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Effects of systemic treatment with irbesartan and losartan on central responses to angiotensin II in conscious, normotensive rats.

Abstract：

:Angiotensin AT1 receptor antagonists represent a novel class of cardiovascular drugs. In conscious, normotensive rats, irbesartan ((2-n-butyl-3-[(2'-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-biphenyl-4-yl) methyl]-1,3-diaza-spiro[4,4]non) and losartan ((2 n-butyl-4-chloro-5-hydroxymethyl-1-[(2'-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)biphenyl -4-yl) methyl] imidazol), two specific, high- affinity angiotensin AT1 receptor antagonists administered intravenously (i.v.) at doses of 0.3, 1, 3 and 10 mg/kg body weight, or orally (p.o.) at doses of 1, 3, 10 and 30 mg/kg body weight, antagonized the pressor responses to i.v. angiotensin II (50 ng/kg body weight) in a dose-related manner and with similar potency. In the following sets of experiments, we tested the hypothesis that these angiotensin AT1 receptor antagonists, when applied systemically, can inhibit the effects of angiotensin AT1 receptor stimulation in the brain. Irbesartan and losartan were administered i.v. or p.o. at doses of 3, 10, 30 and 100 mg/kg body weight. The responses to 100 ng angiotensin II injected into the lateral brain ventricle (i.c.v.), namely blood pressure increase, vasopressin release into the circulation and drinking, were recorded for up to 3 h. While both angiotensin AT1 receptor antagonists dose-dependently attenuated the pressor responses to central angiotensin AT1 receptor stimulation to a similar degree (maximal inhibition, irbesartan: 62% i.v., 39% p.o.; losartan: 62% i.v., 46% p.o.; respectively), irbesartan was more effective with respect to the inhibition of vasopressin release (76% i.v., 65% p.o.) and drinking (63% i.v., 79% p.o.) than losartan (58% i.v., 33% p.o and 22% i.v., 56% p.o., respectively). We conclude that systemically administered angiotensin AT1 receptor antagonists have access to central angiotensin receptors. The degree of central angiotensin AT1 receptor blockade following peripheral application may vary between different representatives of this class of drugs.

journal_name

Eur J Pharmacol

journal_title

European journal of pharmacology

authors

Culman J,von Heyer C,Piepenburg B,Rascher W,Unger T

doi

10.1016/s0014-2999(98)00983-2

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-02-19 00:00:00

pages

255-65

issue

2-3

eissn

0014-2999

issn

1879-0712

pii

S0014-2999(98)00983-2

journal_volume

367

pub_type

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Effects of systemic treatment with irbesartan and losartan on central responses to angiotensin II in conscious, normotensive rats.