Yuan Yuan1, Ye Zhao2, Johnson Wong3, Wei-Chung Tsai4, Zhaolei Jiang1, Ryan A Kabir3, Seongwook Han5, Changyu Shen6, Michael C Fishbein7, Lan S Chen8, Zhenhui Chen3, Thomas H Everett3, Peng-Sheng Chen9. 1. The Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. 2. The Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Cardiac Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China. 3. The Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. 4. The Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 5. Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea. 6. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 7. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California. 8. Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. 9. The Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. Electronic address: chenpp@iu.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Subcutaneous nerve stimulation (ScNS) remodels the stellate ganglion and reduces stellate ganglion nerve activity (SGNA) in dogs. Acute myocardial infarction (MI) increases SGNA through nerve sprouting. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that ScNS remodels the stellate ganglion and reduces SGNA in ambulatory dogs with acute MI. METHODS: In the experimental group, a radio transmitter was implanted during the first sterile surgery to record nerve activity and an electrocardiogram, followed by a second sterile surgery to create MI. Dogs then underwent ScNS for 2 months. The average SGNA (aSGNA) was compared with that in a historical control group (n = 9), with acute MI monitored for 2 months without ScNS. RESULTS: In the experimental group, the baseline aSGNA and heart rate were 4.08±0.35 μV and 98±12 beats/min, respectively. They increased within 1 week after MI to 6.91±1.91 μV (P=.007) and 107±10 beats/min (P=.028), respectively. ScNS reduced aSGNA to 3.46±0.44 μV (P<.039) and 2.14±0.50 μV (P<.001) at 4 and 8 weeks, respectively, after MI. In comparison, aSGNA at 4 and 8 weeks in dogs with MI but no ScNS was 8.26±6.31 μV (P=.005) and 10.82±7.86 μV (P=0002), respectively. Immunostaining showed confluent areas of remodeling in bilateral stellate ganglia and a high percentage of tyrosine hydroxylase-negative ganglion cells. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling was positive in 26.61%±11.54% of ganglion cells in the left stellate ganglion and 15.94%±3.62% of ganglion cells in the right stellate ganglion. CONCLUSION: ScNS remodels the stellate ganglion, reduces SGNA, and suppresses cardiac nerve sprouting after acute MI.
BACKGROUND: Subcutaneous nerve stimulation (ScNS) remodels the stellate ganglion and reduces stellate ganglion nerve activity (SGNA) in dogs. Acute myocardial infarction (MI) increases SGNA through nerve sprouting. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that ScNS remodels the stellate ganglion and reduces SGNA in ambulatory dogs with acute MI. METHODS: In the experimental group, a radio transmitter was implanted during the first sterile surgery to record nerve activity and an electrocardiogram, followed by a second sterile surgery to create MI. Dogs then underwent ScNS for 2 months. The average SGNA (aSGNA) was compared with that in a historical control group (n = 9), with acute MI monitored for 2 months without ScNS. RESULTS: In the experimental group, the baseline aSGNA and heart rate were 4.08±0.35 μV and 98±12 beats/min, respectively. They increased within 1 week after MI to 6.91±1.91 μV (P=.007) and 107±10 beats/min (P=.028), respectively. ScNS reduced aSGNA to 3.46±0.44 μV (P<.039) and 2.14±0.50 μV (P<.001) at 4 and 8 weeks, respectively, after MI. In comparison, aSGNA at 4 and 8 weeks in dogs with MI but no ScNS was 8.26±6.31 μV (P=.005) and 10.82±7.86 μV (P=0002), respectively. Immunostaining showed confluent areas of remodeling in bilateral stellate ganglia and a high percentage of tyrosine hydroxylase-negative ganglion cells. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling was positive in 26.61%±11.54% of ganglion cells in the left stellate ganglion and 15.94%±3.62% of ganglion cells in the right stellate ganglion. CONCLUSION: ScNS remodels the stellate ganglion, reduces SGNA, and suppresses cardiac nerve sprouting after acute MI.
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