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Evidence continues to build for the role of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in reducing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) formation rate, and thus, intracranial pressure. ANP binds to choroid plexus (CP) epithelial cells. This generates cGMP, which leads to altered ion transport and the slowing of CSF production. Binding sites for ANP in CP are plentiful and demonstrate plasticity in fluid imbalance disorders; however, specific ANP receptors in epithelial cells need confirmation. Using antibodies directed against NPR-A and NPR-B, we now demonstrate immunostaining not only in the choroidal epithelium (including cytoplasm), but also in the ependyma and some endothelial cells of cerebral microvessels in adult rats (Sprague-Dawley). The choroidal and ependymal cells stained almost universally, thus substantiating the initial autoradiographic binding studies with 125IANP. Because ANP titers in human CSF have previously been shown to increase proportionally to increments in ICP, we propose a compensatory ANP modulation of CP function to down-regulate ICP in hydrocephalus. Further evidence for this notion comes from the current finding of increased frequency of “dark” epithelial cells in CP of hydrocephalic (HTx) rats, which fits our earlier observation that the “dark” choroidal cells, associated with states of reduced CSF formation, are increased by elevated ANP in CSF. Altogether, ANP neuroendocrine-like regulation at CSF transport interfaces and blood-brain barrier impacts brain fluid homeostasis.
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Johanson, C.E., Donahue, J.E., Spangenberger, A., Stopa, E.G., Duncan, J.A., Sharma, H.S. (2006). Atrial natriuretic peptide: its putative role in modulating the choroid plexus-CSF system for intracranial pressure regulation. In: Hoff, J.T., Keep, R.F., Xi, G., Hua, Y. (eds) Brain Edema XIII. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 96. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-211-30714-1_92
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