title: Evidence that angiotensin II enhances apomorphine-induced jaw movements via AT1 receptors in the ventrolateral striatum: studies by magnet-sensing system in freely moving rats.
abstract: The role of angiotensin AT(1) receptors in the ventrolateral striatum in modulating apomorphine-induced jaw movements was studied using a magnet-sensing system combined with an intracerebral drug microinjection technique in freely moving rats. Bilateral injections of angiotensin II (1 and 2 micro g/0.2 micro l in each side) into the ventrolateral striatum, which alone did not significantly elicit jaw movements, dose-dependently enhanced apomorphine (1 mg/kg i.v.)-induced repetitive jaw movements. The enhancement of apomorphine-induced jaw movements by angiotensin II (2 micro g) was dose-dependently antagonized by the angiotensin AT(1) receptor antagonist losartan (15 and 30 mg/kg i.p.), given 3 h before, while losartan (30 mg/kg i.p.) alone did not significantly affect the apomorphine (1 mg/kg)-induced jaw movements. These results indicate that angiotensin II enhances apomorphine-induced jaw movements via stimulation of angiotensin AT(1) receptors located in the ventrolateral striatum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Complete Denture Prosthodontics, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gionhaku
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Gerstner
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koshikawa
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004357:Drug Synergism; D007568:Jaw / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008280:Magnetics / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1 / Q000819:agonists* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1; D000804:Angiotensin II; D001058:Apomorphine