Validation of the hypothermic action of preoptic norepinephrine in guinea pigs

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Abstract

Conscious guinea pigs were either microinjected intrapreoptically (iPO) with various doses of norepinephrine (NE) bilaterally or microdialyzed with pyrogen-free saline (PFS) or 10 μg/gml NE unilaterally immediately and unilaterally or bilaterally 2 days after probe insertion. Core temperature (Tco), skin temperature (Tsk), and rate of oxygen consumption (VO2) were monitored continuously. The microinjection of low doses of NE induced Tco rises, whereas that of the highest dose (10 μg/gml) caused an initial Tco fall followed by a rise. The microdialysis of PFS or NE immediately after probe insertion caused Tco rises: the former was abolished and the latter was converted into a fall by indomethacin (Indo, a prostaglandin symhase inhibitor) pretreatment. Two days later, PFS evoked no thermal response whereas NE induced a Tco fall; neither response was affected by Indo pretreatment. The falls in Tco produced by NE microdialyzed uni- or bilaterally were similar. The microdialysis of NE induced a 15% reduction in metabolic rate but no change in Tsk. These results indicate that the Tco rise induced by NE microinjected iPO is a methodological artifact mediated by PGE2, whereas the Tco fall observed in its microdialysis appears to represent the authentic physiological action of this transmitter effected by a reduction in metabolic rate.

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