Glibenclamide-sensitive hypotension produced by helodermin assessed in the rat.
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| Abstract |
The effects of helodermin, a basic 35-amino acid peptide isolated from the venom of a lizard salivary gland, on arterial blood pressure and heart rate were examined in the rat, focusing on the possibility that activation of ATP sensitive K+ (K(ATP)) channels is involved in the responses. The results were also compared with those of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). Helodermin produced hypotension in a dose-dependent manner with approximately similar potency and duration to VIP. Hypotension induced by both peptides was significantly attenuated by glibenclamide, which abolished a levcromakalim-produced decrease in arterial blood pressure. Oxyhemoglobin did not affect helodermin-induced hypotension, whereas it shortened the duration of acetylcholine (ACh)-produced hypotension. These findings suggest that helodermin-produced hypotension is partly attributable to the activation of glibenclamide-sensitive K+ channels (K(ATP) channels), which presumably exist on arterial smooth muscle cells. EDRF (endothelium-derived relaxing factor)/nitric oxide does not seem to play an important role in the peptide-produced hypotension.
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| Authors | N Horikawa, K Kataha, N Watanabe, K Ishii, N Yanaihara, Y Tanaka, K Shigenobu, K Nakayama |
| Journal | Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin (Biol Pharm Bull) Vol. 21 Issue 12 Pg. 1290-3 (Dec 1998) ISSN: 0918-6158 [Print] Japan |
| PMID | 9881641 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't) |
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