title: [Ketamine and L-NAME inhibit NOS and somatostatin mRNA expression induced by altitude hypoxia in the rat hypothalamus].
abstract: Using altitude hypoxia model, in situ hybridization and NADPH-d histochemistry, we investigated the effects of ketamine and L-NAME (blocker of NOS) on NOS and somatostatin mRNA (SS mRNA) expression in the rat hypothalamus following acute altitude hypoxia. It was revealed that acute altitude hypoxia induced NOS and SS mRNA overexpression in the rat hypothalamus. When pretreated with NMDA receptor antagonist ketamine and L-NAME, NOS and SS mRNA expression were inhibited significantly. These results suggest that NMDA receptor activation participates in the expression of NOS and SS mRNA in the rat hypothalamus subjected to acute altitude hypoxia. Meanwhile, hypothalamic endogenous NO may mediate expression of SS mRNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China. hzun61@yahoo.com
authors.forename: H Z
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: X T
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism; D007649:Ketamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D052248:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D013004:Somatostatin; D007649:Ketamine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052248:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I; C496322:Nos1 protein, rat; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester