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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-22
pubmed:abstractText
The mineralocorticoid (MC) receptor antagonist spironolactone (SL) improves morbidity and mortality in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). We tested the hypothesis that the central nervous system actions of SL contribute to its beneficial effects. SL (100 ng/h for 28 days) or ethanol vehicle (VEH) was administered intracerebroventricularly or intraperitoneally to rats with CHF induced by coronary artery ligation (CL) and to SHAM-operated controls. The intracerebroventricular SL treatment prevented the increase in sodium appetite and the decreases in sodium and water excretion observed within a week of CL in VEH-treated CHF rats. Intraperitoneal SL also improved volume regulation in the CHF rats, but only after 3 wk of treatment. Four weeks of SL treatment, either intracerebroventricularly or intraperitoneally, ameliorated both the increase in sympathetic drive and the impaired baroreflex function observed in VEH-treated CHF rats. These findings suggest that activation of MC receptors in the central nervous system plays a critical role in the altered volume regulation and augmented sympathetic drive that characterize clinical heart failure.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0363-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
281
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H2241-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Aldosterone Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Baroreflex, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Drinking, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Heart Failure, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Myocardial Infarction, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Organ Size, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Receptors, Mineralocorticoid, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Renin-Angiotensin System, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Sodium, Dietary, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Spironolactone, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Sympathetic Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:11668089-Ventricular Function, Left
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Central mineralocorticoid receptor blockade improves volume regulation and reduces sympathetic drive in heart failure.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't