title: Effect of targeted deletions of beta1- and beta2-adrenergic-receptor subtypes on heart rate variability.
abstract: Beta-adrenergic receptors (beta-ARs) play a major role in regulating heart rate (HR) and contractility in the intact cardiovascular system. Three subtypes (beta1, beta2, and beta3) are expressed in heart tissue, and the role of each subtype in regulating cardiac function has previously been determined by using both pharmacological and gene-targeting approaches. However, previous studies have only examined the role of beta-ARs in the macrolevel regulation of HR. We employed three knockout (KO) mouse lines, beta1-KO, beta2-KO, and beta1/beta2 double KO (DL-KO), to examine the role that beta-AR subtypes play in HR variability (HRV) and in the sympathetic and parasympathetic inputs into HR control. Fast Fourier transformation (FFT) in frequency domain methods of ECG spectral analysis was used to resolve HRV into high- and low-frequency (HF and LF) powers. Resting HR (in beats/min) was decreased in beta1-KO [488 (SD 27)] and DL-KO [495 (SD 12)] mice compared with wild-type [WT; 638 (SD 30)] or beta2-KO [656 (SD 51)] (P < 0.0005) mice. Mice lacking beta1-ARs (beta1-KO and DL-KO) had increased HRV (as illustrated by the standard deviation of normal R-R intervals) and increased normalized HF and LF powers compared with mice with intact beta1-ARs (WT and beta2-KO). These results demonstrate the differential role of beta-AR subtypes in regulating autonomic signaling.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
authors.forename: Phillip M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Ecker
authors.forename: Chu-Chuan
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Powers
authors.forename: Brian K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kobilka
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dubin
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bernstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018390:Gene Targeting; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D018342:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1 / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018342:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2