title: Effects of angiotensin II and an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor on alcohol intake in P and NP rats.
abstract: While it is known that randomly bred normotensive Wistar stock and hypertensive rats alter their alcohol consumption when activity in the renin-angiotensin (R-A) system is modified, the effect of manipulations to the R-A system on alcohol intake in genetically selected alcohol-preferring P and -nonpreferring NP rats has not been assessed. In Experiment 1, nine P rats and 8 NP rats were injected with the saline vehicle and offered limited access to 10% (v/v) alcohol for 40 min each day for 7 days. When intake stabilized both groups were given daily intraperitoneal injections of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ceranapril (20 mg/kg) 45 min prior to alcohol access for 11 days. Ceranapril (SQ 29,852) reduced alcohol intake in both the P and NP animals, while saline had no effect. In Experiment 2, these same two groups of P and NP rats were injected with three doses of angiotensin II (ANG II) (100, 200, 400 micrograms/kg) immediately prior to alcohol access. Each dose was tested for 10 consecutive days, with a 14-day period of no drug preceding and following the ANG II treatments. ANG II reduced alcohol intake in the NP rats and produced a dose-dependent reduction in the alcohol consumption of the P rats. These findings indicate that the renin-angiotensin system can modify alcohol consumption in rats selectively bred for high and low alcohol intake.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Grupp
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000235:genetics; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D011392:Proline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000187:drug effects; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D000804:Angiotensin II; D011392:Proline; C054518:ceronapril