title: Study on the involvement of the L-arginine/nitric oxide pathway in the central cardiovascular regulation in the chloralose-anaesthetized cat.
abstract: The role of the L-arginine/nitric oxide pathway in mediating the central control of blood pressure and heart rate, has been investigated in chloralose-anaesthetized cats. L-arginine (10 micrograms to 10 mg), administered intracerebroventricularly into a lateral ventricle, produced a dose-dependent rise in mean blood pressure (7 to 28%) and heart rate (4 to 34%). D-arginine (1 mg), on the other hand, did not produce any change. The effect of L-arginine (100 micrograms) was dose-dependently inhibited by pretreatment with either L-NAME (1 mg) or methylene blue (400 micrograms). Sodium nitroprusside (1 microgram to 10 micrograms, intracerebroventricularly), a spontaneous source of nitric oxide, produced a dose-dependent fall in mean blood pressure (6 to 19%) with a moderate rise in heart rate (3 to 10%). The effect of nitroprusside was markedly inhibited by methylene blue, but not by L-NAME. The results suggest that the L-arginine/nitric oxide pathway in the central nervous system is involved in the blood pressure regulation in the cat.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pharmacology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Hegde
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dikshit
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Srimal
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation*; D002415:Cats; D002698:Chloralose; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000494:pharmacology; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D009599:Nitroprusside; D002698:Chloralose; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D008751:Methylene Blue; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester