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Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Function in Congestive Heart Failure

Graeme Eisenhofer, PhD; Peter Friberg, MD, PhD; Bengt Rundqvist, MD; Arshed A. Quyyumi, MD; Gavin Lambert, PhD; David M. Kaye, MBBS, PhD; Irwin J. Kopin, MD; David S. Goldstein, MD, PhD; Murray D. Esler, MBBS, PhD

From the Clinical Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (G.E., I.J.K., D.S.G.), Bethesda, Md; the Cardiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.A.Q.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md; the Departments of Cardiology and Clinical Physiology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden (P.F., B.R.); and the Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, Victoria, Australia (G.L., D.M.K., M.D.E.).

Correspondence to Graeme Eisenhofer, Bldg 10, Room 5N-214, 10 Center Dr MSC 1424, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1424. E-mail ge@box-g.nih.gov.

Background Increased availability of norepinephrine (NE) for activation of cardiac adrenoceptors (increased cardiac adrenergic drive) and depletion of myocardial NE stores may contribute to the pathophysiology and progression of congestive heart failure. This study used a comprehensive neurochemical approach to examine the mechanisms responsible for these abnormalities.

Methods and Results Subjects with and without congestive heart failure received intravenous infusions of [3H]NE. Cardiac spillover, reuptake, vesicular-axoplasmic exchange, and tissue stores of NE were assessed from arterial and coronary venous plasma concentrations of endogenous and [3H]-labeled NE and dihydroxyphenylglycol. Tyrosine hydroxylase activity was assessed from plasma dopa, and NE turnover was assessed from measurements of NE metabolites. NE release and reuptake were both increased in the failing heart; however, the efficiency of NE reuptake was reduced such that cardiac spillover of NE was increased disproportionately more than neuronal release of NE. Cardiac NE stores were 47% lower and the rate of vesicular leakage of NE was 42% lower in the failing than in the normal heart. Cardiac spillover of dopa and NE turnover were increased similarly in congestive heart failure.

Conclusions Increased neuronal release of NE and decreased efficiency of NE reuptake both contribute to increased cardiac adrenergic drive in congestive heart failure. Decreased vesicular leakage of NE, secondary to decreased myocardial stores of NE, limits the increase in cardiac NE turnover in CHF. Decreased NE store size in the failing heart appears to result not from insufficient tyrosine hydroxylation but from chronically increased NE turnover and reduced efficiency of NE reuptake and storage.


Key Words: norepinephrine • heart failure • nervous system, autonomic • radioisotopes




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E. Omerovic, E. Bollano, R. Mobini, V. Kujacic, B. Madhu, B. Soussi, M. Fu, A. Hjalmarson, F. Waagstein, and J. Isgaard
Growth Hormone Improves Bioenergetics and Decreases Catecholamines in Postinfarct Rat Hearts
Endocrinology, December 1, 2000; 141(12): 4592 - 4599.
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A. Bottner, A. Haidan, G. Eisenhofer, K. Kristensen, A. L. Castle, W. A. Scherbaum, H. Schneider, G. P. Chrousos, and S. R. Bornstein
Increased Body Fat Mass and Suppression of Circulating Leptin Levels in Response to Hypersecretion of Epinephrine in Phenylethanolamine-N-Methyltransferase (PNMT)-Overexpressing Mice
Endocrinology, November 1, 2000; 141(11): 4239 - 4246.
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Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.Home page
J. Shite, E. Dong, H. Kawai, S. Y. Stevens, and C.-S. Liang
Selegiline improves cardiac sympathetic terminal function and beta -adrenergic responsiveness in heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, September 1, 2000; 279(3): H1283 - H1290.
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CirculationHome page
C.-s. Liang, N. K. Rounds, E. Dong, S. Y. Stevens, J. Shite, and F. Qin
Alterations by Norepinephrine of Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Terminal Function and Myocardial {beta}-Adrenergic Receptor Sensitivity in the Ferret : Normalization by Antioxidant Vitamins
Circulation, July 4, 2000; 102(1): 96 - 103.
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Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.Home page
H. Kawai, A. Mohan, J. Hagen, E. Dong, J. Armstrong, S. Y. Stevens, and C.-S. Liang
Alterations in cardiac adrenergic terminal function and beta -adrenoceptor density in pacing-induced heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, May 1, 2000; 278(5): H1708 - H1716.
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H. Senzaki, N. Paolocci, Y. A. Gluzband, M. L. Lindsey, J. S. Janicki, M. T. Crow, and D. A. Kass
{beta}-Blockade Prevents Sustained Metalloproteinase Activation and Diastolic Stiffening Induced by Angiotensin II Combined With Evolving Cardiac Dysfunction
Circ. Res., April 14, 2000; 86(7): 807 - 815.
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Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol.Home page
K. P. Patel, K. Zhang, and P. K. Carmines
Norepinephrine turnover in peripheral tissues of rats with heart failure
Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol, March 1, 2000; 278(3): R556 - R562.
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A. Bottner, G. Eisenhofer, P. Friberg, B. Rundqvist, and S.R. Bornstein
Serum leptin levels in heart failure patients may be altered differently according to clinical stage
Eur. Heart J., February 2, 2000; 21(4): 334 - 335.
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.Home page
C. A. Walker, F. A. Crawford Jr, and F. G. Spinale
MYOCYTE CONTRACTILE DYSFUNCTION WITH HYPERTROPHY AND FAILURE: RELEVANCE TO CARDIAC SURGERY
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., February 1, 2000; 119(2): 388 - 400.
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O.-E. Brodde and M. C. Michel
Adrenergic and Muscarinic Receptors in the Human Heart
Pharmacol. Rev., December 1, 1999; 51(4): 651 - 690.
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L. Spinelli, M. Petretta, F. Marciano, G. Testa, M. A. E. Rao, M. Volpe, and D. Bonaduce
Cardiac autonomic responses to volume overload in normal subjects and in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, October 1, 1999; 277(4): H1361 - H1368.
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H. Kawai, T.-H. M. Fan, E. Dong, R. A. Siddiqui, A. Yatani, S. Y. Stevens, and C.-S. Liang
ACE inhibition improves cardiac NE uptake and attenuates sympathetic nerve terminal abnormalities in heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, October 1, 1999; 277(4): H1609 - H1617.
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A. Cohen-Solal, Y. Esanu, D. Logeart, F. Pessione, C. Dubois, G. Dreyfus, R. Gourgon, and P. Merlet
Cardiac metaiodobenzylguanidine uptake in patients with moderate chronic heart failure: relationship with peak oxygen uptake and prognosis
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 1, 1999; 33(3): 759 - 766.
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J. R. Henegar, D. D. Schwartz, and J. S. Janicki
ANG II-related myocardial damage: role of cardiac sympathetic catecholamines and beta -receptor regulation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, August 1, 1998; 275(2): H534 - H541.
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I. J. Kopin, B. Rundqvist, P. Friberg, J. Lenders, D. S. Goldstein, and G. Eisenhofer
Different relationships of spillover to release of norepinephrine in human heart, kidneys, and forearm
Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol, July 1, 1998; 275(1): R165 - R173.
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T. Nozawa, A. Igawa, N. Yoshida, M. Maeda, M. Inoue, Y. Yamamura, H. Asanoi, and H. Inoue
Dual-Tracer Assessment of Coupling Between Cardiac Sympathetic Neuronal Function and Downregulation of ß-Receptors During Development of Hypertensive Heart Failure of Rats
Circulation, June 16, 1998; 97(23): 2359 - 2367.
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G. Eisenhofer, H. Keiser, P. Friberg, E. Mezey, T.-T. Huynh, B. Hiremagalur, T. Ellingson, S. Duddempudi, A. Eijsbouts, and J. W. M. Lenders
Plasma Metanephrines Are Markers of Pheochromocytoma Produced by Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Within Tumors
J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., June 1, 1998; 83(6): 2175 - 2185.
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G. Eisenhofer, B. Rundqvist, and P. Friberg
Determinants of cardiac tyrosine hydroxylase activity during exercise-induced sympathetic activation in humans
Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol, March 1, 1998; 274(3): R626 - R634.
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M. Ungerer, F. Hartmann, M. Karoglan, A. Chlistalla, S. Ziegler, G. Richardt, M. Overbeck, H. Meisner, A. Schomig, and M. Schwaiger
Regional In Vivo and In Vitro Characterization of Autonomic Innervation in Cardiomyopathic Human Heart
Circulation, January 20, 1998; 97(2): 174 - 180.
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G. Grassi, M. Colombo, G. Seravalle, D. Spaziani, and G. Mancia
Dissociation Between Muscle and Skin Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Essential Hypertension, Obesity, and Congestive Heart Failure
Hypertension, January 1, 1998; 31(1): 64 - 67.
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J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.Home page
G. Eisenhofer, A. Aneman, P. Friberg, D. Hooper, L. Fandriks, H. Lonroth, B. Hunyady, and E. Mezey
Substantial Production of Dopamine in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract
J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., November 1, 1997; 82(11): 3864 - 3871.
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D. S. Goldstein, C. Holmes, R. O. Cannon, G. Eisenhofer, and I. J. Kopin
Sympathetic Cardioneuropathy in Dysautonomias
N. Engl. J. Med., March 6, 1997; 336(10): 696 - 702.
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B. Rundqvist, G. Eisenhofer, M. Elam, and P. Friberg
Attenuated Cardiac Sympathetic Responsiveness During Dynamic Exercise in Patients With Heart Failure
Circulation, February 18, 1997; 95(4): 940 - 945.
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B. Rundqvist, M. Elam, Y. Bergmann-Sverrisdottir, G. Eisenhofer, and P. Friberg
Increased Cardiac Adrenergic Drive Precedes Generalized Sympathetic Activation in Human Heart Failure
Circulation, January 7, 1997; 95(1): 169 - 175.
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G. Bru-Mercier, E. Deroubaix, D. Rousseau, A. Coulombe, and J.-F. Renaud
Depressed transient outward potassium current density in catecholamine-depleted rat ventricular myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, April 1, 2002; 282(4): H1237 - H1247.
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