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Evidence from receptor antagonists of an important role for ETB receptor- mediated vasoconstrictor effects of endothelin-1 in the rat kidney.

1. To characterize the receptor subtype(s) mediating the renal vasoconstrictor effects of the endothelin (ET) and sarafotoxin (SX) peptides in the isolated perfused kidney of the rat, we have examined the effects of endothelin-1 (ET-1), sarafotoxin 6b (SX6b) and sarafotoxin 6c (SX6c) as agonists, BQ-123 and FR 139317 as selective ETA receptor antagonists, and PD 145065 as a non-selective (ETA and ETB) receptor antagonist. We have also compared in the anaesthetized rat the systemic pressor and renal vasoconstrictor effects of ET-1 and SX6c alone or after pretreatment with PD 145065. 2. In the isolated perfused kidney, ET-1, SX6b and SX6c all gave similar concentration-dependent increases in perfusion pressure. The ETA receptor selective antagonists, BQ-123 and FR 139317, both partially blocked the increase in perfusion pressure induced by ET-1. In contrast, PD 145065 completely blocked the increase in perfusion pressure caused by ET-1. 3. Indomethacin (10 microM) had no effect on the ET-1-induced increases in perfusion pressure but significantly reduced the vasoconstriction induced by low concentrations of SX6c, without affecting responses to high concentrations. In the anaesthetized rat, indomethacin (5 mg kg-1) did not modify the systemic pressor or renal vasoconstrictor effects of ET-1 or SX6c. 4. In anaesthetized rats, bolus intravenous injections of ET-1 or SX6c (0.1, 0.25, 0.5 or 1.0 nmol kg-1) produced initial transient depressor responses followed by sustained and dose-dependent increases in mean arterial pressure (MAP).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)[1]

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  1. Evidence from receptor antagonists of an important role for ETB receptor-mediated vasoconstrictor effects of endothelin-1 in the rat kidney. Wellings, R.P., Corder, R., Warner, T.D., Cristol, J.P., Thiemermann, C., Vane, J.R. Br. J. Pharmacol. (1994) [Pubmed]
 
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