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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2006

Chronic intermittent hypoxia induces hypoxia-evoked catecholamine efflux in adult rat adrenal medulla via oxidative stress.

Ganesh K Kumar, Vandana Rai, Suresh D Sharma, Devi Prasadh Ramakrishnan, Ying-Jie Peng, Dangjai Souvannakitti, Nanduri R Prabhakar

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers.

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97 citing papers in PubMed, 183 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ganesh K KumarDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-4935, USA. k.kumar@case.edu
Vandana Rai
Suresh D Sharma
Devi Prasadh Ramakrishnan
Ying-Jie Peng
Dangjai Souvannakitti
Nanduri R Prabhakar
Case Western Reserve University · US

Funding

VENTROLATERAL PONS SHAPES THE RESPONSE TO HYPOXIAP01HL025830 · NHLBI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI PRABHAKAR, NANDURI R · 1985 to 2006
$11.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL-25830NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL025830
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) augments physiological responses to low partial pressures of O2 in the arterial blood. Adrenal medullae from adult rats, however, are insensitive to direct effects of acute hypoxia. In the present study, we examined whether CIH induces hypoxic sensitivity in the adult rat adrenal medulla and, if so, by what mechanism(s). Experiments were performed on adult male rats exposed to CIH (15 s of 5% O2 followed by 5 min of 21% O2; 9 episodes h(-1); 8 h d(-1); for 3 or 10 days) or to comparable, cumulative durations of continuous hypoxia (CH; 4 h of 7% O2 followed by 20 h of 21% O2 for 1 or 10 days). Noradrenaline (NA) and adrenaline (ADR) effluxes were monitored from ex vivo adrenal medullae. In adrenal medullae of rats exposed to CIH, acute hypoxia evoked robust NA and ADR effluxes, whereas these responses were absent in control rats or in those exposed to CH for 1 or 10 days. Hypercapnia (10% CO2; either acidic, pH 6.8, or isohydric, pH 7.4) was ineffective in eliciting catecholamine (CA) efflux from control, CIH or CH rats. Nicotine (100 microM) evoked NA and ADR effluxes in control rats, and this response was abolished in CIH but not in CH rats. Systemic administration of 2-deoxyglucose depleted ADR content in control rats, and CIH attenuated this response, indicating downregulation of neurally regulated CA secretion. Cytosolic and mitochondrial aconitase enzyme activities decreased in CIH adrenal medullae, suggesting increased generation of superoxide anions. Systemic administration of antioxidants reversed the effect of CIH on the adrenal medulla. Rats exposed to CIH exhibited increased blood pressures and elevated plasma CA, and antioxidants abolished these responses. These observations demonstrate that CIH induces hypoxic sensing in the adult rat adrenal medulla via mechanisms involving increased generation of superoxide anions and suggest that hypoxia-evoked CA efflux from the adrenal medulla contributes, in part, to elevated blood pressure and plasma CA.

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Oxidative StressAcetylcysteineAdrenal MedullaAnimalsAntioxidantsBlood PressureCatecholaminesEpinephrineHypoxiaMaleNicotineNicotinic AgonistsNorepinephrineRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySuperoxidesAcetylcysteineAntioxidantsCatecholaminesEpinephrineNicotineNicotinic AgonistsNorepinephrineSuperoxides

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PMID16777938
PMCPMC1819426
OpenAlexW1576829667

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