title: Mechanisms of sympathetic activation and blood pressure elevation by intermittent hypoxia.
abstract: Sleep disordered breathing with recurrent apneas is one of the most frequently encountered breathing disorder in adult humans and preterm infants. Recurrent apnea patients exhibit several co-morbidities including hypertension and persistent sympathetic activation. Intermittent hypoxia (IH) resulting from apneas appears to be the primary stimulus for evoking autonomic changes. The purpose of this article is to briefly review the effects of IH on chemo- and baro-reflexes and circulating vasoactive hormones and their contribution to sympathetic activation and blood pressures. Sleep apnea patients and IH-treated rodents exhibit exaggerated arterial chemo-reflex. Studies on rodent models demonstrated that IH leads to hyperactive carotid body response to hypoxia. On the other hand, baro-reflex function is attenuated in patients with sleep apnea and in IH-treated rodents. Circulating vasoactive hormone levels are elevated in sleep apnea patients and in rodent models of IH. Thus, persistent sympathetic activation and hypertension associated with sleep apneas seems to be due to a combination of altered chemo- and baro-reflexes resulting in sympathetic activation and action of elevated circulating levels of vasoactive hormones on vasculature.
authors.affiliation: Center for Systems Biology of O2 Sensing, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA. nanduri@uchicago.edu
authors.forename: Nanduri R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
authors.forename: Ganesh K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017704:Baroreflex / Q000502:physiology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D002344:Carotid Body / Q000503:physiopathology; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D016232:Endothelins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000502:physiology; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D016232:Endothelins
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