Action of sauvagine on the mesenteric vascular bed of the dog.

Abstract

Sauvagine, a linear peptide of 40 amino acids, produced hypotension when administered intravenously to anesthetized dogs. Diastolic pressure was always more affected than systolic pressure. Aortic blood flow and venous return both increased to the same extent. The mechanism of the hypotensive response was mainly, if not exclusively, due to dilatation of the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries. Intravenous infusion of sauvagine in doses ranging from 3 to 10 ng . kg-1 . min-1 produced a dose-related increase of mesenteric blood flow up to 400% control values. Mucosal-submucosal blood flow of ileum and colon was increased, while blood flow in muscle was unaffected or slight decreased. The mesenteric vasodilator response was not prevented by adrenergic or muscarinic receptor blockade. The hypotensive response was more marked and sustained in dibenamine-propranolol treated dogs.

• Authors: P Melchiorri, L Negri
• Journal: Regulatory peptides (Regul Pept) Vol. 2 Issue 1 Pg. 1-13 (Apr 1981) ISSN: 0167-0115 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 7232774 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Amphibian Proteins
• Peptide Hormones
• Peptides
• Vasodilator Agents
• Dibenzylchlorethamine
• sauvagine
• Atropine
• Propranolol

Topics

• Amphibian Proteins
• Animals
• Atropine (pharmacology)
• Blood Pressure (drug effects)
• Cardiac Output (drug effects)
• Dibenzylchlorethamine (pharmacology)
• Dogs
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Male
• Mesenteric Arteries (drug effects)
• Peptide Hormones
• Peptides (pharmacology)
• Propranolol (pharmacology)
• Splanchnic Circulation (drug effects)
• Vascular Resistance (drug effects)
• Vasodilator Agents