Cardiovascular responses to microinjection of trans-(+/-)-ACPD into the NTS were similar in conscious and chloralose-anesthetized rats.
The changes in mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) in response to the activation of metabotropic receptors in the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) with trans-(+/-)-1-amino-1,3-cyclopentanedicarboxylic acid (trans-(+/-)-ACPD) were evaluated in conscious and anesthetized Wistar, male rats weighing 240-260 g (N = 8). The responses obtained with trans-(+/-)-ACPD were compared with the responses to L-glutamate (1 nmol/100 nl), since in a previous study we showed that anesthesia converted a pressor response to L-glutamate microinjected into the NTS of conscious rats to a depressor response in the same rats under urethane or chloralose anesthesia. Microinjection of 3 doses of trans-(+/-)-ACPD (100, 500 and 1000 pmol/100 nl) produced a dose-dependent fall in MAP (range, -20 to -50 mmHg) and HR (range, -30 to -170 bpm) under both conscious and chloralose anesthesia conditions. These data indicate that the cardiovascular responses to the activation of metabotropic receptors by trans-(+/-)-ACPD are not affected by chloralose anesthesia while the cardiovascular responses to the activation of excitatory amino acid (EAA) receptors by L-glutamate are significantly altered.
Departamento de Fisiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil. bhmachad@fmrp.usp.br
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D000704:Analysis of Variance; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002698:Chloralose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003515:Cycloleucine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008845:Microinjections; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017552:Solitary Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects*
D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D003515:Cycloleucine; D002698:Chloralose; D018698:Glutamic Acid