Alpha 2 - a drenoceptors in Mesenteric Vasculature Preparations from Chronic DOCA - salt Hypertensive Rats
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This study investigated norepinephrine release during electrical nerve stimulation and inhibitory characteristics of presynaptic ƒ¿2-adrenoceptors in perfused mesenteric vasculature from deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertensive rats (7-8 weeks after surgery). Electrical stimulation of sympathetic innervation caused a significantly greater release of endogenous norepinephrine into the mesenteric vasculature of DOCA-salt hypertensive rats than in age-matched normotensive controls. Pressor responses to electrical nerve stimulation were also enhanced in DOCA-salt hypertension. Yohimbine, a potent ƒ¿2-adrenoceptor blocking agent, potentiated the stimulation-evoked release of norepinephrine into the vasculature in normotensive rats. This effect was blunted in DOCA-salt hypertension. These results suggest that increased norepinephrine release from the sympathetic nerve endings in DOCA-salt hypertension might partly reflect an impaired presynaptic ƒ¿2-adrenoceptormediated inhibition, which could enhance vascular sympathetic tone in this model of hypertension.
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