PMID- 11108256 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20001222 LR - 20231213 IS - 0013-7227 (Print) IS - 0013-7227 (Linking) VI - 141 IP - 12 DP - 2000 Dec TI - Role of endogenous nociceptin in the regulation of arginine vasopressin release in conscious rats. PG - 4466-71 AB - The effects of central administration of the opioid-like peptide nociceptin (also known as orphanin FQ) were investigated on the secretion of arginine vasopressin (AVP) in response to dehydration and hyperosmolar or hypovolemic stimulation in conscious rats. Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of nociceptin suppressed plasma AVP concentration in a dose-dependent manner (0.1-10 microg/rat) in dehydrated rats, and the maximum effect was obtained 10 min after the administration (dehydration with 10 microg/rat nociceptin, 3.11 +/- 0.27 pg/ml vs. control, 10.32 +/- 0.96 pg/ml). The plasma AVP increase in response to either hyperosmolality [i.p. injection of hypertonic saline (HS) (600 mosml/kg)] or hypovolemia [i.p. injection of polyethylene glycol (PEG)] was also significantly blunted when nociceptin was injected i.c.v. (HS with 10 microg/rat nociceptin, 1.16 +/- 0.09 pg/ml vs. control, 1.82 +/- 0.30 pg/ml; PEG with 10 microg/rat nociceptin, 0.91 +/- 0.16 pg/ml vs. control, 2.41 +/- 0.26 pg/ml). Pretreatment with a selective opioid kappa-receptor antagonist, nor-binaltorphimine (1 microg/ rat, i.c.v.) or naloxone (2.5 mg/rat, s.c. injection) did not reverse the inhibitory effects of nociceptin on AVP release. Moreover, when plasma AVP was suppressed by acute water loading, immunoneutralization of endogenous nociceptin by antinociceptin-antiserum i.c.v. significantly reversed the suppression (0.57 +/- 0.12 pg/ml vs. control, 0.25 +/- 0.04 pg/ml). These results suggest that central nociceptin is physiologically involved in the control of AVP release through an inhibitory action. FAU - Kakiya, S AU - Kakiya S AD - First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan. skakiya@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp FAU - Murase, T AU - Murase T FAU - Arima, H AU - Arima H FAU - Yokoi, H AU - Yokoi H FAU - Iwasaki, Y AU - Iwasaki Y FAU - Miura, Y AU - Miura Y FAU - Oiso, Y AU - Oiso Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Endocrinology JT - Endocrinology JID - 0375040 RN - 0 (Antibodies) RN - 0 (Opioid Peptides) RN - 0 (Receptors, Opioid) RN - 0 (Saline Solution, Hypertonic) RN - 113-79-1 (Arginine Vasopressin) RN - 3WJQ0SDW1A (Polyethylene Glycols) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies/administration & dosage MH - Arginine Vasopressin/*metabolism MH - Blood Volume MH - Dehydration MH - Hypovolemia MH - Injections, Intraventricular MH - Kinetics MH - Male MH - Opioid Peptides/administration & dosage/immunology/*physiology MH - Polyethylene Glycols/administration & dosage MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, Opioid/agonists MH - Saline Solution, Hypertonic/administration & dosage MH - Nociceptin EDAT- 2000/12/07 11:00 MHDA- 2001/02/28 10:01 CRDT- 2000/12/07 11:00 PHST- 2000/12/07 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/02/28 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/12/07 11:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1210/endo.141.12.7809 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Endocrinology. 2000 Dec;141(12):4466-71. doi: 10.1210/endo.141.12.7809.