title: Role of spinal NMDA and non-NMDA receptors in the pressor reflex response to abdominal ischemia.
abstract: Abdominal ischemia induces a pressor reflex caused mainly by C-fiber afferent stimulation. Because excitatory amino acids, such as glutamate, bind to N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA [dl-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate (AMPA)] receptors and serve as important spinal neurotransmitters, we hypothesized that both receptors play a role in the abdominal ischemia pressor reflex. In chloralose-anesthetized cats, NMDA receptor blockade with 25.0 mM dl-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoate did not alter the pressor reflex (33 +/- 9 to 33 +/- 7 mmHg, P > 0.05, n = 4), whereas AMPA receptor blockade with 4.0 mM 6-nitro-7-sulfamylbenzo(f)quinoxaline-2,3-dione significantly attenuated the reflex (29 +/- 5 to 16 +/- 4 mmHg, P < 0.05, n = 6). Because several studies suggest that anesthesia masks the effects of glutamatergic receptors, this experiment was repeated on decerebrate cats, and in this group, NMDA receptor blockade with 25.0 mM dl-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoate significantly altered the pressor reflex (36 +/- 3 to 25 +/- 4 mmHg, P < 0.05, n = 5). Our combined data suggest that spinal NMDA and AMPA receptors play a role in the abdominal ischemia pressor reflex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4075, USA.
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Gee
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Tjen-A-Looi
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chahal
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Longhurst
mesh_terms: D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000005:Abdomen / Q000098:blood supply; D000818:Animals; D017704:Baroreflex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002415:Cats; D003655:Decerebrate State / Q000503:physiopathology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007511:Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000502:physiology*; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000502:physiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D011810:Quinoxalines; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; C062865:2,3-dioxo-6-nitro-7-sulfamoylbenzo(f)quinoxaline; D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate