Effects of rat sinoaortic denervation on the vagal responsiveness and expression of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. 2006

Pedro Paulo da Silva Soares, and Catarina Segreti Porto, and Fernando Maurício Francis Abdalla, and Raquel Nitrosi De La Fuente, and Edson Dias Moreira, and Eduardo Moacyr Krieger, and Maria Claudia Irigoyen
Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ppsoares@vm.uff.br

We studied heart rate (HR) responses to vagal electrical stimulation (VES) and the expression of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) in the rat atria 1 day (SADa) and 20 days (SADc) after sinoaortic denervation (SAD). Arterial blood pressure (BP) was recorded in conscious, unrestrained rats and during vagal electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve. In the acute phase, SADa rats had hypertension, tachycardia, and increased blood pressure lability. In the chronic phase, heart rate and blood pressure in SADc rats returned to normal whereas blood pressure lability remained increased. VES produced a frequency-dependent bradycardia that was higher in SADa and SADc groups. Binding experiments with [H] N-methylscopolamine showed that in the chronic phase of SAD mAChRs density (SADc = 412.2 +/- 28.64, SADa = 273.38 +/- 48.37 and CTR = 241.5 +/- 25.35 fmol/mg of protein, P < 0.05) and affinity increased in SADc rats (reduced dissociation constant: SADc = 0.45 +/- 0.05, SADa = 1.01+/-0.26, and CTR = 0.98 +/- 0.12 mM, P < 0.05). Our study provides evidence that vagal hyperresponsiveness coexists with increased sympathetic activity in SADa rats without a concomitant increase in mAChRs density or affinity, suggesting that complex mechanisms might modulate the "accentuated antagonism" observed in the acute SAD phase. However, SADc rats had increased bradycardia to VES, increased affinity, and upregulation of mAChRs in the atria. Our results show that, 20 days after SAD in the rat, functional and cellular adaptations occur in the cardiac parasympathetic efferent pathway that may contribute to other regulatory mechanisms to compensate for cardiovascular changes provoked by baroreceptor arch disruption.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011976 Receptors, Muscarinic One of the two major classes of cholinergic receptors. Muscarinic receptors were originally defined by their preference for MUSCARINE over NICOTINE. There are several subtypes (usually M1, M2, M3....) that are characterized by their cellular actions, pharmacology, and molecular biology. Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors,Muscarinic Receptors,Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor,Muscarinic Receptor,Acetylcholine Receptor, Muscarinic,Acetylcholine Receptors, Muscarinic,Receptor, Muscarinic,Receptor, Muscarinic Acetylcholine,Receptors, Muscarinic Acetylcholine
D001794 Blood Pressure PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS. Systolic Pressure,Diastolic Pressure,Pulse Pressure,Pressure, Blood,Pressure, Diastolic,Pressure, Pulse,Pressure, Systolic,Pressures, Systolic
D003714 Denervation The resection or removal of the nerve to an organ or part. Laser Neurectomy,Neurectomy,Peripheral Neurectomy,Radiofrequency Neurotomy,Denervations,Laser Neurectomies,Neurectomies,Neurectomies, Laser,Neurectomies, Peripheral,Neurectomy, Laser,Neurectomy, Peripheral,Neurotomies, Radiofrequency,Neurotomy, Radiofrequency,Peripheral Neurectomies,Radiofrequency Neurotomies
D004558 Electric Stimulation Use of electric potential or currents to elicit biological responses. Stimulation, Electric,Electrical Stimulation,Electric Stimulations,Electrical Stimulations,Stimulation, Electrical,Stimulations, Electric,Stimulations, Electrical
D006339 Heart Rate The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute. Cardiac Rate,Chronotropism, Cardiac,Heart Rate Control,Heartbeat,Pulse Rate,Cardiac Chronotropy,Cardiac Chronotropism,Cardiac Rates,Chronotropy, Cardiac,Control, Heart Rate,Heart Rates,Heartbeats,Pulse Rates,Rate Control, Heart,Rate, Cardiac,Rate, Heart,Rate, Pulse
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014630 Vagus Nerve The 10th cranial nerve. The vagus is a mixed nerve which contains somatic afferents (from skin in back of the ear and the external auditory meatus), visceral afferents (from the pharynx, larynx, thorax, and abdomen), parasympathetic efferents (to the thorax and abdomen), and efferents to striated muscle (of the larynx and pharynx). Cranial Nerve X,Pneumogastric Nerve,Tenth Cranial Nerve,Nerve X,Nervus Vagus,Cranial Nerve, Tenth,Cranial Nerves, Tenth,Nerve X, Cranial,Nerve Xs,Nerve, Pneumogastric,Nerve, Tenth Cranial,Nerve, Vagus,Nerves, Pneumogastric,Nerves, Tenth Cranial,Nerves, Vagus,Pneumogastric Nerves,Tenth Cranial Nerves,Vagus Nerves,Vagus, Nervus
D017208 Rats, Wistar A strain of albino rat developed at the Wistar Institute that has spread widely at other institutions. This has markedly diluted the original strain. Wistar Rat,Rat, Wistar,Wistar Rats
D017704 Baroreflex A response by the BARORECEPTORS to increased BLOOD PRESSURE. Increased pressure stretches BLOOD VESSELS which activates the baroreceptors in the vessel walls. The net response of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM is a reduction of central sympathetic outflow. This reduces blood pressure both by decreasing peripheral VASCULAR RESISTANCE and by lowering CARDIAC OUTPUT. Because the baroreceptors are tonically active, the baroreflex can compensate rapidly for both increases and decreases in blood pressure. Reflex, Baroreceptor,Baroreceptor Reflex,Baroreceptor Reflexes,Baroreflexes,Reflexes, Baroreceptor

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