title: Changes in vascular vasopressin receptors and responsiveness in DOCA/NaCl-treated rats.
abstract: This study investigated the effects of treatment with desoxycorticosterone acetate and salt (DOCA/NaCl) on blood pressure, aortic vascular vasopressin receptors and in vitro vascular responsiveness in male rats. Four groups of animals were utilized in the study: a control group on normal tap water, a control group drinking a 1% NaCl solution; a DOCA/NaCl-treated group (1% NaCl in the drinking water); and a uninephrectomized (1K) DOCA/NaCl-treated group. DOCA/NaCl treatment for 4 weeks resulted in a significant elevation in blood pressure which was more pronounced in the uninephrectomized animal. The concentration of specific binding sites for vasopressin on the aorta were reduced in both the DOCA/NaCl-treated groups. However, the vascular responsiveness of the aorta to vasopressin was significantly reduced only in the hypertensive, uninephrectomized-DOCA/NaCl-(1K DOCA/NaCl) treated rat. Both the maximal contraction and the sensitivity was reduced in the 1K DOCA/NaCl group. The results of this study would suggest that the vascular alterations to vasopressin are probably post receptor mediated and result from the DOCA/NaCl-induced hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacodynamics, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pearlmutter
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szkrybalo
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Katovich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000378:metabolism*; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D012965:Sodium Chloride