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  • Title: Effect of captopril on converting enzyme activity in chemically sympathectomized, spontaneously hypertensive rats.
    Author: Sattar MA, Latiff A, Gan EK.
    Journal: Jpn J Pharmacol; 1985 Nov; 39(3):291-7. PubMed ID: 3005728.
    Abstract:
    Effect of subacute angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) blockade on the converting enzyme activity (ACE activity) in plasma, aorta, lung, kidney and whole brain was evaluated in chemically-sympathectomized (with 6-hydroxydopamine) normotensive Wistar Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) using captopril given peripherally via the intraperitoneal (i.p) route and centrally through intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration. Daily i.p. injection of 25 mg/kg for 8 days reduced the blood pressure of both WKY rats and SHR, and the ACE activity in the aorta, lung and plasma of both WKY rats and SHR were correspondingly depressed. The brain ACE activity remained unaltered in both strain of rats. The ACE activity in the kidney of WKY was depressed, while that of SHR remained unchanged. These observations are independent of peripheral sympathectomy with 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA). Daily central captopril administration at a dose of 2 mg/kg, i.c.v., for 8 days significantly reduced the blood pressure of SHR but not WKY rats, whereas the ACE activity of the whole brain of both WKY and SHR were depressed. Central sympathectomy with 6-OHDA did not alter these responses. It is concluded that captopril exerts its antihypertensive effect not only via reduction of the ACE activity in the plasma and lungs as reported earlier, but also that of other organs, principally the aorta, and that these effects are independent of the sympathetic nervous system.
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