title: [Function of dopamine in mesenteric blood vessels of rats poisoned with lead and cadmium].
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of combined exposure to lead and cadmium, used in hypertensive doses, on the reactivity of isolated mesenteric rat vessels to dopamine. Experiments were performed on 64 male Buffalo rats (195-245 g body weight) administered intragastrically with lead acetate (35 mg Pb/kg b.w.) and/or cadmium chloride (5 mg Cd/kg b.w.) once a week for seven weeks. The isolated mesenteric bed was prepared according to McGregor's method. Dopamine (800 micrograms) was injected before and during the infusion, one after the other, of angiotensin converting enzyme (0.0004 j/ml/min), ketoprofen (0.2 mg/ml/min), and losartan (0.05 mg/ml/min) or infusion of nitric oxide synthase blocker, N-omega-nitro-L-argine (22 micrograms/ml/min), verapamil (0.001 mg/ml/min), and then propranolol (0.3 mg/ml/min). The results show an unchanged, in comparison to controls, vascular effect of dopamine in lead and cadmium poisoned rats. However, these metals modified the reactivity of mesenteric vessels to endogenous angiotensin and prostaglandins mediated pressor action of dopamine.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych i Zawodowych Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skoczyńska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wróbel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Turczyn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002105:Cadmium Poisoning / Q000378:metabolism*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011915:Rats, Inbred BUF
chemical_list: D004298:Dopamine
vernacular_title: Działanie dopaminy w naczyniach krezkowych szczurów zatruwanych ołowiem i kadmem.