title: D-myo-inositol-1,2,6-trisphosphate is a selective antagonist of neuropeptide Y-induced pressor responses in the pithed rat.
abstract: The antagonistic effects of a new inositol phosphate derivative, D-myoinositol-1,2,6-trisphosphate (PP56), on pressor responses to preganglionic sympathetic nerve stimulation and exogenously administered phenylephrine or neuropeptide Y (NPY) were investigated in vivo in the pithed rat. In this model an intravenous (i.v.) bolus administration of PP56 (1-50 mg/kg) dose dependently inhibited the increase in mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) induced by a continuous infusion of NPY (2 micrograms/kg per min for 10 min). PP56 in a dose of 5 mg/kg i.v. bolus reduced the entire NPY dose-response curve (0.4-8 microgram/kg per min 10 min infusion) without any shift to the right indicating a non-competitive interaction. Furthermore, PP56 (10-50 mg/kg i.v.) was found to inhibit the pressor response to preganglionic sympathetic nerve stimulation and i.v. bolus injection of the alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonist, phenylephrine. The dose-response curves for increasing doses of phenylephrine and incremental preganglionic sympathetic nerve stimulation were not significantly altered by a lower dose of PP56 (5 mg/kg i.v. bolus). We conclude that PP56, representing a new class of synthetic drugs, can antagonize the actions of exogenous and endogenous NPY in vivo, an action which is specific for NPY within a limited dose range.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dahlöf
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Edvinsson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hedner
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D003655:Decerebrate State; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011336:Probability; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D010656:Phenylephrine; C059368:atrinositol