title: Hypotensive effects of sarthran in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rat strains.
abstract: The specific angiotensin receptor antagonist [Sar1, Thr8]AII (sarthran) was intracerebroventricularly (ICV) infused in anesthetized spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) normotensive controls. The results extend earlier findings by determining that: 1) the hypotensive effect of ICV-infused sarthran could be enhanced in anesthetized as compared with alert animals; 2) SHRs revealed a greater hypotensive response as compared with WKY rats; and 3) no sarthran-induced agonistic effects were observed in contrast with previous results using alert SHRs. These findings support the use of sarthran as a potent angiotensin receptor antagonist to investigate the role of the brain angiotensin system in the control of normal and dysfunctional blood pressure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-4820.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Harding
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D000804:Angiotensin II; C014805:angiotensin II, Sar(1)-Thr(8)-