Journal article
Central Sympathetic Modulation Reverses Microvascular Alterations in a Rat Model of High-Fat Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome
Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. 1994), Vol.23(4), pp.320-329
05/2016
DOI: 10.1111/micc.12280
PMID: 27086551
Abstract
Objectives The objective of this study was to investigate the role of the SNS on hemodynamic, metabolic, and microvascular alterations in a rat model of HFD-induced MS with salt supplementation.
Methods In total, 40 adult male Wistar rats were fed normal chow (n=10) or a HFD (n=30) for 20weeks. Thereafter, the HFD group received the centrally acting sympatho-modulatory drugs clonidine (0.1mg/kg) or rilmenidine (1mg/kg) or vehicle (n=10/group) orally by gavage. FCD was evaluated using intravital video microscopy, and the SCD was evaluated using histochemical analysis.
Results The pharmacological modulation of the SNS induced concomitant reductions in SBP, HR and plasma catecholamine levels. These effects were accompanied by a reversal of functional and structural capillary rarefaction in the skeletal muscle in both treated groups and an increase in SCD in the left ventricle only in the rilmenidine group. Improvement of the lipid profile and of glucose intolerance was also obtained only with rilmenidine treatment.
Conclusions Modulation of sympathetic overactivity results in the reversal of microvascular rarefaction in the skeletal muscle and left ventricle and improves metabolic parameters in an experimental model of MS in rats.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Central Sympathetic Modulation Reverses Microvascular Alterations in a Rat Model of High-Fat Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome
- Creators
- Alessandro R. Nascimento - Fundação Oswaldo CruzMarcus V. Machado - Fundação Oswaldo CruzFabiana Gomes - Fundação Oswaldo CruzAline B. Vieira - Fundação Oswaldo CruzCassiano F. Goncalves-De-Albuquerque - Fundação Oswaldo CruzMarcos A. Lessa - Fundação Oswaldo CruzPascal Bousquet - Université de StrasbourgEduardo Tibirica - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. 1994), Vol.23(4), pp.320-329
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1111/micc.12280
- PMID
- 27086551
- ISSN
- 1073-9688
- eISSN
- 1549-8719
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- FAPERJ (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Fundacao Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio De Janeiro (FAPERJ) CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Tecnologico); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ) FIOCRUZ (Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2016
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984656603502771
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