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Valensi P. Autonomic nervous system activity changes in patients with hypertension and overweight: role and therapeutic implications. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2021; 20:170. [PMID: 34412646 PMCID: PMC8375121 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-021-01356-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The incidence and prevalence of hypertension is increasing worldwide, with approximately 1.13 billion of people currently affected by the disease, often in association with other diseases such as diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, dyslipidemia/hypercholesterolemia, and obesity. The autonomic nervous system has been implicated in the pathophysiology of hypertension, and treatments targeting the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), a key component of the autonomic nervous system, have been developed; however, current recommendations provide little guidance on their use. This review discusses the etiology of hypertension, and more specifically the role of the SNS in the pathophysiology of hypertension and its associated disorders. In addition, the effects of current antihypertensive management strategies, including pharmacotherapies, on the SNS are examined, with a focus on imidazoline receptor agonists.
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- Paul Valensi
- Unit of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Nutrition, Jean Verdier Hospital, CINFO, CRNH-IdF, AP-HP, Paris Nord University, Avenue du 14 Juillet, 93140, Bondy, France.
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Yamasaki F, Sato T, Sato K, Diedrich A. Analytic and Integrative Framework for Understanding Human Sympathetic Arterial Baroreflex Function: Equilibrium Diagram of Arterial Pressure and Plasma Norepinephrine Level. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:707345. [PMID: 34335177 PMCID: PMC8322947 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.707345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background The sympathetic arterial baroreflex is a closed-loop feedback system for stabilizing arterial pressure (AP). Identification of unique functions of the closed system in humans is a challenge. Here we propose an analytic and integrative framework for identifying a static operating point and open-loop gain to characterize sympathetic arterial baroreflex in humans. Methods and Results An equilibrium diagram with two crossing functions of mechanoneural (MN) and neuromechanical (NM) arcs was analyzed during graded tilt maneuvers in seven healthy subjects. AP and plasma norepinephrine level (PNE), as a surrogate for sympathetic nerve activity, and were recorded after vagal modulation of heart function was blocked by atropine. The MN-arc curve was described as a locus of operating points during –7, 0, 15, and 60° head-up tilting (HUT) on a PNE-AP plane. The NM-arc curve was drawn as a line between operating points before and after ganglionic blockade (trimethaphan, 0.1 mg⋅ml–1⋅kg–1) during 0° or 15° HUT. Gain values were estimated from the slopes of these functional curves. Finally, an open-loop gain, which is a most important index for performance of arterial baroreflex, was given by a product of the gain values of MN (GMN) and NM arcs (GNM). Gain values of MN was 8.92 ± 3.07 pg⋅ml−1⋅mmHg−1; and GNM at 0° and 15° HUT were 0.61 ± 0.08 and 0.36 ± 0.05 mmHg⋅ml⋅pg–1, respectively. A postural change from supine to 15° HUT significantly reduced the open-loop gain from 5.62 ± 0.98 to 3.75 ± 0.62. The effects of HUT on the NM arc and open-loop gain seemed to be similar to those of blood loss observed in our previous animal studies. Conclusion An equilibrium-diagram analysis contributes to a quantitative and integrative understanding of function of human sympathetic arterial baroreflex.
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- Fumiyasu Yamasaki
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Control, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
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Floras JS. From Brain to Blood Vessel: Insights From Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Recordings: Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial Lecture 2020. Hypertension 2021; 77:1456-1468. [PMID: 33775112 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.121.16490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Multiunit recordings of postganglionic sympathetic outflow to muscle yield otherwise imperceptible insights into sympathetic neural modulation of human vascular resistance and blood pressure. This Corcoran Lecture will illustrate the utility of microneurography to investigate neurogenic cardiovascular regulation; review data concerning muscle sympathetic nerve activity of women and men with normal and high blood pressure; explore 2 concepts, central upregulation of muscle sympathetic outflow and cortical autonomic neuroplasticity; present sleep apnea as an imperfect model of neurogenic hypertension; and expose the paradox of sympathetic excitation without hypertension. In awake healthy normotensive individuals, resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity increases with age, sleep fragmentation, and obstructive apnea. Its magnitude is not signaled by heart rate. Age-related changes are nonlinear and differ by sex. In men, sympathetic nerve activity increases with age but without relation to their blood pressure, whereas in women, both rise concordantly after age 40. Mean values for muscle sympathetic nerve activity burst incidence are consistently higher in cohorts with hypertension than in matched normotensives, yet women's sympathetic nerve traffic can increase 3-fold between ages 30 and 70 without causing hypertension. Thus, increased sympathetic nerve activity may be necessary but is insufficient for primary hypertension. Moreover, its inhibition does not consistently decrease blood pressure. Despite a half-century of microneurographic research, large gaps remain in our understanding of the content of the sympathetic broadcast from brain to blood vessel and its specific individual consequences for circulatory regulation and cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic risk.
