Journal article
Baroreflex dysfunction in diabetes mellitus. I. Selective impairment of parasympathetic control of heart rate
The American journal of physiology, Vol.266(1 Pt 2), pp.H235-H243
01/1994
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1994.266.1.H235
PMID: 8304504
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of diabetes mellitus on baroreflex control of heart rate. Diabetes (blood glucose = 378 +/- 21 mg/dl) was induced in rabbits by alloxan (n = 9). Alloxan-treated rabbits that remained normoglycemic (n = 9) and rabbits given saline instead of alloxan (n = 5) served as controls. Baroreflex control of heart rate was evaluated in conscious rabbits by measuring changes in heart rate during phenylephrine-induced increases and nitroglycerin-induced decreases in arterial pressure. In diabetic rabbits, the gain of the baroreflex-mediated bradycardia in response to increased pressure decreased significantly from -1.8 +/- 0.3 beats.min-1 x mmHg-1 before alloxan (n = 9) to -0.9 +/- 0.1 and -0.9 +/- 0.3 beats.min-1 x mmHg-1 after 12 and 24 wk of diabetes, respectively (n = 8; P < 0.05). There was no significant change in baroreflex gain in either alloxan-treated or saline-treated normoglycemic rabbits. Baroreflex-mediated bradycardia was not influenced significantly after beta-adrenergic blockade with propranolol (1 mg/kg) and was still impaired in diabetic vs. control rabbits after propranolol. The gain of the baroreflex-mediated tachycardia in response to decreased pressure was not altered in any of the three groups. Propranolol significantly decreased but did not abolish baroreflex-mediated tachycardia. Neither the vagal nor the sympathetic component of the tachycardia was altered significantly by diabetes.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Baroreflex dysfunction in diabetes mellitus. I. Selective impairment of parasympathetic control of heart rate
- Creators
- Thomas S McDowell - Cardiovascular Center, University of Iowa, Iowa CityMark W ChapleauGeorge HajduczokFrancois M Abboud
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American journal of physiology, Vol.266(1 Pt 2), pp.H235-H243
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1152/ajpheart.1994.266.1.H235
- PMID
- 8304504
- ISSN
- 0002-9513
- eISSN
- 2163-5773
- Grant note
- P01-HL-14388 / NHLBI NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1994
- Academic Unit
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Cardiovascular Medicine; Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984025474702771
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