title: Increased neuropeptide Y pressor activity in Goldblatt hypertensive rats: in vivo studies with BIBP 3226.
abstract: Nanomoles of neuropeptide Y (NPY) and noradrenaline (NA), administered i.v. to pentobarbital-anesthetized rats, caused nearly equipotent dose-dependent pressor responses in normotensive rats. However, in renovascular Goldblatt hypertensive rats, the dose-response curves for both NPY and NA were significantly displaced to the left, approximately threefold. Intravenous administration of BIBP 3226 (30-180 microg/kg) did not consistently lower blood pressure, per se, but did evoke competitive antagonism of the NPY pressor response in both rat populations. The magnitude of the NPY antagonism evoked by BIBP 3226 was comparable in normotensive and hypertensive rats. The absence of NA antagonism demonstrates the selectivity of the BIBP 3226 blockade.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla, Santiago.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mezzano
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Donoso
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Capurro
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Huidobro-Toro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: C092926:BIBP 3226; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D001120:Arginine; D009638:Norepinephrine