title: Differential blockade of central effects of angiotensin II by AT2-receptor antagonists.
abstract: In conscious, chronically instrumented, male Long-Evans rats, we showed previously that central administration (intracerebroventricular) of the AT1-receptor antagonist EXP-3174 (1 microgram) caused a rapid-onset marked, but transient, blockade of the regional hemodynamic responses to intracerebroventricular angiotensin II (ANG II). In contrast, the AT2-receptor antagonist PD-123319 (80 micrograms) caused a slow-onset, but marked and persistent, antagonism of the effects of intracerebroventricular ANG II. In the present study we attempted to mimic the actions of PD-123319 by giving a supramaximal dose of EXP-3174 (10 micrograms), and we also assessed the effects of PD-123177 (80 micrograms), an AT2-receptor antagonist that differs from PD-123319 only by a dimethyl group. The higher dose of EXP-3174 did not exert prolonged antagonistic effects against responses to intracerebroventricular ANG II, and PD-123177 was without inhibitory effects in this model. The results indicate important functional differences between putative AT2-receptor antagonists, when assessed in vivo, that are not apparent from binding studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Widdop
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gardiner
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects*; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000187:drug effects; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D019808:Losartan; D008297:Male; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D007093:Imidazoles; D011725:Pyridines; D013777:Tetrazoles; D000804:Angiotensin II; C066253:PD 123177; C066026:losartan carboxylic acid; D019808:Losartan