Interaction between neuronal nitric oxide synthase and inhibitory G protein activity in heart rate regulation in conscious mice
Jumrussirikul, P ; Dinerman, J ; Dawson, T M ; Dawson, V L ; Ekelund, Ulf LU
; Georgakopoulos, D
; Schramm, L P
; Calkins, H
; Snyder, S H
and Hare, J M
, et al.
(1998)
In Journal of Clinical Investigation
102(7).
p.1279-1285
- Abstract
- Nitric oxide (NO) synthesized within mammalian sinoatrial cells has been shown to participate in cholinergic control of heart rate (HR). However, it is not known whether NO synthesized within neurons plays a role in HR regulation. HR dynamics were measured in 24 wild-type (WT) mice and 24 mice in which the gene for neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) was absent (nNOS-/- mice). Mean HR and HR variability were compared in subsets of these animals at baseline, after parasympathetic blockade with atropine (0.5 mg/kg i.p.), after beta-adrenergic blockade with propranolol (1 mg/kg i.p.), and after combined autonomic blockade. Other animals underwent pressor challenge with phenylephrine (3 mg/kg i.p.) after beta-adrenergic blockade to test for a... (More)
- Nitric oxide (NO) synthesized within mammalian sinoatrial cells has been shown to participate in cholinergic control of heart rate (HR). However, it is not known whether NO synthesized within neurons plays a role in HR regulation. HR dynamics were measured in 24 wild-type (WT) mice and 24 mice in which the gene for neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) was absent (nNOS-/- mice). Mean HR and HR variability were compared in subsets of these animals at baseline, after parasympathetic blockade with atropine (0.5 mg/kg i.p.), after beta-adrenergic blockade with propranolol (1 mg/kg i.p.), and after combined autonomic blockade. Other animals underwent pressor challenge with phenylephrine (3 mg/kg i.p.) after beta-adrenergic blockade to test for a baroreflex-mediated cardioinhibitory response. The latter experiments were then repeated after inactivation of inhibitory G proteins with pertussis toxin (PTX) (30 microgram/kg i.p.). At baseline, nNOS-/- mice had higher mean HR (711+/-8 vs. 650+/-8 bpm, P = 0.0004) and lower HR variance (424+/-70 vs. 1,112+/-174 bpm2, P = 0.001) compared with WT mice. In nNOS-/- mice, atropine administration led to a much smaller change in mean HR (-2+/-9 vs. 49+/-5 bpm, P = 0.0008) and in HR variance (64+/-24 vs. -903+/-295 bpm2, P = 0.02) than in WT mice. In contrast, propranolol administration and combined autonomic blockade led to similar changes in mean HR between the two groups. After beta-adrenergic blockade, phenylephrine injection elicited a fall in mean HR and rise in HR variance in WT mice that was partially attenuated after treatment with PTX. The response to pressor challenge in nNOS-/- mice before PTX administration was similar to that in WT mice. However, PTX-treated nNOS-/- mice had a dramatically attenuated response to phenylephrine. These findings suggest that the absence of nNOS activity leads to reduced baseline parasympathetic tone, but does not prevent baroreflex-mediated cardioinhibition unless inhibitory G proteins are also inactivated. Thus, neuronally derived NO and cardiac inhibitory G protein activity serve as parallel pathways to mediate autonomic slowing of heart rate in the mouse. (Less)
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- Jumrussirikul, P
; Dinerman, J
; Dawson, T M
; Dawson, V L
; Ekelund, Ulf
LU
; Georgakopoulos, D
; Schramm, L P
; Calkins, H
; Snyder, S H
and Hare, J M
, et al. (More)
- Jumrussirikul, P
; Dinerman, J
; Dawson, T M
; Dawson, V L
; Ekelund, Ulf
LU
; Georgakopoulos, D
; Schramm, L P
; Calkins, H
; Snyder, S H
; Hare, J M
and Berger, R D
(Less)
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- keywords
- G protein, nitric oxide, autonomic nervous system, parasympathetic, baroreflex
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- Journal of Clinical Investigation
- volume
- 102
- issue
- 7
- pages
- 1279 - 1285
- publisher
- The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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- pmid:9769319
- scopus:0032190435
- pmid:9769319
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- 0021-9738
- DOI
- 10.1172/JCI2843
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- English
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abstract = {{Nitric oxide (NO) synthesized within mammalian sinoatrial cells has been shown to participate in cholinergic control of heart rate (HR). However, it is not known whether NO synthesized within neurons plays a role in HR regulation. HR dynamics were measured in 24 wild-type (WT) mice and 24 mice in which the gene for neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) was absent (nNOS-/- mice). Mean HR and HR variability were compared in subsets of these animals at baseline, after parasympathetic blockade with atropine (0.5 mg/kg i.p.), after beta-adrenergic blockade with propranolol (1 mg/kg i.p.), and after combined autonomic blockade. Other animals underwent pressor challenge with phenylephrine (3 mg/kg i.p.) after beta-adrenergic blockade to test for a baroreflex-mediated cardioinhibitory response. The latter experiments were then repeated after inactivation of inhibitory G proteins with pertussis toxin (PTX) (30 microgram/kg i.p.). At baseline, nNOS-/- mice had higher mean HR (711+/-8 vs. 650+/-8 bpm, P = 0.0004) and lower HR variance (424+/-70 vs. 1,112+/-174 bpm2, P = 0.001) compared with WT mice. In nNOS-/- mice, atropine administration led to a much smaller change in mean HR (-2+/-9 vs. 49+/-5 bpm, P = 0.0008) and in HR variance (64+/-24 vs. -903+/-295 bpm2, P = 0.02) than in WT mice. In contrast, propranolol administration and combined autonomic blockade led to similar changes in mean HR between the two groups. After beta-adrenergic blockade, phenylephrine injection elicited a fall in mean HR and rise in HR variance in WT mice that was partially attenuated after treatment with PTX. The response to pressor challenge in nNOS-/- mice before PTX administration was similar to that in WT mice. However, PTX-treated nNOS-/- mice had a dramatically attenuated response to phenylephrine. These findings suggest that the absence of nNOS activity leads to reduced baseline parasympathetic tone, but does not prevent baroreflex-mediated cardioinhibition unless inhibitory G proteins are also inactivated. Thus, neuronally derived NO and cardiac inhibitory G protein activity serve as parallel pathways to mediate autonomic slowing of heart rate in the mouse.}},
author = {{Jumrussirikul, P and Dinerman, J and Dawson, T M and Dawson, V L and Ekelund, Ulf and Georgakopoulos, D and Schramm, L P and Calkins, H and Snyder, S H and Hare, J M and Berger, R D}},
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language = {{eng}},
number = {{7}},
pages = {{1279--1285}},
publisher = {{The American Society for Clinical Investigation}},
series = {{Journal of Clinical Investigation}},
title = {{Interaction between neuronal nitric oxide synthase and inhibitory G protein activity in heart rate regulation in conscious mice}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/JCI2843}},
doi = {{10.1172/JCI2843}},
volume = {{102}},
year = {{1998}},
}