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Usui N, Togawa S, Sumi T, Kobayashi Y, Koyama Y, Nakamura Y, Kondo M, Shinoda K, Kobayashi H, Shimada S. Si-Based Hydrogen-Producing Nanoagent Protects Fetuses From Miscarriage Caused by Mother-to-Child Transmission. FRONTIERS IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY 2022; 3:665506. [PMID: 35047922 PMCID: PMC8757766 DOI: 10.3389/fmedt.2021.665506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Mother-to-child transmission of viruses and bacteria increases the risk of miscarriage and various diseases in children. Such transmissions can result in infections and diseases in infants or the induction of an inflammatory immune response through the placenta. Recently, we developed a silicon (Si)-based hydrogen-producing nanoagent (Si-based agent) that continuously and effectively produces hydrogen in the body. Since medical hydrogen has antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, and antiapoptotic effects, we investigated the effects of our Si-based agent on mother-to-child transmission, with a focus on the rate of miscarriage. In pregnant mice fed a diet containing the Si-based agent, lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced miscarriage due to mother-to-child transmission was reduced and inflammation and neutrophil infiltration in the placenta were suppressed. We also found that the Si-based agent suppressed IL-6 expression in the placenta and induced the expression of antioxidant and antiapoptotic genes, such as Hmox1 and Ptgs2. The observed anti-inflammatory effects of the Si-based agent suggest that it may be an effective preventative or therapeutic drug for miscarriage or threatened miscarriage during pregnancy by suppressing maternal inflammation caused by bacterial and viral infections.
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Affiliation(s)
- Noriyoshi Usui
- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Global Center for Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Addiction Research Unit, Osaka Psychiatric Research Center, Osaka Psychiatric Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Division of Neuroanatomy, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Department of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Addiction Research Unit, Osaka Psychiatric Research Center, Osaka Psychiatric Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Addiction Research Unit, Osaka Psychiatric Research Center, Osaka Psychiatric Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Addiction Research Unit, Osaka Psychiatric Research Center, Osaka Psychiatric Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Neuroanatomy, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Addiction Research Unit, Osaka Psychiatric Research Center, Osaka Psychiatric Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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Brüning CA, Rosa SG, Quines CB, Magni DV, Nonemacher NT, Bortolatto CF, Nogueira CW. The role of nitric oxide in glutaric acid-induced convulsive behavior in pup rats. Eur J Neurosci 2020; 52:3738-3745. [PMID: 32459863 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Glutaric acidaemia type I (GA-I) is a cerebral organic disorder characterized by the accumulation of glutaric acid (GA) and seizures. As seizures are precipitated in children with GA-I and the mechanisms underlying this disorder are not well established, we decided to investigate the role of nitric oxide (NO) in GA-induced convulsive behaviour in pup rats. Pup male Wistar rats (18-day-old) were anesthetized and placed in stereotaxic apparatus for cannula insertion into the striatum for injection of GA. The experiments were performed 3 days after surgery (pup rats 21-day-old). An inhibitor of NO synthesis (N-G-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester-L-NAME, 40 mg/kg) or saline (vehicle) was administered intraperitoneally 30 min before the intrastriatal injection of GA (1 µl, 1.3 µmol/striatum) or saline. Immediately after the intrastriatal injections, the latency and duration of seizures were recorded for 20 min. The administration of L-NAME significantly increased the latency to the first seizure episode and reduced the duration of seizures induced by GA in pup rats. The administration of the NO precursor l-arginine (L-ARG; 80 mg/kg) prevented the effects of L-NAME. Besides, GA significantly increased nitrate and nitrite (NOx) levels in the striatum of pup rats and the preadministration of L-NAME prevented this alteration. L-ARG blocked the reduction of striatal NOx provoked by L-NAME. These results are experimental evidence that NO plays a role in the seizures induced by GA in pup rats, being valuable in understanding the physiopathology of neurological signs observed in children with this organic acidaemia and to develop new therapeutic strategies.
