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Bezold-Jarisch reflex attenuates dynamic gain of baroreflex neural arc

¹Department of Cardiovascular Dynamics, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka 565-8565; and ²The Organization for Pharmaceutical Safety and Research, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013, Japan

Submitted 27 December 2002 ; accepted in final form 21 April 2003

Although acute myocardial ischemia or infarction may induce the Bezold-Jarisch (BJ) reflex through the activation of serotonin receptors on vagal afferent nerves, the mechanism by which the BJ reflex modulates the dynamic characteristics of arterial pressure (AP) regulation is unknown. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the BJ reflex induced by intravenous phenylbiguanide (PBG) on the dynamic characteristics of the arterial baroreflex. In seven anesthetized rabbits, we perturbed intracarotid sinus pressure (CSP) according to a white noise sequence while renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA), AP, and heart rate (HR) were recorded. We estimated the transfer function from CSP to RSNA (neural arc) and from RSNA to AP (peripheral arc) before and after 10 min of intravenous administration of PBG (100 µg · kg^–1 · min^–1). The intravenous PBG decreased mean AP from 84.5 ± 4.0 to 68.2 ± 4.7 mmHg (P < 0.01), mean RSNA to 76.2 ± 7.0% (P < 0.05), and mean HR from 301.6 ± 7.7 to 288.4 ± 9.0 beats/min (P < 0.01). The intravenous PBG significantly decreased neural arc dynamic gain at 0.01 Hz (1.06 ± 0.08 vs. 0.59 ± 0.17, P < 0.05), whereas it did not affect that of the peripheral arc (1.20 ± 0.12 vs. 1.18 ± 0.41). In six different rabbits without intravenous PBG, the neural arc transfer function did not change between two experimental runs with intervening interval of 10 min, excluding the possibility that the cumulative effects of anesthetics had altered the neural arc transfer function. In conclusion, excessive activation of the BJ reflex during acute myocardial ischemia may exert an adverse effect on AP regulation, not only by sympathetic suppression, but also by attenuating baroreflex dynamic gain.

renal sympathetic nerve activity; transfer function; systems analysis; rabbits; carotid sinus baroreflex

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