Vasopressor effects of intracerebroventricular injections of PEC-60, a novel porcine 60-residue intestinal peptide, in the awake unrestrained male rat

J A Aguirre; K Fuxe; L F Agnati; B Agerberth; V Mutt

doi:10.1016/0304-3940(90)90773-3

Vasopressor effects of intracerebroventricular injections of PEC-60, a novel porcine 60-residue intestinal peptide, in the awake unrestrained male rat

Neurosci Lett. 1990 Oct 30;119(1):129-31. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(90)90773-3.

Authors

J A Aguirre¹, K Fuxe, L F Agnati, B Agerberth, V Mutt

Affiliation

¹ Department of Histology and Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 2097576
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(90)90773-3

Abstract

Intracerebroventricular injections (140-4300 pmol) of a 60-residue polypeptide (now designated PEC-60) isolated from pig intestine produced a dose-dependent increase (peak action 21% +/- 2; ED50 value of 1.7 nmol for the peak effect) in mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) in the awake, unrestrained male rat. The heart rate (HR) was significantly reduced with the highest doses used (1400 and 4300 pmol). The pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (PSTI), with a high degree of sequence similarity to PEC-60, did not significantly change MAP and HR (4300 pmol). These results may indicate a biological role for the putative PEC-60-like peptide demonstrated within central catecholamine cardiovascular neurons.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Blood Pressure / drug effects*
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Heart Rate / drug effects
Injections, Intraventricular
Male
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Restraint, Physical
Time Factors
Trypsin Inhibitor, Kazal Pancreatic / pharmacology*
Wakefulness

Substances

Trypsin Inhibitor, Kazal Pancreatic