title: Cerebrovascular effects of dotarizine, a piperazine derivative, in the goat. An in vivo and in vitro complementary study.
abstract: The effects of dotarizine (1-(diphenylmethyl)-4-[3-(2-phenyl-1,3- dioxolan-2-yl)propyl]-piperazine, CAS 84625-59-2) on the cerebral circulation of goats were assessed in vivo by recording continuously global cerebral blood flow (gCBF) and cortical perfusion (CP), and in vitro by recording isometric tension in goat isolated middle cerebral artery (MCA). Administration of dotarizine (1 microgram-5 mg) directly into the cerebroarterial supply of goats produced transient increases in gCBF and CP, and decreases in cerebral vascular resistance (CVR) which were significant for the highest doses tested: 1, 3 and 5 mg. On the other hand, cumulative addition of increasing concentrations of dotarizine (10(-8)-3 x 10(-5) mol/l) to MCA segments subjected to the resting tone of 1 g did not induce sizeable changes in vascular tension; by contrast, dotarizine elicited concentration-dependent relaxations of MCA segments subjected to the active tone induced by either 5-hydroxytryptamine (10(-6) mol/l) or high-K+ medium (50 mmol/l). These results show that dotarizine exerts a direct relaxant action on cerebral arteries, which results in an improvement of cerebral perfusion.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Spain. german@san.gva.es
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Torregrosa
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Barberá
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ortí
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Centeno
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Salom
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alborch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000187:drug effects; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D010879:Piperazines; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; C083946:dotarizine