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Baroreflex Control of Sodium Excretion and Arterial Pressure
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
Submitted 22 July 2004 ; accepted in final form 23 November 2004
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neurogenic hypertension; arterial baroreceptors; plasma norepinephrine; renin; aldosterone
We have developed a new model of chronic baroreceptor unloading (CBU) in the dog that is based on the ligation of the carotid artery proximal to an innervated sinus with all other baroreceptor areas denervated (28). Initial experiments to characterize the model determined that systemic MAP increased significantly, averaging 22 ± 2 mmHg above control over 7 days, whereas carotid sinus pressure (CSP) was not different from control levels, averaging –2 ± 2 mmHg below control (28). These results appear at odds with the arguments described above. There are three possibilities that may account for the sustained elevation in MAP observed in the CBU model. First, in the CBU model, afferent input from baroreceptors is maintained, whereas it is lost in the SAD model. Experimental evidence of central adaptation to loss of baroreceptor input has been reported by Schreihofer and Sved (23). They observed that lesions of the nucleus of the solitary tract caused acute hypertension in baroreceptor-intact rats but had no effect in rats previously subjected to SAD. Thus the loss of baroreceptor input led to alterations in the control of the baroreflex arc. Furthermore, it has been reported that renal sympathetic nerve activity is elevated acutely after SAD in rats, whereas it is normal in the chronic SAD condition (10). Thus the presence of normal pulse synchronous input from baroreceptors may account for much of the difference between responses to SAD and CBU.
Second, baroreceptor resetting may be minimized in the CBU model compared with other models of elevated MAP because pressure in the sinus is apparently normal, although the pulse pressure is reduced 
50% (28). It is well known that baroreceptor resetting requires that the receptors be exposed to the elevated pressure (11). It has also been reported that exposing baroreceptors to a pulsatile pressure signal prevents or attenuates acute resetting of carotid baroreceptors (3). Finally, even if baroreceptor resetting does occur, it may be that it requires much longer than the 7 days of observation reported previously and it may never be complete. Munch et al. (18) analyzed a number of studies of baroreceptor responses to increases and decreases in MAP and defined the completeness of resetting as the ratio of the change in threshold pressure to the overall change in MAP. Their analysis indicated little difference in this ratio, whether the resetting was caused by acute changes in MAP or sustained changes in MAP in chronic models of hypertension. The overall average resetting based on their analysis of 19 studies was 0.56, suggesting that, from the standpoint of the baroreceptors themselves, resetting is not complete.
The aim of the present study was to determine whether the increase in MAP in response to CBU is sustained chronically and to compare the responses to measurements made under the same conditions in the SAD model of baroreceptor unloading. If the initial increase in MAP is sustained, the results would indicate a lack of both central adaptation and baroreceptor resetting in the CBU model. If the results mirror the changes in MAP obtained in the SAD model, the results would argue that central adaptation may explain the changes in MAP in the CBU model as well. If the changes in MAP after CBU differ both in time course and magnitude, the results could be explained by incomplete resetting of the baroreceptors or vascular adaptations to circumvent the ligature between the heart and the baroreceptors or both.
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Patency and sterility of the vascular catheters were maintained by filling them with a mixture of heparin (1,000 U/ml, Elkins-Sinn, Cherry Hill, NJ) and penicillin G potassium (20,000 U/ml, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN), which was replaced a minimum of every 72 h. Rectal temperatures were obtained at least twice weekly to ensure that the dogs were free of infection throughout all aspects of the study.
