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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-19
pubmed:abstractText
Recent data suggest that nitric oxide (NO) plays a role in the modulation of sympathetic nerve activity and baroreflex sensitivity. Most of these studies have been carried out in anesthetized preparations, and little if any comparison has been made on the relative role of NO on the baroreflex control of heart rate and sympathetic nerve activity. In the present studies, the effect of the NO synthase inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) on the baroreflex control of heart rate (HR) and renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) were investigated in conscious, instrumented rabbits. Intravenous bolus injections of 13 mg/kg of L-NNA decreased baseline HR (from 205.0 +/- 6.0 to 145.5 +/- 8.2 beats/min; P < 0.05) without significant changes in mean arterial pressure (MAP) and RSNA. L-NNA significantly reduced the lower plateau of the HR-MAP curves and increased the sensitivities of baroreflex control of HR and RSNA. L-Arginine (600 mg/kg i.v.) but not D-arginine reversed the above effects. The effects of L-NNA on baseline HR were not completely blocked by metoprolol (2 mg/kg) or by atropine (0.2 mg/kg). After pretreatment with metoprolol, baroreflex sensitivity was reduced and L-NNA increased baroreflex sensitivity back to the control level. After pretreatment with atropine, L-NNA still reduced the lower plateau but did not significantly affect baroreflex sensitivity. L-NNA increased the HR responses but not the RSNA response to electrical stimulation of the aortic nerve in chloralose-anesthetized, sinoaortic-denervated (SAD) rabbits. L-NNA had no effect on the HR response to right vagal stimulation. In both conscious intact and SAD rabbits, L-NNA did not increase baseline RSNA. These results suggest that endogenous NO decreases baroreflex control of HR and RSNA. Both sympathetic and parasympathetic components play a role in the effects of NO on the baroreflex control of HR. The effects of NO in the central nervous system play a more important role in the baroreflex control of HR than of RSNA.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
270
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
R1361-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Arginine, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Autonomic Nerve Block, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Baroreflex, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Central Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Denervation, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Nitroarginine, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Sinus of Valsalva, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Sympathetic Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:8764305-Vagus Nerve
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of NO on baroreflex control of heart rate and renal nerve activity in conscious rabbits.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha 68198-4575, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't