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Elevated Angiotensin II in Rat Nodose Ganglia Primes Diabetes-Blunted Arterial Baroreflex Sensitivity: Involvement of NADPH Oxidase Derived Superoxide
Author(s) -
Yulong Li
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of diabetes and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2155-6156
DOI - 10.4172/2155-6156.1000135
Subject(s) - baroreflex , medicine , endocrinology , nadph oxidase , superoxide , angiotensin ii , baroreceptor , apocynin , blood pressure , heart rate , chemistry , oxidative stress , biochemistry , enzyme
Clinical trials and experimental animal studies have confirmed the contribution of arterial baroreflex impairment in causing excess morbidity and mortality in type-1 diabetes. Our previous study has shown that angiotensin II (Ang II)-NADPH oxidase-superoxide signaling is associated with the reduced cell excitability in the aortic baroreceptor neurons (a primary afferent limb of the arterial baroreflex) from diabetic rats. In this study, we examined whether above-mentioned signaling might contribute to the blunted baroreflex sensitivity in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Using Ang II (125)I radioimmunoassay and lucigenin chemiluminescence method, we found Ang II concentration, NADPH oxidase activity, and superoxide production in the nodose ganglia were enhanced in diabetic rats, compared to sham rats. As an index of the arterial baroreflex sensitivity, the reflex decreases in blood pressure and heart rate evoked by unilateral steady-frequency aortic depressor nerve stimulation were attenuated in diabetic rats. Local microinjection (50 nl) of losartan (an AT(1) receptor antagonist, 1 nmol), apocynin (a NADPH oxidase inhibitor, 1 nmol), and tempol (a superoxide dismutase mimetic, 10 nmol) into the nodose ganglia significantly improved the arterial baroreflex sensitivity in diabetic rats. In addition, these three chemicals also normalized exogenous Ang II-attenuated arterial baroreflex sensitivity in sham rats. These results indicate that overactivation of the Ang II-NADPH oxidase-superoxide signal pathway in the nodose ganglia contributes to the blunted baroreflex sensitivity in diabetes.

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