Surgical procedures. The surgical preparation of the CBU model has been described in detail previously (28). The initial procedure in all dogs was to denervate the aortic arch. After sedation with acepromazine maleate (0.2 mg/kg iv; Tech America, Elwood, KS), the dogs were anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium (25 mg/kg iv), intubated, and artificially ventilated with a pump (Harvard Institute). A patch (Duragesic, Janssen Pharmaceutica) that delivered fentanyl transdermally at a dose of 50 µg/h was applied to the back and left in place for 3 days after surgery to provide analgesia. The aortic arch was exposed via a left lateral thoracotomy (fourth interspace), and the adventitia of the aorta was stripped beginning at the origin of the ascending aorta to the level of the second intercostal artery. Also, the adventitia of the brachiocephalic and subclavian trunks was stripped to the level of the second bifurcation of each vessel. Finally, a solution of 5% phenol in alcohol was applied sparingly to the vessels and rinsed with saline. The chest was closed, and negative pressure was reestablished to ensure complete expansion of the lungs. During the postoperative periods after major surgical procedures, the dogs were treated with enrofloxacin (Baytril, Mobay, Shawnee, KS; 2.5 mg/kg) twice daily to provide antibacterial coverage (in place of the maintenance oral prophylactic treatment described previously). At least 2 wk were allowed for recovery from surgery during which time the dogs were trained to stand quietly in a sling.
In a second procedure, the dogs were anesthetized as above to implant catheters (Tygon; 0.5 in. ID, 0.9 in. OD) into the abdominal aorta and vena cava via the femoral artery and vein. The catheters were tunneled subcutaneously to exit between the scapulae and were protected by placement in a pouch sewn to the underside of a nylon jacket (Alice King Chatham Medical Arts, Los Angeles, CA). At the same time, a pressure sensor and telemetry device (PA-D70, DSI International) were implanted in the opposite femoral artery. The dogs were administered buprenorphine as required (0.015 mg/kg sc, Buprenex, Reckitt & Colman Pharmaceuticals) to provide analgesia following surgery.
Finally, the dogs were divided into two groups. Under surgical anesthesia (as above), carotid baroreceptors were exposed via a ventral midline neck incision. In one group, baroreceptors on one side were denervated by sectioning the cranial thyroid and internal carotid arteries and all other vessels originating from the external carotid proximal to the lingual artery. The adventitia between the cranial thyroid artery and the lingual artery was stripped and painted with 5% phenol in isopropyl alcohol. On the opposite side, the internal carotid artery was ligated 1 cm from its origin, with care taken to preserve the sinus nerve. The cranial laryngeal, occipital, and ascending pharyngeal arteries were ligated at their origin and separated. In one of these dogs, a catheter was inserted into the common carotid via the cranial thyroid artery with the tip positioned below the innervated sinus. Because these dogs retained one functioning carotid sinus, results obtained are referred to as the 1CBR condition. In the remaining dogs, the carotid baroreceptors were denervated bilaterally, and results are referred to as the SAD condition. The wounds were closed in layers and protected by a cervical collar (E JAY International, Glendora, CA). The dogs were administered buprenorphine as above for analgesia. At least 4 wk after unilateral denervation of the carotid baroreceptors (the 1CBR condition), the remaining set of baroreceptors was chronically unloaded by ligating the common carotid proximal to the sinus. This was a brief procedure performed under pentothal sodium anesthesia (20 µg/kg iv). These results are referred to as the CBU condition.
Experimental protocol. Continuous records of MAP and heart rate (HR) were obtained for 20 h each day. Data collected between 0900 and 1300 were discarded as these hours were used for cage cleaning, flushing catheters, and other maintenance activities. The control period consisted of at least 7 days of measurements in dogs with both carotid baroreceptors intact (aortic baroreceptors denervated) and is referred to as the 2CBR condition. At least three arterial blood samples were collected during the control period for determination of plasma norepinephrine (NE), plasma renin activity (PRA), and plasma aldosterone concentration. Ten-milliliter samples were collected (and replaced with an equal volume of saline) and divided into ice-cold tubes containing EDTA and heparin. The tubes were centrifuged at 4°C, and the plasma was stored at –70°C until assayed. The dogs rested quietly in a sling during the blood collection. Continuous measurements of MAP and HR were continued for 5 wk after SAD (n = 6). Daily arterial blood samples were collected for the first week after SAD and at least three samples per week thereafter. Seven days of control measurements in the 1CBR condition preceded ligation of the carotid proximal to the innervated sinus to induce CBU (n = 7), followed by continuous measurements of MAP and HR for 5 wk. Blood samples were collected as described for the SAD treatment.
