Effects of captopril and bradykinin on arterial pressure in rats with mestranol-induced hypertension.
Hypertension was produced in 20 female rats by the oral administration of mestranol for 6 months; 20 control rats were not given mestranol during this time. The i.v. infusion of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, captopril, into 10 conscious mestranol-treated rats reduced mean arterial pressure from 139 +/- 2 (SEM) to 130 +/- 2 mm Hg (P less than 0.01); mean arterial pressure in 10 conscious control rats averaged 123 +/- 3 mm Hg, and was not significantly changed during captopril infusion. Injections of bradykinin at 0.1, 0.3, and 1.0 microgram/100 gm body weight decreased mean arterial pressure significantly more in 10 mestranol-treated rats than in 10 control rats. These results suggest that the ability of captopril to lower arterial pressure in rats with mestranol-induced hypertension may be due, at least in part, to the action of captopril to enhance bradykinin.[1]References
- Effects of captopril and bradykinin on arterial pressure in rats with mestranol-induced hypertension. Johnson, J.A., Dostal, D.E. Contraception. (1986) [Pubmed]
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