Abstract:
:Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) plays an important role in sympathetic regulation. Centrally administered CRF elevates plasma catecholamine levels, resulting in CRF-dependent hypertension and tachycardia. We previously reported that brain thromboxane A2 mediates CRF-induced elevation of plasma adrenaline levels, whereas prostanoids other than thromboxane A2 mediate elevations in plasma noradrenaline levels. However, the mechanism by which CRF induces elevations in plasma noradrenaline levels remains unknown. Previous studies have revealed that brain prostaglandin (PG) E2, but not other PGs, causes sympathetic activation. In this study, we examined the roles of brain PGE2 and its receptors in CRF-induced elevation of plasma noradrenaline levels in rats. Our results showed that intracerebroventricular pretreatment with an antagonist of the PGE2 receptor EP3 subtype, but not other subtypes, suppressed CRF-induced elevations in plasma noradrenaline levels. We also examined the role of PGE2 and EP3 receptors in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVN), the major integrative center for sympathetic regulation, in CRF-induced elevation of plasma noradrenaline levels. Centrally administered CRF increased PGE2 levels in PVN microdialysates, and microinjection of an EP3 receptor agonist into the PVN elevated plasma noradrenaline levels. Bilateral blockade of EP3 receptors in the PVN suppressed the elevation of plasma noradrenaline levels evoked by intracerebroventricular administration and PVN-microinjection of CRF. Our results suggest that CRF stimulates PGE2 release into the PVN that activates EP3 receptors in the PVN, resulting in the elevation of plasma noradrenaline levels.
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Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Yamaguchi N,Mimura K,Okada Sdoi
10.1016/j.ejphar.2019.172693subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-11-15 00:00:00pages
172693eissn
0014-2999issn
1879-0712pii
S0014-2999(19)30645-4journal_volume
863pub_type
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