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Central Sympathetic Activation and Arrhythmogenesis during Acute Myocardial Infarction: Modulating Effects of Endothelin-B Receptors

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Title
Central Sympathetic Activation and Arrhythmogenesis during Acute Myocardial Infarction: Modulating Effects of Endothelin-B Receptors
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, February 2015
DOI 10.3389/fcvm.2015.00006
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Theofilos M. Kolettis, Marianthi Kontonika, Eleonora Barka, Evangelos P. Daskalopoulos, Giannis G. Baltogiannis, Christos Tourmousoglou, Apostolos Papalois, Zenon S. Kyriakides

Abstract

Sympathetic activation during acute myocardial infarction (MI) is an important arrhythmogenic mechanism, but the role of central autonomic inputs and their modulating factors remain unclear. Using the in vivo rat-model, we examined the effects of clonidine, a centrally acting sympatholytic agent, in the presence or absence of myocardial endothelin-B (ETB) receptors. We studied wild-type (n = 20) and ETB-deficient rats (n = 20) after permanent coronary ligation, with or without pretreatment with clonidine. Cardiac rhythm was continuously recorded for 24 h by implantable telemetry devices, coupled by the assessment of autonomic and heart failure indices. Sympathetic activation and arrhythmogenesis were more prominent in ETB-deficient rats during the early phase post-ligation. Clonidine improved these outcomes throughout the observation period in ETB-deficient rats, but only during the delayed phase in wild-type rats. However, this benefit was counterbalanced by atrioventricular conduction abnormalities and by higher incidence of heart failure, the latter particularly evident in ETB-deficient rats. Myocardial ETB-receptors attenuate the arrhythmogenic effects of central sympathetic activation during acute MI. ETB-receptor deficiency potentiates the sympatholytic effects of clonidine and aggravates heart failure. The interaction between endothelin and sympathetic responses during myocardial ischemia/infarction and its impact on arrhythmogenesis and left ventricular dysfunction merits further investigation.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 35%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 12%
Student > Bachelor 1 6%
Researcher 1 6%
Professor > Associate Professor 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 5 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 4 24%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 18%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 12%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 35%
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#17,748,987
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#2,770
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#13
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