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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 249: H1086-H1092, 1985;
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AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 249, Issue 6 1086-H1092, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Angiotensin II, vasopressin, and sympathetic activity in conscious rats with endotoxemia

M. D. Schaller, B. Waeber, J. Nussberger and H. R. Brunner

The role of the sympathetic nervous system, angiotensin II (ANG II), and arginine vasopressin (AVP) in maintaining blood pressure (BP) during endotoxic shock was investigated in 117 conscious male Wistar rats. After intravenous injection of 2 mg Escherichia coli endotoxin, mean BP fell within 5 min by approximately 50 mmHg and rose again to approach base-line levels within 90 min. At that time, plasma renin activity, plasma norepinephrine (NE), and vasopressin levels of the endotoxin-treated animals were, respectively, 12-, 10-, and 54-fold (P less than 0.001) higher than those of the controls. The BP effect of either prazosin (0.125 mg iv), captopril (2.5 mg iv), or d(CH2)5Tyr(Me)AVP (5 micrograms iv), a specific antagonist of the vascular effect of AVP, was evaluated over a 30-min observation period starting 90 min after administration of endotoxin or its vehicle. Captopril reduced mean BP from 116 +/- 1.8 to a low of 109 +/- 2.1 (SE) mmHg (P less than 0.05, n = 8) only in rats pretreated with endotoxin, whereas the vasopressin antagonist had no depressor effect even during endotoxemia. The BP drop induced by prazosin in rats exposed to endotoxin (-21 +/- 3.3 mmHg, n = 6) did not significantly differ from that observed in control rats (-14 +/- 3.4 mmHg, n = 6). A dose-response curve to NE, ANG II, and lysine vasopressin was also performed. In endotoxin-treated rats the mean BP response to all agonists was markedly suppressed (P less than 0.001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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