title: Involvement of the somatostatin-2 receptor in the anti-convulsant effect of angiotensin IV against pilocarpine-induced limbic seizures in rats.
abstract: The anti-convulsant properties of angiotensin IV (Ang IV), an inhibitor of insulin-regulated aminopeptidase (IRAP) and somatostatin-14, a substrate of IRAP, were evaluated in the acute pilocarpine rat seizure model. Simultaneously, the neurochemical changes in the hippocampus were monitored using in vivo microdialysis. Intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) administered Ang IV or somatostatin-14 caused a significant increase in the hippocampal extracellular dopamine and serotonin levels and protected rats against pilocarpine-induced seizures. These effects of Ang IV were both blocked by concomitant i.c.v. administration of the somatostatin receptor-2 antagonist cyanamid 154806. These results reveal a possible role for dopamine and serotonin in the anti-convulsant effect of Ang IV and somatostatin-14. Our study suggests that the ability of Ang IV to inhibit pilocarpine-induced convulsions is dependent on somatostatin receptor-2 activation, and is possibly mediated via the inhibition of IRAP resulting in an elevated concentration of somatostatin-14 in the brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Analysis and Drug Information, Research Group Experimental Pharmacology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stragier
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clinckers
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meurs
authors.forename: Dimitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Bundel
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarre
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ebinger
authors.forename: Yvette
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Michotte
authors.forename: Ilse
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Smolders
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008032:Limbic System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D017551:Microdialysis; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010862:Pilocarpine; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; C403089:CYN 154806; D009842:Oligopeptides; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; D013777:Tetrazoles; D010862:Pilocarpine; D000804:Angiotensin II; C012877:angiotensin II, des-Asp(1)-des-Arg(2)-Ile(5)-; D012701:Serotonin; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D013004:Somatostatin; C093733:somatostatin receptor 2; C081643:candesartan; D004298:Dopamine