Journal
HYPERTENSION RESEARCH
Volume 44, Issue 11, Pages 1385-1394Publisher
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DOI: 10.1038/s41440-021-00746-7
Keywords
Sympathetic nervous system; Paraventricular nucleus; Renal denervation; Hypertension; Heart failure
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- National Institutes of Health [R56 HL124104, P01 HL62222, R01 DK114663]
- Japan Heart Foundation/Bayer Yakuhin Research Grant Abroad
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Excessive activation of the sympathetic nervous system is a hallmark of hypertension and heart failure, controlled by key areas such as the PVN in the central nervous system. The balance between brain renin-angiotensin system, nitric oxide, reactive oxygen species, and inflammatory responses influences sympathetic outflow, while renal denervation can have beneficial effects by interrupting these processes.
Excessive activation of the sympathetic nervous system is one of the pathophysiological hallmarks of hypertension and heart failure. Within the central nervous system, the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus and the rostral ventrolateral medulla in the brain stem play critical roles in the regulation of sympathetic outflow to peripheral organs. Information from the peripheral circulation, including serum concentrations of sodium and angiotensin II, is conveyed to the PVN via adjacent structures with a weak blood-brain barrier. In addition, signals from baroreceptors, chemoreceptors and cardiopulmonary receptors as well as afferent input via the renal nerves are all integrated at the level of the PVN. The brain renin-angiotensin system and the balance between nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species in these brain areas also determine the final sympathetic outflow. Additionally, brain inflammatory responses have been shown to modulate these processes. Renal denervation interrupts both the afferent inputs from the kidney to the PVN and the efferent outputs from the PVN to the kidney, resulting in the suppression of sympathetic outflow and eliciting beneficial effects on both hypertension and heart failure.
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