Sympathetic activation by chemical stimulation of white adipose tissues in rats.
Injection of leptin into white adipose tissue (WAT) increases sympathetic outflow. The present study was designed to determine the effects of capsaicin and other chemicals in WAT on the sympathetic outflow and blood pressure and the roles of WAT afferents and hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) in the adipose afferent reflex (AAR). The AAR was induced by injection of capsaicin, bradykinin, adenosine, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), or leptin into inguinal WAT (iWAT) or retroperitoneal WAT (rWAT) in anesthetized rats. The iWAT injection of capsaicin increased the renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) but not the heart rate. Bradykinin, adenosine, or leptin but not ATP in the iWAT caused similar effects to capsaicin on the RSNA and MAP. Intravenous, intramuscular, or intradermal injection of capsaicin had no significant effects on the RSNA and MAP. The effects of capsaicin in rWAT were similar to that in iWAT on the RSNA and MAP. Furthermore, injection of capsaicin into the iWAT increased the WAT afferent nerve activities, WAT efferent nerve activity, and brown adipose tissue efferent nerve activity. The iWAT denervation or chemical lesion of the PVN neurons with kainic acid abolished the AAR induced by the iWAT injection of capsaicin. These results indicate that the stimulation of iWAT afferents with capsaicin, bradykinin, adenosine, or leptin reflexly increases the RSNA and blood pressure. The iWAT afferents and the PVN are involved in the AAR induced by capsaicin in the iWAT.
Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical Univ., Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China.
Zhen
Z
Shi
Wei-Wei
WW
Chen
Xiao-Qing
XQ
Xiong
Ying
Y
Han
Ye-Bo
YB
Zhou
Feng
F
Zhang
Xing-Ya
XY
Gao
Guo-Qing
GQ
Zhu
D052436:Adipose Tissue, White / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002211:Capsaicin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010286:Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012018:Reflex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D014680:Veins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation
D002211:Capsaicin