title: Effect of some beta-adrenergic blocking agents on tissue guanylate cyclase and cyclic nucleotides in the rat.
abstract: Pretreatment of rats with the beta-adrenergic blocking agents, atenolol, practolol, pronethalol and propranolol, at a dosage of 150 mg/kg/day for 5 days, produced marked increases in guanylate cyclase activity in the liver, gastric and intestinal mucosae, but with concomitant decreases in cyclic GMP levels. The ratios of cAMP/cGMP in each of the tissues were not changed significantly from control values after pretreatment with these drugs. These observations indicate that any oncogenicity seen with beta-blocking agents is not due to the common pharmacological action of beta-adrenoreceptor blockade.
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D006152:Cyclic GMP