Cerebrospinal Fluid Hypernatremia Elevates Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Blood Pressure via the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla.
Cerebrospinal Fluid Hypernatremia Elevates Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Blood Pressure via the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla.
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DOI:
10.1161/hypertensionaha.115.05936
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2015-12
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Farquhar WB
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Stocker SD;Lang SM;Simmonds SS;Wenner MM;Farquhar WB
Elevated NaCl concentrations of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) increase sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) in salt-sensitive hypertension. Neurons of the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) play a pivotal role in the regulation of SNA and receive mono- or poly-synaptic inputs from several hypothalamic structures responsive to hypernatremia. Therefore, the present study investigated the contribution of RVLM neurons to the SNA and pressor response to CSF hypernatremia. Lateral ventricle infusion of 0.15M, 0.6M, and 1.0M NaCl (5µL/10 min) produced concentration-dependent increases in lumbar SNA, adrenal SNA, and arterial blood pressure (ABP) despite no change in splanchnic SNA and a decrease in renal SNA. Ganglionic blockade with chlorisondamine or acute lesion of the lamina terminalis blocked or significantly attenuated these responses, respectively. RVLM microinjection of the GABAA agonist muscimol abolished the sympathoexcitatory response to ICV infusion of 1M NaCl. Furthermore, blockade of ionotropic glutamate, but not angiotensin II type 1, receptors significantly attenuated the increase in lumbar SNA, adrenal SNA, and ABP. Finally, single-unit recordings of spinally-projecting RVLM neurons revealed three distinct populations based on discharge responses to ICV infusion of 1M NaCl: Type I excited (46%, 11/24), Type II inhibited (37%, 9/24), and Type III no change (17%, 4/24). All neurons with slow conduction velocities were Type I cells. Collectively, these findings suggest that acute increases in CSF NaCl concentrations selectively activate a discrete population of RVLM neurons through glutamate receptor activation to increase SNA and ABP.