Additional measurements of MAP and HR were performed under laboratory conditions with the dog resting quietly in a sling. These measurements were used to assess baroreflex control of HR in response to acute increases and decreases in MAP in response to bolus injections of phenylephrine (Winthrop-Breon Laboratories, New York, NY; 2–7.5 µg/kg) and nitroglycerine (American Critical Care, McGaw Park, IL; 10–30 µg/kg). HR was divided into 5-s bins over the 30 s after injection of the drug, and the peak change within a bin was used for data analysis. At least two determinations were made during the 2CBR and 1CBR conditions and during the first, third, and fifth week after SAD and CBU.
Methods of measurement. We performed laboratory measurements of arterial pressures using Cobe transducers, which were recorded on a Grass model 7d polygraph. The pressure transducers were adjusted to heart level for each dog. The analog signals from the polygraph were sampled at 200 Hz and digitized with a Biopac Systems (Santa Barbara, CA) data-acquisition system. The data were saved to disk for subsequent analysis. Continuous records of blood pressure data were sampled at 200 Hz, digitized, and stored using software provided by DSI (St. Paul, MN). The resulting data were stored in 60-s bins for calculation of the daily MAP and HR and associated standard deviation (SD) of each variable. Note that the MAP referred to in the results is equivalent to the average or electronically damped pressure signal and not calculated MAP.
Plasma NE was determined by a radioenzymatic assay obtained from American Laboratory Products (Windham, NH). The within- and between-assay coefficients of variation of the assay were 4.0% and 10.5%, respectively. PRA was determined by RIA with a kit obtained from DiaSorin (Stillwater, MN). The within- and between-assay coefficients of variation of the assay were 12.4% and 18.6%, respectively. Plasma aldosterone was also determined by RIA with a kit obtained from ICN Pharmaceuticals (Costa Mesa, CA). The within- and between-assay coefficients of variation of the assay were 4.5% and 17.1%, respectively. To reduce between-assay variability, all samples from a given dog were analyzed within assays.
Data analysis. The 60-s bins of MAP, SD of MAP, HR, and SD of HR were averaged over the 20-h recording to yield a single mean for each variable per day per dog. These daily means provided data for subsequent statistical analysis. A single-factor repeated-measures ANOVA (29) was used to determine whether altered baroreceptor input affected each of the four variables within the three treatments, i.e., 2CBR vs. 1CBR, 2CBR vs. SAD, and 1CBR vs. CBU. The cardiovascular and hormone data were also averaged over weeks and analyzed as above. Dunnet's test was used to determine differences in treatment means compared with the average of the control period (30). In all cases, a difference was considered significant if P < 0.05. Comparisons between the CBU and SAD condition were performed with a two-factor ANOVA with repeated measures within treatment (29). Post hoc comparisons between treatments utilized Neuman-Keuls procedure (30). The means and SE of the control values were used to construct 95% confidence intervals for each variable (30). Linear regression analysis was used to determine the slope relating the change in HR to the change in MAP for each dog based on the baroreflex tests (30).
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The effects of 1CBR, SAD, and CBU on the daily averages of HR and the SD of HR are shown in Fig. 3. There was a highly significant effect of each treatment on HR. Post hoc tests indicated that HR was significantly increased on days 8–25 in the SAD group and fell within the 95% confidence limits of the control mean by day 33. A significant increase in HR in the 1CBR condition occurred between days 8–17 and days 20, 21, and 23. CBU caused a significant increase in HR on day 8 and days 11–19 compared with control and then stabilized along the upper limit of the control 95% confidence interval. The weekly averages of HR are shown in Fig. 4. HR were significantly increased above their respective control levels in both the SAD and 1CBR conditions for 3 wk after baroreceptor manipulation and for 2 wk in the CBU condition. HR was significantly higher in the SAD condition compared with the CBU treatment during the first week after baroreceptor manipulation.
