title: Endocrine and hemodynamic responses to dopamine infusion in the guinea-pig: effects of ACE inhibition with perindopril.
abstract: The effects of dopamine on plasma renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system vasopressin levels and blood pressure were studied in anesthetized guinea-pig. The inhibition of the angiotensin converting enzyme with perindopril permitted assessment of the role of the renin-angiotensin system. In perindopril-treated guinea-pigs, the activity of angiotensin-converting enzyme was decreased by 90% with simultaneous increases in plasma renin activity and angiotensin I concentration; aldosterone and vasopressin levels, blood pressure and heart rate were not modified. Dopamine depressed mean arterial pressure by 30% and increased heart rate (8%) in controls. Dopamine infusion did not affect either plasma renin activity or angiotensin I concentration or angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in control animals. But in perindopril pretreated animals it further increased plasma renin activity (88%) and angiotensin I concentration (35%). Finally, in controls, dopamine infusion increased plasma vasopressin concentrations (91%) whereas this increase did not occur in perindopril treated animals.
mesh_terms: D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D000803:Angiotensin I / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000097:blood; D020913:Perindopril; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000187:drug effects*; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles; D014667:Vasopressins; D000450:Aldosterone; D000803:Angiotensin I; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A; D012083:Renin; D004298:Dopamine; D020913:Perindopril