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- John S Floras
- Sinai Health and University Health Network Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, and the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
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Mets B. Should Norepinephrine, Rather than Phenylephrine, Be Considered the Primary Vasopressor in Anesthetic Practice? Anesth Analg 2016; 122:1707-14. [DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000001239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Mak S, Witte KK, Al-Hesayen A, Granton JJ, Parker JD. Cardiac sympathetic activation in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2012; 302:R1153-7. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00652.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) due to left ventricular (LV) dysfunction have sympathetic activation specifically directed to the myocardium. Although pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is associated with increased systemic sympathetic activity, its impact on sympathetic drive to ventricular myocardium is unknown. Fifteen patients with PAH (9 women; 54 ± 12 years) were studied: 10 with idiopathic PAH and 5 with a connective tissue disorder. We measured hemodynamics, as well as radiolabeled and endogenous concentrations of arterial and coronary sinus norepinephrine (NE). These measures were repeated after inhaled nitric oxide (NO). Measurement of transcardiac NE concentrations and the cardiac extraction of radiolabeled NE allowed calculation of the corrected transcardiac gradient of NE (CTCG of NE). Comparative data were collected from 15 patients (9 women: 55 ± 12 yr) with normal LV function and 15 patients with CHF (10 women; 53 ± 12 yr). PAH patients had elevated arterial NE concentrations compared with those with normal LV function but were similar to those with CHF. The CTCG of NE was higher in those with PAH than in the normal LV group (3.6 ± 2.2 vs. 1.5 ± 0.9 pmol/ml; P < 0.01) but similar to that seen in those with CHF (3.3 ± 1.4; P = NS). Inhaled NO, which reduced pulmonary artery pressure and increased cardiac output, had no effect on cardiac sympathetic activity. Therefore, cardiac sympathetic activation occurs in PAH. The mechanism of this activation remains uncertain but does not involve elevations in left heart filling pressure.
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- Susanna Mak
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada; and
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- Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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King AJ, Novotny M, Swain GM, Fink GD. Whole body norepinephrine kinetics in ANG II-salt hypertension in the rat. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2008; 294:R1262-7. [PMID: 18256139 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00819.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate total body norepinephrine (NE) kinetics as an index of global sympathetic nervous system (SNS) outflow in a rat model of chronic ANG II-salt hypertension. Male Sprague-Dawley rats fed a 0.4% (normal salt, NS) or 2% (HS) NaCl diet were instrumented with arterial and venous catheters. After 5 days of recovery and a 3-day control period, ANG II (150 ng.kg(-1).min(-1)) was given subcutaneously by minipump for 14 days. Plasma NE levels and total body NE spillover and clearance were determined on control day 3 and ANG II infusion days 7 and 14 using radioisotope dilution principles. To perform this analysis, 3H-NE and NE were measured in arterial plasma after a 90-min infusion of tracer amounts of 3H-NE. Mean arterial pressure (MAP) was similar during the control period in NS and HS rats; however, MAP increased to a higher level in HS rats. During the control period, plasma NE tended to be lower in rats on HS, whereas NE clearance tended to be higher in HS rats. As a result NE spillover was similar in NS and HS rats during the control period. In NS rats, plasma NE, NE spillover, and NE clearance were unchanged by ANG II. In contrast, in rats on the HS diet, plasma NE and NE spillover increased during ANG II infusion, whereas NE clearance was unchanged. In conclusion, a HS diet alone or ANG II infusion in animals fed NS do not affect global sympathetic outflow. However, the additional hypertensive response to ANG II in animals fed HS is accompanied by SNS activation.
