title: Interaction of vasopressin with area postrema during volume expansion.
abstract: Effects of arginine vasopressin (AVP) on inhibition of renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) during activation of cardiopulmonary reflexes by volume expansion were examined in conscious sinoaortic-denervated rabbits. The role of the area postrema in mediating these effects was also evaluated in rabbits subjected to area postrema lesion. Animals were subjected to 12% volume expansion with whole blood alone or during infusion of AVP (0.6 mU . kg-1 . min-1). Volume expansion in area postrema-intact animals caused a progressive reflex inhibition of RSNA (maximum = -36.5 +/- 3.3% delta RSNA). Vasopressin infusion did not significantly alter resting arterial pressure, right atrial pressure, heart rate, or RSNA. However, maximum inhibition of RSNA during volume expansion (-62.6 +/- 3.2% delta RSNA) was significantly augmented during AVP infusion, and the augmentation was reversed by a specific vascular (V1) AVP receptor antagonist. Vagotomy eliminated RSNA responses to volume expansion with or without AVP. In area postrema-lesioned animals, the RSNA response to volume expansion was similar to that of intact animals (-31.8 +/- 2.3% delta RSNA). However, AVP did not augment the RSNA response to volume expansion in lesioned animals (-30.4 +/- 2.5% delta RSNA). Thus exogenous AVP augmented cardiopulmonary reflex-mediated inhibition of RSNA due to volume expansion. This effect appeared to be mediated by the V1 AVP receptor and to require the presence of an intact area postrema.
authors: Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7764.
authors: E M
authors: EM
authors: Hasser
authors: K P
authors: KP
authors: Undesser
authors: V S
authors: VS
authors: Bishop
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology; D001810:Blood Volume; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000294:innervation; D008297:Male; D011311:Pressoreceptors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011817:Rabbits; D012018:Reflex / Q000187:drug effects; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects; D014628:Vagotomy; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D014667:Vasopressins; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin