Effects of centrally affecting drugs on the diuretic and antidiuretic actions of intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) injected prostaglandin (PG) E
2 in ethanol-anaesthetized rats were studied. PGE
2, when injected i.c.v. at a dose of 1 nmole, produced diuresis followed by antidiuresis. When morphine (0.1 mM) was perfused i.c.v., urine outflow decreased and neither diuretic nor antidiuretic effects of i.c.v. PGE
2 was apparent. The perfusions with picrotoxin, γ-aminobutyric acid and L-glutamate inhibited either the diuretic or the antidiuretic effect of PGE
2. On the other hand, when pentobarbital, diazepam, isoniazid and strychnine were perfused i.c.v., the diuretic action of PGE
2 was diminished and antidiuresis in response to PGE
2 remained unchanged. These results suggested that the diuretic and antidiuretic effects of PGE
2 could be separated. The development of the diuretic effect of PGE
2 was completely blocked by amitriptyline and antidiuresis was increased. In rats pretreated i.c.v. with reserpine, the diuretic effect of PGE
2 was prolonged and antidiuresis in response to PGE
2 was not observed. An antidiuretic action of i.c.v. norepinephrine was not varied by reserpine. Mechanisms for both effects of PGE
2 are discussed.
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