title: Changes in arterial blood pressure and heart rate induced by glucagon-like peptide-1-(7-36) amide in rats.
abstract: This study was designed to determine the effects of glucagon-like peptides (GLP) on arterial blood pressure and heart rate. Although glucagon caused a minimal effect and GLP-1-(1-37) produced a moderate increase of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, GLP-1-(7-36) amide induced the greatest increases in both parameters. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate values increased when doses of the peptides were increased. By contrast, GLP-2 did not modify either arterial blood pressure or heart rate values. To determine whether the effects of GLP-1-(7-36) amide were mediated through catecholamines, the rats were pretreated with reserpine, propranolol, or phentolamine before administration of the peptide. In these three experimental groups, GLP-1-(7-36) amide increases mean arterial blood pressure and heart rate to the same level or even greater than that observed in nonpretreated rats. These findings indicate that GLP-1-(7-36) amide significantly increases arterial blood pressure and heart rate and that these effects are not mediated through catecholamines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Barragán
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blázquez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; D053767:Glucagon-Like Peptide 2; D004763:Glucagon-Like Peptides; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012110:Reserpine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D053767:Glucagon-Like Peptide 2; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010455:Peptides; C055453:glucagon-like peptide 1 (7-36)amide; D004763:Glucagon-Like Peptides; C055968:glucagon-like peptide 1 (1-37); D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; D012110:Reserpine; D005934:Glucagon