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- César Augusto Brüning
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Neuropharmacology (LABIONEM), Neurobiotechnology Research Group, Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry and Bioprospecting (PPGBBio), Center for Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences (CCQFA), Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Neuropharmacology (LABIONEM), Neurobiotechnology Research Group, Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry and Bioprospecting (PPGBBio), Center for Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences (CCQFA), Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Neuropharmacology (LABIONEM), Neurobiotechnology Research Group, Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry and Bioprospecting (PPGBBio), Center for Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences (CCQFA), Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil
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Renoprotective and neuroprotective effects of enteric hydrogen generation from Si-based agent. Sci Rep 2020; 10:5859. [PMID: 32246095 PMCID: PMC7125117 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62755-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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We have developed Si-based agent which can generate a large amount of hydrogen. Si-based agent continues generating hydrogen for more than 24 h by the reaction with water under conditions similar to those in bowels, i.e., pH8.3 and 36 °C, and generates ~400 mL hydrogen. To investigate beneficial effects for diseases associated with oxidative stress, Si-based agent is administered to remnant kidney rats and Parkinson's disease mice. Rats are fed with control or Si-based agent-containing diet for 8 weeks. Si-based agent is found to greatly suppress the development of renal failure and the parameters of oxidative stress. Treatment with Si-based agent in a mouse model of hemi-Parkinson's disease induced by 6-hydroxydopamine attenuated degeneration of dopaminergic neurons and prevented impairment of motor balance and coordination. These findings indicate that the Si-based agent shows renoprotective and neuroprotective effects presumably via suppression of oxidative stress by generation of hydrogen.
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Nakajima A, Ueda Y, Sameshima H, Ikenoue T. Intracerebral antioxidant ability of mature rats after neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury estimated using the microdialysis-electron spin resonance method. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2014; 41:884-9. [DOI: 10.1111/jog.12660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 11/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Akira Nakajima
- Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Department of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine; Faculty of Medicine; University of Miyazaki; Miyazaki Japan
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- Section of Psychiatry; Department of Clinical Neuroscience; University of Miyazaki; Miyazaki Japan
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- Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Department of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine; Faculty of Medicine; University of Miyazaki; Miyazaki Japan
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- Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Department of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine; Faculty of Medicine; University of Miyazaki; Miyazaki Japan
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Royes LFF, Fighera MR, Furian AF, Oliveira MS, Fiorenza NG, Petry JC, Coelho RC, Mello CF. The role of nitric oxide on the convulsive behavior and oxidative stress induced by methylmalonate: An electroencephalographic and neurochemical study. Epilepsy Res 2007; 73:228-37. [PMID: 17137751 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2006] [Revised: 10/23/2006] [Accepted: 10/29/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Methylmalonic acidemias consist of a group of inherited metabolic disorders caused by deficiency of methylmalonyl-CoA mutase activity and biochemically characterized by methylmalonate (MMA) accumulation, impairment mitochondrial oxidative metabolism and reactive species production. Preliminary studies with nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors have suggested that nitric oxide (NO) plays a role in the convulsant effect of MMA. However, definitive biochemical and electrophysiological evidence of the involvement of NO in the convulsions induced by MMA are lacking. In this study, we investigated whether the inhibition of NOS by 7-nitroindazole (7-NI, 3-60mg/kg, i.p.) altered the convulsions, protein oxidative damage, NO(x) (NO(2) plus NO(3)) production and Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity inhibition induced by MMA. 7-NI decreased striatal NO(x) content, but increased seizures and protein carbonylation induced by MMA (6mumol/striatum). The intrastriatal injection of l-arginine (50nmol/0.5mul), but not of d-arginine (50nmol/0.5mul), increased striatal NO(x) content and protected against MMA-induced electroencephalographic seizures, striatal protein carbonylation and Na(+),K(+)-ATPase inhibition. Furthermore, l-arginine (50nmol/0.5mul) and MMA had no additive effect on NO(x) increase. These results are experimental evidence that endogenous NO plays a protective role in the convulsions and acute neurochemical alterations induced by this organic acid.
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- Luiz Fernando Freire Royes
- Centro de Educação Física e Desportos, Departamento de Métodos e Técnicas Desportivas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
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Puntel RL, Nogueira CW, Rocha JBT. N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors are involved in the quinolinic acid, but not in the malonate pro-oxidative activity in vitro. Neurochem Res 2005; 30:417-24. [PMID: 16018587 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-005-2617-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Oxidative stress plays a significant role in the neurotoxicity of a variety of agents that interact with the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. Here we investigated in a comparative way the pro-oxidative effects of quinolinic acid (QA) and malonate, two neurotoxic substances that act through distinct primary molecular mechanisms on the production of thiobarbituric acid reactive species (TBARS) by brain homogenates. In fact, QA is thought to activate directly the NMDA receptor, whereas malonate seems to act primarily by inhibiting oxidative metabolism. The malonate-induced TBARS formation was not modified by cyanide (CN-) or 2,4-dinitrophenol. MK-801 did not reduce basal or malonate induced-TBARS production in fresh tissues preparations. However, in heat-treated preparations a significant effect of MK-801 against basal TBARS production was observed, but not on the malonate induced-TBARS production. QA induced-TBARS production was significantly prevented by MK-801 either in fresh or heat-treated preparations. The antioxidant effect of MK-801 on basal and QA-induced TBARS production increased as the temperatures used to treat S1 were increased. Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) was inhibited by malonate but not by QA. Malonate was able to chelate iron(II) and the malonate-iron complex(es) is(are) active as measured by its(their) activity on deoxyribose degradation assay. These findings indicate that direct interactions of malonate with NMDA receptors are not involved in malonate pro-oxidative activity in vitro. QA pro-oxidative activity in vitro was related, at least in part, to its capability in stimulate NMDA receptors. Taken together, these findings indicated that malonate pro-oxidative activity in vitro could be attributed to its capability of changing the ratio Fe2+/Fe3+, which is essential to TBARS production.
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- Robson Luiz Puntel
- Departamento de Quimica, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Campus UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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Hayashi Y, Ueda Y, Nakajima A, Mitsuyama Y. EPR evidence of hydroxyl radical generation as an initiator of lipid peroxidation in amyloid β-protein-stimulated PC12 cells. Brain Res 2004; 1025:29-34. [PMID: 15464741 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.07.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Recent data from several groups suggest that the primary mechanism of amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) neurotoxicity may be mediated by free radicals. To evaluate this hypothesis, our aim is to make the mechanism of Abeta neurotoxicity clear, especially in the formation of free radicals. In this study, rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells were exposed to Abeta25-35 and confirmed free radical generations using two kinds of spin trap agents, 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide; DMPO and alpha-(4-pyridyl-1-oxide)-N-tert-butylnitrone; POBN. DMPO spin adduct revealed that hydroxyl radical (OH), while POBN spin adduct identified a lipid radical (L) as electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) evidence of lipid peroxidation in the process of cell damage by Abeta25-35 exposure. An Abeta cytotoxicity assay also was performed by using WST-8 reduction system and histochemical analysis. These analyses showed cell damage induced by Abeta. This study provides EPR evidence that Abeta neurotoxicity is derived from hydrogen abstraction from polyunsaturated lipid acid by hydroxyl radical as a cause of lipid peroxidation.
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- Yoshihito Hayashi
- Department of Psychiatry, Miyazaki Medical College, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake-Cho, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan.
