Abstract
The goal of this study was to identify the source of baroreceptor-related noradrenergic innervation of the diagonal band of Broca (DBB). Male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent sinoaortic denervation (SAD, n = 13) or sham SAD surgery (n = 13). We examined Fos expression produced by baroreceptor activation and dopamine-β-hydroxylase immunofluorescence in hindbrain regions that contain noradrenergic neurons. Baroreceptors were stimulated by increasing blood pressure >40 mmHg with phenylephrine (10 μg · kg-1 · min-1 iv) in sham SAD and SAD rats. Controls were infused with 0.9% saline. Only the locus ceruleus (LC) demonstrated a baroreceptor-dependent increase in Fos immunoreactivity in dopamine-β-hydroxylase-positive neurons. In a second experiment, normal rats received rhodamine-labeled microsphere injections in the DBB (n = 12) before phenylephrine or vehicle infusion. In these experiments, only the LC consistently contained Fos-positive cells after phenylephrine infusion that were retrogradely labeled from the DBB. Finally, we lesioned the LC with ibotenic acid and obtained extracellular recordings from identified vasopressin neurons in the supraoptic nucleus. LC lesions significantly reduced the number of vasopressin neurons that were inhibited by acute baroreceptor stimulation. Together, these results suggest that noradrenergic neurons in the LC participate in the baroreflex activation of the DBB and may thus be important in the baroreflex inhibition of vasopressin-releasing neurons in the supraoptic nucleus.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology |
| Volume | 279 |
| Issue number | 1 48-1 |
| State | Published - 29 Aug 2000 |
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Keywords
- Fos
- Sinoaortic deafferentation
- Supraoptic nucleus
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Role of the locus ceruleus in baroreceptor regulation of supraoptic vasopressin neurons in the rat. / Grindstaff, Ryan J.; Grindstaff, Regina R.; Sullivan, Margaret J.; Cunningham, Joseph Thomas.
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T1 - Role of the locus ceruleus in baroreceptor regulation of supraoptic vasopressin neurons in the rat
AU - Grindstaff, Ryan J.
AU - Grindstaff, Regina R.
AU - Sullivan, Margaret J.
AU - Cunningham, Joseph Thomas
PY - 2000/8/29
Y1 - 2000/8/29
N2 - The goal of this study was to identify the source of baroreceptor-related noradrenergic innervation of the diagonal band of Broca (DBB). Male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent sinoaortic denervation (SAD, n = 13) or sham SAD surgery (n = 13). We examined Fos expression produced by baroreceptor activation and dopamine-β-hydroxylase immunofluorescence in hindbrain regions that contain noradrenergic neurons. Baroreceptors were stimulated by increasing blood pressure >40 mmHg with phenylephrine (10 μg · kg-1 · min-1 iv) in sham SAD and SAD rats. Controls were infused with 0.9% saline. Only the locus ceruleus (LC) demonstrated a baroreceptor-dependent increase in Fos immunoreactivity in dopamine-β-hydroxylase-positive neurons. In a second experiment, normal rats received rhodamine-labeled microsphere injections in the DBB (n = 12) before phenylephrine or vehicle infusion. In these experiments, only the LC consistently contained Fos-positive cells after phenylephrine infusion that were retrogradely labeled from the DBB. Finally, we lesioned the LC with ibotenic acid and obtained extracellular recordings from identified vasopressin neurons in the supraoptic nucleus. LC lesions significantly reduced the number of vasopressin neurons that were inhibited by acute baroreceptor stimulation. Together, these results suggest that noradrenergic neurons in the LC participate in the baroreflex activation of the DBB and may thus be important in the baroreflex inhibition of vasopressin-releasing neurons in the supraoptic nucleus.
AB - The goal of this study was to identify the source of baroreceptor-related noradrenergic innervation of the diagonal band of Broca (DBB). Male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent sinoaortic denervation (SAD, n = 13) or sham SAD surgery (n = 13). We examined Fos expression produced by baroreceptor activation and dopamine-β-hydroxylase immunofluorescence in hindbrain regions that contain noradrenergic neurons. Baroreceptors were stimulated by increasing blood pressure >40 mmHg with phenylephrine (10 μg · kg-1 · min-1 iv) in sham SAD and SAD rats. Controls were infused with 0.9% saline. Only the locus ceruleus (LC) demonstrated a baroreceptor-dependent increase in Fos immunoreactivity in dopamine-β-hydroxylase-positive neurons. In a second experiment, normal rats received rhodamine-labeled microsphere injections in the DBB (n = 12) before phenylephrine or vehicle infusion. In these experiments, only the LC consistently contained Fos-positive cells after phenylephrine infusion that were retrogradely labeled from the DBB. Finally, we lesioned the LC with ibotenic acid and obtained extracellular recordings from identified vasopressin neurons in the supraoptic nucleus. LC lesions significantly reduced the number of vasopressin neurons that were inhibited by acute baroreceptor stimulation. Together, these results suggest that noradrenergic neurons in the LC participate in the baroreflex activation of the DBB and may thus be important in the baroreflex inhibition of vasopressin-releasing neurons in the supraoptic nucleus.
KW - Fos
KW - Sinoaortic deafferentation
KW - Supraoptic nucleus
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VL - 279
JO - American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
JF - American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
SN - 0363-6119
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