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- Andrew J King
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Shepherd JT, Mancia G. Reflex control of the human cardiovascular system. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2006; 105:1-99. [PMID: 3541137 DOI: 10.1007/bfb0034497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Jacobs MC, Lenders JW, Smits P, Willemsen JJ, Tack C, Thien T. Long-term beta 1-adrenergic blockade restores adrenomedullary activity in primary hypertension. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1997; 30:338-42. [PMID: 9300318 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199709000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In this study we examined the effects of long-term treatment of 19 patients with primary hypertension with the beta 1-adrenoceptor antagonist atenolol on norepinephrine and epinephrine kinetics, at rest and during sympathoadrenal stimulation by lower body negative pressure. Norepinephrine and epinephrine kinetics were measured by using the radioisotope-dilution technique by steady-state infusion of tritiated norepinephrine and epinephrine. The patients were studied before and at the end of 3 months of treatment with atenolol (50 or 100 mg daily). A control group of four normotensive subjects was studied before and after 3 months without any drug treatment. In this group, only arterial blood samples were collected without infusion of the tritiated catecholamines. Atenolol decreased blood pressure and heart rate, but forearm vascular resistance was not affected by atenolol. During atenolol, baseline arterial plasma epinephrine decreased from 0.23 +/- 0.02 to 0.17 +/- 0.01 nM (p < 0.05), and this was accompanied by a decrease in total body epinephrine spillover from 0.50 +/- 0.05 to 0.35 +/- 0.04 nmol/min (p < 0.05). In the control group, arterial plasma epinephrine had not decreased after 3 months. In addition, the increment of arterial plasma epinephrine during lower body negative pressure at -40 mm Hg was attenuated during atenolol. Atenolol had no effect on total body and forearm norepinephrine spillover rates, either at rest or during lower body negative pressure. Clearance rates of epinephrine and norepinephrine were not significantly affected by atenolol. These results suggest that treatment of patients with primary hypertension with the beta 1-adrenoceptor blocker atenolol inhibits the adrenomedullary secretion of epinephrine, but it does not affect the biochemical indices of sympathoneural activity. It remains speculative whether this selective effect of atenolol on epinephrine secretion contributes to its hypotensive action and to its cardioprotective effects in the long term.
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- M C Jacobs
- Department of Medicine, St. Radboud University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Stein CM, He H, Pincus T, Wood AJ. Cyclosporine impairs vasodilation without increased sympathetic activity in humans. Hypertension 1995; 26:705-10. [PMID: 7558234 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.26.4.705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Hypertension and nephrotoxicity frequently complicate treatment with cyclosporine; two suggested mechanisms are increased sympathetic activity and altered vascular reactivity. It is difficult to assess these mechanisms in patients receiving cyclosporine after transplantation because of the accompanying major physiological alterations. Therefore, we studied 12 patients with rheumatoid arthritis twice--while they were taking and not taking cyclosporine. We measured vascular response in the dorsal hand vein using the linear variable differential transformer technique. Cyclosporine treatment significantly attenuated vasodilation induced by 60 ng/min isoproterenol (no cyclosporine, 19.8 +/- 3.5% versus cyclosporine, 7.9 +/- 2.2%; P = .02) and prostaglandin E1 at 1000 pg/min (no cyclosporine, 72.6 +/- 10.2% versus cyclosporine 45.6 +/- 9.0%) and 2000 pg/min (no cyclosporine, 100.8 +/- 14.7% versus cyclosporine, 68.6 +/- 8.0%; F = 5.47, P = .047). However, neither vascular response to phenylephrine or nitroglycerin nor sympathetic activity assessed by measurement of norepinephrine spillover with a radioisotope dilution technique was affected by cyclosporine (no cyclosporine, 516.1 +/- 47.9 ng/min versus cyclosporine, 476.6 +/- 51.8 ng/min; P = .42). Cyclosporine impaired venodilation in response to two agonists that act through adenylate cyclase without altering alpha-agonist-induced venoconstriction or sympathetic activity. Therefore, in humans impaired vasodilation rather than sympathetic activation or enhanced vasoconstriction may be an important mechanism for the alterations of vascular tone that occur after long-term cyclosporine administration.
