title: Blood pressure and metabolic effects of 9-alpha-fluoro-hydrocortisone in sheep.
abstract: 9 alphafluorohydrocortisone (9 alphaFF) is an analogue of hydrocortisone with both 'mineralocorticoid' and 'glucocorticoid' activity. 9 alphaFF was infused at 0.2, 0.63 and 2.0 mg/day for 5 days to intact conscious trained sheep. At high dose (0.63 and 2 mg/day) 9 alphaFF raises blood pressure in sheep, (mean arterial pressure rise 32 and 29 mm Hg respectively on the fifth day), lowers plasma [K], raises plasma [Na] and produces initial urinary sodium retention. At low dose (0.2 mg/day) blood pressure is raised (+16 mm Hg on day 5) but plasma and urinary electrolytes are unaltered. 9 alphaFF had no effect on water intake or urine output at any dose. In all animals withdrawal of 9 alphaFF was associated with a natriuresis. On the basis of its affinity for 'mineralocorticoid' and 'glucocorticoid' ovine renal receptors, 9 alphaFF at low dose may raise blood pressure by mechanisms not simply related to its 'glucocorticoid' and/or 'mineralocorticoid' action.
mesh_terms: D000450:Aldosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D009318:Natriuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D012756:Sheep; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000450:Aldosterone; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium; D006854:Hydrocortisone