PMID- 3104710 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19870427 LR - 20190701 IS - 0024-3205 (Print) IS - 0024-3205 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 13 DP - 1987 Mar 30 TI - The involvement of central cholinergic mechanisms in cardiovascular responses to intracerebroventricular and intravenous administration of thyrotropin-releasing hormone. PG - 1293-9 AB - Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in a range from 0.1 to 100 micrograms induced a dose-related increase in blood pressure in conscious rats, whereas TRH-free acid (TRH-OH) and histidyl-proline diketopiperazine (His-Pro-DKP), metabolites of TRH, did not. The blood pressure responses to intravenous (i.v.) injection of 5 mg/Kg TRH were similar to those induced by TRH (i.c.v.). Pretreatment with atropine (50 micrograms, i.c.v.) significantly reduced the pressor effect of TRH administered through either route. Hemicholinium-3 (50 micrograms, i.c.v.), an inhibitor of choline uptake, also prevented the increase in blood pressure induced by TRH (10 micrograms, i.c.v.). These results indicate that both centrally and peripherally administered TRH have pressor effects that are mediated by central cholinergic mechanisms, probably by activating cholinergic neurons. FAU - Okuda, C AU - Okuda C FAU - Mizobe, T AU - Mizobe T FAU - Miyazaki, M AU - Miyazaki M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Life Sci JT - Life sciences JID - 0375521 RN - 0 (Peptides, Cyclic) RN - 0 (Piperazines) RN - 24769-58-2 (thyrotropin-releasing hormone, deamido-) RN - 312-45-8 (Hemicholinium 3) RN - 5Y5F15120W (Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone) RN - 6EE945D3OK (Mecamylamine) RN - 7C0697DR9I (Atropine) RN - Q10817UXVT (histidyl-proline diketopiperazine) RN - SZB83O1W42 (Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Atropine/pharmacology MH - Blood Pressure/*drug effects MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Heart Rate/drug effects MH - Hemicholinium 3/pharmacology MH - Injections, Intravenous MH - Injections, Intraventricular MH - Male MH - Mecamylamine/pharmacology MH - Peptides, Cyclic/pharmacology MH - Piperazines/pharmacology MH - Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid/analogs & derivatives MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred Strains MH - Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone/administration & dosage/analogs & derivatives/antagonists & inhibitors/*pharmacology EDAT- 1987/03/30 00:00 MHDA- 1987/03/30 00:01 CRDT- 1987/03/30 00:00 PHST- 1987/03/30 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1987/03/30 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1987/03/30 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0024-3205(87)90586-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/0024-3205(87)90586-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Life Sci. 1987 Mar 30;40(13):1293-9. doi: 10.1016/0024-3205(87)90586-8.