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- C M Stein
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn 37232-6602, USA
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Lindner KH, Prengel AW, Pfenninger EG, Lindner IM. Angiotensin II augments reflex activity of the sympathetic nervous system during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pigs. Circulation 1995; 92:1020-5. [PMID: 7641337 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.92.4.1020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND During hypotensive states, angiotensin II augments reflex activity of the sympathetic nervous system. The purpose of the present study was to assess the effects of this vasoconstrictor on myocardial blood flow and plasma catecholamine concentrations during and after CPR. METHODS AND RESULTS After 4 minutes of ventricular fibrillation and 3 minutes of open-chest CPR, 14 pigs (24 to 26 kg) were randomized into two groups receiving either saline (n = 7) or 0.05 mg/kg angiotensin II (n = 7). Arterial plasma catecholamine concentration was measured with high-pressure liquid chromatography. Organ blood flow was measured with radiolabeled microspheres. During CPR, after drug administration, left ventricular myocardial blood flow was significantly higher in the angiotensin II-treated group than in the control group. During CPR, median epinephrine concentrations before and 90 seconds and 5 minutes after drug administration were 63.0, 35.2, and 22.5 ng/mL, respectively, in the control group and 63.2, 139.8, and 154.2 ng/mL, respectively, in the angiotensin II group (P < .001 at 90 seconds and P < .01 at 5 minutes). At the same times, median norepinephrine concentrations were 52.6, 59.8, and 33.9 ng/mL, respectively, in the control group and 42.5, 98.7, and 111.3 ng/mL, respectively, in the angiotensin II group (P < .01 at 5 minutes). Restoration of spontaneous circulation was possible in all of the angiotensin II-treated pigs, whereas only 3 of the 7 saline-treated pigs could be resuscitated. At 5 minutes after successful resuscitation, epinephrine was 6.8 ng/mL in the control group and 16.1 ng/mL in the angiotensin II group (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS During CPR, angiotensin II appears to increase coronary perfusion pressure and myocardial blood flow, not only by direct peripheral arteriolar vasoconstriction via angiotensin II receptors but also by inducing a massive catecholamine release with adrenergic peripheral vasoconstriction.
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- K H Lindner
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulm, Germany
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Kooman JP, Wijnen JA, Draaijer P, van Bortel LM, Gladziwa U, Peltenburg HG, Struyker-Boudier HA, van Hooff JP, Leunissen KM. Compliance and reactivity of the peripheral venous system in chronic intermittent hemodialysis. Kidney Int 1992; 41:1041-8. [PMID: 1355148 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1992.158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A reduced venous compliance and/or inadequate venoconstriction could impair hemodynamics during hemodialysis. Therefore, compliance and reactivity of the peripheral venous system were assessed in hemodialysis patients and controls using strain gauge plethysmography. Reactivity of the venous system towards an efferent sympathetic stimulus was assessed using a cold pressor test. Results showed that venous compliance was reduced in hypertensive hemodialysis patients compared to normotensive dialysis patients (P = 0.013) and normotensive controls (P = 0.004). After one dosage with a directly acting venodilator (nitroglycerin 5 mg s.l.) and 3 days of treatment with an alpha 1-sympathicolytic agent (Doxazosin 2 mg), venous compliance remained unaltered in hypertensive dialysis patients. During the cold pressor test, the blood pressure response, rise in noradrenaline levels and decline in venous compliance were normal in hemodialysis patients. However, their response to the Valsalva manoeuver was significantly impaired (P = 0.011) compared to healthy controls. We conclude that hypertension, not renal failure, causes the reduction of peripheral venous compliance in hemodialysis patients, for which structural factors might be responsible. Despite the existence of autonomous neuropathy, the reaction of the peripheral venous system towards an efferent sympathetic stimulus is intact in hemodialysis patients.
