title: Potentiation of the antidipsogenic action of alpha-human atrial natriuretic polypeptide at the preoptic area in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: The effect of alpha-human atrial natriuretic polypeptides on fluid intake following administration of angiotensin II and 48 hr water deprivation was assessed at the preoptic area in spontaneously hypertensive and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats. Angiotensin II (100 ng), injected into the preoptic area, and water deprivation increased the intake of water and of a 2.7% NaCl solution in spontaneously hypertensive as well as in Wistar-Kyoto rats. These intakes were potentiated in the spontaneously hypertensive rats. The fluid intakes evoked by angiotensin II were dose-dependently antagonized by alpha-human atrial natriuretic polypeptide and angiotensin II, administered into the preoptic area, in spontaneously hypertensive but not in Wistar-Kyoto rats. In 48 hr water-deprived rats, alpha-human atrial natriuretic polypeptide also inhibited the fluid intake in spontaneously hypertensive but not in Wistar-Kyoto rats. The results suggest that atrial natriuretic polypeptide and angiotensin II may play an important role in controlling fluid intake at the preoptic area level and that these peptides might be involved in the pathogenesis of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory of Biodynamics, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakimura
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furukawa
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004326:Drinking / Q000187:drug effects*; D004327:Drinking Behavior; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D011301:Preoptic Area / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
chemical_list: D000804:Angiotensin II; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor