Bradycardic and hypotensive responses to microinjection of L-glutamate into the lateral aspect of the commissural NTS are blocked by an NMDA receptor antagonist

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作者
Canesin, RO [1 ]
Bonagamba, LGH [1 ]
Machado, BH [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch med Ribeirao Preto, Dept Physiol, BR-14049900 Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
基金
巴西圣保罗研究基金会;
关键词
baroreflex; excitatory amino acid receptor; heart rats; arterial pressure; parasympathetic tone; AP-5; methyl-atropine;
D O I
10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02196-4
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Baroreflex activation by phenylephrine infusion produces a bradycardic response while microinjection of L-glutamate into the most lateral aspect of the commissural nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS, 0.8 mm lateral to the midline) produces bradycardic and hypotensive responses. In the present study we investigated the role of NMDA receptors in the lateral aspect of the commissural NTS (0.8 mm lateral to the midline) in the bradycardic and hypotensive responses to microinjection of L-glutamate as well as in the processing of the bradycardic response to the baroreflex activation. The hypotensive and bradycardic responses to L-glutamate microinjection into the NTS were blocked by methyl-atropine (intravenous, i.v.), indicating that the hypotensive response was secondary to the bradycardia. Microinjection of L-glutamate (1 nmol/50 nl) into the NTS was performed before and after microinjection of increasing doses of phosphonovaleric acid (AP-5, a selective NMDA antagonist) at the same site. The microinjection of AP-5 [0.5 (n = 9), 2.0 (n = 8) and 10.0 nmol/50 nl (n = 7)] into the;LTS (0.8 mm lateral to the midline) produced a dose-dependent blockade of the bradycardic and hypotensive responses to L-glutamate. In a specific group of mts the microinjection of 10 nmol/50 nl of AP-5 produced a significant reduction in baroreflex sensitivity 2 min after microinjection into the lateral NTS [gain = -1.48 +/- 0.12 vs. -0.5 +/- 0.2 beats/mmHg, (n = 5)], which was reversible. The data show that the bradycardic responses produced by microinjection of L-glutamate into the most lateral aspect of the commissural NTS or by activation of the baroreflex were blocked by microinjection of AP-5, indicating that the neurotransmission of the parasympathetic component of the baroreflex in the neurons of the lateral aspect of the commissural NTS involves NMDA receptors. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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