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- ItemAcesso aberto (Open Access)Cardiovascular and respiratory responses to microinjection of L-glutamate into the caudal pressor area in conscious and anesthetized rats(Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, 2001-12-01) Silva, N.f.; Pires, J.g.p.; Campos, Ruy Ribeiro [UNIFESP]; Futuro Neto, H.a.; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo Centro Biomédico Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas; FAESA Faculdade de Saúde de Vitória; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)The role of the caudal pressor area (CPA) in the maintenance of vasomotor tonus in anesthetized and decerebrate animals has been clearly established. In conscious animals, however, the participation of CPA in the cardiovascular control remains to be fully elucidated. In the present study, unilateral L-glutamate (L-Glu) (10 and/or 20 nmol/70 nl) microinjection into CPA, in conscious male Wistar rats (250-280 g) caused a significant increase in mean arterial blood pressure (MAP; control: 112 ± 1.9 mmHg; after 20 nmol L-Glu: 139 ± 4.5 mmHg, N = 12, P<0.05) and respiratory rate (control: 81 ± 3.5 breaths/min; after 10 nmol L-Glu: 92 ± 3 breaths/min, P<0.05; after 20 nmol L-Glu: 104 ± 5 breaths/min, N = 6, P<0.05). The subsequent anesthesia with urethane caused a significant increase in basal respiratory frequency (conscious: 81 ± 3.5 breaths/min; under urethane: 107 ± 1.3 breaths/min, N = 6, P<0.05). Anesthesia also significantly attenuated L-Glu-evoked pressor (conscious: deltaMAP = +27 mmHg; anesthetized: deltaMAP = +18 mmHg, P<0.05) and respiratory responses. These results suggest that glutamatergic receptors in the CPA are involved in cardiovascular and respiratory modulation in conscious rats.
- ItemSomente MetadadadosCommissural nucleus of the solitary tract is important for cardiovascular responses to caudal pressor area activation(Elsevier B.V., 2007-08-03) Takakura, Ana Carolina; Moreira, Thiago Santos; Menani, Jose V.; Campos, Ruy Ribeiro; Colombaria, Eduardo; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP); Univ Estadual Paulista UNESPThe nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) is the site of the first synapse of cardiovascular afferent fibers in the central nervous system. Important mechanisms for cardiovascular regulation are also present in the caudal pressor area (CPA) localized at the caudal end of the ventrolateral medulla. in the present study we sought to investigate the role of the commissural subnucleus of the NTS (commNTS) on pressor and tachycardic responses induced by L-glutamate injected into the CPA. Male Holtzman rats (n=8 rats/group) anesthetized with urethane (1.2 g/kg of body weight, iv) received injections of the GABAA receptor agonist muscimol into the commNTS. Unilateral injection of L-glutamate (10 nmol/ 100 nL) into the CPA increased mean arterial pressure (MAP, 31 4 mm Hg, vs. saline: 3 +/- 2 mm Hg) and heart rate (HR, 44 8 bpm, vs. saline: 10 7 bpm). inhibition of commNTS neurons with muscimol (120 pmol/60 nL) abolished the increase in MAP (9 4 mm Hg) and HR (17 7 bpm) produced by L-glutamate into the CPA. the present results suggest that the pressor and tachycardic responses to CPA activation are dependent on commNTS mechanisms.
