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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 283: R615-R622, 2002. First published May 6, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00026.2002
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Vol. 283, Issue 3, R615-R622, September 2002

Endothelin-1 and -3 diminish neuronal NE release through an NO mechanism in rat anterior hypothalamus

Andrea S. Di Nunzio, María S. Jaureguiberry, Valeria Rodano, Liliana G. Bianciotti, and Marcelo S. Vatta

Cátedras de Fisiología y Fisiopatología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), 1113 Buenos Aires, Argentina

The existence of endothelin binding sites on the catecholaminergic neurons of the hypothalamus suggests that endothelins (ETs) participate in the regulation of noradrenergic transmission modulating various hypothalamic-controlled processes such as blood pressure, cardiovascular activity, etc. The effects of ET-1 and ET-3 on the neuronal release of norepinephrine (NE) as well as the receptors and intracellular pathway involved were studied in the rat anterior hypothalamus. ET-1 (10 nM) and ET-3 (10 nM) diminished neuronal NE release and the effect blocked by the selective ET type B receptor antagonist BQ-788 (100 nM). Nomega -nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (10 µM), methylene blue (10 µM), and KT5823 (2 µM), inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase activity, guanylate cyclase, and protein kinase G, respectively, prevented the inhibitory effects of both ETs on neuronal NE release. In addition, both ETs increased nitric oxide synthase activity. Furthermore, 100 µM picrotoxin, a GABAA-receptor antagonist, inhibited ET-1 and ET-3 response. Our results show that ET-1 as well as ET-3 has an inhibitory neuromodulatory effect on NE release in the anterior hypothalamus mediated by the ET type B receptor and the involvement of a nitric oxide-dependent pathway and GABAA receptors. ET-1 and ET-3 may thus diminish available NE in the synaptic gap leading to decreased noradrenergic activity.

endothelin receptor; soluble guanylyl cyclase; BQ-610; BQ-788; GABAA receptor, nitric oxide, norepinephrine


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