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Vasopressin-induced antipyresis in the medial amygdaloid nucleus of conscious rats.

Abstract
Experiments were undertaken to characterize a possible receptor mediating antipyretic action of arginine vasopressin (AVP) within the medial amygdaloid nucleus (meA) in the conscious rat. Additional experiments were directed at determining whether the action of endogenously released AVP can be revealed in the meA during fever in the conscious rat. These objectives were achieved using vasopressin analogues directed against vasopressor (V1a) and antidiuretic (V2) receptors. Bilateral injection of AVP (40 pmol) into the meA of conscious rats suppressed fever evoked by intracerebroventricular (icv) administration of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1, 50 ng). The V2 receptor agonist 1-desamino-8-D-AVP (40 pmol) injected into the meA evoked only moderate antipyresis compared with AVP, possibly because of interaction of this agonist with V1a receptors. The antipyretic effect of AVP was blocked when injection of the peptide was preceded by a bilateral injection of the V1a antagonist 1-(beta-mercapto-beta,beta-cyclopentamethylenepropionic acid)-2-(O-methyl)tyrosine AVP [d(CH2)5Tyr(Me)AVP, 400 pmol] into the meA. Injection of d(CH2)5Tyr(Me)AVP alone into the meA was without significant effect on afebrile core temperature. Injection of d(CH2)5Tyr(Me)AVP or 1-(beta-mercapto-beta,beta-cyclopentamethylenepropionic acid)-2-D-valine,4-valine AVP (a V2 antagonist) alone into the meA before icv PGE1 resulted in fevers that were not significantly different from artificial cerebrospinal fluid controls. These data are consistent with the possibility that AVP might act within the meA to evoke antipyresis via receptors that resemble V1a (vasopressor) receptors. However, the action of AVP endogenously released into the meA does not appear to be an absolute requisite in the normal modulation of PGE1 fever.
AuthorsP Federico, W L Veale, Q J Pittman
JournalThe American journal of physiology (Am J Physiol) Vol. 262 Issue 5 Pt 2 Pg. R901-8 (May 1992) ISSN: 0002-9513 [Print] United States
PMID1534208 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Receptors, Angiotensin
  • Receptors, Vasopressin
  • Vasopressins
  • Arginine Vasopressin
  • vasopressin, 1-deamino-4-Val-8-Arg-
  • vasopressin, 1-(1-mercaptocyclohexaneacetic acid)-2-(O- methyl-L-tyrosine)-8-L-arginine-
  • Deamino Arginine Vasopressin
  • Alprostadil
Topics
  • Alprostadil
  • Amygdala (drug effects)
  • Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal (pharmacology)
  • Arginine Vasopressin (analogs & derivatives, antagonists & inhibitors, pharmacology)
  • Deamino Arginine Vasopressin (analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)
  • Fever (chemically induced)
  • Injections, Intraventricular
  • Male
  • Rats
  • Receptors, Angiotensin (drug effects, physiology)
  • Receptors, Vasopressin
  • Vasopressins (pharmacology)

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