Welcome to Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics,Today is Chinese

Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2009, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (11): 1212-1215.

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Losartan inhibits renal sympathetic nerve activity in Paraventricular nucleus in chronic heart failure rat

GUI Le, ZHU Jian-hua, CHEN Qing-hui   

  1. Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2009-10-19 Revised:2009-11-03 Published:2020-10-26

Abstract: AIM: Left coronary artery ligation (LAD) was used to induce heart failure.Losartan was microinjected into paraventricular nucleus (PVN ), heart rate(HR), blood pressure(BP) and renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) were measured.The mechanism of PVN in chronic heart failure was investigated. METHODS: Sprague-Dawley male rats were selected for LAD ligation for heart failure models, the variation of cardiac function was detected by echocardiography.Losartan was microinjected into PVN, the responses of HR, BP and RSNA were analyzed. RESULTS: Compared with sham group, the level of LV was increased (P <0.01), the levels of EF and FS were decreased in operation group (P <0.01, P < 0.05).The level of RSNA was decreased greater in operation group than that in sham group(P <0.05). CONCLUSION: Losartan microinjection into PVN can decrease the level of RSNA in chronic heart failure.

Key words: heart failure, paraventricular nucleus, losartan, renal sympathetic nerve activity

CLC Number: