Centrally administered ghrelin potently inhibits water intake induced by angiotensin II and hypovolemia in rats.
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Ghrelin is a potent, centrally acting orexigenic hormone. Recently, we showed that centrally administered ghrelin is a potent antidipsogenic hormone in 24-h water deprived rats. In this study, we examined the effect of intracerebroventricular (icv) injection of ghrelin on angiotensin II (AII)-induced water intake in rats. We also examined the effects of icv injection of ghrelin on drinking induced by intraperitoneal injection of an isotonic polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution that causes isotonic hypovolemia. Water intake induced by the icv injection of AII or ip injection of PEG was significantly reduced after icv injection of ghrelin, although food intake was stimulated by the hormone. The drinking induced by AII was also inhibited by the icv administration of 4alpha-phorbol 12, 13-didecanoate, an agonist of the osmosensitive TRPV4 channel. This study showed that ghrelin is a potent antidipsogenic peptide by antagonizing general dipsogenic mechanisms including those activated by AII and hypovolemia in rats.
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| Authors | Hirofumi Hashimoto, Hiroki Otsubo, Hiroaki Fujihara, Hitoshi Suzuki, Toyoaki Ohbuchi, Toru Yokoyama, Yoshio Takei, Yoichi Ueta |
| Journal | The journal of physiological sciences : JPS (J Physiol Sci) Vol. 60 Issue 1 Pg. 19-25 (Jan 2010) ISSN: 1880-6562 [Electronic] Japan |
| PMID | 19760484 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't) |
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