Abstract
The neuropeptide FF (NPFF) antagonist desaminotyrosyl-Phe-Leu-Phe-Gln-Pro-Gln-Arg-NH2 dose-dependently reversed NPFF-induced elevation of blood pressure in anesthetized rats after intravenous injection without causing a significant change of blood pressure and heart rate by itself. However, another antagonist dansyl-Pro-Gln-Arg-NH2 produced a significant drop of the mean arterial pressure only at a large dose (10 μmol/kg body weight), but reversal of the NPFF-induced hypertension was modest. Consequently and contrary to the conclusions of a previous study, NPFF antagonists cannot be identified simply by measuring the changes in the hemodynamic parameters upon the injection of the compounds alone and without a subsequent NPFF challenge.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1015-1019 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Peptides |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2006 |
Keywords
- Antagonist
- Hemodynamic parameters
- Neuropeptide FF
- Rat