title: Cardiac effects of angiotensin antagonists in normotensive rats.
abstract: 1. Angiotensin II (AII) antagonists, namely Sar1,Ile8-AII, Sar1,Ala8-AII and Sar1,Thr8-AII, were administered daily for 4 weeks to normotensive rats to study their effect on cardiac hypertrophy. 2. None of the antagonists altered blood pressure significantly but Sar1,Ile8-AII and Sar1,Ala8-AII produced a significant increase in heart weight, as compared with untreated age-matched control rats. Administration of Sar1,Thr8-AII did not produce cardiac hypertrophy. 3. A significant increase in catecholamine concentration was observed in the ventricles of rats treated with Sar1,Ile8-AII and Sar1,Ala8-AII but no change was found in the group treated with the Sar1,Thr8-AII analogue. The production of cardiac hypertrophy by Sar1,Ile8-AII was prevented by bilateral adrenalectomy, suggesting an important role for catecholamines in modulating cardiac hypertrophy.
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012504:Saralasin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D000804:Angiotensin II; D012504:Saralasin