title: Enhanced sensitivity of medullary depressor neurons to N-methyl-D-aspartate-glycine site antagonists in the spontaneously hypertensive rat.
abstract: 1. The effects of the specific N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-glycine site antagonist 5-fluoro indole-2-carboxylic acid (FICA) and NMDA, microinjected into the vasodepressor caudal ventrolateral medulla, were compared in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and in Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. 2. 5-Fluoro indole-2-carboxylic acid elicited a significant pressor response (+20.0 +/- 4.9 mmHg) in SHR, but no change was found in the basal blood pressure of WKY rats. 3. The depressor response due to NMDA microinjection was significantly larger in SHR (-48.0 +/- 4 mmHg) than in WKY rats (-23.0 +/- 1.9 mmHg). 4. Pre-injection of FICA attenuated the depressor effects of NMDA significantly, this blockade being significantly more pronounced in SHR (37.0 +/- 2.7 mmHg) than in WKY rats (12.0 +/- 1.2 mmHg). 5. The enhanced responses to FICA may reflect the lower levels of the endogenous NMDA-glycine antagonist kynurenic acid in SHR compared with WKY rats.
authors.affiliation: School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kapoor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008845:Microinjections; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY
chemical_list: D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D007211:Indoles; C063768:5-fluoroindole-2-carboxylic acid; D016202:N-Methylaspartate