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Pharmacol Rep ; 72(1): 67-79, 2020 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32016845

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the central areas involved in the control of sympathetic vasomotor activity has advanced in the last few decades. γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammal nervous system, and a microinjection of bicuculline, an antagonist of GABA type A (GABA-A) receptors, into the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) alters the pattern of sympathetic activity to the renal, splanchnic and lumbar territories. However, studies are needed to clarify the role of GABAergic inputs in other central areas involved in the sympathetic vasomotor activity. The present work studied the cardiovascular effects evoked by GABAergic antagonism in the PVN, RVLM and spinal cord. METHODS AND RESULTS: Bicuculline microinjections (400 pMol in 100 nL) into the PVN and rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) as well as intrathecal administration (1.6 nmol in 2 µL) evoked an increase in blood pressure, heart rate, and renal and splanchnic sympathetic nerve activity (rSNA and sSNA, respectively), inducing a higher coherence between rSNA and sSNA patterns. However, some of these responses were more intense when the GABA-A antagonism was performed in the RVLM than when the GABA-A antagonism was performed in other regions. CONCLUSIONS: Administration of bicuculline into the RVLM, PVN and SC induced a similar pattern of renal and splanchnic sympathetic vasomotor burst discharge, characterized by a low-frequency (0.5 Hz) and high-amplitude pattern, despite different blood pressure responses. Thus, the differential control of sympathetic drive to different targets by each region is dependent, in part, on tonic GABAergic inputs.


Subject(s)
Bicuculline/pharmacology , Brain/drug effects , GABA-A Receptor Antagonists/pharmacology , Spinal Cord/drug effects , Animals , Bicuculline/administration & dosage , Brain/metabolism , GABA-A Receptor Antagonists/administration & dosage , Male , Microinjections , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Spinal Cord/metabolism , Sympathetic Nervous System/drug effects , Vasomotor System/drug effects , gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/metabolism
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J Sleep Res ; 23(2): 168-75, 2014 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24283672

ABSTRACT

Chronic short sleep duration has been linked to sympathoexcitation and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The central nervous system plays an important role in the regulation of sympathetic activity. Thus, the present study evaluates the pre-autonomic neurones in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and rostral ventrolateral medulla after sleep restriction using various protein expression measurements and electrophysiological approaches. Wistar male rats were assigned randomly to two experimental groups: control or sleep restriction for 14 days. Sleep restriction was defined as 20 h of paradoxical sleep deprivation followed by a 4 h sleep permission period using the modified multiple platform method. Micropunches of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and rostral ventrolateral medulla were dissected to evaluate the protein expression of angiotensin II receptor, type 1 (AT1), AT2, gamma aminobutyric acidA ) (N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor1) and neuronal nitric oxide synthase neuronal nitric oxide synthase isoform through immunoblotting. Sleep restriction induced a down-regulation of the gamma aminobutyric acidA receptor in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Microinjection of bicuculline, a gamma aminobutyric acid receptor blocker, into the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus increased renal sympathetic activity renal sympathetic nerve activity, mean arterial pressure and heart rate in anaesthetized control rats. However, the amplitude and frequency of renal sympathetic nerve activity was higher in the sleep restriction group. These findings suggest that gamma aminobutyric acidergic inhibition within the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus is involved in sympathoexcitation induced by sleep restriction.


Subject(s)
Blood Pressure , Heart Rate , Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/metabolism , Sleep Deprivation/metabolism , Sleep Deprivation/physiopathology , Sympathetic Nervous System/metabolism , gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/metabolism , Animals , Bicuculline/administration & dosage , Bicuculline/pharmacology , Blood Pressure/drug effects , Down-Regulation , Heart Rate/drug effects , Kidney/innervation , Kidney/metabolism , Male , Medulla Oblongata/metabolism , Medulla Oblongata/physiopathology , Microinjections , Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I/metabolism , Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/physiology , Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/physiopathology , Random Allocation , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1/metabolism , Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2/metabolism , Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/metabolism , Sympathetic Nervous System/physiology , Sympathetic Nervous System/physiopathology , gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/drug effects
3.
Cell Tissue Res ; 325(1): 125-33, 2006 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16541288

ABSTRACT

Microtubule-associated protein 1B (MAP 1B) is a neuronal cytoskeleton marker with predominant expression in the developing nervous system. The present study provides evidence for the expression of this cytoskeleton protein in non-neuronal and neuronal cells along rat and human efferent ductules and epididymis (initial segment, caput, and cauda). Reverse transcription/polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis were used to confirm the presence of MAP 1B (mRNA and protein) in rat tissues. Immunohistochemical studies revealed MAP-1B-positive staining in columnar ciliated cells present in efferent ductules and in narrow cells located in the initial segment, in both rat and human. MAP-1B-positive basal cells, located underneath the columnar cells, were only identified in the initial segment and caput epididymidis of the rat. Qualitative analysis of tissues from 40-day-old and 120-day-old rats indicated that the number of MAP-1B-positive ciliated, narrow, and basal cells per tubule increased with sexual maturation. These immunoreactive cells did not stain for dopamine beta-hydroxylase or acetylcholinesterase, indicating that they were not adrenergic or cholinergic in nature. Immunohistochemical studies also revealed the presence of MAP-1B-positive staining in interstitial nerve fibers in caput and cauda epididymidis from both rat and human. Thus, the expression of MAP 1B is not confined to a specific cell type in rat and human efferent ductules and epididymis. The functional significance of this cytoskeleton protein in tissues from the male reproductive tract requires further investigation.


Subject(s)
Epididymis/cytology , Epididymis/metabolism , Microtubule-Associated Proteins/analysis , Rete Testis/cytology , Rete Testis/metabolism , Animals , Humans , Immunohistochemistry , Male , Rats , Rats, Wistar
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Medicina (Ribeiräo Preto) ; 39(1): 65-76, jan.-mar. 2006. ilus
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-437603

ABSTRACT

RESUMO: A atividade vasomotora simpática é um dos determinantes da pressão arterial (PA). Estabelecer quais são os mecanismos geradores dessa atividade é importante para o entendimento de como o sistema cardiovascular opera, tanto em situações fisiológicas como fisiopatológicas. Os principais grupos pré-motores do simpático estão confinados no núcleo paraventricular do hipotálamo (PVN) e região rostoventrolateral bulbar (RVLM). Em diversas situações fisiopatológicas há aumento na atividade vasomotora simpática, em parte conseqüente a maior atividade dos neurônios do PVN e RVLM. Nesta breve revisão, foram discutidos os principais mecanismos de ativação simpática em diferentes modelos experimentais: 1) hipertensão renovascular, 2) hipertensão por baixa massa renal, 3) insuficiência cardíaca, 4) hipertensão por bloqueio do óxido nítrico, 5) obesidade e 6) dimorfismo sexual. As ações de diferentes mediadores sobre o PVN e RVLM podem em longo prazo determinar novos patamares de atividade simpática, modificando os níveis tensionais e dessa forma, contribuir para a progressão da doença cardiovascular.


Subject(s)
Animals , Rats , Arterial Pressure , Hypertension , Heart Failure , Medulla Oblongata , Nitric Oxide , Renal Insufficiency , Sympathetic Nervous System/physiology , Sympathetic Nervous System/physiopathology , Models, Animal
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J Androl ; 23(3): 374-83, 2002.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12002439

ABSTRACT

In the present work, histochemical and biochemical studies were conducted to analyze changes in the pattern of autonomic innervation during sexual maturation, using the rat epididymis as a model. Glyoxylic acid histochemistry and immunohistochemical studies against dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DbetaH) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) indicated a reduction in the amount of catecholaminergic and AChE-positive neurons, fibers, and puncta detected in the cauda epididymis of adult rats (120 days old), when compared to immature (40 days) and young adult (60 days) animals. No obvious age-related variations were detected in the few catecholaminergic and AChE-positive fibers and puncta present in the caput region. AChE-positive fibers were found sorting out among epithelial cells and ending free upon the epithelial surface or into the tubular lumen of the cauda region of adult rats. Furthermore, a positive staining for AChE in epithelial cells was also detected in the caput and cauda epididymis in all ages studied. Biochemical analysis confirmed a significant decrease in noradrenaline concentration as well as AChE activity in the cauda epididymis with sexual maturation. Immunohistochemical studies against microtubule-associated protein 1B (MAP 1B), a neuronal cytoskeletal marker, further substantiated the quantitative changes observed in catecholaminergic and AChE-positive neuronal elements in the cauda epididymis. Thus, our results documented segment-specific variations in noradrenaline concentration and AChE activity during epididymal sexual maturation and suggest that such variations result, at least in part, from the refinement of the autonomic innervation pattern with age.


Subject(s)
Acetylcholinesterase/metabolism , Autonomic Nervous System/enzymology , Catecholamines/metabolism , Epididymis/growth & development , Epididymis/innervation , Age Factors , Animals , Autonomic Nervous System/chemistry , Autonomic Nervous System/growth & development , Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase/analysis , Epididymis/anatomy & histology , Fertility , Glyoxylates/analysis , Immunohistochemistry , Male , Microtubule-Associated Proteins/analysis , Organ Size , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Sexual Maturation
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