title: Dilatory and inotropic effects of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) on the isolated heart. Effects on atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) release.
abstract: The effects of CRF administration on cardiac performance, coronary flow and ANP release were investigated in the rat heart. Isolated hearts were perfused at a constant filling pressure according to working heart model with a Krebs-Henseleit solution containing glucose and insulin, saturated with a gas mixture containing 95% O2 and 5% CO2. Administration of CRF via a cannula into the left atrium elicited a prolonged increase in the coronary flow rate and a transient increase in the aortic pressure resulting in an overall increase in the pressure-volume work. The oxygen consumption, after the administration of CRF, increased in accordance with the cardiac effort. No changes were observed in the spontaneous heart rate. Furthermore, administration of CRF induced a short-term increase of ANP release into the coronary perfusate. Our experiments suggest that administration of CRF produces a prolonged dilatory effect on the coronary arteries while producing a transient positive inotropic effect and a transient increase of ANP release on the isolated rat heart.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Angewandte Physiologie, Universität Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grunt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haug
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duntas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pauschinger
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maier
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone