PMID- 1539113 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19920331 LR - 20190827 IS - 0167-0115 (Print) IS - 0167-0115 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 2 DP - 1992 Jan 23 TI - Participation of pertussis toxin-sensitive GTP-binding regulatory proteins in the suppression of baroreceptor reflex by neurotensin in the rat. PG - 167-80 AB - We evaluated the molecular mechanism that may underlie the suppressive effect of neurotensin (NT) on the baroreceptor reflex (BRR), using Sprague-Dawley rats that were anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital (50 mg/kg, i.p.). Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) application of NT (15 nmol) significantly inhibited the BRR response. Such an inhibition was appreciably antagonized by pretreating animals with i.c.v. injection of pertussis toxin (10 or 20 pmol), N-ethylmaleimide (1 or 2 nmol), forskolin (30 or 60 nmol) or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (2 or 4 nmol), but not by cholera toxin (15 or 30 pmol). More specifically, pretreatments with bilateral microinjection into the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) of pertussis toxin (80 or 160 fmol), N-ethylmaleimide (80 pmol), forskolin (480 pmol) or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (16 or 32 pmol) also blunted the NT-induced suppression of BRR, although cholera toxin (120 or 240 fmol), or 1,9-dideoxyforskolin (480 pmol) had no appreciable effect. These results suggest that a pertussis toxin-sensitive guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein(s), which is not likely to be Gs, possibly Gi or Gp, may be involved in the transmembrane signaling process that underlies the suppression of BRR response by NT at the NTS. FAU - Fu, M J AU - Fu MJ AD - Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. FAU - Lin, K S AU - Lin KS FAU - Chan, J Y AU - Chan JY FAU - Chan, S H AU - Chan SH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Regul Pept JT - Regulatory peptides JID - 8100479 RN - 0 (Virulence Factors, Bordetella) RN - 1F7A44V6OU (Colforsin) RN - 39379-15-2 (Neurotensin) RN - 9012-63-9 (Cholera Toxin) RN - EC 2.4.2.31 (Pertussis Toxin) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (GTP-Binding Proteins) RN - NI40JAQ945 (Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate) RN - O3C74ACM9V (Ethylmaleimide) RN - OAW710HWIX (1,9-dideoxyforskolin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cholera Toxin/pharmacology MH - Colforsin/administration & dosage/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Ethylmaleimide/pharmacology MH - GTP-Binding Proteins/*physiology MH - Male MH - Neurotensin/administration & dosage/antagonists & inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - *Pertussis Toxin MH - Pressoreceptors/*drug effects MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred Strains MH - Reflex/*drug effects MH - Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology MH - Virulence Factors, Bordetella/*pharmacology EDAT- 1992/01/23 00:00 MHDA- 1992/01/23 00:01 CRDT- 1992/01/23 00:00 PHST- 1992/01/23 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1992/01/23 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1992/01/23 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0167-0115(92)90665-H [pii] AID - 10.1016/0167-0115(92)90665-h [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Regul Pept. 1992 Jan 23;37(2):167-80. doi: 10.1016/0167-0115(92)90665-h.