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  • Title: Norepinephrine-induced beta 1-adrenergic peripheral vasodilation in conscious dogs.
    Author: Vatner SF, Knight DR, Hintze TH.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1985 Jul; 249(1 Pt 2):H49-56. PubMed ID: 2861749.
    Abstract:
    Norepinephrine (NE) elicits alpha-adrenergic vasoconstriction and beta 1-adrenergic increases in heart rate and myocardial contractility. To determine whether NE can also elicit peripheral beta 1-adrenergic vasodilation, conscious dogs were studied after recovery from instrumentation for the measurement of cardiac output, arterial pressure, and left ventricular (LV) pressure and calculations of LV dP/dt and total peripheral resistance (TPR). NE, after pretreatment with hexamethonium and phentolamine, reduced mean arterial pressure 40 +/- 5% from 117 +/- 9 mmHg and TPR 60 +/- 5% from 0.058 +/- 0.007 mmHg X ml-1 X min and increased cardiac output 55 +/- 11% from 2,159 +/- 188 ml/min. beta 1-Adrenergic blockade with atenolol reversed the vasodilation induced by NE completely, while at this time isoproterenol was still able to reduce peripheral resistance further, by 67 +/- 7%, indicating that beta 2-adrenergic receptors were not blocked. Administration of phentolamine to intact dogs caused a fall in mean arterial pressure (23 +/- 5%) and TPR (34 +/- 5.4%) and an endogenous increase in plasma NE (2,987 +/- 905 pg/ml) and epinephrine (584 +/- 92 pg/ml). These increases in cardiac output and decreases in TPR were also reversed by atenolol (0.5 mg/kg). Moreover, this dose of atenolol blocked the increases in iliac blood flow induced by local injection of NE in the limb. Thus, in the presence of alpha-adrenergic receptor blockade, either administration of NE or release of endogenous NE elicits potent peripheral vasodilation, which appears to involve a beta 1-adrenergic receptor mechanism.
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