AT1 receptor role in the hypothalamic and renal function interaction

RUBERTO, CELIA; OCCHIEPPO, VICTORIA BELÉN; BREGONZIO, CLAUDIA; BAIARDI, GUSTAVO

advanced neurology

AccScience Publishing

Año: 2023

ngiotensin II (ANG II) is involved in renal sodium homeostasis under normal and pathological conditions in close relation with the sympathetic nervous system. Vasopressin, a hormone that modulates renal sodium and water reabsorption, is synthesized and released in the supraoptic and paraventricular nucleus under the influence of ANG II. We hypothesized that brain ANG II (AT1) receptors regulate renal sodium and water reabsorption and excretion through the sympathetic nervous system. In this study, male Wistar rats with renal denervation/sham were fed a hypersodic (4%) or normal (0.4%) diet and evaluated during 5 days in metabolic cages. On day 5, they were injected in the lateral ventricle with an AT1 receptor antagonist, losartan, and sacrificed 12 h later; blood samples and brains were obtained for evaluation. The urine was collected daily. The neuronal activation was analyzed in the nucleus of the supraoptic, paraventricular, subfornical, and organum vasculosum of the lamina termin