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Sympathoexcitation by hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus neurons projecting to the rostral ventrolateral medulla
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Koba, Satoshi Hanai, Eri Kumada, Nao Kataoka, Naoya Nakamura, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tatsuo |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | Journal: The Journal of physiology The rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), which is known to play an important role in regulating sympathetic vasomotor tone, receives axonal projections from the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN). However, no studies have proved that excitation of the PVN neurons that send axonal projections to the RVLM (PVN‐RVLM neurons) causes sympathoexcitation. This study aimed to directly examine the sympathoexcitatory role of PVN‐RVLM neurons. Male rats received microinjections into the PVN with an adeno‐associated virus (AAV) vector that encoded a hybrid of channelrhodopsin‐2/1 with the reporter tdTomato (ChIEF‐tdTomato), or into the RVLM with a retrograde AAV vector that encoded a channelrhodopsin with GFP $(ChR2‐GFP_{retro}$). Under anaesthesia with urethane and α‐chloralose, photostimulation (473 nm wavelength) of PVN‐RVLM neurons, achieved by laser illumination of either RVLM of ChIEF‐tdTomato rats (n = 8) or PVN of $ChR2‐GFP_{retro}$ rats (n = 4), elicited significant renal sympathoexcitation. Immunofluorescence confocal microscopy showed that RVLM adrenergic C1 neurons of ChIEF‐tdTomato rats were closely associated with tdTomato‐labelled, PVN‐derived axons that contained vesicular glutamate transporter 2. In another subset of anaesthetised ChIEF‐tdTomato rats (n = 6), the renal sympathoexcitation elicited by photostimulation of the PVN was suppressed by administering ionotropic glutamate receptor blockers into the RVLM. These results demonstrate that excitation of PVN‐RVLM glutamatergic neurons leads to sympathoexcitation via, at least in part, stimulation of RVLM C1 neurons. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved |
| Related Links | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6166051/pdf |
| Ending Page | 4595 |
| Page Count | 15 |
| Starting Page | 4581 |
| ISSN | 00223751 |
| e-ISSN | 14697793 |
| DOI | 10.1113/jp276223 |
| Journal | The Journal of physiology |
| Issue Number | 19 |
| Volume Number | 596 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Publisher Date | 2018-08-18 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: The Journal of physiology Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla Sympathetic Nerve Activity |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Physiology Sports Science |
