title: Participation of kinins in the inhibitory action of captopril on acute hypertension induced by L-NAME in anesthetized rats.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of bradykinin in the inhibitory action of captopril in hypertension induced by L-NAME in anesthetized rats. Male Wistar rats (260-320 g) were anesthetized with chloralose and arterial blood pressure was recorded with a polygraph pressure transducer. The hypertensive effect of L-NAME was studied in rats pretreated with saline, captopril or HOE 140 plus captopril. The effect of captopril was also studied during the sustained pressor effect of L-NAME. The acute pressor effect of L-NAME (10 mg/kg, i.v.) was significantly reduced by i.v. pretreatment with 2 mg/kg captopril (delta increase of 49 +/- 4.9 mmHg reduced to 20 +/- 5.4 mmHg, P = 0.01). The pressor effect of L-NAME (delta increase of 38 +/- 4.8 mmHg) observed in rats pretreated with captopril and HOE 140 (0.1 mg/kg, i.v.) was not significantly different from that induced by L-NAME in rats pretreated with saline (P = 0.09). During the sustained pressor effect induced by L-NAME (delta increase of 49 +/- 4.9 mmHg) captopril induced a significant (P < 0.05) reduction in arterial blood pressure (delta decrease of 22 +/- 3.0 mmHg). The present results demonstrate that the acute pressor effect of L-NAME is reduced by captopril and this inhibitory effect may be partly dependent on the potentiation of the vasodilator actions of bradykinin.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: de Moura
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Leão
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000502:physiology*; D002216:Captopril / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002216:Captopril; D001920:Bradykinin; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester