title: Catecholamine-induced necrosis and hypertrophy. Hemodynamic factors.
abstract: Catecholamine-induced myocardial hypertrophy and necrosis in rats have been measured and compared following treatment with different catecholamines. Significant degrees of both hypertrophy (whether measured as biventricular weight or biventricular/body weight ratio) and necrosis (measured by enzyme histochemical techniques on a standardized series of cryostat sections through the apex of each heart) occurred following 10 days' treatment with daily isoproterenol (0.5 or 5 mg/kg s.c.) or dobutamine (5 mg/kg s.c.) (N = 6-12). These agents given to conscious restrained animals lowered blood pressure and increased heart rate for 3, 6, or 1 hr, respectively. Neither hypertrophy nor necrosis occurred after norepinephrine (1 mg/kg) or dopamine (5 mg/kg); both these agents acutely increased blood pressure for about 30 min. Hemodynamic factors may therefore contribute to catecholamine-induced necrosis, which may in turn contribute to the associated hypertrophy.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Middleton
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000633:toxicity*; D004280:Dobutamine / Q000633:toxicity; D004298:Dopamine / Q000633:toxicity; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000633:toxicity; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D009336:Necrosis; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000633:toxicity; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D004280:Dobutamine; D007545:Isoproterenol; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine