BDNF acting in the hypothalamus induces acute pressor responses under permissive control of angiotensin II

Autor: Chris L. Schaich, Blanka Koi, Theresa L. Wellman, Benedek Erdos
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Sympathetic Nervous System
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Blood Pressure
Tropomyosin receptor kinase B
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Cardiovascular System
Article
Receptor
Angiotensin
Type 1

Rats
Sprague-Dawley

03 medical and health sciences
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
Renin–angiotensin system
medicine
Animals
Vasoconstrictor Agents
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
biology
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
business.industry
Angiotensin II
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
digestive
oral
and skin physiology

Angiotensin-converting enzyme
Endocrinology
Losartan
nervous system
chemistry
Hypothalamus
Hypertension
biology.protein
Hexamethonium
Neurology (clinical)
business
Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers
hormones
hormone substitutes
and hormone antagonists

030217 neurology & neurosurgery
medicine.drug
Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus
Zdroj: Auton Neurosci
Popis: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression increases in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) during hypertensive stimuli including stress and hyperosmolarity, but its role in PVN cardiovascular regulatory mechanisms is unclear. Chronic BDNF overexpression in the PVN has been shown to elevate sympathetic tone and blood pressure in part by modulating central angiotensin (Ang) II mechanisms. However, the cardiovascular effects of short-term increases in PVN levels of BDNF and the mechanisms governing them are unknown. Therefore, we investigated whether acute BDNF microinjections into the PVN of conscious and anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats induce blood pressure elevations and whether Ang II signaling is involved in these hypertensive responses. In conscious rats, unilateral BDNF (12.5 ng) microinjections into the PVN increased mean arterial pressure (MAP) by 27 ± 1 mm Hg (P < 0.001 vs vehicle), which was significantly attenuated by intracerebroventricular infusion of the Ang II-type-1 receptor (AT(1)R) antagonist losartan and by ganglionic blockade with intravenous hexamethonium infusion. In anesthetized rats, unilateral PVN microinjection of BDNF increased MAP by 31 ± 4 mm Hg (P < 0.001 vs vehicle), which was prevented by PVN microinjection pretreatments with the high-affinity BDNF receptor TrkB antagonist ANA-12, losartan, the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor lisinopril, or by intravenous hexamethonium. Additional experiments in hypothalamic samples including the PVN revealed that BDNF-induced TrkB receptor phosphorylation was prevented by ANA-12 and losartan pretreatments. Collectively, these data indicate that BDNF acting within the PVN acutely raises blood pressure under permissive control of Ang II-AT(1)R mechanisms and therefore may play an important role in mediating acute pressor responses to hypertensive stimuli.
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