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Regulation of inner ear fluid in the rat by vasopressin.

The anti-diuretic hormone vasopressin has been shown to be important in regulating inner ear fluid. The diuretic hormone, CNP, and its receptor, ANP-B receptor, may also function in the regulation of inner ear fluid. To determine whether vasopressin directly affects the fluid level, we infused this hormone to rat and assay of V2-AVP receptor mRNA by semiquantitative RT-PCR demonstrated a significantly lower level of this transcript in vasopressin-infused animals than in saline-infused animals. The levels of CNP and ANP-B receptors mRNA, however, were the same in both groups of rats. Results suggest that high plasma levels of vasopressin may be a principal causal factor of endolymphatic hydrops in Meniere's disease, perhaps by down-regulating the number of vasopressin receptors.[1]

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  1. Regulation of inner ear fluid in the rat by vasopressin. Kitano, H., Suzuki, M., Kitanishi, T., Yazawa, Y., Kitajima, K., Isono, T., Takeda, T., Kimura, H., Tooyama, I. Neuroreport (1999) [Pubmed]
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