title: A novel vasopressin peptide lowers blood pressure through decreases in cardiac output.
abstract: The changes in blood pressure, cardiac output, and total peripheral conductance evoked by the novel hypotensive arginine vasopressin (AVP) - like peptide, d(CH2)5[D-Tyr(Et)2,Arg3,Val4,Arg7,Eda9]AVP (HYPO-AVP), were recorded in conscious unrestrained Sprague-Dawley rats implanted with radiotelemetry pressure transducers and ultrasonic transit-time flowprobes. Intravenous infusions of 0.6, 1.0, 2.0, and 4.0 microg x kg(-1) x min(-1) of HYPO-AVP evoked dose-related decreases in blood pressure. At the lowest dose of 0.6 microg x kg(-1) x min(-1), the fall in blood pressure was associated with a small but significant increase in total peripheral conductance. Cardiac output was unchanged. In contrast, at the three higher doses of 1.0, 2.0, and 4.0 microg x kg(-1) x min(-1), the fall in blood pressure was related to a dramatic fall in cardiac output. Indeed, total peripheral conductance decreased, preventing blood pressure from falling further. These hemodynamic findings should help to direct future research into the mechanism of the putative hypotensive property of vasopressin, a property that attenuates the well established blood pressure elevating actions of the peptide.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Risk Factor Reduction Unit and Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Mahua
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: J Robert
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: McNeill
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin