Effects of enkephalins on perfusion pressure in isolated hindlimb preparations.

Abstract:

:A series of studies were conducted to determine the effects of leucine-(leu-) enkephalin and methionine-(met-) enkephalin on perfusion pressure. These experiments utilized isolated perfused femoral arterial preparations in pentobarbital-anesthetized cats. The enkephalins were administered intraarterially into the femoral artery and changes in perfusion pressure recorded. Leu-enkephalin in doses of 1 microgram to 320 micrograms produced significant dose-dependent decreases in perfusion pressure (4.0 +/- 1.3% with 1 microgram to 19.1 +/- 2.1% with 320 microgram). Similar declines in perfusion pressure (5.2 +/- 2.4% with 1 microgram to 21.7 +/- 4.1% with 320 micrograms) were observed following the administration of met-enkephalin. Pretreatment with naloxone (3 mg/kg) antagonized the effects of both enkephalins. Diphenhydramine (2 mg/kg) effectively antagonized the leu-enkephalin elicited decline in perfusion pressure but blocked the effects of met-enkephalin only at lower agonist doses. Propranolol treatment (4 mg/kg) did not alter the pressure responses to either enkephalin. The results of the study show that intraarterially administered enkephalins exert a vasodilatory effect on vasculature in skeletal muscle which may be direct, indirect or both. The differential antagonism of the effects of the two enkephalins suggest that the two opioids act through different receptors or multiple receptors.

journal_name

Life Sci

journal_title

Life sciences

authors

Moore RH 3rd,Dowling DA

doi

10.1016/0024-3205(82)90047-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1982-10-11 00:00:00

pages

1559-66

issue

15

eissn

0024-3205

issn

1879-0631

pii

0024-3205(82)90047-9

journal_volume

31

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