title: Effect of a 14-day hindlimb suspension on beta-adrenoreceptors in rats.
abstract: Exposure to long-term simulated microgravity exhibits reduced sympathetic nervous system activity. This study tested the hypothesis that the hypersensitivity of adrenoreceptors would explain partly many other features of the hemodynamic consequences of return from space. The biochemical properties of the beta adrenoreceptors (betaAR) were determined using 125I-cyanopindolol (125I-CYP) binding in three rat groups: (1) The first experimental group consisted of 24 h-restrained orthostatic rats in the horizontal position, to test the early effect of the attachment to the suspension device; (2) the second experimental group consisted of 24 h-restrained antiorthostatic rats, to test the early effect of the suspension; (3) the third experimental group consisted of 14 day-restrained antiorthostatic rats, to test the long term effect of the suspension. The study was performed in two organs involved in blood pressure regulation, i.e. the heart (atria and ventricles were separated) and kidneys. The Scatchard analysis of 125I-cyanopindolol binding in both organs indicated no significant alterations in the dissociation constant (Kd) and the maximum binding capacity (Bmax) in the three experimental groups. These results do not allow the conclusion about the SNS adaptation pattern to simulated microgravity. Thus, the hypothesis that betaAR are involved in the cardiovascular adaptation to simulated microgravity is not verified in this model where, as a matter of fact, cardiovascular deconditioning is not verified even if this model is widely used.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Institut des Sciences de la Nature, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumédiene, Alger, Algeria.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bouzeghrane
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Somody
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gallo-Bona
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gauquelin-Koch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gharib
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fagette
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000378:metabolism; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000378:metabolism; D019417:Hindlimb Suspension / Q000502:physiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010869:Pindolol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; C047975:cyanopindolol; D010869:Pindolol