title: Effects of spantide on guinea pig coronary resistance vessels.
abstract: Effects of spantide ([D-Arg1,D-Trp7,9,Leu11]substance P) on coronary resistance vessels were studied in isolated guinea pig hearts perfused at constant rate with isotonic buffer containing 20 or 40 mM KCl. Spantide (1 microM) caused a 20-fold rightward shift of the substance P (SP) dose-response curve for vasodilation with no change in maximum (KB = 5.3 x 10(-8) M). Bolus injections of 0.25 to 250 pmol spantide had no effect, but higher doses caused a brief vasodilation followed by a larger, more prolonged vasoconstriction. Histamine produced similar changes in perfusion pressure. Antihistamines (H1 and H2) reduced or blocked responses to spantide and histamine. These findings indicate spantide is a competitive antagonist to SP in guinea pig coronary resistance vessels. In addition, high doses of spantide can cause prominent vascular effects which are mediated by histamine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City 37614.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Hoover
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics; D000818:Animals; D002744:Chlorpheniramine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D010477:Perfusion; D013373:Substance P / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D013373:Substance P; D002744:Chlorpheniramine; D002927:Cimetidine; D006632:Histamine; C042867:spantide