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Arundine M, Sanelli T, Ping He B, Strong MJ. NMDA induces NOS 1 translocation to the cell membrane in NGF-differentiated PC 12 cells. Brain Res 2003; 976:149-58. [PMID: 12763249 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(03)02568-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Glutamatergic-mediated nitric oxide (NO) production occurs via the N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD95)-neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS1) ternary complex. To determine whether NOS1 is targeted to the membrane subsequent to NMDA receptor activation, we examined the effect of NMDA on NOS1 subcellular localization in nerve growth factor (NGF) differentiated PC12 cells. No effect on cell viability was observed using a range of NMDA concentrations from 500 to 1000 microM. Within 3 min of stimulation with 750 microM NMDA, increased cytoplasmic NOS1 immunostaining was observed with rapid membrane staining thereafter. This was inhibited by NMDAR inhibition with MK801. This observation was confirmed using subcellular fractionation and immunoblotting. Using 4, 5-diaminofluorescein diacetate (DAF2-DA) staining and a diazotization assay, concurrent NO production was observed. When PC 12 cells were co-treated with either NMDA and N(6)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride (L-NAME) or (5R, 10S)-(+)-5-methyl-10, 11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo [a, d] cyclohepten-5, 10-imine hydrogen maleate (MK-801), nitric oxide (NO) generation was inhibited. Stimulation in a calcium-free medium did not increase NO levels. Although no evidence of cytotoxicity was observed utilizing either the MTT assay or measures of apoptosis within the maximal interval of NOS1 translocation, cell viability was reduced following 10 h of continuous NMDA exposure. While it has been shown that NMDA triggers NOS1 activation, these results indicate that NMDAR activation also mediates NOS1 targeting to the membrane. Our data validate that NGF-differentiated PC12 cells may be employed as a useful in vitro model to further study the regulation of NOS1 subsequent to NMDAR activation.
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- Mark Arundine
- The Department of Pathology, The University of Western Ontario, Rm. 7 OF 10, UC-LHSC, 339 Windermere Road, London, N6A 5C1, Ontario, Canada.
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Yamaguchi K, Hama H. A study on the mechanism by which sodium nitroprusside, a nitric oxide donor, applied to the anteroventral third ventricular region provokes facilitation of vasopressin secretion in conscious rats. Brain Res 2003; 968:35-43. [PMID: 12644262 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)04246-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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We reported previously that sodium nitroprusside (SNP) applied to the anteroventral third ventricular region (AV3V), a pivotal area for autonomic functions, facilitates vasopressin (AVP) secretion in conscious rats. The aim of this study was to pursue the problems of whether nitric oxide (NO) generated from the agent may be responsible for the phenomenon, and whether it may be mediated by cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), the biosynthesis of which could reportedly be activated by NO. The infusion of SNP into the AV3V of conscious rats produced dose-related increases in plasma AVP, the maximal responses of which appeared at 5 min. Blood pressure and heart rate tended to rise at 15 min. The plasma osmolality, sodium, potassium or chloride did not show marked alteration following the SNP administration. Although the SNP solution was hypertonic and hypernatremic, AV3V application of hypertonic saline with a relatively higher osmolality and an equal sodium level was significantly less effective in augmenting plasma AVP. When injected into the lateral ventricle, SNP did not change plasma AVP and reduced arterial pressure, different from the results provoked by the AV3V application. The rise in plasma AVP in response to the AV3V application of SNP was diminished by preadministration of hemoglobin, a scavenger of NO, that did not affect the responses of the other variables. In contrast, pretreatment with methylene blue, an agent capable of antagonizing the potency of NO to activate guanylate cyclase, did not attenuate but potentiated the responses of both plasma AVP and arterial pressure to the AV3V infusion of SNP. Hemoglobin or methylene blue given alone into the AV3V did not affect any of the variables monitored. On the other hand, the AV3V injection of 8-bromo cGMP, a stable analogue of cGMP, was not potent for causing a significant rise in plasma AVP, in contrast to the notable AVP-enhancing effect of 8-bromo cAMP. Arterial pressure and heart rate were elevated by both of these agents, whereas the remaining variables were not altered. Histological inspection indicated that the infusion sites of the drugs in the AV3V had included areas such as the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis, median preoptic nucleus, medial preoptic nucleus and periventricular nucleus. On the basis of these results, we concluded that the AVP secretion prompted by the AV3V application of SNP may be attributable to NO, whereas its well-known ability to stimulate guanylate cyclase activity may hardly contribute to this phenomenon.
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- Ken'ichi Yamaguchi
- Department of Homeostatic Regulation and Development, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan.
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