Vasoconstrictor reaction to prostaglandins E1 and E2 in the isolated rat hindlimb mediated through serotonin release

Naftidrofuryl exerts antiserotonergic but no endothelin-receptor blocking effects in AS4.1 cells, juxtaglomerular cells and isolated perfused rat kidneys

Naftidrofuryl, a 5-hydroxytryptamine 2 (5-HT 2 ) serotonergic receptor antagonist with vasodilator effects, has successfully been used for intermittent claudication, some forms of dementia, and glaucoma. Recently, an additional mode of action of naftidrofuryl (i.e., mixed endothelin receptor antagonism) has been suggested. However, in the current study naftidrofuryl was unable to block endothelin-3-induced free intracellular calcium increases, in contrast to a mixed endothelin receptor antagonist, bosentan. The inhibition of forskolin-induced renin secretion by endothelin-3 in primary cultures of mouse juxtaglomerular cells and by endothelin-1 in the isolated perfused rat kidney could not be blocked by naftidrofuryl. Naftidrofuryl was unable to block marked endothelin-1-induced renal vasoconstriction in isolated perfused rat kidney. In contrast, naftidrofuryl markedly attenuated serotonin-induced renal vasoconstriction and nearly completely blocked serotonin's renin inhibitory properties in isolated perfused rat kidney. The present results suggest that naftidrofuryl is a potent antagonist of serotonin's renal effects, but has no endothelin receptor-blocking properties.

Vascular and cardiac effects of DV-7028, a selective, 5-HT2-receptor antagonist in rats

The effect of 5HT2A-receptor antagonist DV-7028 (3-[2-[4-(4-fluorobenzoyl)piperidin-1-yl]ethyl]-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro - 2H-pyrido[1,2,-a]-1,3,5-triazine-2,4(3H)-dione maleate on the rat cardiovascular system was evaluated. DV-7028 (0.1 and 1.0 mg/kg), given intravenously, caused a significant, dose-dependent decrease in mean arterial blood pressure in anesthetized normotensive rats. In vagotomized rats, administration of DV-7028 resulted in a reduction of mean blood pressure, but this effect was less prominent than that seen in nonvagotomized rats. Intravenous administration of DV-7028 induced bradycardia, which was almost completely abolished by vagotomy. In pithed rats, bradycardia and hypotension were not demonstrated after DV-7028 administration. In pithed rats, serotonin administered intravenously caused a dose-dependent increase in blood pressure. In this experimental model, DV-7028 inhibited the pressor effects of serotonin at doses of 0.01 and 0.1 mg/kg, which caused neither hypotension nor bradycardia in anesthetized rats. DV-7028 strongly inhibited the pressor effects of serotonin in the isolated perfused hindlegs of the rat (IC50 = 0.032 +/- 0.004 microM) and caused a concentration-dependent, almost parallel shift to the right of the concentration-response curve to serotonin for its pressor effect in the rat perfused tail artery (pA2 value for DV-7028 was 7.92, a slope 0.94). These data demonstrate that DV-7028 exhibits 5-HT2A-receptor antagonistic property in the rat cardiovascular system. Besides this peripheral action, DV-7028, when applied in high doses, exerts hypotension and bradycardia via an unknown site and mechanism.