title: Effects of K-351 on adrenergically induced renin release and renal vasoconstriction in anesthetized dogs.
abstract: Effect of 3-4-dihydro-8-(2-hydroxy-3-isopropylaminopropoxy)-3-nitroxy-2H-1-b enzopyran (K-351) infused into the renal artery on renin release during graded renal nerve stimulation (RNS) was investigated in pentobarbital-anesthetized dogs. K-351 (20 micrograms/min) produced significant suppression of the RNS-induced renin release; the renin secretion responses to RNS at lower frequencies (0.5 and 1 Hz) were almost abolished, and those at the highest frequency (3 Hz) were attenuated. K-351 also suppressed an increase in renal vascular resistance during RNS at 3 Hz. The same extent of inhibition in the renin secretion response to RNS was also obtained during infusion of DL-propranolol (100 micrograms/min). Inhibitory effect of K-351, prazosin, or phentolamine on the renal vasoconstriction induced by RNS and norepinephrine (NE) injected into the renal artery, an approximately 50% reduction in renal blood flow, was also assessed. K-351 and prazosin exerted a greater inhibitory effect on RNS-than on NE-induced vasoconstriction, and the opposite was true of phentolamine. The potency of K-351 in reducing the vasoconstriction due to RNS or NE was roughly estimated to be 10-30 times less than that of prazosin. These results suggest that K-351 shares beta- and alpha-adrenoceptor blocking properties, which effectively contribute to the suppression of adrenergically induced renin release and renal vasoconstriction.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood*; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D011412:Propanolamines; D012083:Renin; C036089:nipradilol; D004837:Epinephrine