Cannabinoid type 1 (CB1) receptors are expressed in the nervous and cardiovascular systems. In mice, CB1 receptor deficiency protects from metabolic consequences of a high-fat diet (HFD), increases sympathetic activity to brown fat, and entails sleep anomalies. We investigated whether sleep-wake and diet-dependent cardiorespiratory control is altered in mice lacking CB1receptors. CB1 receptor knock-out (KO) and intact wild-type (WT) mice were fed standard diet or a HFD for 3 months, and implanted with a telemetric arterial pressure transducer and electrodes for sleep scoring. Sleep state was assessed together with arterial pressure and heart rate (home cage), or breathing (whole-body plethysmograph). Increases in arterial pressure and heart rate on passing from the light (rest) to the dark (activity) period in the KO were significantly enhanced compared with the WT. These increases were unaffected by cardiac (b1) or vascular (a1) adrenergic blockade. The breathing rhythm of the KO during sleep was also more irregular than that of the WT. A HFD increased heart rate, impaired cardiac vagal modulation, and blunted the central autonomic cardiac control during sleep. A HFD also decreased cardiac baroreflex sensitivity in the KO but not in the WT. In conclusion, we performed the first systematic study of cardiovascular function in CB1receptor deficient mice during spontaneous wake-sleep behavior, and demonstrated that CB1receptor KO alters cardiorespiratory control particularly in the presence of a HFD. The CB1receptor signaling may thus play a role in physiological cardiorespiratory regulation and protect from some adverse cardiovascular consequences of a HFD.

Silvani, A., Berteotti, C., Bastianini, S., Cohen, G., Lo Martire, V., Mazza, R., et al. (2014). Cardiorespiratory anomalies in mice lacking CB1 cannabinoid receptors. PLOS ONE, 9(6), 1-10 [10.1371/journal.pone.0100536].

Cardiorespiratory anomalies in mice lacking CB1 cannabinoid receptors.

SILVANI, ALESSANDRO;BERTEOTTI, CHIARA;BASTIANINI, STEFANO;LO MARTIRE, VIVIANA CARMEN;MAZZA, ROBERTA;PAGOTTO, UBERTO;QUARTA, CARMELO;ZOCCOLI, GIOVANNA
2014

Abstract

Cannabinoid type 1 (CB1) receptors are expressed in the nervous and cardiovascular systems. In mice, CB1 receptor deficiency protects from metabolic consequences of a high-fat diet (HFD), increases sympathetic activity to brown fat, and entails sleep anomalies. We investigated whether sleep-wake and diet-dependent cardiorespiratory control is altered in mice lacking CB1receptors. CB1 receptor knock-out (KO) and intact wild-type (WT) mice were fed standard diet or a HFD for 3 months, and implanted with a telemetric arterial pressure transducer and electrodes for sleep scoring. Sleep state was assessed together with arterial pressure and heart rate (home cage), or breathing (whole-body plethysmograph). Increases in arterial pressure and heart rate on passing from the light (rest) to the dark (activity) period in the KO were significantly enhanced compared with the WT. These increases were unaffected by cardiac (b1) or vascular (a1) adrenergic blockade. The breathing rhythm of the KO during sleep was also more irregular than that of the WT. A HFD increased heart rate, impaired cardiac vagal modulation, and blunted the central autonomic cardiac control during sleep. A HFD also decreased cardiac baroreflex sensitivity in the KO but not in the WT. In conclusion, we performed the first systematic study of cardiovascular function in CB1receptor deficient mice during spontaneous wake-sleep behavior, and demonstrated that CB1receptor KO alters cardiorespiratory control particularly in the presence of a HFD. The CB1receptor signaling may thus play a role in physiological cardiorespiratory regulation and protect from some adverse cardiovascular consequences of a HFD.
2014
Silvani, A., Berteotti, C., Bastianini, S., Cohen, G., Lo Martire, V., Mazza, R., et al. (2014). Cardiorespiratory anomalies in mice lacking CB1 cannabinoid receptors. PLOS ONE, 9(6), 1-10 [10.1371/journal.pone.0100536].
Silvani, A; Berteotti, C; Bastianini, S; Cohen, G; Lo Martire, V; Mazza, R; Pagotto, U; Quarta, C; Zoccoli, G
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