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The effects of combined angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition and beta-adrenoceptor blockade on plasma renin activity in anaesthetized dogs.

Abstract：

:1. The effects of beta-adrenoceptor blockade on the changes in plasma renin activity (PRA) following angiotensin enzyme (ACE) inhibition were investigated in pentobarbitone-chloralose anaesthetized dogs. 2. ACE-inhibition, with enalapril (2 mg kg-1), caused a significant reduction in systemic arterial blood pressure (BP) with little or no effect on cardiac function, and a significant elevation of plasma renin activity (PRA). By contrast beta-adrenoceptor blockade with atenolol (1 mg kg-1), caused a similar reduction in BP but in addition, significantly reduced cardiac function and PRA. 3. A combination of enalapril with atenolol, caused a significant reduction in BP, cardiac function and PRA, hence there was no elevation of PRA, as was seen following ACE-inhibition with enalapril alone. 4. The observations with beta-adrenoceptor blockade alone, show that there is an important homeostatic role for the renal sympathetic innervation, mediated by beta-adrenoceptors, in controlling basal renin levels. Furthermore, the renal sympathetic innervation appears to be an important contributor to the renin release caused by an ACE-inhibitor as the additional presence of a beta-adrenoceptor blocking agent will prevent this release. 5. BW B385C (2 mg kg-1), which combines both ACE-inhibition and beta-adrenoceptor blocking properties, also produced reductions in BP and cardiac function similar to those seen with the enalapril/atenolol combination. In addition, for an equivalent degree of ACE-inhibition by BW 385C, to that seen with enalapril alone, the elevation of PRA was attenuated. 6. A combination of ACE-inhibition and beta-adrenoceptor blocking activity in a single entity, such as BW B385C, therefore also produces a reduced renin release when compared with an ACE-inhibitor, such as enalapril. This provides further confirmation of the importance of the renal sympathetic innervation in the renin response to ACE-inhibition, and supports the concept of combining ACEinhibition with beta-adrenoceptor blockade.

journal_name

Br J Pharmacol

journal_title

British journal of pharmacology

authors

Cambridge D,Whiting MV,Butterfield LJ,Allan G

doi

10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb14338.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-06-01 00:00:00

pages

342-7

issue

eissn

0007-1188

issn

1476-5381

journal_volume

106

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The effects of combined angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition and beta-adrenoceptor blockade on plasma renin activity in anaesthetized dogs.