Chronic ethanol attenuates centrally-mediated hypotension elicited via α2-adrenergic,but not I1-imidazoline,receptor activation in female rats |
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Authors: | Mahmoud M El-Mas Abdel A Abdel-Rahman |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA |
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Abstract: | AimsThis study dealt with the effect of chronic ethanol administration on hemodynamic responses elicited by α2-adrenergic (α-methyldopa) or I1-imidazoline (rilmenidine) receptor activation in telemetered female rats.Main methodsThe effects of α-methyldopa or rilmenidine on blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR) and their variability were investigated in rats that received liquid diet without or with ethanol (5% w/v) for 12 weeks. To evaluate the effect of each drug on cardiovascular autonomic control (BP and HR variability) in the absence or presence of ethanol, three time-domain indices of hemodynamic variability were measured: (i) standard deviation of mean arterial pressure (SDMAP), (ii) standard deviation of beat-to-beat intervals, and (iii) root mean square of successive differences in R–R intervals.Key findingsIn liquid diet-fed control rats, i.p. rilmenidine (600 µg/kg) or α-methyldopa (100 mg/kg) reduced BP along with decreases and increases, respectively, in HR. Both drugs had no effect on HR variability but reduced BP variability (SDMAP), suggesting a reduced vasomotor sympathetic tone. Ethanol feeding attenuated reductions in BP and SDMAP evoked by α-methyldopa but not by rilmenidine.SignificanceWe conclude that chronic ethanol preferentially compromises α2- but not I1-receptor-mediated hypotension in female rats probably via modulation of vasomotor sympathetic activity. These findings highlight the adequacy of rilmenidine use to lower BP in hypertensive alcoholic females. |
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