title: Cardiovascular excitatory effect on rats of a fraction isolated from the eyestalk of shrimp: Peneaus vanameii.
abstract: The crustacean nervous system is an important source of substances with diverse biological activities, particularly affecting invertebrate cardiocirculatory physiology. However, the effects of these substances on the cardiovascular system of higher vertebrates are not very well documented. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a cardioexcitatory substance (CES) isolated from the eyestalk of the shrimp Peneaus vanameii on rat cardiovascular function. The administration of a purified fraction of this substance raised mean arterial pressure by 37.33 +/- 5.00 mm Hg, pulse pressure 35.00 +/- 4.93 mm Hg and heart rate 80.00 +/- 12.83 beats/min over basal values (p < 0.01). Evaluation of the possible underlying mechanisms of this hypertensive and tachycardic effect reveled that dihydroergotamine pretreatment (20 microg/0.2 mL) reduced the effect of CES on mean blood pressure, but not on heart rate. Propranolol pretreatment (4 microg/0.2 mL) reduced the tachycardia, but not the hypertensive response. Enalapril pretreatment (5 microg/0.2 mL) did not modify the effects induced by CES on heart rate or blood pressure, and the verapamil pretreatment (1 microg/0.2 mL) reduced both cardiovascular changes by 85% (p < 0.01). These results indicate that CES isolated from the shrimp eyestalk produces hypertension and tachycardia mediated by adrenergic receptors in association to calcium channels activation.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Núcleo Bolívar, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas. frankrosa@cantv.net
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cedeño
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: León
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Estrada
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Romero-Vecchione
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vásquez
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Antequera
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004087:Dihydroergotamine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D004656:Enalapril / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017952:Ganglia, Invertebrate / Q000187:drug effects; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000187:drug effects; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D033561:Penaeidae / Q000737:chemistry*; D011292:Premedication; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control; D014020:Tissue Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D015220:Calcium Channels; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D009479:Neuropeptides; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D014020:Tissue Extracts; D004087:Dihydroergotamine; D004656:Enalapril; D011433:Propranolol; D014700:Verapamil