Thromboxane A2 and prostaglandin F2α mediate inflammatory tachycardia
Author: ["Koji Takayama","Koh-ichi Yuhki","Kyoichi Ono","Takayuki Fujino","Akiyoshi Hara","Takehiro Yamada","Shuhko Kuriyama","Hideji Karibe","Yuji Okada","Osamu Takahata","Takanobu Taniguchi","Toshihiko Iijima","Hiroshi Iwasaki","Shuh Narumiya","Fumitaka Ushikubi"]
Publication: Nature Medicine
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Abstract
Systemic inflammation induces various adaptive responses including tachycardia. Although inflammation-associated tachycardia has been thought to result from increased sympathetic discharge caused by inflammatory signals of the immune system1, definitive proof has been lacking. Prostanoids, including prostaglandin (PG) D2, PGE2, PGF2α, PGI2 and thromboxane (TX) A2, exert their actions through specific receptors: DP, EP (EP1, EP2, EP3, EP4), FP, IP and TP, respectively2. Here we have examined the roles of prostanoids in inflammatory tachycardia using mice that lack each of these receptors individually. The TXA2 analog I-BOP and PGF2α each increased the beating rate of the isolated atrium of wild-type mice in vitro through interaction with TP and FP receptors, respectively. The cytokine-induced increase in beating rate was markedly inhibited in atria from mice lacking either TP or FP receptors. The tachycardia induced in wild-type mice by injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was greatly attenuated in TP-deficient or FP-deficient mice and was completely absent in mice lacking both TP and FP. The β-blocker propranolol did not block the LPS-induced increase in heart rate in wild-type animals. Our results show that inflammatory tachycardia is caused by a direct action on the heart of TXA2 and PGF2α formed under systemic inflammatory conditions.
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Takayama, K., Yuhki, Ki., Ono, K. et al. Thromboxane A2 and prostaglandin F2α mediate inflammatory tachycardia. Nat Med 11, 562–566 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1231
