title: The role of alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes in the regulation of arterial blood pressure.
abstract: The effect of chlorethylclonidine on alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes and arterial blood pressure has been evaluated. Chlorethylclonidine significantly reduced the alpha 1-adrenoceptor population. Chlorethylclonidine treatment had no significant effect on resting systemic arterial blood pressure or heart rate and shifted the phenylephrine pressor dose-response curve only 2.4-fold to the right. These data suggest that only one of the alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes plays a major role in the regulation of arterial blood pressure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Kentucky, Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, Lexington 40536.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Piascik
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Pruitt
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects; D001665:Binding Sites; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D003000:Clonidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011224:Prazosin / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D010656:Phenylephrine; C051731:chlorethylclonidine; D003000:Clonidine; D011224:Prazosin