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The activity of acetylcholinesterase was assessed in the rat brain in nephrogenic hypertension and after angiotensin administration. No significant differences were found in relation to corresponding control groups.
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PMID:Acetylcholinesterase activity in the rat brain during nephrogenic arterial hypertension and after angiotensin administration. 74 71

The effect of chronic administration of propranolol on the rat brain and heart acetylcholinesterase was studied by administering propranolol (5mg/kg body weight) for 14 days. This treatment was found to substantially inhibit the enzyme activity. Levels of 5-hydroxytryptamine were measured in the brain and heart; in brain the levels of 5-hydroxytryptamine increased with propranolol administration, while in the heart there was no change. Effect of different concentrations of propranolol on acetylcholinesterase activity was also studied in vitro and a decreased activity of the enzyme was found in brain and heart homogenates. The significance of these results is discussed in terms of the therapeautic effects of the drug in the control of hypertension.
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PMID:Effect of chronic administration of propranolol on acetylcholinesterase and 5-hydroxytryptamine levels in rat brain and heart. 207 5

Penile tissue (consisting of corpus cavernosum and tunica albuginea) was obtained from 19 patients undergoing surgery for the implantation of penile prostheses. The tissue was examined for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like immunoreactivity in nerves, acetylcholinesterase-positive staining in nerves and noradrenaline content. Impotence was due to a variety of causes; 11 patients were classified as a 'non-neuropathic' group on the basis of their clinical history which included Peyronie's disease, vascular disease, hypertension and psychogenic impotence. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like immunoreactive and acetylcholinesterase-positive nerves were present and the pattern and distribution were similar in each patient in this group. The noradrenaline content of the tunica albuginea was significantly lower than the corpus cavernosum (p less than 0.02), although there was a linear relationship between the noradrenaline contents of the two regions (r = 0.95, p less than 0.01). By comparison, a complete absence of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like immunoreactivity in nerves was observed in a patient with a cauda equina lesion. Five out of six diabetic patients studied revealed a marked reduction in vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like immunoreactivity in nerves associated with the cavernous smooth muscle, while acetylcholinesterase-positive staining was reduced in three out of five diabetic patients studied. The noradrenaline content of the corpus cavernosum from diabetic patients was significantly lower (p less than 0.02) than that of the 'non-neuropathic' group. The noradrenaline content of the tunica albuginea, however, was similar in both groups. The results provide evidence that VIPergic, cholinergic and adrenergic nerves in the penis are affected in diabetes mellitus and thus may contribute to the development of impotence in diabetic patients.
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PMID:Changes in the VIPergic, cholinergic and adrenergic innervation of human penile tissue in diabetic and non-diabetic impotent males. 243 29

The in vivo time course of cholinesterase inhibition was measured in brain, lung, spleen, hind limb skeletal muscle, diaphragm, intestine, kidney, heart, liver, and plasma of rats receiving 90 micrograms/kg soman, im. This dose of soman produced severe respiratory depression and transient hypertension, but no significant changes in the cardiac output or heart rate of anesthetized rats. The rate and maximal extent of in vivo cholinesterase inhibition by soman varied widely among the tissues. Although cardiac output was unchanged by soman administration, the blood flow in heart, brain, and lung (bronchial arterial flow and arteriovenous shunts) was increased, whereas blood flow in spleen, kidney, and skeletal muscle was decreased. The relative importance of tissue blood flow, tissue levels of cholinesterase and acetylcholinesterase, and tissue levels of soman-detoxifying enzymes (diisopropyl-fluorophosphatase and carboxylesterase) in determining the in vivo rate and maximal extent of cholinesterase inhibition was examined by multiple regression analysis. The best multiple regression model for the maximal extent of cholinesterase inhibition could explain only 63% of the observed variation. The best multiple regression model for the in vivo rate of cholinesterase inhibition contained three independent variables (blood flow, carboxylesterase, and cholinesterase) and could account for 94% of the observed variation. Of these three variables blood flow was the most important, accounting for 79% of the variation in the in vivo rate of cholinesterase inhibition. This suggests that it may be possible to use a flow-limited physiological pharmacokinetic model to describe the kinetics of in vivo cholinesterase inhibition by soman.
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PMID:The effects of blood flow and detoxification on in vivo cholinesterase inhibition by soman in rats. 356 32

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity, and concentrations of monoamines, monoamine metabolites and oxytocin (OT) were measured in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of sheep during late pregnancy, labour, parturition, vaginocervical stimulation, lamb separation and suckling. Concentrations of AChE, 4-hydroxy-3 methoxyphenylethan-1,2-diol (MHPG) and OT were significantly elevated during labour and parturition. OT levels were also significantly raised in cycling ewes given vaginocervical stimulation. Separation of the ewes from their lambs (0.5-2 h) caused significant increases in AChE and MHPG, but not in OT. During suckling, following reunion of the ewes and lambs, concentrations of AChE and OT were significantly raised. The dopamine metabolites 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid were significantly lower in CSF during late pregnancy than during parturition and post-partum. Intravenous injections of OT which produced high circulating levels of this hormone in plasma produced significant, but very small, increases in concentrations of OT in the CSF. Our results show that in the sheep, labour, parturition, suckling and vaginocervical stimulation provoke a release of OT in the brain similar to that in the peripheral circulation. Changes in CSF levels of AChE and MHPG during labour, parturition and lamb separation, but not during vaginocervical stimulation, may be related to stress or hypertension.
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PMID:Cerebrospinal fluid levels of acetylcholinesterase, monoamines and oxytocin during labour, parturition, vaginocervical stimulation, lamb separation and suckling in sheep. 379 90

Red cell Na-Li countertransport was measured in 78 normal subjects, 64 patients with essential hypertension, and 67 patients with hyperlipidemias. Both hypertensive and hyperlipidemic patients had elevated Na-Li countertransport compared to normal controls (p less than 0.001). Subjects with hyperlipidemia and hypertension had higher countertransport (p less than 0.02) than patients with only hyperlipidemia. Normotensive hyperlipidemic subjects had higher countertransport than normotensive and normolipidemic controls (p less than 0.02). This suggest that hypertension and high plasma lipids can influence independently the Na-Li countertransport. In another group of 52 normotensive subjects, Na-Li countertransport was positively correlated with serum total and free (unesterified) cholesterol, phospholipids and triglycerides. No correlations were found with HDL-cholesterol or HDL-phospholipids. A very high positive correlation was found between Na-Li countertransport and plasma acetylcholinesterase (p less than 0.005). These findings suggest that plasma lipids, probably through membrane lipids, can affect the maximal rate of the Na-Li exchange in red cells. The relationship between plasma or membrane lipids and cation transport should be further studied in erythrocytes and other cells.
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PMID:Elevation of red cell sodium-lithium countertransport in hyperlipidemias. 396 81

A follow-up study was conducted with 50 healthy parous volunteer women in India to ascertain the effect of a long-acting progestogen contraceptive on serum enzymes and hepatic function. The women received an intramuscular injection of a long-acting contraceptive, DMPA (depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate), in a dose of 150 mg every 3 months for 2 years. Women with a past history of jaundice, diabetes, hypertension, or eclampsia were excluded from the study. The activity of SGOT, SGPT, and AP (alkaline phosphatase) did not show any change during the longterm treatment. This result would indicate normal hepatic function and the absence of any damage or injury to the liver cells. Activity of serum ACP (acid phosphatase) and AChE (acetylcholinesterase) in red cells did show significant increase, which continued up to the end of the study. Results of the study indicate that DMPA is a suitable contraceptive for use in India, particularly since it does not cause the common side effects associated with oral contraceptives and does not affect liver function.
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PMID:Effect of medroxyprogesterone acetate contraception on human serum enzymes. 611 6

Calcium-membrane interactions have been studied in two animal models of hypertension using the erythrocyte membrane as a model system. The Okamoto-Aoki strain of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) was the first examined, and the activities of the Ca++/Mg++-ATPases in the membrane of SHR erythrocytes were found to be consistently higher than those of the normotensive controls (WKY), while other membrane enzymes such as Na+/K+-ATPase and acetylcholinesterase were not detectably altered. Erythrocyte membranes of the SHR also have a higher passive permeability to calcium as well as other functional and compositional differences when compared to those of the WKY. These findings suggest that the membrane alterations in the SHR may be related to an increased passive permeability to calcium, and a possibly compensatory increase in Ca++/Mg++-ATPase activity in these animals. The second animal model examined was the deoxycorticosterone/salt-induced hypertension (DOCA) in uninephrectomized rats. In DOCA rats with comparable degree of blood pressure elevation, none of the erythrocyte membrane abnormalities observed in the SHR were present, suggesting that the latter alterations are probably genetically determined and not a consequence of elevated arterial pressure.
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PMID:Erythrocyte membrane abnormalities in hypertension: a comparison between two animal models. 613 51

Muscarinic and nicotinic receptor site binding and the activity of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in the forebrain and brainstem of Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) and salt-resistant (DR) rats was investigated. The DS line had a greater density of muscarinic sites in the cortex, hypothalamus, and medulla. Hypertensive DS rats had a greater density of sites than normotensive DS rats. ChAT activity was also higher in the cortex and hypothalamus of the DS line than the DR line. No significant differences were found in the activity of AChE or the concentration of nicotinic sites. These results suggest that the central muscarinic cholinergic system may participate in the pathogenesis of hypertension in the DS rat. The data indicate that central cholinergic activity is possibly greater in the DS than the DR rat and that this may help to explain the enhanced pressor response in the DS line after pharmacological activation of the central cholinergic system.
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PMID:Cholinergic receptor site binding, choline acetyltransferase, and acetylcholinesterase activity in the forebrain and brainstem of the Dahl rat model of essential hypertension. 666 56

Evidence is presented that implicates brain acetylcholine (ACh) in the control of blood pressure (BP) and in hypertension. Central cholinergic stimulation by muscarinic agonists or inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) evokes a hypertensive response in several animal species, including humans. The elevation in BP after injection of AChE inhibitors is mediated centrally by ACh acting on muscarinic receptors and peripherally through increased sympathetic nerve activity. The pressor response is accompanied by inhibition of reflex tachycardia and potentiation of both reflex bradycardia and the pressor reflex to carotid artery occlusion. Intracerebroventricular injection of hemicholinium 3 in doses that deplete brain ACh lowers BP in the spontaneously hypertensive and the deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt hypertensive rat. Little or no reduction occurs in the normotensive rat or in animals made hypertensive by aortic coarctation. In addition, atropine and the selective central muscarinic receptor antagonist N-(4-diethylamino-2-butynyl)-succinimide lower BP in the spontaneously hypertensive rat but not in the normotensive rat.
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PMID:Cardiovascular regulation by brain acetylcholine. 669 Mar 34


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