title: Central pressor effect of parathyroid hormone-related protein in conscious rats.
abstract: Although the parathyroid hormone-related protein gene is widely expressed in the central nervous system, the role of this protein in blood pressure is unknown. This article examines whether parathyroid hormone-related protein is involved in the central regulation of blood pressure. An intraventricularly injected solution of parathyroid hormone-related protein elicited a dose-dependent increase of mean arterial pressure accompanied by a decrease of heart rate in conscious Sprague-Dawley rats. An anti-parathyroid hormone-related protein monoclonal antibody, given in an intraventricularly injected solution, blocked the pressor effect of parathyroid hormone-related protein. Furthermore, this pressor effect of parathyroid hormone-related protein was also abolished after pretreatment by intravenous administration of either hexamethonium bromide or doxazosin mesylate. These results suggest that central parathyroid hormone-related protein is implicated in the regulation of blood pressure, and that this effect may be mediated through sympathetic activation.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akahoshi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kiriyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yano
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005730:Ganglionic Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D018738:Hexamethonium / Q000494:pharmacology; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D011506:Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D005730:Ganglionic Blockers; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D011506:Proteins; D018738:Hexamethonium