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This study was initiated to characterize the receptors which mediate the cardiovascular responses elicited by the intrathecal (i. th.) administration of neurokinins (NK) in the conscious freely moving rat. The dose response profile for substance P (SP), neurokinin A (NKA) and neurokinin B (NKB) was determined over 0.065—65 nmol doses of the peptides. After i.th. administration at the T8–T10 thoracic level, only SP elicited a dose dependent pressor response. However, all NK elicited a dose dependent increase in heart rate (HR), and the following rank order of potency was observed: SP > NKA > NKB. SP (6.5 nmol) produced cardiovascular responses markedly greater than an equimolar dose of any of the seven SP fragments which were studied. The C-terminal sequences SP (4-11), [pGlu5]SP (5-11), [pGlu6]SP (6–11), and SP (7–11), as a group were slightly more potent than the N-terminal fragments, SP (1–4), SP (1–7) and SP (1–9) which were almost inactive. The NK-1 receptor selective agonists [Pro9, Met(O2)11]SP and [β-Ala4, Sar9, Met(O2)11]SP (4–11), produced pressor and positive chronotropic responses equal to or greater in intensity than SP. With up to 6.5 nmol of the NK-2 receptor selective agonist [Nle10]NKA (4–10), no dose dependent cardiovascular response was produced and the NK-3 receptor selective agonist senktide (succinyl-[Asp6, McPhe8]SP (6–11)), produced neither a cardiac nor pressor response when 6.5 nmol was administered. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that, receptors of the NK-1 subtype mediate the cardiovascular responses evoked by the spinal action of NK.
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Hasséssian, H., Drapeau, G. & Couture, R. Spinal action of neurokinins producing cardiovascular responses in the conscious freely moving rat: evidence for a NK-1 receptor mechanism. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol 338, 649–654 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00165629
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