title: Participation of angiotensin receptors in acute hypoxia in mice. II. Effects of angiotensin II nonpeptide receptor ligands losartan (DuP-753) and PD-123319.
abstract: The effects of intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) administered angiotensin nonpeptide receptor ligands losartan (DuP-753) and PD-123319 and their interactions with Ang II were examined on acute anoxic hypoxia in male mice. Results showed that losartan and PD-123319 exerted antihypoxic effects including increased latency to convulsive seizures and survival time and pretreatment with both drugs enhanced Ang II-increased survival time. Taken together, the results suggest that the antihypoxic effect of losartan and PD-123319 is most likely due to action on brain AT1 and AT2 receptors with both drugs behaving as partial agonists.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Psychopharmacology, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia, Bulgaria. georgiev@iph.bio.bas.bg
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Georgiev
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Opitz
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008024:Ligands; D019808:Losartan / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D007093:Imidazoles; D008024:Ligands; D011725:Pyridines; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D000804:Angiotensin II; C073402:PD 123319; D019808:Losartan