Selective blockade by nicergoline of vascular responses elicited by stimulation of alpha1A-adrenoceptor subtype in the rat
Selective blockade by nicergoline of vascular responses elicited by stimulation of alpha1A-adrenoceptor subtype in the rat
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1472-8206.1999.tb00320.x
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发表时间:
1999-01-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Garay, RP
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作者:
Alvarez-Guerra, M;Bertholom, N;Garay, RP
The alpha(1)-adrenergic blocking activity of nicergoline was re-examined in rats, with a particular emphasis on alpha(1)-adrenoceptor subtypes. In pithed rats, nicergoline and prazosin infused at a single small dose (0.5 mu g/kg/min i.v.) produced a substantial and identical shift to the right of the control dose presser response curve to the specific alpha(1)-agonist cirazoline (ED50 = 4.0 +/- 0.1, 4.0 +/- 0.1 and 0.9 +/- 0.01 mu g/kg i.v. for nicergoline, prazosin and vehicle respectively). In the isolated perfused mesenteric vascular bed, nicergoline strongly inhibited the presser responses elicited by cirazoline, with approximately 40-fold higher potency (pA(2) = 11.1 +/- 0.3) than prazosin (pA(2) = 9.5 +/- 0.3). Conversely, nicergoline was 20-fold less potent than prazosin to antagonize the contractile effects of cirazoline in isolated endothelium-denuded aorta (pA(2) = 8.6 +/- 0.2 and 9.9 +/- 0.2 for nicergoline and prazosin respectively). Pretreatment of mesenteric vascular beds with chloroethylclonidine did not significantly modify nicergoline antagonistic potency (pA(2) = 10.6 +/- 0.2). Nicergoline displaced [H-3]-prazosin bound to rat forebrain membranes pretreated with chloroethylclonidine (pK(i) = 9.9 +/- 0.2) at concentrations 60-fold lower than in rat liver membranes (pK(i) = 8.1 +/- 0.2). Finally, of the nicergoline metabolites studied, lumilysergol acted as a modest alpha, antagonist (bromonicotinic acid was devoid of alpha(1) antagonist activity). In conclusion, nicergoline is a potent and selective alpha(1A)-adrenoceptor subtype antagonist, an alpha(1)-adrenoceptor subtype which is mainly represented in resistance arteries. (C) Elsevier, Paris.