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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 281, Issue 6, Pages R1844-R1853Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.281.6.R1844
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angiotensin II; osmolality; sodium; sympathetic nerve activity; arterial pressure; paraventricular nucleus
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL-56834] Funding Source: Medline
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Autonomic neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) are innervated by osmotic-sensitive regions of the lamina terminalis, receive input from ANG II-containing cells, and express AT(1) ANG II receptors. Therefore, we hypothesized that ANG II actions within the PVN could underlie hyperosmolality-induced increases in renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA). In anesthetized baroreceptor-denervated rats, graded concentrations of NaCl (0.30, 0.9, 1.5, and 2.1 osmol/l) were injected (300 mul) centrally via the internal carotid artery (ICA) and produced corresponding increases in mean arterial pressure (MAP) and RSNA. In addition, equivalent hyperosmotic loads (1.5 osmol/l) of NaCl, glucose, and mannitol each significantly (P < 0.05) increased MAP and RSNA. The same stimuli had no effect when administered intravenously. Bilateral PVN microinjections (100 nl) of the AT(1)-receptor antagonist losartan (80 nmol) before osmotic challenge had no effect on resting RSNA but significantly (P, 0.05) reduced RSNA responses to hyperosmotic NaCl (n = 7), glucose (n = 6), and mannitol (n = 6). Increases in RSNA evoked by hyperosmotic NaCl were significantly (P < 0.05) attenuated similar to 20 min after losartan injection and recovered within 60-120 min. In contrast, losartan outside the PVN as well as vehicle (saline) within the PVN failed to alter RSNA responses to ICA hyperosmotic NaCl. Results suggest that elevated RSNA after central sodium/osmotic activation is mediated, at least in part, by a synaptic mechanism involving AT(1)-receptor activation within the PVN.
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