Systemic vasodilation produced by sodium nitroprusside in various concentrations and accompanied by a decrease in baseline blood pressure was followed by progressive reduction in pressor responses to alpha-adrenoceptor agonist phenylephrine (mesatone) in rats. In a blood pressure range of below the physiological level (80-100 mm Hg), a positive linear correlation was revealed between the decrease in baseline blood pressure and pressor effect of phenylephrine.
Blockade of NO synthesis in narcotized rats potentiated pressor effects of phenylephrine by 55% and increased total peripheral resistance by 153%. Vasodilation caused by enhanced NO secretion modulated pressor shifts evoked by stimulation of alpha(1)-adrenoceptors with phenylephrine.
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