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- J P Kooman
- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Kooman JP, Gladziwa U, Böcker G, van Bortel LM, van Hooff JP, Leunissen KM. Role of the venous system in hemodynamics during ultrafiltration and bicarbonate dialysis. Kidney Int 1992; 42:718-26. [PMID: 1405349 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1992.339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A reduced venous compliance (VC) and inadequate venoconstriction may impair hemodynamics during hemodialysis, the first by impairing plasma volume preservation and by inducing a steep fall in central venous pressure (CVP) during minor plasma volume loss, the second by inadequate mobilization of hemodynamically inactive blood volume. For the protocol A, the relation between VC, the fall in plasma volume and the decline in central venous pressure (CVP) was assessed in 12 hemodialysis (HD) patients, aged 40 to 74 years, during isolated ultrafiltration (UF). The patients were ultrafiltrated for one hour at an UF rate of 1 to 1.5 liter/hr. VC was measured by strain gauge plethysmography with direct i.v. pressure measurements. CVP was assessed directly via a subclavian catheter. PVP was measured using the serial hematocrit method. VC correlated inversely with the fall in plasma volume (r = -0.66; P less than 0.025) and with the fall in CVP (corrected for UF volume) (r = -0.62; P less than 0.025). In the protocol B, the constriction of veins and resistance vessels was assessed sequentially during isolated UF and during UF combined with bicarbonate HD (UF + HD) by measuring the change in venous tone (VT) and vascular resistance (FVR) of the forearm. Twelve HD patients were studied (age 30 to 64 years). VT and FVR were measured using strain gauge plethysmography. The UF rate was equal during isolated UF and UF + HD (1 liter/hr). In six patients, the measurements were started with isolated UF and in six patients with UF + HD.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J P Kooman
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Jennings G, Korner PI, Sudhir K, Esler M, Angus JA, Laufer E. Evidence for a role for the cardiovascular amplifiers in human primary hypertension. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 1991; 18:37-41. [PMID: 2032389 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1991.tb01374.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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1. Hypertrophy of vascular and cardiac smooth muscle is present in human primary hypertension. The amplifier properties associated with hypertrophy play a major role in maintaining hypertension. 2. Long-term antihypertensive drug therapy causes substantial regression of the structural changes, assessed by the non-autonomic component of vascular resistance, and by left ventricular mass. The latter occurs more slowly. 3. The more complete the reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy, the more slowly hypertension redevelops if long-term antihypertensive therapy is discontinued. 4. Subjects who redevelop hypertension more rapidly tend to have higher cardiac output, suggesting that the cardiac amplifier may play a role in the pathogenesis. 5. Studies of small arteries and of veins from patients with primary hypertension suggest that there may be a general disturbance of vascular smooth muscle function, independent of the mechanical effects of elevated systemic blood pressure.
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- G Jennings
- Alfred and Baker Medical Unit, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
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Baily RG, Prophet SA, Shenberger JS, Zelis R, Sinoway LI. Direct neurohumoral evidence for isolated sympathetic nervous system activation to skeletal muscle in response to cardiopulmonary baroreceptor unloading. Circ Res 1990; 66:1720-8. [PMID: 2344670 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.66.6.1720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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It has been postulated that cardiopulmonary baroreceptor unloading in humans results in nonuniform activation of the sympathetic nervous system. We reasoned that simultaneous measurements of arterial and venous norepinephrine (NE) spillover and clearance (using NE kinetics), muscle sympathetic neural activity (using microneurography), forearm blood flow (using plethysmography), and skin blood flow (using laser Doppler velocimetry) during lower body negative pressure at -15 mm Hg would isolate the location and extent of cardiopulmonary baroreceptor-mediated sympathetic nervous system activation. We exposed normal subjects (n = 8) to lower body negative pressure for 30 minutes, with measurements obtained at baseline, 5-10 minutes (EARLY), and 25-30 minutes (LATE). We found that arterial NE spillover, reflecting systemic sympathetic nervous system activation, did not increase significantly, whereas arterial NE clearance decreased significantly. In contrast, forearm venous NE spillover, reflecting skin and muscle sympathetic nervous system activation, increased by 17% and muscle sympathetic neural activity by 35% EARLY, whereas venous clearance did not change significantly. Although laser Doppler skin blood flow did not change, plethysmographic forearm blood flow (combined muscle and skin blood flow) decreased by 28%. All changes were sustained throughout 30 minutes of lower body negative pressure. Our data suggest that sympathetic vasoconstriction to muscle is greater than it is to skin in response to cardiopulmonary baroreceptor unloading. Moreover, our data suggest that reduced NE clearance in the arterial circulation is the primary mechanism by which arterial NE concentrations rise. Conversely, NE spillover appears to be the primary mechanism responsible for increasing venous NE concentrations measured from the forearm during cardiopulmonary baroreceptor unloading.
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- R G Baily
- Division of Cardiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey 17033
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This study examined, under two types of stress and during a typical workday, the moderating effects of the personality trait dependence/independence on the hemodynamic and catecholaminergic response in Type A individuals. During the mental stressor, Type As with strong dependency needs showed elevated heart rates and higher levels of epinephrine. During the physical stressor, they showed elevated heart rates and higher levels of norepinephrine. During the typical workday, both urinary catecholamines and mean daily heart rates were higher. It is suggested that these findings, which indicate greater sympathetic-adrenal response, are the result of a basic personality/behavior inconsistency and that Type A behavior may have an accentuated relationship to coronary disease when overlaid on a personality for which it is inconsistent.
