PMID- 7820657 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19950213 LR - 20190614 IS - 0006-8993 (Print) IS - 0006-8993 (Linking) VI - 659 IP - 1-2 DP - 1994 Oct 3 TI - Regional suppression by water intake of c-fos expression induced by intraventricular infusions of angiotensin II. PG - 157-68 AB - Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) infusions of angiotensin II (AII) reliably induced c-fos expression in the supraoptic (SON) and paraventricular (PVN) nuclei, as well as other areas of the basal forebrain including the OVLT, subfornical organ (SFO), and bed nucleus (BNST). Double-labelling showed that AII-induced c-fos was observed in both vasopressin (AVP-) and oxytocin (OXY)-containing neurons of the SON and PVN in male rats. Allowing rats to drink water after AII infusions suppressed c-fos expression both AVP- and OXY-stained magnocellular neurons. Intragastric infusions of water were also effective, showing that oro-pharyngeal stimuli were not critical. Maximal suppression occurred in rats in whom water had been infused intragastrically about 5 min before i.c.v. AII infusions, suggesting that changes in osmolarity were responsible. i.c.v. AII also induced c-fos expression in a number of brainstem structures, including the solitary nucleus (NTS), lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPBN), locus coeruleus (LC), and the area postrema (AP). These results indicate that AVP and OXY-containing neurons in the magnocellular parts of the SON and PVN alter their immediate-early gene response to AII after water intake, and that this does not depend upon oro-pharyngeal factors. Furthermore, AII can induce c-fos expression in a number of brainstem nuclei associated with autonomic function, and these do not respond to water intake. FAU - Xu, Z AU - Xu Z AD - Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, UK. FAU - Herbert, J AU - Herbert J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Brain Res JT - Brain research JID - 0045503 RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos) RN - 11128-99-7 (Angiotensin II) RN - 113-79-1 (Arginine Vasopressin) RN - 50-56-6 (Oxytocin) SB - IM EIN - Brain Res 1994 Dec 26;667(2):301-2 MH - Angiotensin II/*pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Arginine Vasopressin/metabolism MH - Blood/metabolism MH - Brain/cytology/*physiology MH - Brain Stem/metabolism MH - Drinking/*physiology MH - Injections, Intraventricular MH - Male MH - Neurons/metabolism MH - Osmolar Concentration MH - Oxytocin/metabolism MH - Prosencephalon/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred Strains MH - Tissue Distribution EDAT- 1994/10/03 00:00 MHDA- 1994/10/03 00:01 CRDT- 1994/10/03 00:00 PHST- 1994/10/03 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1994/10/03 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1994/10/03 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0006-8993(94)90875-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/0006-8993(94)90875-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Res. 1994 Oct 3;659(1-2):157-68. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)90875-3.