title: Cardiovascular effects of 1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-diphenylmethylpiperazinyl) ethanol and possible mechanisms involved.
abstract: Cardiovascular effects of NC-1100 (1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-diphenylmethylpiperazinyl)ethanol and possible modes of action were studied in dogs and guinea pigs. 1. In pentobarbital-anesthetized dogs, intravenous administration of NC-1100 (0.05-1.6 mg/kg) induced a dose-dependent fall of blood pressure, a bradycardia followed by temporal tachycardia, a slight and transient stimulation of respiration and a prolongation of the R-R interval with slight augmentations of P, R and T waves in ECG. 2. In pentobarbital-anesthetized dogs, NC-1100 (2.5-80 micrograms/kg) administered to the maxillary and vertebral artery dose-dependently increased the blood flow in the respective artery. 3. Intravenous administration of NC-1100 (0.05-1.6 mg/kg) also exhibited dose-dependent increases of the maxillary and vertebral blood flow, though the increase in maxillary flow was a little reduced at a high dose of 1.6 mg/kg. Intravenous administration of NC-1100 (0.1-1.6 mg/kg) caused a slight increase in the aortic and coronary blood flow, a decrease in renal flow and a slight and transient decrease followed by an increase in femoral flow. 4. In pentobarbital-anesthetized dogs, NC-1100 (1 mg/kg) administered i.v. did not affect responses of blood pressure and heart rate to norepinephrine and isoprenaline (isoproterenol) but slightly inhibited hypotensive responses to acetylcholine. NC-1100 had no effect on hypertension elicited by carotid sinus reflex and on bradycardia by vagus stimulation. NC-1100 slightly inhibited the tachycardia elicited by pre- as well as postganglionic stellate stimulation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kushiku
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mikagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsuragi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furukawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000187:drug effects; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012018:Reflex / Q000187:drug effects; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects; D013233:Stellate Ganglion / Q000187:drug effects; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010879:Piperazines; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; C050134:tamolarizine