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- J H Howard
- University of Western Ontario, Canada, London
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Kurpad AV, Kulkarni RN, Vaz M, Shetty PS. Repeated infusions of identical doses of norepinephrine show potentiation of metabolic responses in human subjects. Metabolism 1989; 38:979-82. [PMID: 2796751 DOI: 10.1016/0026-0495(89)90009-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Thermogenic responses to similar doses of norepinephrine appear to be different when repeatedly administered. This hypothesis was tested by three consecutive 30-minute infusions of a fixed dose of norepinephrine separated by a rest period of one hour between infusions. There was a significant increase or potentiation of the metabolic response as measured by oxygen consumption to the third dose of norepinephrine, while the cardiovascular responses showed no change. It is therefore important to make allowances for this phenomenon when assessing intergroup differences in regulatory thermogenesis using dose-response protocols for norepinephrine administration.
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- A V Kurpad
- Department of Physiology, St John's Medical College, Bangalore, India
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Gordon RD, Hawkins PG, Hamlet SM, Tunny TJ, Klemm SA, Backmann AW, Finn WL. Unexpected incidence of low blood pressure 2 years after unilateral adrenalectomy for primary aldosteronism. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 1989; 16:281-6. [PMID: 2743620 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1989.tb01558.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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1. Serial observations of blood pressure after unilateral adrenalectomy for aldosterone-producing adenoma revealed an incidence of hypotension (systolic BP less than fifth percentile for age- and sex-matched normal population) of 27% at 2 years, more than 5 times that predicted. 2. Serial observations of volume regulatory hormones showed significantly raised mean levels of plasma renin activity consistent with hypovolaemia. Significantly reduced mean aldosterone levels despite significantly raised mean plasma renin activity levels may reflect reduced responsiveness of the remaining adrenal. 3. Reduction of significantly elevated preoperative ANP levels to significantly reduced levels postoperatively is also in keeping with postoperative hypovolaemia. 4. A 50% reduction in plasma adrenaline after unilateral adrenalectomy might contribute to reduced noradrenergic activity (prejunctional beta-receptor) and reduced blood pressure, but plasma noradrenaline did not fall significantly postoperatively. 5. Postoperative levels of renin, aldosterone, adrenaline and noradrenaline were not significantly different between those who did, and those who did not, become hypotensive.
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- R D Gordon
- Endocrine-Hypertension Research Unit, Greenslopes Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Keeton TK, Biediger AM. The measurement of norepinephrine clearance and spillover rate into plasma in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 1988; 338:350-60. [PMID: 3244380 DOI: 10.1007/bf00172109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The clearance of norepinephrine from plasma and the spillover rate of norepinephrine into plasma were determined in conscious unrestrained spontaneously hypertensive rats by measuring the concentrations of 3H-norepinephrine and norepinephrine in arterial plasma after 90 min of i.v. infusion with 3H-norepinephrine. In 50 conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats treated with saline (control animals), the following basal values were obtained: plasma norepinephrine concentration = 149 +/- 5 pg/ml; plasma epinephrine concentration = 61 +/- 4 pg/ml; norepinephrine clearance = 188 +/- 4 ml min-1 kg-1; and norepinephrine spillover rate = 27.5 +/- 0.8 ng min-1 kg-1. A significant portion of infused 3H-norepinephrine appeared to be cleared from the plasma by the uptake1 process, since desipramine decreased norepinephrine clearance by 32%. The vasodilating agents hydralazine and minoxidil produced dose-related increases in norepinephrine spillover rate and plasma norepinephrine concentration, but the percent increases in norepinephrine spillover rate exceeded the percent increases in plasma norepinephrine concentration because of concomitant increases in norepinephrine clearance, particularly after treatment with minoxidil. The increase in norepinephrine clearance caused by hydralazine and minoxidil probably resulted from the increase in cardiac output and resultant increase in hepatic and/or pulmonary blood flow. Adrenal secretion of norepinephrine did not appear to contribute to the elevation in norepinephrine spillover rate elicited by hydralazine and minoxidil. Chlorisondamine suppressed norepinephrine spillover rate by 77%, in association with a 70% decline in plasma epinephrine concentration, whereas bretylium lowered norepinephrine spillover rate by only 41%, with no change in plasma epinephrine concentration. The decrements in norepinephrine clearance caused by chlorisondamine (-23%) and bretylium (-15%) were more or less proportional to the magnitude of the vasodepression caused by these drugs. Both norepinephrine spillover rate and clearance fell in a dose-related fashion after treatment with clonidine. After treatment with the sympathoinhibitory agents chlorisondamine, bretylium and clonidine, the percent decreases in norepinephrine spillover rate always exceeded the percent decreases in plasma norepinephrine concentration. Based on these observations, we conclude that norepinephrine spillover rate provides a more accurate measurement of the activity of the peripheral sympathetic nervous system than does plasma norepinephrine concentration in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats.
