title: Effects of a synthetic rat adrenomedullin on regional hemodynamics in rats.
abstract: The effects of rat adrenomedullin, a novel vasorelaxant peptide, on systemic and regional hemodynamics were examined in conscious Sprague Dawley (SD) rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). The intravenous infusion of adrenomedullin at rates of 1.67 and 5 micrograms/kg per min decreased the mean arterial pressure in a dose-dependent fashion in both types of rats. Adrenomedullin at a rate of 5 micrograms/kg per min increased the heart rate and cardiac output. As a result, the total peripheral resistance significantly decreased. With regards to the regional hemodynamics, adrenomedullin significantly increased the flow rates in the lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, adrenal glands and small intestine of SHR. The flow rates in the brain and skin did not change and the flow rates in the skeletal muscle and testis were decreased. These regional hemodynamic changes were also observed in SD rats and there was no qualitative difference in the regional responses to adrenomedullin between SHR and SD rats. Thus, adrenomedullin predominantly increased the flow rates in organs in which adrenomedullin gene was highly expressed. It therefore seems that adrenomedullin may act as a local vasodilatory hormone rather than as a circulatory hormone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kagawa Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bessho
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomohiro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D053607:Adrenomedullin; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D010455:Peptides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D013045:Species Specificity; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D010455:Peptides; D053607:Adrenomedullin