Acute continuous exposure to cigarette smoke produces discrete changes in cholecystokinin and substance P levels in the hypothalamus and preoptic area of the male rat.
By means of a Walton Horizontal Smoking Machine, male rats were exposed to the smoke from I-4 cigarettes burned in a continuous fashion. Cholecystokinin (CCK) and substance P levels (determined by means of radio-immunoassay) were measured in discrete hypothalamic and preoptic regions. Acute continuous exposure to cigarette smoke induced increases in CCK levels in the paraventricular hypothalamic region as well as decreases in CCK levels in the median eminence. Furthermore, this treatment resulted in decreased CCK and substance P levels in the medial preoptic region. The results have been interpreted to indicate that CCK and substance P containing neuronal systems can be regulated by cholinergic nicotine-like receptors.
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D000818:Animals; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000378:metabolism*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011301:Preoptic Area / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000187:drug effects; D012906:Smoke / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013373:Substance P / Q000378:metabolism*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects
D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; D012906:Smoke; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution; D013373:Substance P; D002766:Cholecystokinin