1.43 +/- 0.2 mL/mm Hg) (P= 0.02) were higher following conversion to nocturnal hemodialysis. Increases in baroreflex sensitivity correlated with increases in stroke volume/pulse pressure (r= 0.845, P= 0.002). CONCLUSION These findings are consistent with the concept that nocturnal hemodialysis increases baroreflex sensitivity via greater afferent baroreceptor responsiveness to pulsatile pressure. A more favorable risk profile, due to enhanced baroreflex regulation of the circulation and vascular compliance, may translate into lower cardiovascular event rates in ESRD patients receiving nocturnal hemodialysis.
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- Christopher T Chan
- University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ma HJ, Liu YX, Wang FW, Wang LX, He RR, Wu YM. Genistein inhibits carotid sinus baroreceptor activity in anesthetized male rats. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2005; 26:840-4. [PMID: 15960891 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2005.00127.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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AIM To study the effect of genistein (GST) on carotid baroreceptor activity (CBA). METHODS The functional curve of carotid baroreceptor (FCCB) was constructed and the functional parameters of carotid baroreceptor were measured by recording sinus nerve afferent discharge in anesthetized male rats with perfused isolated carotid sinus. RESULTS GST at 50, 100, and 200 micromol/L inhibited the CBA, which shifted FCCB to the right and downward, with a marked decrease in peak slope and peak integral value of carotid sinus nerve discharge in a concentration-dependent manner. Pretreatment with 100 micromol/L NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, did not affect the effect of GST on CBA. Pretreatment with 500 nmol/L Bay K8644, an agonist of calcium channels, could completely abolish the effect of GST on CBA. A potent inhibitor of tyrosine phosphatase, sodium orthovanadate (1 mmol/L), could attenuate the inhibitory effect of GST. CONCLUSION GST inhibits CBA, and the effect may be mediated by protein tyrosine kinase inhibition and a decrease in Ca2+ influx through the stretch-activated channels.
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- Hui-Juan Ma
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medicine, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, China
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Adding LC, Bannenberg GL, Gustafsson LE. Basic experimental studies and clinical aspects of gadolinium salts and chelates. CARDIOVASCULAR DRUG REVIEWS 2001; 19:41-56. [PMID: 11314600 DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-3466.2001.tb00182.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Gadolinium is a lanthanide that has in recent years become more commonly present in our society. Organic chelates of gadolinium are increasingly used as contrast agents for the imaging of body fluids. Although adverse reactions to these agents are uncommon, it is known that gadolinium salts can bring about a wide variety of changes in physiology. Gadolinium chloride is widely used experimentally as an inhibitor of stretch-activated ion channels and physiological responses of tissues to mechanical stimulation. It is also employed as a selective inhibitor of macrophages in vivo. In this review, the known biochemical actions of gadolinium are brought together with its in vivo pharmacology and toxicology.
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- L C Adding
- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Pregnancy is associated with blunted reflex responses to cardiac and arterial baroreceptor stimulation. We tested the hypothesis that arterial baroreceptor afferent discharge is attenuated in response to a pressure stimulus in pregnant rats. Multifiber aortic depressor nerve activity (ADNA), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and heart rate were measured in anesthetized (pentobarbital sodium, 35 mg/kg ip) late-pregnant and virgin rats in response to increases ¿phenylephrine (PE), 1.5-24 microg. kg(-1). min(-1) and 1-16 microg/kg and decreases ¿sodium nitroprusside (SNP), 5-80 microg. kg(-1). min(-1) and 0.05-16 microg/kg in MAP. Resting MAP was lower in pregnant rats, but changes in MAP were similar to those in virgin rats during both PE and SNP administration. ADNA was significantly attenuated in pregnant animals during both PE and SNP infusions (P < 0.05) due to a more rapid adaptation to the pressure stimulus. Bolus drug administration evoked similar changes in MAP and ADNA in both groups; however, the maximum decrease in ADNA was achieved at the lowest dose of SNP in pregnant rats. Thus baroreceptor afferent discharge is attenuated in pregnant rats, and this involves a more rapid adaptation to a pressure stimulus.
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- T Hines
- University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA.
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Cyclosporine has been described to increase the sympathetic tone. Alterations in sympathetic tone may contribute to baroreceptor dysfunction. Therefore, in this study baroreceptor function in 20 kidney transplant recipients was investigated under both low and high cyclosporine whole blood concentrations using the sequence analysis technique. The sympathetic nerve activity was estimated by calculating the low frequency oscillation of heart rate and blood pressure following Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT). Besides cyclosporine, azathioprine and prednisolone no other drugs were used. The increase in cyclosporine whole blood levels (from 101+/-13.4 ng/ml to 469+/-52 ng/ml) did not change mean arterial blood pressure significantly (83.7+/-2.5 vs. 82.2+/-2.0 mm Hg). Baroreflex sensitivity in +PI/+RR (+pulsinterval/+blood pressure) sequences, however, increased from 11.2+/-0.4 to 13.0+/-0.5 ms/mm Hg, whereas it was reduced in -PI/-RR (-pulsinterval/-blood pressure) sequences (14.4+/-0.3 to 12.5+/-1.1 ms/mm Hg). The increase in cyclosporine whole blood concentrations was associated with an increase in low frequency oscillation of heart rate (430+/-12 to 461+/-13) and blood pressure (452+/-9 to 469+/-12), indicating an enhanced sympathetic tone. Our results provide evidence that cyclosporine A by itself alters baroreceptor function. An imbalance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system due to an enhanced sympathetic tone may explain the reduction in -PI/-RR and the increase in +PI/+RR sequence baroreflex sensitivity.
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- U Gerhardt
- Department of Medicine D, University of Münster, Germany
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