title: Cardiac and lymphocyte beta-adrenoceptors in perinephritis hypertension in the rabbit.
abstract: The effects of perinephritis hypertension on lymphocyte and cardiac beta-adrenoceptors in the rabbit were examined. Hypertensive animals 8-12 weeks after surgery had an increase in cardiac weight consistent with hypertrophy compared with sham-operated age-matched controls. Specific binding of [I125] iodocyanopindolol (ICYP) to cardiac ventricular membranes was reduced in the hypertensive animals (Bmax44 +/- 14 in hypertensives and 30 +/- 15 fmoles/mg protein in controls; p less than 0.01). However, weight-matched ventricles from a group of older sham-operated normotensive rabbits showed a similar cardiac beta-receptor number to that found in the hypertensive animals. There were no changes in affinity of the ligand for the binding site. The reduction in cardiac beta-receptor density was not accompanied by changes in the chronotropic or blood pressure responses to isoprenaline in the conscious animal. Specific ICYP binding to lymphocyte beta-receptors did not differ significantly between the hypertensive and age-matched normotensive animals. Lymphocyte beta-adrenoceptors thus may not always reflect changes in heart beta-adrenoceptors, and changes in receptor density may not be directly related to blood pressure or have identifiable functional significance.
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020120:Iodocyanopindolol; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D010869:Pindolol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D020120:Iodocyanopindolol; D010869:Pindolol; D007545:Isoproterenol