Published online before print December 18, 2003, doi: 10.1161/01.RES.0000112964.40701.93
© 2004 American Heart Association, Inc.
Integrative Physiology |
Superoxide Is Involved in the Central Nervous System Activation and Sympathoexcitation of Myocardial Infarction–Induced Heart Failure
From the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology (T.E.L., M.F.D., R.V.S., R.L.D.), Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program; Department of Radiation Oncology (R.L.D.); and The Cardiovascular Center (R.V.S., R.L.D.), The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.
Correspondence to Robin L. Davisson, PhD, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, 1-251 Bowen Science Building, The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242. E-mail robin-davisson{at}uiowa.edu
Increased angiotensin II signaling in the brain has been shown to play a critical role in the excessive sympathoexcitation and development of heart failure (HF) after myocardial infarction (MI). We have recently demonstrated that reactive oxygen species mediate the actions of angiotensin II in the brain. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that increased redox signaling in central cardiovascular control regions is a key mechanism in the neurocardiovascular dysregulation that follows MI. Ligation of the left coronary artery induced a large MI and subsequent HF in adult C57BL/6 mice, as demonstrated by cardiac hypertrophy, hydrothorax, and ascites. Immunohistochemical analysis of Fos, a marker of neuronal activation, revealed a significant increase in the number of Fos-positive neurons in the paraventricular nucleus and supraoptic nucleus at 2 and 4 weeks after MI compared with sham mice. Intracerebroventricular injection of an adenoviral vector encoding superoxide dismutase (Ad-Cu/ZnSOD) caused a significant decrease in the number of Fos-positive neurons in the paraventricular nucleus and supraoptic nucleus at 2 weeks after MI compared with mice receiving either saline or a control vector (Ad-LacZ). There was also a diminished role of sympathetic drive in post-MI mice treated centrally with Ad-Cu/ZnSOD, as demonstrated by significantly attenuated falls in heart rate and mean arterial pressure to the ganglionic blocker hexamethonium and decreased urinary norepinephrine levels in these mice compared with Ad-LacZ–treated MI mice. These results suggest that superoxide plays a key role in the central activation and sympathetic hyperactivity after MI in mice and that oxygen radicals in the brain may be important new targets for therapeutic treatment of heart failure.
Key Words: reactive oxygen species • angiotensin II • superoxide dismutase • brain • adenovirus
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