Glutamate and GABA neurotransmission are increased in paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus in rats induced to 6-OHDA parkinsonism: Involvement of nNOS
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2019-07-01
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Turossi Amorim, Eric Diego
de Jager, Lorena
Martins, Andressa Busetti
Rodrigues, Ananda Totti
Cruz Lucchetti, Bruno Fernando
Ariza, Deborah
Pinge-Filho, Phileno
Crestani, Carlos Cesar [UNESP]
Uchoa, Ernane Torres
Martins-Pinge, Marli Cardoso
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Aim: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that manifests itself clinically after reaching an advanced pathological stage. Besides motor signals, PD patients present cardiovascular and autonomic alterations. Recent data showed that rats induced to Parkinsonism by 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) administration in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) showed lower mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR), as reduction in sympathetic modulation. The paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) is an important site for autonomic and cardiovascular control, and amino acid neurotransmission has a central role. We evaluate PVN amino acid neurotransmission in cardiovascular and autonomic effects of 6-OHDA Parkinsonism. Methods: Male Wistar rats were submitted to guide cannulas implantation into the PVN. 6-OHDA or sterile saline (sham) was administered bilaterally in the SNpc. After 7 days, cardiovascular recordings in conscious state was performed. Results: Bicuculline promoted an increase in MAP and HR in sham group and exacerbated those effects in 6-OHDA group. NBQX (non-NMDA inhibitor) did not promote changes in sham as in 6-OHDA group. On the other hand, PVN microinjection of LY235959 (NMDA inhibitor) in sham group did not induced cardiovascular alterations, but decreased MAP and HR in 6-OHDA group. Compared to Sham group, 6-OHDA lesion increased the number of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)-immunoreactive neurons in the PVN and, nNOS inhibition promoted higher increases in MAP and HR. Conclusion: Our data suggest that the decreased baseline blood pressure and heart rate in animals with Parkinsonism may be due to an increased GABAergic tone via nNOS in the PVN.
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arterial pressure, baroreflex, bicuculline, heart rate, heart rate variability, nitric oxide
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Acta Physiologica, v. 226, n. 3, 2019.