Dipsogenic stimulation in ibotenic DRN-lesioned rats induces concomitant sodium appetite

The main purpose of this study was to investigate whether dipsogenic stimuli influences the sodium appetite of rats with ibotenic acid lesion of the dorsal raphe nucleus (IBO-DRN). Compared to control, rats microinjected with phosphate buffer (PB-DRN), the ingestion of 0.3 M NaCl was enhanced in IBO...

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Published in:	Neuroscience letters Vol. 374; no. 1; pp. 5 - 10
Main Authors:	Cavalcante-Lima, Haerishton Rubim, Lima, Hawlinston Rubim Cavalcante, Costa-e-Sousa, Ricardo Henrique, Olivares, Emerson Lopes, Cedraz-Mercez, Pedro Leonardo, Reis, Rafael Oliveira, Badauê-Passos, Daniel, De-Lucca, Waldecy, de Medeiros, Magda Alves, Côrtes, Wellington da Silva, Reis, Luís Carlos
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01-02-2005 Elsevier
Subjects:	Angiotensin II Animals Appetite - drug effects Appetite - physiology Biological and medical sciences Dipsogenic stimuli Dorsal raphe nucleus Drinking - drug effects Drinking - physiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Ibotenic Acid - toxicity Male Neurotoxins - toxicity Raphe Nuclei - drug effects Raphe Nuclei - physiology Rats Rats, Wistar Serotonergic system Sodium - administration & dosage Sodium appetite Sodium, Dietary - analysis Thirst - drug effects Thirst - physiology Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs Dipsogenic stimuli Serotonergic system Sodium appetite Angiotensin II Dorsal raphe nucleus Appetite Rat Rodentia Central nervous system Encephalon Renin angiotensin system Vertebrata Mammalia Sodium Animal Raphe nucleus Lesion
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Summary:	The main purpose of this study was to investigate whether dipsogenic stimuli influences the sodium appetite of rats with ibotenic acid lesion of the dorsal raphe nucleus (IBO-DRN). Compared to control, rats microinjected with phosphate buffer (PB-DRN), the ingestion of 0.3 M NaCl was enhanced in IBO-DRN at 21 and 35 days after DRN lesion under a protocol of fluids and food deprivation. Despite of similar dipsogenic response observed both in IBO-DRN and PB-DRN treated with isoproterenol (ISO, 300 μg/kg, sc), the 0.3 M NaCl intake was again significantly enhanced in IBO-DRN at 21 and 35 days post-lesion. Finally, treatment with polyethylene glycol (PEG, MW = 20,000, 20%, w/v, 16.7 ml/kg, sc) induced higher dipsogenic response in IBO-DRN than PB-DRN at 21 day after lesion. In addition, IBO-DRN also expressed higher sodium appetite than PB-DRN, concomitantly with a drinking response. These results suggest that ibotenic lesion of DRN promote an increase of the brain angiotensinergic response, possibly settled within the subfornical organ, through paradigms which increase circulating ANG II levels. The current paper supports the hypothesis that the ibotenic lesion of DRN suppresses a serotonergic component implicated on the modulation of the sodium appetite and, therefore, furthering homeostatic restoration of extracellular fluid volume.
ISSN:	0304-3940 1872-7972
DOI:	10.1016/j.neulet.2004.10.017