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CAPTOPRIL ANTAGONIZES THE HYPOTENSIVE ACTION OF ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN THE ANAESTHETIZED RAT |
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| Authors: | Robert Di Nicolantonio Janine Stevens Debbie Weaver Trefor O. Morgan |
| Affiliation: | Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia |
| Abstract: | Atrial natriuretic peptide (8-33; ANP) caused a prolonged hypotensive response following intravenous injection in anaesthetized rats. This response was abolished by captopril treatment and restored by concomitant angiotensin II infusion. These results suggest that ANP exerts its hypotensive action in the anaesthetized rat by the antagonism of the vasoconstrictor action of endogenous angiotensin II. |
| Keywords: | angiotensin II angiotensin converting enzyme atrial natriuretic peptide blood pressure captopril hypertension. |