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Effect of CBU and SAD on circadian variations in MAP and HR. The weekly averages of MAP and HR during the light and dark phases of the day in the CBU condition are shown in Fig. 5. There was a significant difference in MAP between the light and dark periods in the control week and during the 5 wk of CBU. There was a significant increase in MAP in the dark phase during the 5 wk after CBU. In contrast, during the light phase, MAP differed from control during weeks 1, 2, and 5 of observation. There was a significant circadian pattern in HR in all weeks except week 4 following CBU. Compared with control, HR was significantly elevated during the light phase in weeks 1–3 and weeks 1 and 2 during the dark phase.
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Effect of CBU on CSP. The effects on chronic CBU on CSP are shown for two dogs in Fig. 8. One of these dogs was part of the present study, and the other was from an earlier study (28). Pressure measurements were collected from dogs while they rested quietly in a sling under laboratory conditions. During the control period (days 1–7), there was no difference between systemic MAP (measured in the abdominal aorta) and CSP, as would be expected. In the dog shown in Fig. 8, top, the pressure drop across the ligature averaged 22.8 mmHg during the first week after CBU and declined to 9.4 mmHg by the fifth week after CBU. In the dog shown in Fig. 8, bottom, the pressure drop across the ligature averaged 33.5 mmHg during the first week of CBU and 17.2 mmHg during the fifth week.
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One explanation for the gradual decrease in MAP is that the baroreceptors reset to a lower CSP. In our earlier study (28), we observed that that CSP fell on average –2 ± 2 mmHg below control after ligation of the carotid proximal to the sinus and reduction of pulse pressure in the sinus to 50%. One could hypothesize therefore that resetting to the lower CSP would lead to a decrease in sympathetic outflow and a fall in systemic MAP. However, a decline in systemic MAP would be expected to cause CSP to decline proportionately and thus lead to further resetting to the new CSP and so on. If the baroreceptors completely reset to the original level of firing, one would predict that MAP would fall to control levels and the pressure drop across the ligature would be maintained, assuming there were no cerebrovascular adaptations. However, if the resetting process is not complete, one would predict that MAP would stabilize at an intermediate level. The results (Fig. 2) clearly show that MAP stabilizes at an intermediate level, indicating complete resetting did not occur. In the two dogs in which long-term measurements of CSP were made, the pressure drop across the ligature decreased in both (Fig. 8). Thus the data are compatible with the possibility that the baroreceptor resetting occurred but was incomplete.
Another possibility is that the pressure impulse reaching the baroreceptors became stronger over time. In the dog, anastomotic connections of arterial blood vessels associated with the Circle of Willis provide a pathway around the ligature placed on the common carotid, allowing perfusion of the innervated sinus distal to the ligature (4). If vascular remodeling in this pathway produced an increase in arterial diameter, the resulting decrease in resistance would allow systemic MAP to decline while maintaining the same load on the receptors. Support for this hypothesis is based on visual inspection of the vasculature in the region of the carotid bifurcation at death. There was an obvious increase in the diameter of the external carotid such that it was often larger than the parent common carotid proximal to the ligature. Furthermore, there were new blood vessels in the area that must have developed after the surgery to ligate the internal carotid and other vessels arising from the external carotid. In some cases, a small artery was visible running along the carotid sinus nerve. In other cases, small vessels arising from the external carotid were visible. Second, if the decline in systemic MAP was due to improved transmission of the pressure pulse to the sinus area, then the difference in pressure across the ligature should decrease with time. The data in Fig. 8 indicate that the pressure drop across the ligature became smaller over time. Thus cerebrovascular adaptations distal to the ligature could account for the decline in MAP over time. It is worth noting that the ability of the vascular system in the dog to adapt to insult is prodigious. While trying to create a cerebral ischemic model of hypertension in the dog, Taylor and Page (27) tied off both common carotids and vertebral arteries simultaneously. There were no deaths, and, after a few days, they observed that the dogs appeared normal. Unfortunately, their measurements of MAP were uninterpretable because they were performed with acute femoral artery puncture in restrained dogs. In all probability, a combination of baroreceptor resetting and vascular remodeling occurred, and both mechanisms contributed to the fall in MAP after CBU.
