title: Blood pressure in streptozotocin-treated Brattleboro and Long-Evans rats.
abstract: The diabetogenic agent streptozotocin (STZ) was injected intraperitoneally in Long-Evans and arginine vasopressin (AVP)-deficient Brattleboro rats. Twenty-eight days later both strains had a bradycardia and systolic hypotension; STZ-treated Brattleboro rats also had diastolic hypotension. The vasopressin (V1-receptor) antagonist, d(CH2)5[Tyr(Et)]DAVP, had no effect on resting blood pressure (BP) or heart rate (HR) in either strain of rat, indicating the relative maintenance of diastolic BP in STZ-treated Long-Evans rats was not dependent on acute vascular actions of AVP. Captopril caused a modest hypotension in all groups of rats, indicating that BP was not differentially dependent on the renin-angiotensin system in the different groups. In the presence of captopril and the ganglion blocker, pentolinium tartrate, the AVP-mediated recovery in BP was impaired in STZ-treated Long-Evans rats. During administration of d(CH2)5[Tyr(Et)]DAVP and pentolinium, the angiotensin II (ANG II)-mediated BP recovery was smaller in both groups of STZ-treated rats, indicating that this abnormality was not likely to be caused by inhibition of renin release by AVP. The abnormalities in ANG II- and AVP-mediated recovery were prevented by insulin treatment.
authors: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
authors: K C
authors: KC
authors: Tomlinson
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: Gardiner
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Bennett
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002216:Captopril / Q000494:pharmacology; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000187:drug effects; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D010425:Pentolinium Tartrate / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011910:Rats, Brattleboro / Q000502:physiology*; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011922:Rats, Mutant Strains / Q000502:physiology*; D013311:Streptozocin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D014667:Vasopressins; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D013311:Streptozocin; C028884:1-(beta-mercapto-beta,beta-cyclopentamethylenepropionic acid)-2-(O-ethyl-Tyr)-4-Val-arginine vasopressin; D010425:Pentolinium Tartrate; D002216:Captopril