title: Influence of DAU 6215, a novel 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, on the cardiovascular system in anaesthetized and pithed rats.
abstract: The cardiovascular effects of DAU 6215, a novel 5-HT3 receptor antagonist were studied. DAU 6215 (20 micrograms/kg) inhibited the serotonin-induced Bezold-Jarisch reflex in anaesthetized rats, but did not affect the mean blood pressure and heart rate in anaesthetized rats, in anaesthetized animals after bilateral vagotomy and in pithed rats. This substance also did not affect the serotonin-induced rise in blood pressure in pithed rats and did not influence the response of the isolated rat tail artery to 5-HT. Moreover, DAU 6215 did not change the cardiovascular effects of noradrenaline- and angiotensin-II-stimulated constriction of rat tail artery. Our data suggest that DAU 6215 is rather a selective antagonist, without an affinity to 5-HT2, alpha-adrenoceptors, beta-adrenoceptors and angiotensin II receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacodynamics, Medical Academy, Białystok, Poland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Malinowska
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pawlak
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Buczko
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D003655:Decerebrate State / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D014628:Vagotomy; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D001562:Benzimidazoles; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; C070191:itasetron; D000804:Angiotensin II; D009638:Norepinephrine