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Dynamic exercise attenuates spontaneous baroreceptor reflex sensitivity in conscious rats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2003

Hidefumi Waki ,
Sergey Kasparov ,
Kiyoaki Katahira ,
Tsuyoshi Shimizu ,
David Murphy  and
Julian F. R. Paton
Hidefumi Waki
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK, Department of Physiology and Experimental Animal Center, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan, and Molecular Neuroendocrinology Research Group, University Research Centre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Bristol, Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK
Sergey Kasparov
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK, Department of Physiology and Experimental Animal Center, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan, and Molecular Neuroendocrinology Research Group, University Research Centre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Bristol, Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK
Kiyoaki Katahira
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK, Department of Physiology and Experimental Animal Center, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan, and Molecular Neuroendocrinology Research Group, University Research Centre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Bristol, Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK
Tsuyoshi Shimizu
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK, Department of Physiology and Experimental Animal Center, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan, and Molecular Neuroendocrinology Research Group, University Research Centre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Bristol, Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK
David Murphy
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK, Department of Physiology and Experimental Animal Center, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan, and Molecular Neuroendocrinology Research Group, University Research Centre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Bristol, Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK
Julian F. R. Paton
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK, Department of Physiology and Experimental Animal Center, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan, and Molecular Neuroendocrinology Research Group, University Research Centre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Bristol, Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK
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Abstract

In humans, it has been reported that dynamic exercise attenuates spontaneous baroreceptor reflex sensitivity (sBRS), which is an index of the gain of the baroreceptor-cardiac reflex. We demonstrated previously that endogenously produced NO from endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) within the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS), the central terminal site of baroreceptor afferents, depressed sBRS. In this study, we investigated whether eNOS activity within the NTS plays any role in down-modulating the sBRS during dynamic exercise. In conscious Wistar rats arterial pressure and heart rate (HR) were monitored continuously and chronically using radiotelemetry before and during wheel cage running at 6 m min-1 for 10 min. sBRS was determined by a time-series method. During dynamic exercise systolic blood pressure (SBP) and HR were significantly increased (SBP: 138 ± 2 vs. 125 ± 2 mmHg, P < 0.001; HR: 447 ± 6 vs. 362 ± 8 beats min-1, P < 0.001) while sBRS was significantly decreased (0.53 ± 0.03 vs. 1.08 ± 0.08 ms mmHg-1, P < 0.001). In sino-aortic denervated rats the change in SBP in response to dynamic exercise was significantly larger than that in baroreceptor-intact rats (denervated: 21.6 ± 2.5 mmHg; intact: 12.0 ± 2.8 mmHg, P < 0.05). In contrast, denervation made no difference to the change in HR. Although disabling eNOS activity in the NTS by adenoviral-directed expression of a dominant negative mutant form of eNOS increased resting sBRS (1.48 ± 0.20 vs. 1.09 ± 0.15 ms mmHg-1, P < 0.05), the absolute level reached during dynamic exercise was identical to control. These results demonstrate that during dynamic exercise (i) the sBRS decreases around the operating point of the baroreceptor-cardiac reflex function curve in normotensive rats, (ii) the baroreceptor reflex operates to limit the rise in arterial pressure, and (iii) the attenuation of sBRS is not mediated by changes in eNOS activity within the NTS. Experimental Physiology (2003) 88.4, 517-526.

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Experimental Physiology , Volume 88 , Issue 4 , July 2003 , pp. 517 - 526
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© The Physiological Society 2003

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