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- Title
Acute hypertension reveals depressor and vasodilator effects of cannabinoids in conscious rats.
- Authors
Ho, W.-S. Vanessa; Gardiner, Sheila M.
- Abstract
<bold>Background and Purpose: </bold>The cardiovascular effects of cannabinoids can be influenced by anaesthesia and can differ in chronic hypertension, but the extent to which they are influenced by acute hypertension in conscious animals has not been determined.<bold>Experimental Approach: </bold>We examined cardiovascular responses to intravenous administration of anandamide and the synthetic cannabinoid, (R)-(+)-[2,3-dihydro-5-methyl-3-(4-morpholinylmethyl)pyrrolo[1,2,3-de]-1,4-benzoxazin-6-yl]-1-naphthalenylmethanone (WIN55212-2), in conscious male Wistar rats made acutely hypertensive by infusion of angiotensin II (AII) and arginine vasopressin (AVP). Rats were chronically instrumented for measurement of arterial blood pressure and vascular conductances in the renal, mesenteric and hindquarters beds.<bold>Key Results: </bold>Anandamide dose-dependently decreased the mean arterial blood pressure of rats made hypertensive by AII-AVP infusion, but not normotensive rats. Interestingly, acute hypertension also revealed a hypotensive response to WIN55212-2, which caused hypertension in normotensive animals. The enhanced depressor effects of the cannabinoids in acute hypertension were associated with increased vasodilatation in hindquarters, renal and mesenteric vascular beds. Treatment with URB597, which inhibits anandamide degradation by fatty acid amide hydrolase, potentiated the depressor and mesenteric vasodilator responses to anandamide. Furthermore, haemodynamic responses to WIN55212-2, but not to anandamide, were attenuated by the CB(1) receptor antagonist, AM251 [N-(piperidin-1-yl)-5-(4-iodophenyl)-1-(2,4-dichlorophen yl)-4-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxamide].<bold>Conclusions and Implications: </bold>These results broadly support the literature showing that the cardiovascular effects of cannabinoids can be exaggerated in hypertension, but highlight the involvement of non-CB(1) receptor-mediated mechanisms in the actions of anandamide.
- Subjects
HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY rats; VASODILATION; AMINO acids; VASOPRESSIN; ANGIOTENSIN II; AMIDASES; AMIDES; ANIMAL experimentation; ARACHIDONIC acid; BENZAMIDE; BLOOD pressure; CELL receptors; COMPARATIVE studies; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUGS; HETEROCYCLIC compounds; HYDROCARBONS; INTRAVENOUS injections; INTRAVENOUS therapy; LEG; VASCULAR resistance; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MESENTERIC blood vessels; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; PIPERIDINE; RATS; RESEARCH; RENAL circulation; EVALUATION research; ACUTE diseases; ACYCLIC acids; CHEMICAL inhibitors; PHARMACODYNAMICS
- Publication
British Journal of Pharmacology, 2009, Vol 156, Issue 1, p94
- ISSN
0007-1188
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1476-5381.2008.00034.x