Blockade of Neuropeptide Y Y1 Receptors in the Dorsomedial Hypothalamus Increases Sympathetic Nerve Activity via Projections to the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyssa Bonillas ◽  
Zhigang Shi ◽  
Stephanie L. Padilla ◽  
Virginia L. Brooks
2016 ◽  
Vol 311 (1) ◽  
pp. R97-R103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priscila A. Cassaglia ◽  
Zhigang Shi ◽  
Virginia L. Brooks

Following binding to receptors in the arcuate nucleus (ArcN), insulin increases sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) and baroreflex control of SNA via a pathway that includes the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN). Previous studies in males indicate that the sympathoexcitatory response is mediated by α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH), which binds to PVN melanocortin type 3/4 receptors (MC3/4R). The present study was conducted in α-chloralose-anesthetized female rats to test the hypothesis that suppression of inhibitory neuropeptide Y (NPY) inputs to the PVN is also involved. In support of this, blockade of PVN NPY Y1 receptors with BIBO 3304 (NPY1x), ArcN insulin nanoinjections, and PVN NPY1x followed by ArcN insulin each increased lumbar SNA (LSNA) and its baroreflex regulation similarly. Moreover, prior PVN injections of NPY blocked the sympathoexcitatory effects of ArcN insulin. Finally, PVN nanoinjections of the MC3/4R inhibitor SHU9119 prevented both the acute (15 min) and longer, more slowly developing (60 min), increases in LSNA in response to ArcN insulin. In conclusion, in females, ArcN insulin increases LSNA, in part, by suppressing tonic PVN NPY inhibition, which unmasks excitatory α-MSH drive of LSNA. Moreover, the steadily increasing rise in LSNA induced by ArcN insulin is also dependent on PVN MC3/4R.


2014 ◽  
Vol 592 (7) ◽  
pp. 1655-1675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priscila A. Cassaglia ◽  
Zhigang Shi ◽  
Baoxin Li ◽  
Wagner L. Reis ◽  
Nicholas M. Clute-Reinig ◽  
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