title: Pertussis toxin treatment counteracts the cardiovascular effects of neuropeptide Y and clonidine in the awake unrestrained rat.
abstract: The role of G-proteins in the mediation of the cardiovascular effects of neuropeptide Y and the alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist clonidine was investigated by injections of pertussis toxin (10 micrograms/30 microliters, i.v.t., 24 h) in the awake unrestrained male rat. Treatment with pertussis toxin was found to inhibit the hypotensive and bradycardic actions of neuropeptide Y (1250 pmol) and the hypotensive actions of clonidine (1875 pmol). Control experiments showed that treatment with pertussis toxin caused an approximately 50% reduction in the back-ADP-ribosylation of GTP-binding proteins. These results suggest that G-proteins mediate the central cardiovascular actions of neuropeptide Y and clonidine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fuxe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Euler
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: van der Ploeg
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Fredholm
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Agnati
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D003000:Clonidine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000494:pharmacology*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D003000:Clonidine