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Title: | Angiotensin II receptor binding in the rat hypothalamus and circumventricular organs during dietary sodium deprivation. | Austin Authors: | Yamada, H;Mendelsohn, Frederick AO | Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Australia | Issue Date: | 1-Oct-1989 | Publication information: | Neuroendocrinology; 50(4): 469-75 | Abstract: | The effect of dietary sodium intake on angiotensin II (Ang II) receptor binding in the rat brain was studied using quantitative in vitro autoradiography. After 2 weeks of sodium deprivation, the peripheral angiotensin system was activated as shown by increased plasma renin activity (4-fold) and plasma aldosterone concentration (approximately 40-fold). At the same time, Ang II receptor binding in the adrenal glomerulosa zone increased by 40%. Frozen brain sections prepared from 12 male Sprague-Dawley rats (6 control, 6 sodium-deprived) were incubated with 125I[Sar1, Ile8] Ang II, exposed to X-ray film, and Ang II receptor binding in individual brain nuclei was quantitated by computerized densitometry. Ang II binding in the area postrema was significantly suppressed in the sodium-deprived rats (60% of control; p less than 0.05). No change was observed in the other circumventricular organs studied, the subfornical organ or organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis. Ang II binding in the solitary tract nucleus was not affected by the dietary salt treatment. In the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus, there was a small (9%) but significant (p less than 0.001) increase in Ang II receptor binding in the sodium-deprived group. However, no change was observed in the hypothalamic median preoptic or suprachiasmatic nuclei, areas with similarly high Ang II receptor binding. These results suggest that only a limited subset of brain Ang II receptors respond to sodium deprivation and do so in a region-specific manner. These results support evidence that the central angiotensin system may contribute to the regulation of fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. | Gov't Doc #: | 2812277 | URI: | https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/12843 | Journal: | Neuroendocrinology | URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2812277 | Type: | Journal Article | Subjects: | Animals Brain.metabolism Diet, Sodium-Restricted Hypothalamus.metabolism.physiology Male Rats Rats, Inbred Strains Receptors, Angiotensin.metabolism Sodium, Dietary.metabolism |
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