title: Potentiation of pressor response to angiotensin II at the preoptic area in spontaneously hypertensive rat.
abstract: Cardiovascular responses to angiotensin II(AII) at the preoptic area (POA) were compared between normotensive Wistar Kyoto rat (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rat(SHR) by measuring blood pressure and heart rate under unrestrained, conscious state via a catheter implanted chronically into the abdominal aorta and by injection of drugs into POA through a chronic guide cannula. AII injected into POA at doses of 0.3 ng and 1 ng produced a dose-dependent pressor response, accompanied with a slight decrease of heart rate, in both WKY and SHR. However, in SHR, the pressor response to AII was more than 2 times greater than that in WKY and was quick in onset and lasted about 30 min. When AII in combination with [Sar1, Ile8]-angiotensin II (0.5 microgram), an AII receptor antagonist, were simultaneously administered to POA, the pressor response to AII was strongly inhibited in both WKY and SHR. The results suggest that the pressor response to AII due to its receptor stimulation at POA is markedly potentiated in SHR.
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D011301:Preoptic Area / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY
chemical_list: D000804:Angiotensin II