title: Brain corticosteroid receptors and regulation of arterial blood pressure.
abstract: A single intracerebroventricular injection of 10 ng of the mineralocorticoid aldosterone in normotensive male Wistar rats induced a transient increase in blood pressure. Corticosterone produced this response only at a 100-fold higher dose. In contrast, a decrease in systolic blood pressure occurred following the intracerebroventricular administration of a selective glucocorticoid agonist (Ru 28362; 10 ng). The intracerebroventricular administration in normotensive and adrenalectomized, corticosterone-replaced, male rats of an antimineralocorticoid (Ru 28318; 10 ng) decreased systolic blood pressure, while an antiglucocorticoid (Ru 38486; 10 ng) caused an increase. These data suggest that adrenal steroids affect central mechanisms underlying cardiovascular regulation by binding to central mineralo- and glucocorticoid receptors.
authors.affiliation: Rudolf Magnus Institute of Pharmacology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: van den Berg
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: de Kloet
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: van Dijken
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: de Jong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008901:Mineralocorticoids / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D018161:Receptors, Mineralocorticoid; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D008901:Mineralocorticoids; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid; D018161:Receptors, Mineralocorticoid; D011987:Receptors, Steroid