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Query: UNIPROT:P01185 (vasopressin)
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The effects of the nonpeptide angiotensin II AT1 receptor antagonist candesartan on responses to angiotensin II were investigated in the mesenteric vascular bed of the cat. Under constant-flow conditions, injections of angiotensin II caused dose-related increases in perfusion pressure that were reduced by candesartan in doses of 3, 10, and 30 microg/kg i.v.. After administration of the AT1 receptor antagonist in a dose of 3 microg/kg i.v., the dose-response curve for angiotensin II was shifted to the right in a parallel manner, whereas the administration of higher doses resulted in nonparallel rightward shifts of the angiotensin II dose-response curves. The duration of the inhibitory actions of candesartan were dependent on dose, and the AT1 receptor antagonist did not alter responses to norepinephrine, U46619, vasopressin, neuropeptide Y, BAY K8644, endothelin-1, alpha,beta-methylene ATP, adenosine, acetylcholine, and bradykinin. Treatment with the AT2 receptor antagonist PD123,319 or with sodium meclofenamate did not alter the inhibitory effects of candesartan on responses to angiotensin II. Candesartan also decreased pressor responses to angiotensin III and IV with a parallel shift at the low dose and a nonparallel shift to the right of the dose-response curve at the high dose. These results indicate that candesartan is a potent, selective, long-acting AT1 receptor antagonist that, depending on dose, can produce both competitive and noncompetitive blockade of responses to angiotensin II, III, and IV.
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PMID:Analysis of the effects of candesartan in the mesenteric vascular bed of the cat. 936 85

The effects of the nonpeptide angiotensin II (AngII) AT1 receptor blocker candesartan on responses to AngII were investigated in the hindquarters vascular bed of the cat. Under constant-flow conditions, injections of AngII into the hindquarters perfusion circuit elicited dose-dependent increases in perfusion pressure. Candesartan in a dose of 3 microg/kg intravenously (i.v.) decreased vasoconstrictor responses to AngII in a surmountable manner. At doses of 30 and 300 microg/kg i.v., candesartan shifted the dose-response curve to AngII to the right in an insurmountable manner, indicating an insurmountable blockade of AT1 receptors. The inhibitory effects of the larger doses of candesartan on responses to AngII were long in duration, and the AT1 receptor blocker had little effect on baseline pressures. Candesartan was without effect on vasoconstrictor responses to norepinephrine, U46619, PGF2alpha, vasopressin, BAY K8644; biphasic responses to endothelin-1; or on vasodilator responses to acetylcholine, albuterol, or levcromakalim. These results indicate that candesartan is a potent and selective angiotensin AT1 receptor blocker that can induce both surmountable and insurmountable AT1 receptor blockade and provide support for the hypothesis that there are "spare" AT1 receptors in the hindquarters vascular bed of the cat.
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PMID:Analysis of the effects of candesartan on responses to angiotensin II in the hindquarters vascular bed of the cat. 989 49

Blockade of angiotensin II type-1 (AT1) receptors has been shown to reduce the magnitude of the blood pressure response to noradrenaline in pithed rats via an unidentified mechanism. Dose-response curves were established for the noradrenaline-induced (10(-12) to 10(-7) mol/kg) increase of diastolic blood pressure in pithed rats treated with tubocurarine, propranolol, and atropine. Candesartan (1 mg/kg) increased the ED50 of the noradrenaline response (1.3+/-0.1 nmol/kg) up to 20-fold. Vasopressor responsiveness to noradrenaline was attenuated specifically, whereas the vasopressin-induced increase in diastolic blood pressure was maintained. Specific involvement of AT1 receptors was confirmed by equivalent actions of losartan. Blockade of norepinephrine transporter or alpha2-adrenoceptors using desipramine or rauwolscine reduced the losartan-induced shifts in the ED50 values of noradrenaline by 63% and 21%, respectively. Combined blockade of norepinephrine transporter and alpha2-adrenoceptors eliminated the influence of losartan on noradrenaline sensitivity (ED50 5.5+/-1.3 versus 5.6+/-1.2 nmol/kg), a result also observed after sympathetic denervation by reserpine (ED50 7.1+/-0.8 versus 7.8+/-0.8 nmol/kg). Our experiments show that the reduction of vascular noradrenaline sensitivity by AT1 blockade is dependent on the intact functioning of both neuronal noradrenaline uptake via norepinephrine transporter and presynaptic alpha2-mediated autoinhibition, exclusively provided by the sympathetic innervation. These newly identified mechanisms may contribute to the antihypertensive and protective actions of AT1 blockers.
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PMID:Reduction of vascular noradrenaline sensitivity by AT1 antagonists depends on functional sympathetic innervation. 1526 4