TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiovascular actions of trout urotensin II in the conscious trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss
AU - Le Mevel, Jean Claude
AU - Olson, Kenneth R.
AU - Conklin, Daniel
AU - Waugh, David
AU - Smith, D. David
AU - Vaudry, Hubert
AU - Conlon, J. Michael
PY - 1996/11
Y1 - 1996/11
N2 - The central and peripheral cardiovascular effects of synthetic trout urotensin II (UII) were investigated in the conscious rainbow trout. Intracerebroventricular injection of 50 pmol UII produced a slight (3%) but significant (P < 0.05) increase in heart rate but had no effect on mean arterial blood pressure. Injection of 500 pmol UII icy produced a significant (P < 0.05) rise (8%) in blood pressure with no change in heart rate. In contrast to the weak pressor effect of centrally administered UII, intra- arterial injection of UII produced a dose-dependent increase in arterial blood pressure and decrease in heart rate with significant (P < 0.05) effects on both parameters observed at a dose of 25 pmol. Higher doses of the peptide produced a sustained decrease in cardiac output that accompanied the bradycardia and rise in arterial blood pressure. The UII-induced bradycardia, but not the increase in pressure, was abolished by pretreatment with phentolamine. Trout UII produced a sustained and dose-dependent contraction of isolated vascular rings prepared from trout efferent branchial [-log 50% of the concentration producing maximal contraction (pD2) = 8.30] and celiacomesenteric (pD2 = 8.22) arteries but was without effects on vascular rings from the anterior cardinal vein. The data indicate that the pressor effect of UII in trout is mediated predominantly, if not exclusively, by an increase in systemic vascular resistance. The UII-induced hypertensive response does not seem to involve release of catecholamines, but the bradycardia may arise from adrenergic-mediated activation of cardioinhibitory baroreflexes.
AB - The central and peripheral cardiovascular effects of synthetic trout urotensin II (UII) were investigated in the conscious rainbow trout. Intracerebroventricular injection of 50 pmol UII produced a slight (3%) but significant (P < 0.05) increase in heart rate but had no effect on mean arterial blood pressure. Injection of 500 pmol UII icy produced a significant (P < 0.05) rise (8%) in blood pressure with no change in heart rate. In contrast to the weak pressor effect of centrally administered UII, intra- arterial injection of UII produced a dose-dependent increase in arterial blood pressure and decrease in heart rate with significant (P < 0.05) effects on both parameters observed at a dose of 25 pmol. Higher doses of the peptide produced a sustained decrease in cardiac output that accompanied the bradycardia and rise in arterial blood pressure. The UII-induced bradycardia, but not the increase in pressure, was abolished by pretreatment with phentolamine. Trout UII produced a sustained and dose-dependent contraction of isolated vascular rings prepared from trout efferent branchial [-log 50% of the concentration producing maximal contraction (pD2) = 8.30] and celiacomesenteric (pD2 = 8.22) arteries but was without effects on vascular rings from the anterior cardinal vein. The data indicate that the pressor effect of UII in trout is mediated predominantly, if not exclusively, by an increase in systemic vascular resistance. The UII-induced hypertensive response does not seem to involve release of catecholamines, but the bradycardia may arise from adrenergic-mediated activation of cardioinhibitory baroreflexes.
KW - blood pressure
KW - cardiac output
KW - heart rate
KW - intra-arterial injection
KW - intracerebroventricular injection
KW - isolated vessels
KW - neuropeptide
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U2 - 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.5.r1335
DO - 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.5.r1335
M3 - Article
C2 - 8945972
AN - SCOPUS:0029853495
SN - 0363-6119
VL - 271
SP - R1335-R1343
JO - American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
JF - American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
IS - 5 40-5
ER -