Effect of a non-peptide angiotensin receptor antagonist on water intake caused by centrally administered carbachol in the rat
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1996-02-01
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Reis, L. C.
Saad, W. A.
Camargo, LAA
Renzi, Antonio [UNESP]
Menani, José Vanderlei [UNESP]
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica (ABRADIC)
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Angiotensin II (ANG II) administered centrally produces drinking by acting on subtype 1 ANG II (AT1) receptors, Carbachol, a cholinergic receptor agonist, also induces drinking behavior by a central action. In the present study we determined whether the response to carbachol also involves AT1 receptors. Male Holtzman rats (250-300 g) with stainless steel cannula implanted into the lateral ventricle (LV) were used. Water intake after injection of 0.15 M NaCl (1.0 mu l) into the LV was 0.2 +/- 0.01 ml/h (N = 8). The AT1 receptor antagonist DUP-753 (50 nmol/mu l) injected into the LV reduced water intake induced by ANG II (10 nmol/mu l) from 9.2 +/- 1.4 to 0.4 +/- 0.1 ml/h (N = 8), and water intake induced by carbachol (2 nmol/mu l) from 9.8 +/- 1.4 ml/h to 3.7 +/- 0.8 ml/h (N = 8), These results suggest that AT1 receptors play a role in the drinking behavior observed after central cholinergic stimulation in rats.
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water intake, angiotensin 11, carbachol, DUP-753, angiotensin receptor antagonist, AT1 receptor
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Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. São Paulo: Associação Bras Divulg Cientifica, v. 29, n. 2, p. 245-247, 1996.