title: Functional evidence that the central renin-angiotensin system plays a role in the pressor response induced by central injection of carbachol.
abstract: We investigated the effects of losartan, an AT1-receptor blocker, and ramipril, a converting enzyme inhibitor, on the pressor response induced by angiotensin II (ANG II) and carbachol (a cholinergic receptor agonist). Male Holtzman rats (250-300 g) with a stainless steel cannula implanted into the lateral ventricle (LV) were used. The injection of losartan (50 nmol/1 microliter) into the LV blocked the pressor response induced by ANG II (12 ng/1 microliter) and carbachol (2 nmol/1 microliter). After injection of ANG II and carbachol into the LV, mean arterial pressure (MAP) increased to 31 +/- 1 and 28 +/- 2 mmHg, respectively. Previous injection of losartan abolished the increase in MAP induced by ANG II and carbachol into the LV (2 +/- 1 and 5 +/- 2 mmHg, respectively). The injection of ramipril (12 ng/1 microliter) prior to carbachol blocked the pressor effect of carbachol to 7 +/- 3 mmHg. These results suggest an interaction between central cholinergic pathways and the angiotensinergic system in the regulation of arterial blood pressure.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Saad
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Luiz
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Camargo
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fóglia
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Menani
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Saad
mesh_terms: D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects*; D018679:Cholinergic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019808:Losartan / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D011311:Pressoreceptors / Q000187:drug effects*; D017257:Ramipril / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D018679:Cholinergic Agonists; D002217:Carbachol; D019808:Losartan; D017257:Ramipril