Effects of calcium antagonist felodipine on renal sympathetic nerve activity in rats with congestive heart failure

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 645-650

  Zhang, Weiguo ^a,b   Sun, Xiangying ^a   Zhao, Xiaohe ^a   Thorén, Peter ^a   Hedner, Thomas ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baroreceptor sensitivity; Calcium antagonist; Congestive heart failure; Felodipine; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; FELODIPINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; HEART RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; FELODIPINE; HEART; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; KIDNEY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031474406     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007730823192     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Cohn JN, Levine TB, Francis GS, Goldsmith SR. Neurohumoral control mechanisms in congestive heart failure. Am Heart J 1981;102:509-514.
2. Francis GS. Neurohumoral mechanisms involved in congestive heart failure. Am J Cardiol 1985;55(Suppl. A):15-21.
3. Caidahl K, Hedner J, Hedner T. Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and catecholamines in peripheral blood as indicators of cardiac dysfunction in the general population. Clin Sci 1988;74:587-594.
4. Maisel A, Scott NA, Motulsky HJ, et al. Elevation of plasma neuropeptide Y in congestive heart failure. Am J Med 1989;86:43-48.
5. 2-adrenergic agonist clonidine. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1990;16:776-782.
6. Feng QP, Carlsson S, Thoren P, Hedner T. Characteristics of renal sympathetic nerve activity in experimental congestive heart failure in the rat. Acta Physiol Scand 1994;150:259-266.
7. Zhang W, Sun X, Zhao X, Thoren P, Hedner T. Effects of hydralazine on renal sympathetic nerve activity in normal and congestive heart failure rats. Acta Physiol Scand 1997;161:7-14.
8. Kassis E, Amtorp O. Long-term clinical, hemodynamic, angiographic, and neurohumoral responses to vasodilation with felodipine in patients with chronic congestive heart failure. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1990;15:347-352.
9. Gradman AH. Hemodynamic effects of the vascular selective calcium antagonist felodipine in patients with impaired left ventricular function. Am Heart J 1992;123:273-278.
10. Ricksten SE, Thoren P. Reflex inhibition of sympathetic activity during volume load in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats. Acta Physiol Scand 1980;110:77-82.
11. Ricksten S, Thoren P. Reflex control of sympathetic nerve activity and heart rate from arterial baroreceptor in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats. Clin Sci 1981;61:169-172.
12. Pfeffer MA, Pfeffer JM, Fishbein MC, et al. Myocardial infarct size and ventricular function in rats. Circ Res 1979;44:503-512.
13. Yusuf S, Lessem J, Jha P, Lonn E. Primary and secondary prevention of myocardial infarction and strokes: An update of randomly allocated, control trials. J Hypertens 1993;11(Suppl. 4):S61-S73.
14. Luft FC, Haller H. Calcium channel blocker in current medical practice: An update for 1993. Clin Exp Hypertens 1993;15:1263-1276.
15. Cruickshank JM. Antihypertensive drugs and cardioprotection. Blood Pressure 1992;1(Suppl.):S47-S57.
16. Zhang W. Can we use calcium antagonist better in antihypertensive therapy? Circadian consideration. Pharmacol Res 1996;34:187-191.
17. Leenen FHH, Huang BS, Yu H, Yuan B. Brain 'ouabain' mediates sympathetic hyperactivity in congestive heart failure. Circ Res 1995;77:993-1000
18. Dorward PK, Andresen MC, Burke SL, Oliver JR, Korner PL. Rapid resetting of the aortic baroreceptors in the rabbit and its implication for short-term reflex control. Circ Res 1982;50:428-439.
19. Munch PA, Andresen MC, Brown AM. Rapid resetting of aortic baroreceptors in vitro. Am J Physiol 1983;244:H672-H680.
20. Salgado HC, Krieger EM. Resetting of the baroreceptor in hypotension in rats. Clin Sci 1976;3(Suppl.):351S-352S.
21. Salgado HC, Krieger EM. Time-course of baroreceptor reseting in short-term hypotension in the rats. Am J Physiol 1978;234:H552-H556.
22. Reinish LW, Ljung B, Tuttle RS. Separation of antihypertensive from ganglioplegic effects of felodipine in the cat. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1986;8:367-375.
23. Higushi S, Takeshita A, Ito N, Imaizumi T, Matsuguchi H, Nakamura M. Arterial pressure and heart rate responses to calcium channel blockers administered in the brain stem in rats. Circ Res 1985;57:244-251.
24. Iyoda I, Takahashi H, Takeda K, et al. Centrally-induced vasodepressor responses to diltiazem, a calcium channel blocker, in rats. J Hypertens 1985;3:639-644.
25. Laurent S, Girerd X, Tsoukaris-Kupfer D, Legrand M, Huchet-Brisac AM, Schmitt H. Opposite central cardiovascular effects of nifedipine and Bay K 8644 in anesthetized rats. Hypertension 1987;9:132-138.
26. Kassis E, Jacobsen TN, Mogensen F, Amtorp O. Sympathetic reflex control of skeletal muscle blood flow in patients with congestive heart failure. Circulation 1986;74:929-938.
27. Kassis E, Amtorp O. Impaired baroreflex circulatory control mechanism in patients with congestive heart failure. IRCS Med Sci 1985;13:298-299.
28. Levine TB, Francis GS, Goldsmith SR, Simon AB, Cohn JN. Activity of sympathetic nervous system and renin-angiotensin system assessed by plasma hormone levels and their relation to haemodynamic abnormalities in congestive heart failure. Am J Cardiol 1982;49:1659-1666.
29. Kassis E, Amtorp O. Cardiovascular and neurohumoral postural responses and baroreceptor abnormalities during a course of ajunctive vasodilator therapy with felodipine for congestive heart failure. Circulation 1987;75:1204-1213.
30. Elam M, Swensson TH, Thoren P. Locus coeruleus neurons and sympathetic nerves: Activation by cutaneous sensory afferents. Brain Res 1986;366:254-261.