title: Intrinsic pressor activity of midaglizole, an alpha-2 adrenoceptor antagonist, in pithed rats.
abstract: Midaglizole (3 and 30 mg/kg, i.v.) increased blood pressure in pithed rats. The pressor response was not inhibited by intravenous prazosin (0.3 mg/kg), yohimbine (1 mg/kg), ketanserin (1 mg/kg) or diphenhydramine (5 mg/kg). Diltiazem (1 mg/kg) antagonized the hypertension. Idazoxan (10 mg/kg) also increased blood pressure, and the pressor response was inhibited by prazosin, but not by yohimbine. These results suggest that the vascular effect of midaglizole is due to a mechanism different from that of idazoxan.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute, Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirohashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akashi
mesh_terms: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D003655:Decerebrate State; D004146:Dioxanes / Q000494:pharmacology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D019329:Idazoxan; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D004146:Dioxanes; D007093:Imidazoles; C032368:midaglizole; D019329:Idazoxan