Sympathoexcitation by Oxidative Stress in the Brain Mediates Arterial Pressure Elevation in Obesity-Induced Hypertension
- 24 February 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation
- Vol. 119 (7), 978-986
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.108.824730
Abstract
Background— Obesity is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease and is often associated with increased oxidative stress and sympathoexcitation. We have already suggested that increased oxidative stress in the brain modulates the sympathetic regulation of arterial pressure in salt-sensitive hypertension, which is often associated with obesity. The present study was performed to determine whether oxidative stress could mediate central sympathoexcitation in the initial stage of obesity-induced hypertension. Methods and Results— Four-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a high-fat (45% kcal as fat) or low-fat (10% kcal as fat) diet for 6 weeks. Fat loading elicited hypertension and sympathoexcitation, along with visceral obesity. In urethane-anesthetized and artificially ventilated rats, arterial pressure and renal sympathetic nerve activity decreased in a dose-dependent fashion when 53 or 105 μmol/kg tempol, a membrane-permeable superoxide dismutase mimetic, was infused into the lateral...Keywords
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