title: Effect on the plasma renin-aldosterone system of lesions to suprachiasmatic nuclei and central serotonin depletion in rats.
abstract: Renin activity, angiotensin-converting enzyme activity and aldosterone concentration were measured in the plasma of 8 experimental groups of rats: I--sham operated non-treated rats, II--suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) lesioned non-treated: III--sham operated + furosemide (4 mg/kg i.p.), IV--SCN lesioned + furosemide, V--shams + 24-hour water deprivation: VI--SCN + 24-hour water deprivation, VII--intact rats + saline: and VIII--intact rats + p-chlorophenylalanine (pCPA, 300 mg/kg, i.p.). No significant changes in basal levels of the three parameters were found after SCN, lesions in comparison with sham operated controls. Furosemide caused a similar increase in all three parameters of both sham and SCN lesioned rats. Similar changes were observed in SCN rats 24 hours after water deprivation and in intact rats 48 hours after serotonin depletion by pCPA: suppressed renin activity together with increased aldosterone concentration. It is concluded that the central serotonergic system and SCN play a similar role in control of the renin-aldosterone system in rats under conditions of negative water-salt balance.
mesh_terms: D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D010134:Fenclonine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006400:Hematocrit; D008297:Male; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D013493:Suprachiasmatic Nucleus / Q000502:physiology*; D014868:Water Deprivation; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D000450:Aldosterone; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A; D012083:Renin; D010134:Fenclonine