Cardiovascular regulation and expressions of NO synthase-tyrosine hydroxylase in nucleus tractus solitarius of ovine fetus.
Cardiovascular regulation and expressions of NO synthase-tyrosine hydroxylase in nucleus tractus solitarius of ovine fetus.
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羊胎孤束核心血管调节及NO合酶-酪氨酸羟化酶的表达。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.00718.2002
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2003
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Chao,ConradR
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Ma,Sheng-Xing;Fang,Qun;Morgan,Brian;Ross,MichaelG;Chao,ConradR
The purpose of this study was to examine cardiovascular responses to fourth cerebral ventricle (4V) administration of nitroglycerin (NTG) or an inhibitor of nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) in the near-term ovine and to determine whether, during birth, neuronal NOS (nNOS) is induced in noradrenergic A1 neurons in the medial nucleus tractus solitarius (mNTS). In chronically instrumented fetal sheep, 4V injection of NTG (1.2 nmol), an NO donor, produced an arterial blood depressor and a moderate decrease in heart rate. Arterial blood pressure is increased by 4V administration ofNG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (10 nmnol), an inhibitor of NOS, in fetuses. Sections of the medulla from fetuses and newborn lambs were examined by using immunolabeling with tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) antibody combined with NADPH diaphorase (NADPHd) histochemistry, a marker of nNOS activity. The NADPHd-positive cells and TH-positive cells containing NADPHd reactivity were significantly increased in the mNTS of newborns compared with the fetuses. The results suggest that during birth, there is upregulation of NADPHd/nNOS in the noradrenergic neurons of mNTS resulting in a centrally mediated reduction of fetal arterial blood pressure.