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ArticlePhysiological reports2019

Pattern of sympathetic vasomotor activity in a model of hypertension induced by nitric oxide synthase blockade.

Lysien I Zambrano, Roberto B Pontes, Michelle L Garcia, Erika E Nishi, Fernando N Nogueira, Elisa M S Higa, Juliana G Cespedes, Cassia T Bergamaschi, Ruy R Campos

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Article in Physiological reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lysien I ZambranoDepartment of Physiology, Cardiovascular Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9002-5807
Roberto B PontesDepartment of Physiology, Cardiovascular Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-2937-575X
Michelle L GarciaDepartment of Physiology, Cardiovascular Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Erika E NishiDepartment of Physiology, Cardiovascular Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3277-4249
Fernando N NogueiraDepartamento de Biomateriais e Biologia Oral, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Elisa M S HigaNephrology Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5144-8903
Juliana G CespedesInstitute of Science and Technology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Jose dos Campos, Brazil.
Cassia T BergamaschiDepartment of Physiology, Cardiovascular Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5741-6993
Ruy R CamposDepartment of Physiology, Cardiovascular Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BRNational Autonomous University of Honduras · HNUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to investigate the effects of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis inhibition by NO synthase inhibitor N-nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester (L-NAME) treatment on the sympathetic vasomotor nerve activity (SNA) on two sympathetic vasomotor nerves, the renal and splanchnic. NO plasma level and systemic oxidative stress were assessed. Hypertension was induced by L-NAME (20 mg/kg per day, by gavage, for seven consecutive days) in male Wistar rats. At the end of the treatment, blood pressure, heart rate, arterial baroreflex sensitivity, renal SNA (rSNA), and splanchnic SNA (sSNA) were assessed in urethane anesthetized rats. L-NAME-treated rats presented increased blood pressure (152 ± 2 mmHg, n = 17) compared to the control group (101 ± 2 mmHg, n = 15). Both rSNA (147 ± 10, n = 15 vs. 114 ± 5 Spikes/s, n = 9) and sSNA (137 ± 13, n = 14 vs. 74 ± 13 spikes/s, n = 9) were significantly increased in the L-NAME-treated compared to the control group. A differential response on baroreflex sensitivity was found, with a significant reduction for rSNA but not for sSNA arterial baroreceptor sensitivity in L-NAME-treated rats. The adjusted regression model revealed that the reduction of systemic NO levels partially explains the variation in sSNA and blood pressure, but not rSNA. Taken together, our data show that hypertension induced by NO synthase blockade is characterized by increased SNA to the rSNA and sSNA. In addition, we found that the rats that had the greatest reduction in NO levels in plasma by L-NAME were those that developed higher blood pressure levels. The reduction in the NO level partially explains the variations in sSNA but not in rSNA.

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BaroreflexVasoconstrictionAnimalsBlood PressureEnzyme InhibitorsHypertensionMaleNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterNitric OxideNitric Oxide SynthaseRatsRats, WistarSympathetic Nervous SystemEnzyme InhibitorsNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterNitric OxideNitric Oxide SynthaseBaroreflex sensitivityhypertensionnitric oxidesympathetic vasomotor activity

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