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Cerebral blood flow decreases following microinjection of sodium nitroprusside into the nucleus tractus solitarii of anesthetized rats. 1996

M Inoue, and M Maeda, and S Takao, and Y Hayashida, and M Nakai, and T Fukushima, and M Tomonaga, and H N Sapru, and Y Hayashida
Department of Systems Physiology, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1, Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807, Japan.

The present study was undertaken to examine the effects of microinjection of sodium nitroprusside (SNP), which releases nitric oxide (NO) spontaneously, into the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) on cerebral circulation. Cerebral blood flow (CBF) was measured in urethane-anesthetized (1.5 g middle dotkg-1, i.p.), paralysed and artificially ventilated rats using labeled microspheres or laser Doppler flowmetry. The CBF was significantly decreased by microinjection of SNP (5 nmol, n=10, microsphere technique; 0.5 nmol, n=6, laser Doppler flowmetry) into the unilateral NTS. Microinjection of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), an inhibitor of the formation of NO, prevented cerebral vasoconstrictor responses induced by microinjection of L-glutamate into the NTS (n=10). Microinjection of NG-monomethyl-D-arginine (D-NMMA) had no effect on the cerebral vasoconstrictor responses induced by L-glutamate (n=11). Unilateral microinjections of L-NMMA into the NTS (n=9), of SNP into the area adjacent to the NTS (n=9), of vehicle solution into the NTS (n=10), and of light-inactivated SNP into the NTS (n=6) had no effect on cerebral circulation. Cerebral autoregulation was well maintained in our protocols (n=9). These results indicate that microinjection of SNP, an NO donor, into the NTS decreases CBF.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008845 Microinjections The injection of very small amounts of fluid, often with the aid of a microscope and microsyringes. Microinjection
D009569 Nitric Oxide A free radical gas produced endogenously by a variety of mammalian cells, synthesized from ARGININE by NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE. Nitric oxide is one of the ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT RELAXING FACTORS released by the vascular endothelium and mediates VASODILATION. It also inhibits platelet aggregation, induces disaggregation of aggregated platelets, and inhibits platelet adhesion to the vascular endothelium. Nitric oxide activates cytosolic GUANYLATE CYCLASE and thus elevates intracellular levels of CYCLIC GMP. Endogenous Nitrate Vasodilator,Mononitrogen Monoxide,Nitric Oxide, Endothelium-Derived,Nitrogen Monoxide,Endothelium-Derived Nitric Oxide,Monoxide, Mononitrogen,Monoxide, Nitrogen,Nitrate Vasodilator, Endogenous,Nitric Oxide, Endothelium Derived,Oxide, Nitric,Vasodilator, Endogenous Nitrate
D009599 Nitroprusside A powerful vasodilator used in emergencies to lower blood pressure or to improve cardiac function. It is also an indicator for free sulfhydryl groups in proteins. Nitroferricyanide,Sodium Nitroprusside,Cyanonitrosylferrate,Ketostix,Naniprus,Nipride,Nipruton,Nitriate,Nitropress,Nitroprussiat Fides,Nitroprusside, Disodium Salt,Nitroprusside, Disodium Salt, Dihydrate,Disodium Salt Nitroprusside,Nitroprusside, Sodium
D002560 Cerebrovascular Circulation The circulation of blood through the BLOOD VESSELS of the BRAIN. Brain Blood Flow,Regional Cerebral Blood Flow,Cerebral Blood Flow,Cerebral Circulation,Cerebral Perfusion Pressure,Circulation, Cerebrovascular,Blood Flow, Brain,Blood Flow, Cerebral,Brain Blood Flows,Cerebral Blood Flows,Cerebral Circulations,Cerebral Perfusion Pressures,Circulation, Cerebral,Flow, Brain Blood,Flow, Cerebral Blood,Perfusion Pressure, Cerebral,Pressure, Cerebral Perfusion
D004791 Enzyme Inhibitors Compounds or agents that combine with an enzyme in such a manner as to prevent the normal substrate-enzyme combination and the catalytic reaction. Enzyme Inhibitor,Inhibitor, Enzyme,Inhibitors, Enzyme
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001120 Arginine An essential amino acid that is physiologically active in the L-form. Arginine Hydrochloride,Arginine, L-Isomer,DL-Arginine Acetate, Monohydrate,L-Arginine,Arginine, L Isomer,DL Arginine Acetate, Monohydrate,Hydrochloride, Arginine,L Arginine,L-Isomer Arginine,Monohydrate DL-Arginine Acetate
D017078 Laser-Doppler Flowmetry A method of non-invasive, continuous measurement of MICROCIRCULATION. The technique is based on the values of the DOPPLER EFFECT of low-power laser light scattered randomly by static structures and moving tissue particulates. Doppler-Laser Flowmetry,Flowmetry, Laser-Doppler,Laser-Doppler Velocimetry,Velocimetry, Laser-Doppler,Doppler Laser Flowmetry,Flowmetry, Doppler-Laser,Flowmetry, Laser Doppler,Laser Doppler Flowmetry,Laser Doppler Velocimetry,Velocimetry, Laser Doppler
D017208 Rats, Wistar A strain of albino rat developed at the Wistar Institute that has spread widely at other institutions. This has markedly diluted the original strain. Wistar Rat,Rat, Wistar,Wistar Rats

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