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- T K Keeton
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284
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Linares OA, Zech LA, Jacquez JA, Rosen SG, Sanfield JA, Morrow LA, Supiano MA, Halter JB. Effect of sodium-restricted diet and posture on norepinephrine kinetics in humans. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1988; 254:E222-30. [PMID: 3348372 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1988.254.2.e222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We used compartmental analysis to analyze the kinetics of distribution and metabolism of norepinephrine (NE) and to determine whether the increase in plasma norepinephrine concentration (PNE) during sodium restriction in humans is due to sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activation. [3H]-NE infusion and postinfusion decay were measured in young subjects in the supine position and during 60 min of standing during normal sodium (NS) diet and after 7 days of 10 meq/day sodium-restricted (SR) diet. The mean supine PNE was greater during SR diet compared with NS diet (154 +/- 9 vs. 185 +/- 12 pg/ml, P = 0.02, n = 10). During both NS and SR diets, upright PNE increased (163 +/- 4 vs. 359 +/- 38 pg/ml and 182 +/- 8 vs. 401 +/- 26 pg/ml, respectively, multivariate one-way analysis of variance, P less than 0.001, alpha = 0.05). The increases of PNE with both SR diet and upright posture were accompanied by a fall in NE metabolic clearance rate (MCR1). During SR diet this was due to a fall in the volume of distribution of NE (6.1 +/- 0.4 vs. 5.0 +/- 0.4 liters, P = 0.003, n = 10). In contrast to the effect of upright posture to increase NE release into the extra-vascular compartment (NE2), during SR diet there was no change in NE2 (1.63 +/- 0.09 vs. 1.62 +/- 0.1 micrograms.min-1.m-2, P = 0.97, n = 10). Thus the increase in PNE during SR diet in humans can be explained by a fall in the volume of distribution of NE, resulting in a decrease in MCR1.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- O A Linares
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor
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Scheinin M, Kallio A, Koulu M, Viikari J, Scheinin H. Sedative and cardiovascular effects of medetomidine, a novel selective alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist, in healthy volunteers. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1987; 24:443-51. [PMID: 2891369 PMCID: PMC1386305 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1987.tb03196.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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1. Single intravenous doses (25, 50 and 100 micrograms) of medetomidine (MPV-785, an imidazole derivative), a selective alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist, were administered to eight healthy male volunteers in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. 2. The following dose-related effects, all of which were compatible with an agonistic action of the drug at alpha 2-adrenoceptors, were noted: reductions of systolic and diastolic blood pressure (maximum 18/11 mm Hg), heart rate (maximum 10 beats min-1), saliva secretion (maximum 84%) and noradrenaline levels in plasma (maximum 70%). 3. Dose-dependent sedation or impairment of vigilance was also observed, both by subjective and objective (critical flicker fusion threshold) assessments, with the highest dose actually inducing sleep in five of the subjects. 4. The observed effects were in general agreement with those previously seen after intravenous administration of the centrally acting antihypertensive alpha 2-adrenoceptor activating drug, clonidine, but of a shorter duration. 5. The relative importance of alpha 2-adrenoceptors located in peripheral tissues and in the central nervous system for the drug's cardiovascular effects could not be determined, but the high lipid solubility of the compound and the rapid onset of sedation are in favour of a major central component. 6. Medetomidine may be a useful tool for the investigation of the physiology and pharmacology of alpha 2-adrenoceptors in man. In addition, the therapeutic and diagnostic uses of the compound should be investigated in pathological conditions related to increased sympathetic neuronal activity.
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- M Scheinin
- University of Turku, Department of Pharmacology, Finland
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