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Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 2010 Hindbrain Serotonin Neurons Activate 5-HT1A Receptors in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius (NTS) to Modulate Sympathetic and Ventilatory Recovery Following Hypotensive Hemorrhage Ling-Hsuan Kung Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss Part of the Neuroscience and Neurobiology Commons Recommended Citation Kung, Ling-Hsuan, "Hindbrain Serotonin Neurons Activate 5-HT1A Receptors in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius (NTS) to Modulate Sympathetic and Ventilatory Recovery Following Hypotensive Hemorrhage" (2010). Dissertations. 189. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/189 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 2010 Ling-Hsuan Kung LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO HINDBRAIN SEROTONIN NEURONS ACTIVATE 5-HT1A RECEPTORS IN THE NUCLEUS TRACTUS SOLITARIUS (NTS) TO MODULATE SYMPATHETIC AND VENTILATORY RECOVERY FOLLOWING HYPOTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PROGRAM IN NEUROSCIENCE BY LING-HSUAN KUNG (THERESA) CHICAGO, ILLNOIS DECEMBER 2010 Copyright by Ling-Hsuan Kung, 2010 All rights reserved. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I give my deep thanks to my advisor, Dr. Karie E Scrogin, for her wonderful mentorship throughout my Ph.D. education. I am extremely grateful for her guidance all along my dissertation studies. She encouraged me to make great progress not only in scientific research, but also in every aspect of my life. I sincerely thank my committee members, Dr. Edward Neafsey, Dr. Lydia DonCarlos, Dr. Mary Druse-Manteuffel and Dr. Caron Dean-Bernhoft, for their constant support and thoughtful input. I also give thanks to the people in my laboratory. It was a great pleasure to work with Dr. Ruslan Tiniakov, Dr. Nichole Dudek, Dr. Marcus Henze, Jaimee Glasgow, Jaime Vantrease and Anna Ruszaj. They provided me with a wonderful scientific environment and inspired my research. I am also grateful to the faculty, staff, and students of the neuroscience program and the Graduate School of Loyola University Chicago for their constant support. Finally, I would like to thank my family and friends especially my uncle, Kao-Der Kung, my mother, Feng-I Kung, my husband, Fei Han, and my son, Nathan Han, for their unconditional love and encouragement. iii Dedicated to My Mother, Uncle and My Husband TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .……..………………………………………..………… iii LIST OF TABLES…………..……………………………….………….................. viii LIST OF FIGURES ....…………..………………………………………............... ix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ………..………..…………………………………..…. xii CHAPTERS I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 1 II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE............................................... 11 A. Current treatment for hemorrhagic shock .......................... 11 B. Autonomic response to hemorrhage .................................. 13 C. Overview of baro-, chemo- and cardiopulmonary reflexes during hypotensive hemorrhage ...................................… 16 Central pathways in control of the baroreflex .................… 18 Anatomy of the arterial baroreflex ...................................... 18 Peripheral chemoreflex ...................................................... 21 Central chemoreflex .......................................................…. 25 Cardiopulmonary reflex. ................................................... .. 31 D. Hormonal response to hemorrhage ....................................... 31 E. Overview of central serotonergic system .............................. 35 Anatomy ..……………………..……………………….…………… 35 Co-transmitters …..............................................................…. 39 v Serotonin receptors ...........................................................… 40 Major function of serotonin ...............................................….. 42 F. Serotonin and 5HT1A receptors in hemorrhage...................... 43 G. Serotonin in central chemoreflex function .......................... 45 H. Serotonin in peripheral chemoreflex function....................... 46 III. SEROTONIN NEURONS OF THE CAUDAL RAPHE NUCLEI CONTRIBUTE TO SYMPATHETIC RECOVERY FOLLOWING HYPOTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE.…….…….……..……………. 48 ABSTRACT .....................................................................…. 48 INTRODUCTION .............................................................…. 49 METHODS.......................................................................… 52 RESULTS ........................................................................…. 63 DISCUSSION...................................................................…. 94 IV. 5-HT1A-RECEPTOR AGONISTS ACT ON NON-SEROTONERGIC CELLS TO ACCELERATE SYMPATHETIC RECOVERY FOLLOWING HYPOTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE IN CONSCIOUS RATS…........................................................... 104 ABSTRACT ................................................................… 104 INTRODUCTION.........................................................… 105 METHODS ..................................................................… 108 RESULTS ...................................................................… 115 DISCUSSION..............................................................… 134 vi V. SEROTONERGIC NEURONS ACTIVATE 5-HT1A RECEPTORS IN THE NTS TO STIMULATE RECOVERY OF SYMPATHETIC ACTIVITY AFTER HYPOTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE IN CONSCIOUS RATS……..…………..……………………………….. 144 ABSTRACT...........................................................................… 144 INTRODUCTION..................................................................... 145 METHODS ............................................................................… 149 RESULTS .............................................................................… 164 DISCUSSION........................................................................… 195 VI. GENERAL DISCUSSION ................................................................ 205 REFERENCE LIST……………………………………………………………….... 215 VITA .............................................................................................................. 240 vii LIST OF TABLES TABLE Page 1. Body weight at start of experiment, hematocrit and plasma protein concentration before and after hemorrhage............................................ 71 2. Effects of hemorrhage on blood gases and acid-base status in hindbrain lesion and sham-lesioned rats. ...............................................................76 3. Arterial blood pH and arterial blood CO2 pressure at the end of hyperoxic hypercapnia . ..........................................................................................83 4. Indices of baroreflex gain, heart rate and blood pressure variability in caudal hindbrain lesioned and sham-lesioned rats ..................................84 5. Serotonin immunoreactive nerve terminal content in medullary terminal fields in caudal hindbrain lesion and sham-lesioned rats.........................93 6. Tryptophan hydroxylase immunoreactive cell number in each serotonin- rich nucleus ………..................................................................................125 7. Spontaneous baroreflex gain, heart rate and blood pressure variability in global lesion and sham-lesioned rats…………………………………….. 132 8. Spontaneous baroreflex gain, heart rate and blood pressure variability in nucleus tractus solitarius lesioned and sham-lesioned rats ..................177 9. Heart rate and renal sympathetic baroreflex parameters in nucleus tractus solitarius lesioned and sham-lesioned rats ................................181 viii LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page 1. The four different phases of hemodynamic responses to hemorrhage...........15 2. Central pathway of the arterial baroreflex ......................................................20 3. Central pathway of the peripheral chemoreflex in sympathetic activation……23 4. Central pathway of the peripheral chemoreflex in ventilation .........................24 5. Central pathway of the central chemoreflex in sympathetic activation............29 6. Central pathway of the central chemoreflex in ventilation.............................. 30 7. Illustration of catheter placement in rat.......................................................... 68 8. Illustration of the placement of dual recording electrode and external catheters.................................................................................................... 69 9. Hemodynamic data during hemorrhage and recovery of caudal raphe lesioned- and sham-lesioned rats..............................................................73 10. Representative segments of hemodynamic data during hyperoxic hypercapnia in caudal raphe lesioned- and sham-lesioned rats ...............79 11. Summary data of hyperoxic hypercapnia in caudal raphe lesioned- and sham-lesioned rats. ................................................................................. 80 12. Tryptophan hydroxylase immunoreactive neurons in caudal raphe... ………. 86 13. Tryptophan hydroxylase immunoreactive neurons in midbrain raphe ……... 90 14. Tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive