• Neuroscience · Jan 2003

    Excitatory amino acid receptor activation in the raphe pallidus area mediates prostaglandin-evoked thermogenesis.

    • C J Madden and S F Morrison.
    • Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, 505 Northwest 185th Avenue, Beaverton, OR 97006-3448, USA. maddench@ohsu.edu
    • Neuroscience. 2003 Jan 1; 122 (1): 5-15.

    AbstractTo investigate the role of excitatory amino acid neurotransmission within the rostral raphe pallidus area (RPa) in thermogenic and cardiovascular responses, changes in sympathetic nerve activity to brown adipose tissue (BAT), BAT temperature, expired CO(2), arterial pressure, and heart rate were recorded after microinjection of excitatory amino acid (EAA) receptor agonists into the RPa in urethan-chloralose-anesthetized, ventilated rats. To determine whether EAA neurotransmission within the RPa is necessary for the responses evoked by disinhibition of the RPa or by prostaglandin E(2) acting within the medial preoptic area, BAT sympathetic nerve activity, BAT temperature, expired CO(2), arterial pressure, and heart rate were measured during these treatments both before and after blockade of EAA receptors within the RPa. Microinjection of EAA receptor agonists into the RPa resulted in significant increases in all measured variables; these increases were attenuated by prior microinjection of the respective EAA receptor antagonists into the RPa. Microinjection of prostaglandin E(2) into the medial preoptic area or microinjection of bicuculline into the RPa resulted in respective significant increases in BAT sympathetic nerve activity (+approximately 190% and +approximately 235% of resting levels), in BAT temperature (approximately 1.8 degrees C and approximately 2 degrees C), in expired CO(2) (approximately 1.1% and approximately 1.1%), and in heart rate (approximately 97 beats per minute (bpm) and approximately 100 bpm). Blockade of ionotropic EAA receptors within the RPa by microinjection of kynurenate completely reversed the prostaglandin E(2) or bicuculline-evoked increases in all of the measured variables. Blockade of either N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors or non-NMDA receptors alone resulted in marked attenuations of the prostaglandin E(2)-evoked effects on all of the measured variables. These data demonstrate that activation of an EAA input to the RPa is necessary for the BAT thermogenic and the cardiovascular effects resulting from the actions of prostaglandin E(2) within the medial preoptic area or from the disinhibition of local neurons in the RPa.

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