title: Vasodilator effects of dopaminomimetics in the perfused rat kidney.
abstract: The renal vascular effects of dopaminomimetics were studied in the isolated perfused rat kidney after pretreatment with 10(-5) M phenoxybenzamine and 10(-5) M sotalol and after contraction of the vascular bed with prostaglandin F2 alpha (10(-7) to 3 x 10(-6) M). Under these conditions, our criterion for vascular dopaminomimetic activity was renal vasodilation, competitively inhibited by d-butaclamol (10(-8) M) but not by 1-butaclamol (3 x 10(-8) M). Dopamine is active at micromolar concentrations (ED50 = 2.53 +/- 0.34 x 10(-6) M). The N-alkylated analogues of dopamine preserve this activity if the alkyl group is a methyl group (epinine) or two n-propyl groups (di-n-propyl-dopamine). The catechol nucleus appears essential for renal vascular dopaminomimetic activity (SK&F 38393, active; p-tyramine, di-n-propyl-m-tyramine and RU 24926, inactive). Bromocriptine reproduces renal dopaminergic vasodilation with an ED50 of 1.3 +/- 0.14 x 10(-6) M. The study of structure-activity relationships of dopaminomimetics relates the vascular dopamine receptor, associated with renal vasodilation, to the dopamine receptor, associated with stimulation of dopamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002069:Butaclamol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000502:physiology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D010208:Papaverine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014665:Vasodilator Agents
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D002069:Butaclamol; D010208:Papaverine; D004298:Dopamine