title: Mediation of isoproterenol-induced thirst in rats by beta2-adrenergic receptors.
abstract: Isoproterenol-induced thirst in rats has been attributed to the activation of beta-adrenergic receptors. Since these receptors can be further differentiated pharmacologically into beta1 and beta2 types, experiments were performed using several beta-adrenergic agonists and antagonists to determine the receptor type initiating the isoproterenol-induced thirst. The beta1- and beta2-adrenergic antagonist, d,l-propranolol (1 mg/kg, ip), blocked the increase in water intake usually accompanying acute subcutaneous administration of isoproterenol (25 microgram/kg) to female rats. Since l-propranolol is known to stabilize membranes and to possess anesthetic-like properties, d-propranolol was also used. This isomer has little beta-adrenergic-blocking activity but possesses anesthetic-like activity. Administration of d-propranolol (1 mg/kg, ip) failed to affect the drinking response to acute administration of isoproterenol (25 microgram/kg). Practolol (125 mg/kg), a beta1-adrenergic antagonist with little anesthetic properties, also had no effect on water intake of isoproterenol-treated rats. Butoxamine, a selective beta2-adrenergic antagonist, attenuated the drinking response to isoproterenol. Salbutamol (150 microgram/kg), a beta2-adrenergic agonist, mimicked the effect of isoproterenol on water intake. These results are consistent with the suggestion that beta2-adrenergic receptors mediate the isoproterenol-induced thirst in rats.
mesh_terms: D000420:Albuterol / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002078:Butoxamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011217:Practolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000502:physiology*; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000502:physiology*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013894:Thirst / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D002078:Butoxamine; D011433:Propranolol; D007545:Isoproterenol; D000420:Albuterol; D011217:Practolol