alpha-2-Adrenergic activation of proopiomelanocortin-containing neurons in the arcuate nucleus causes opioid-mediated hypotension and bradycardia.
alpha-2-Adrenergic activation of proopiomelanocortin-containing neurons in the arcuate nucleus causes opioid-mediated hypotension and bradycardia.
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弓状核中含有原阿黑皮质素的神经元的 α2-肾上腺素能激活会导致阿片类药物介导的低血压和心动过缓。
DOI:
10.1159/000126966
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Kunos,G
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作者:
Li,SJ;Scanlon,MN;Járai,Z;Varga,K;Gantenberg,NS;Lazar-Wesley,E;Kunos,G
Treatment of rats for 4 days with α-methyldopa, 200 mg/kg/day i.p., increases steady state levels of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA in the mediobasal hypothalamus, as measured by DNA excess solution hybridization. The increase is prevented by parallel treatment with yohimbine, 2 mg/kg/day i.p., but not by naltrexone, 2 mg/kg/day i.p. Treatment with the peripheral vasodilator hydralazine, 2 mg/kg/day, does not affect POMC mRNA levels. In situ hybridization histochemistry with a cRNA probe for POMC indicates that POMC-containing cells are located within the confines of the arcuate nucleus both in control and in α-methyldopa-treated rats, and confirms the increase in POMC mRNA in the latter. Microinjection of 2 µg of α-methylnorepinephrine unilaterally into the arcuate nucleus of urethane-anesthetized rats causes hypotension and bradycardia, which can be inhibited by 200 ng of yohimbine microinjected into the same site, or by 100 ngl-naloxone microinjected into the ipsilateral nucleus tractus solitarii, but not into the arcuate nucleus. These findings are interpreted to indicate that activation of α2-adrenergic receptors located on POMC-containing neurons in the arcuate nucleus causes β-endorphin release and stimulation of opiate receptors in the NTS, which results in hypotension and bradycardia, and that this mechanism contributes to the hypotensive action of α-methyldopa.