- ItemSomente MetadadadosEffects of angiotensin blockade in the rostral ventrolateral medulla on maintenance of hypertension induced by chronic L-NAME treatment(Elsevier B.V., 2002-02-15) Bergamaschi, C. R.; Biancardi, V. C.; Lopes, O. U.; Campos, R. R.; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)The major aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of the angiotensin II receptors located within the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) in the maintenance of high blood pressure following chronic nitric oxide inhibition. Rats were treated orally with L-NAME (70 mg/kg/day) for 1 week. We inhibited the RVLM neurons using drugs such as Sarthran, Losartan and glycine in urethane-anesthetized rats (1.2 to 1.4 g/kg, i.v.). (1) Bilateral microinjection of Sarthran into the RVLM decreased BP in the hypertensive and normotensive groups, but the depressor effect of the drug was lower in hypertensive than in normotensive rats. (2) the decrease in BP in response to Sarthran in the RVLM compared with glycine was significantly smaller in the hypertensive group, but not in the normotensive group. (3) No change in MAP was observed in response to bilateral microinjection of the Ang AT(1) receptor antagonist Losartan into the RVLM in either group. These results suggest that (1) the endogenous angiotensin receptors of the RVLM are involved in the maintenance of high BP in L-NAME-treated animals and (2) the tonic action of Ang II is not dependent on AT(1) receptors within the RVLM. the possibility of an action via other Ang II receptors remains to be investigated. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
- ItemSomente MetadadadosImportance of glycinergic and glutamatergic synapses within the rostral ventrolateral medulla for blood pressure regulation in conscious rats(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999-10-01) Araujo, G. C.; Lopes, Oswaldo Ubriaco [UNIFESP]; Campos, Ruy Ribeiro [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)In this study we used a method that permits bilateral or unilateral microinjections of drugs into the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) of conscious, freely moving rats. There is only limited information about how sympathetic vasomotor tone is maintained by premotor RVLM neurons in conscious animals, It has long been known that glycine microinjection into the RVLM region leads to a decrease in blood pressure (BP) in anesthetized animals. In the present study we show that both unilateral and bilateral microinjection of glycine at the same dose used for anesthetized rats (50 nmol, 50 nL) into the RVLM increases BP-in conscious animals. A similar response was also observed when the excitatory amino acid L-glutamate was microinjected into the RVLM. The microinjection of kynurenic acid into the RVLM did not change the basal level of BP but blocked the increase in BP after glycine or glutamate microinjection. A decrease in BP was only observed when low doses of glycine were used (1 to 10 nmol). We conclude that, in conscious animals, the hypertension occurring in response to high doses of glycine into the RVLM is dependent on glutamatergic synapses within the RVLM. A decrease in BP observed when low doses of glycine were used shows that in conscious animals, the RVLM, in association with other premotor neurons, is probably responsible for the maintenance of sympathetic vasomotor tone, because glycine is less effective In decreasing BP under these circumstances than in anesthetized animals.
- ItemSomente MetadadadosRole of pressor mechanisms from the NTS and CVLM in control of arterial pressure(Amer Physiological Soc, 2005-11-01) Moreira, Thiago Santos [UNIFESP]; Sato, Monica Akemi; Takakura, Ana Carolina Thomaz [UNIFESP]; Menani, Jose Vanderlei; Colombari, Eduardo [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP); UNESP; Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)In the present study, we investigated the effects of inhibition of the caudal ventrolateral medulla (CVLM) with the GABA(A) agonist muscimol combined with the blockade of glutamatergic mechanism in the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) with kynurenic acid (kyn) on mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), and regional vascular resistances. in male Holtzman rats anesthetized intravenously with urethane/chloralose, bilateral injections of muscimol (120 pmol) into the CVLM or bilateral injections of kyn (2.7 nmol) into the NTS alone increased MAP to 186 +/- 11 and to 142 +/- 6 mmHg, respectively, vs. control: 105 +/- 4 mmHg; HR to 407 +/- 15 and to 412 +/- 18 beats per minute (bpm), respectively, vs. control: 352 +/- 12 bpm; and renal, mesenteric and hindquarter vascular resistances. However, in rats with the CVLM bilaterally blocked by muscimol, additional injections of kyn into the NTS reduced MAP to 88 +/- 5 mmHg and mesenteric and hindquarter vascular resistances below control baseline levels. Moreover, in rats with the glutamatergic mechanisms of the NTS blocked by bilateral injections of kyn, additional injections of muscimol into the CVLM also reduced MAP to 92 +/- 2 mmHg and mesenteric and hindquarter vascular resistances below control baseline levels. Simultaneous blockade of NTS and CVLM did not modify the increase in HR but also abolished the increase in renal vascular resistance produced by each treatment alone. the results suggest that important pressor mechanisms arise from the NTS and CVLM to control vascular resistance and arterial pressure under the conditions of the present study.