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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 283: R451-R459, 2002. First published April 18, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00648.2001
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Vol. 283, Issue 2, R451-R459, August 2002

Acute sympathoexcitatory action of angiotensin II in conscious baroreceptor-denervated rats

Ling Xu and Alan F. Sved

Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260

Angiotensin II (ANG II) has complex actions on the cardiovascular system. ANG II may act to increase sympathetic vasomotor outflow, but acutely the sympathoexcitatory actions of exogenous ANG II may be opposed by ANG II-induced increases in arterial pressure (AP), evoking baroreceptor-mediated decreases in sympathetic nerve activity (SNA). To examine this hypothesis, the effect of ANG II infusion on lumbar SNA was measured in unanesthetized chronic sinoaortic-denervated rats. Chronic sinoaortic-denervated rats had no reflex heart rate (HR) responses to pharmacologically evoked increases or decreases in AP. Similarly, in these denervated rats, nitroprusside-induced hypotension had no effect on lumbar SNA; however, phenylephrine-induced increases in AP were still associated with transient decreases in SNA. In control rats, infusion of ANG II (100 ng · kg-1 · min-1 iv) increased AP and decreased HR and SNA. In contrast, ANG II infusion increased lumbar SNA and HR in sinoaortic-denervated rats. In rats that underwent sinoaortic denervation surgery but still had residual baroreceptor reflex-evoked changes in HR, the effect of ANG II on HR and SNA was variable and correlated to the extent of baroreceptor reflex impairment. The present data suggest that pressor concentrations of ANG II in rats act rapidly to increase lumbar SNA and HR, although baroreceptor reflexes normally mask these effects of ANG II. Furthermore, these studies highlight the importance of fully characterizing sinoaortic-denervated rats used in experiments examining the role of baroreceptor reflexes.

sympathetic nervous system; arterial blood pressure; hypertension; renin


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