title: Cardiovascular actions of beta-phenylethylamine.
abstract: beta-Phenylethylamine increased mean aortic blood pressure, total peripheral vascular resistance, left ventricular dP/dt, and (dP/dt)/P in chloralose-anesthetized dogs. Pretreatment with phentolamine reduced the increases in aortic blood pressure and total peripheral vascular resistance produced by beta-phenylethylamine, whereas, the effects of beta-phenylethylamine on left ventricular dP/dt and (dP/dt)/P were abolished by propranolol. beta-Phenylethylamine pretreatment, but increased both after phentolamine pretreatment. Furthermore, both the cardiac and vascular effects of beta-phenylethylamine were abolished by desipramine. These results indicate that beta-phenylethylamine exerts both positive inotropic and vasoconstrictory effects, probably by releasing endogenous norepinephrine from the adrenergic nerve endings.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D004285:Dogs; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010646:Phentolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D010627:Phenethylamines; D011433:Propranolol; D010646:Phentolamine