title: Changes in adrenergic pressor responses by calcium channel modulation in conscious dogs.
abstract: The influence of the slow channel calcium entry blocker, nifedipine, and the slow channel calcium entry promoter, BAY-K 8644, on receptor-mediated hemodynamic responses was studied in chronically instrumented, conscious dogs. Following ganglionic, cholinergic, and beta-adrenergic blockade, equipressor doses of phenylephrine (0.6 microgram/kg iv), a selective alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonist, and B-HT 933 (20 micrograms/kg iv), a selective alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist, as well as a nonadrenergic vasoconstrictor, vasopressin (0.003 IU/kg) were administered before and after infusions of nifedipine or BAY-K 8644 (0.25, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 micrograms X kg-1 X min-1). In doses producing minimal or no haemodynamic effects, nifedipine caused dose-related attenuation from control of phenylephrine- (from 26 +/- 3 to 8 +/- 1 mmHg), B-HT 933- (from 30 +/- 2 to 5 +/- 2 mmHg), and vasopressin- (24 +/- 1 to 2 +/- 2 mmHg) mediated changes in mean arterial pressure. In contrast, BAY-K 8644 produced dose-related potentiation from control of the same pressor responses (phenylephrine, 24 +/- 2 to 41 +/- 3 mmHg; B-HT 933, 28 +/- 3 to 46 +/- 2 mmHg; vasopressin, 25 +/- 3 to 45 +/- 5 mmHg). In addition, BAY-K 8644 produced a marked increase in the duration of the pressor response produced by all three agonists. Thus, in conscious dogs, alpha 1-, alpha 2-, and vasopressin-mediated pressor responses are strongly modulated by transmembrane calcium flux and can be influenced by dihydropyridine slow channel calcium agonists and antagonists.
mesh_terms: D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001286:Atropine Derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D001381:Azepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D018738:Hexamethonium; D006584:Hexamethonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000502:physiology*; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000502:physiology*; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001286:Atropine Derivatives; D001381:Azepines; D006584:Hexamethonium Compounds; D007473:Ion Channels; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin; D014667:Vasopressins; D010656:Phenylephrine; D018738:Hexamethonium; D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; C006649:methylatropine; D011433:Propranolol; C015603:azepexole; D009543:Nifedipine; D002118:Calcium