title: Effects of tetrandrine on left ventricle hypertrophy in deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt hypertensive rats.
abstract: The effect of regression of left ventricular hypertrophy was studied in deoxycorticosterone-acetate-salt hypertensive rats (DOCA-salt hypertensive rats) treated with tetrandrine. Treatment with tetrandrine (by gastric intubation, 50 mg/kg per day for 9 weeks) lowered systolic blood pressure, left ventricular weight, Ca2+ of mitochondria, and markedly decreased the density (Bmax) and total number of dihydropyridine binding sites in hypertrophic left ventricle (P < 0.001). There was no difference between groups in dissociation constant (Kd) values of dihydropyridine binding sites. These facts indicate that tetrandrine decreased cardiac mass in DOCA-salt hypertensive rats through mechanisms that may be associated with the density and the total number of dihydropyridine binding sites, Ca2+ and blood pressure control.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D044182:Benzylisoquinolines; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity; D004095:Dihydropyridines / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017275:Isradipine / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D044182:Benzylisoquinolines; D004095:Dihydropyridines; C009438:tetrandrine; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; C038806:1,4-dihydropyridine; D002118:Calcium; D017275:Isradipine