title: Effects of captopril and bradykinin on arterial pressure in rats with mestranol-induced hypertension.
abstract: Hypertension was produced in 20 female rats by the oral administration of mestranol for 6 months; 20 control rats were not given mestranol during this time. The i.v. infusion of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, captopril, into 10 conscious mestranol-treated rats reduced mean arterial pressure from 139 +/- 2 (SEM) to 130 +/- 2 mm Hg (P less than 0.01); mean arterial pressure in 10 conscious control rats averaged 123 +/- 3 mm Hg, and was not significantly changed during captopril infusion. Injections of bradykinin at 0.1, 0.3, and 1.0 microgram/100 gm body weight decreased mean arterial pressure significantly more in 10 mestranol-treated rats than in 10 control rats. These results suggest that the ability of captopril to lower arterial pressure in rats with mestranol-induced hypertension may be due, at least in part, to the action of captopril to enhance bradykinin.
mesh_terms: D000803:Angiotensin I / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002216:Captopril / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008656:Mestranol / Q000633:toxicity*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System
chemical_list: D000803:Angiotensin I; D002216:Captopril; D008656:Mestranol; D001920:Bradykinin