title: Effects of metoprolol on left ventricular function in rats with myocardial infarction.
abstract: To study the effect of beta-receptor-blocking agents in an animal model of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, we measured LV performance in vivo and in vitro in 69 rats with or without metoprolol (M) treatment 3 wk after left coronary arterial ligation or sham operation. Rats were divided into six groups including control (C) and M noninfarct (C-N and M-N), C and M small infarct (C-S and M-S), and C and M large infarct (C-L and M-L). LV function was measured as slope of change in systolic vs. diastolic pressure (pressure-function curve) during pressor response after administration of a bolus of phenylephrine (5 micrograms/kg i.v.). Reduction of LV function was noted in C-L compared with C-N and C-S (slope of pressure-function curve 3.3 +/- 0.3 vs. 11.0 +/- 1.9 and 11.9 +/- 2.3, respectively) and in M-L compared with M-N and M-S rats (slope of 5.5 +/- 1.4 vs. 11.3 +/- 2.0 and 12.1 +/- 1.4, respectively). There was no significant difference between C and M rats, although there was a trend toward partial correction of the pressure-function curves in M-L compared with C-L rats. In muscle bath preparations the uninfarcted LV posterior papillary muscle from shams and rats with small infarcts showed a dose-related increase in peak rate of tension development with isoproterenol stimulation, but this response was lacking in both C-L and M-L. Tissue assays showed no change in beta-receptor number.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York 14642.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Cherng
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Hood
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003971:Diastole / Q000187:drug effects; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008790:Metoprolol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D012016:Reference Values; D013599:Systole / Q000187:drug effects; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D010656:Phenylephrine; D008790:Metoprolol; D007545:Isoproterenol