Two alpha1-adrenergic receptor subtypes regulating the vasopressor response have differential roles in blood pressure regulation.

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serval:BIB_369FAE144856
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
Institution
Title
Two alpha1-adrenergic receptor subtypes regulating the vasopressor response have differential roles in blood pressure regulation.
Journal
Molecular Pharmacology
Author(s)
Hosoda C., Koshimizu T.A., Tanoue A., Nasa Y., Oikawa R., Tomabechi T., Fukuda S., Shinoura H., Oshikawa S., Takeo S., Kitamura T., Cotecchia S., Tsujimoto G.
ISSN
0026-895X (Print)
ISSN-L
0026-895X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2005
Volume
67
Number
3
Pages
912-922
Language
english
Abstract
To study the functional role of individual alpha1-adrenergic (AR) subtypes in blood pressure (BP) regulation, we used mice lacking the alpha1B-AR and/or alpha1D-AR with the same genetic background and further studied their hemodynamic and vasoconstrictive responses. Both the alpha1D-AR knockout and alpha1B-/alpha1D-AR double knockout mice, but not the alpha1B-AR knockout mice, had significantly (p < 0.05) lower levels of basal systolic and mean arterial BP than wild-type mice in nonanesthetized condition, and they showed no significant change in heart rate or in cardiac function, as assessed by echocardiogram. All mutants showed a significantly (p < 0.05) reduced catecholamine-induced pressor and vasoconstriction responses. It is noteworthy that the infusion of norepinephrine did not elicit any pressor response at all in alpha1B-/alpha1D-AR double knockout mice. In an attempt to further examine alpha1-AR subtype, which is involved in the genesis or maintenance of hypertension, BP after salt loading was monitored by tail-cuff readings and confirmed at the endpoint by direct intra-arterial recording. After salt loading, alpha1B-AR knockout mice developed a comparable level of hypertension to wild-type mice, whereas mice lacking alpha1D-AR had significantly (p < 0.05) attenuated BP and lower levels of circulating catecholamines. Our data indicated that alpha1B- and alpha1D-AR subtypes participate cooperatively in BP regulation; however, the deletion of the functional alpha1D-AR, not alpha1B-AR, leads to an antihypertensive effect. The study shows differential contributions of alpha1B- and alpha1D-ARs in BP regulation.
Keywords
Animals, Aorta, Thoracic/drug effects, Aorta, Thoracic/physiology, Blood Pressure/drug effects, Blood Pressure/physiology, Cloning, Molecular, Heart Rate/drug effects, Heart Rate/physiology, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Potassium Chloride/pharmacology, Prazosin/pharmacokinetics, Radioligand Assay, Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1/deficiency, Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1/drug effects, Recombinant Proteins/drug effects, Recombinant Proteins/metabolism, Vasoconstriction/drug effects, Vasoconstriction/physiology
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