title: The effects of the initial arterial tone on the pressure responses to phenylephrine.
abstract: The effect of the elevated arterial tone on pressure responses to stimulation of arterial alpha-adrenoreceptors by phenylephrine hydrochloride was studied in anesthetized Wistar rats. Different levels of the arterial tone and, hence of the mean arterial pressure, were established by means of angiotensin II infusion in the range from 101 to 160 mmHg. An elevation of the arterial tone led to a significant reduction of the arterial pressure and peripheral resistance rise produced by phenylephrine. The degree of relative reduction of the increase in the diastolic pressure exceeded 1.3 times that in the systolic pressure. The shifts of cardiac outputs remained unchanged. After cessation of angiotensin II infusion the restoration of the arterial pressure took place almost till the initial level. At this time the pressure effects of phenylephrine were tended to recovery. It is suggested that the elevated arterial tone attenuates the systemic pressure response to stimulation of arterial alpha-adrenoreceptors by a vascular mechanism based on a transmural pressure changes evoked by the constriction of the arterial vessels.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Circulation, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Osadtchy
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Balueva
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Sergeev
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D000804:Angiotensin II; D010656:Phenylephrine