It is important to note, however, that neither process leads to complete restoration of MAP to control levels after 5 wk of observation. This fact suggests that the maintained elevation in MAP was most likely due to a continuous error signal arising from the baroreceptors distal to the ligature. Additional evidence of a change in the general level of sympathetic tone arises from the maintained increase in MAP during the dark phase of the circadian cycle (Fig. 5). Thus these results support the hypothesis that, under certain conditions, the baroreceptors can influence the long-term level of MAP.
The responses to SAD were also unexpected. Based on the classic study by Cowley et. al. (6), we anticipated a brief period lasting 1 or 2 days in which MAP was elevated before returning to control levels. In contrast, MAP averaged 20 mmHg above control for the first 10 days and required more than 3 wk before it fell within the 95% confidence interval derived from the control values (Fig. 1). The time course of the decline in MAP roughly paralleled the declines in plasma NE and HR. Because all three variables are influenced by the level of sympathetic outflow, one could hypothesize that the fall in MAP reflects the rate of central adaptation to complete loss of baroreceptor input.
We found two previous studies in the literature that observed the time course of changes in MAP recorded over 16–24 h per day following SAD. Saito et al. (22) used a chronically implanted arterial catheter attached to a tethering system to record MAP in rabbits in their home cages. They reported that MAP was significantly above control for 6 days after SAD and did not return to the same mean level of pressure until the eighth day after denervation. Shade et al. (26) also used a tethering system to record MAP in baboons. They reported a large increase in MAP on the day after SAD and then a gradual decline over the next 4 wk to a level that was 11 mmHg above control. Osborn and England (19) measured MAP daily in SAD rats during the light phase. They reported that MAP fell to control levels by the third day after SAD. Whether MAP was elevated over a longer period during the dark phase, when rats are most active, is not known. It is interesting to note that the time required for MAP to return to control in these studies is roughly proportional to the size of the species being studied. This could be a simple coincidence. On the other hand, it could reflect the possibility that central adaptation to loss of baroreceptor input is slower in large animals.
There is one obvious difference between the conditions of the present study and those in the study of SAD dogs by Cowley et al. (6). They measured pressure continuously using a tethering system that allowed the dogs limited movement within the cage. The dogs could move forward and backward, left and right, but could not turn around, roll onto their backs, or jump because the vertical dimension of the cage was 5 ft. The dogs in the present study were unrestrained and had much more freedom of movement, including the ability to jump, dance on their hind legs, and squirm on their backs. All of these activities reflect arousal and were associated with increases in MAP. Thus it is possible that the prolonged increase in MAP observed in the present study could be explained by the greater activity level in dogs with no arterial buffering mechanism. However, there was no obvious change or decrease in the activity level during the weeks after SAD. Thus the gradual decrease in MAP would seem more likely to result from central adaptation to loss of baroreceptor input and normalization of sympathetic outflow. In this regard, it has been reported that renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) returns to normal 20 days after SAD in the rat (10). However, there are no data that document the time course of changes in RSNA after SAD.
We have previously reported that unilateral carotid sinus denervation following aortic baroreceptor denervation in the dog causes a significant but temporary increase in MAP when measured under laboratory conditions (28). In the present study, we measured the changes in MAP after unilateral carotid denervation using the same telemetry system used to record MAP following CBU (many but not all of the ICBR dogs became the CBU group). When the results were plotted together with the changes in MAP after CBU and SAD, it became apparent that all three treatments produced quantitatively similar effects on MAP and HR during the first week following baroreceptor manipulation (Figs. 1 and 3). Furthermore, all three treatments caused significant increases in the variability of MAP (i.e., increased SD of MAP) during the first week after baroreceptor manipulation. The main difference among the treatments was the time course of adaptation. The increase in variability of MAP after SAD was expected and is because there are no baroreflexes to smooth out fluctuations in MAP. In the 1CBR treatment, the reflex changed from a bilateral input to a unilateral input overnight. Given this change, it is not difficult to imagine that time would be required for the baroreflex system to reorganize. The increased variability in the CBU treatment is more problematic to explain. These animals had at least 4 wk to adapt to a unilateral input; therefore, it is unlikely to be caused by altered baroreflexes per se. It may be related to the fact that the ligature introduced a time delay between a change in systemic pressure and change in pressure in the sinus and thus led to overshooting of reflex responses. The recovery of MAP to control levels differed between the SAD treatment (normal by third week) and the 1CBR treatment (normal by second week). This difference suggests the possibility that it takes more time to adapt to complete loss of baroreceptor input and thus for normalization of sympathetic tone, compared with partial loss of remaining input. However, HR did not return to control until the fourth week in both the SAD and 1CBR treatments, indicating that, whatever the central adaptations were, they did not follow the same time course for normalization of MAP and HR. Interestingly, HR fell to normal levels 1 wk earlier in the CBU treatment, even though MAP remained above control levels. The fact that it appears to take relatively long periods of time before adaptations are complete in any of the three treatments indicates that results obtained in shorter term studies of baroreflex function may not reflect steady-state conditions.
The principal finding in this study is the sustained, albeit modest increase in MAP following CBU. As argued above, this finding suggests that baroreceptor input does not completely reset after 5 wk. A number of recent studies have also provided evidence suggesting that baroreceptor adaptation may not be rapid or complete. Barrett and colleagues (1, 16) reported that a chronic increase in MAP by infusion of ANG II for 7 days in conscious rabbits is accompanied by a sustained decrease in RSNA. They also observed classic resetting in terms of baroreflex control of HR but no resetting of baroreflex control of RSNA. Lohmeier et al. reported indirect evidence (split-bladder preparation to examine renal responses in denervated and innervated kidneys) of sustained inhibition of RSNA in a sodium loading model (13) and ANG II-induced model of hypertension (15). Furthermore, combined cardiopulmonary denervation and SAD eliminated the inhibition of RSNA during ANG II infusion and unmasked a stimulatory effect of ANG II on RSNA (14).
There are a number of studies that compared the effects of altered dietary sodium intake on MAP in intact and SAD rats (7, 9, 20, 21). Increases in sodium intake that caused no effect on MAP in baroreceptor-intact animals led to increases in MAP in SAD animals. Furthermore, the ability of rats to increase sodium excretion during excess intake and decrease excretion during reduced intake was compromised in SAD rats (7). These results are consistent with the hypothesis that baroreceptor reflexes were chronically suppressing RSNA, allowing more efficient excretion of the daily sodium load and thus preventing volume expansion and a rise in MAP.
The examples cited above provide functional evidence that baroreceptor resetting in response to increased load may not always be complete. It is known that there are two populations of baroreceptors, i.e., type 1 receptors with A-fiber afferents and type 2 with C-fiber afferents, and that the properties of the two receptors differ substantially (25). More importantly, it has been shown that type 1 receptors undergo acute resetting, whereas type 2 receptors do not. This difference has led to the hypothesis that type 1 receptors are involved in the second-to- second stabilization of MAP and type 2 receptors are involved in signaling the absolute level of MAP (24). Unfortunately, there appear to be no studies that determined whether both type 1 and type 2 receptors adapt similarly during chronic states of altered MAP. However, many of the functional indications that baroreceptors do not completely adapt could be explained if the type 2 receptors provide a nonadapting signal to the brain.
In summary, the results based on the CBU model presented here provide additional evidence that baroreceptor input can affect the long-term level of MAP. These observations challenge the notion that baroreceptor adaptation precludes any possibility that the input could generate an error signal capable of altering MAP. However, whether altered baroreceptor input under physiological or pathophysiological conditions contributes to hypertension remains to be determined.
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