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The Effect of Endotoxin on Heart Rate Dynamics in Diabetic Rats Publisher Pubmed



Meamar M1 ; Dehpour T2 ; Mazloom R1 ; Sharifi F1 ; Raoufy MR1 ; Dehpour AR2 ; Mani AR1, 2
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  1. 1. Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Experimental Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical Published:2015


Abstract

The effect of endotoxin on heart rate variability (HRV) was assessed in diabetic and controls rats using a telemetric system. Endotoxin induced a reduction in sample entropy of cardiac rhythm in control animals. However, this effect was significantly blunted in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Since uncoupling of cardiac pacemaker from cholinergic control is linked to reduced HRV in endotoxemia, chronotropic responsiveness to cholinergic stimulation was assessed in isolated atria. Endotoxemia was associated with impaired responsiveness to carbacholine in control rats. However, endotoxemia did not impair cholinergic responsiveness in diabetic atria. These findings corroborates with development of endotoxin tolerance in diabetic rats. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.