Functional pharmacological characterization of SER100 in cardiovascular health and disease

Male Mice, Knockout Hypertension, Pulmonary Blood Pressure Cardiovascular System Rats, Inbred WKY 3. Good health Mesenteric Arteries Rats Mice, Inbred C57BL Rats, Sprague-Dawley Disease Models, Animal Mice 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Rate Rats, Inbred SHR Hypertension Receptors, Opioid Animals Oligopeptides Aorta
DOI: 10.1111/bph.13634 Publication Date: 2016-09-26T01:36:56Z
ABSTRACT
Background and PurposeSER100 is a selective nociceptin (NOP) receptor agonist with sodium‐potassium‐sparing aquaretic and anti‐natriuretic activity. This study was designed to characterize the functional cardiovascular pharmacology of SER100 in vitro and in vivo, including experimental models of cardiovascular disease.Experimental ApproachHaemodynamic, ECG parameters and heart rate variability (HRV) were determined using radiotelemetry in healthy, conscious mice. The haemodynamic and vascular effects of SER100 were also evaluated in two models of cardiovascular disease, spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and murine hypoxia‐induced pulmonary hypertension (PH). To elucidate mechanisms underlying the pharmacology of SER100, acute blood pressure recordings were performed in anaesthetized mice, and the reactivity of rodent aorta and mesenteric arteries in response to electrical‐ and agonist‐stimulation assessed.Key ResultsSER100 caused NOP receptor‐dependent reductions in mean arterial blood pressure and heart rate that were independent of NO. The hypotensive and vasorelaxant actions of SER100 were potentiated in SHR compared with Wistar Kyoto. Moreover, SER100 reduced several indices of disease severity in experimental PH. Analysis of HRV indicated that SER100 decreased the low/high frequency ratio, an indicator of sympatho‐vagal balance, and in electrically stimulated mouse mesenteric arteries SER100 inhibited sympathetic‐induced contractions.Conclusions and ImplicationsSER100 exerts a chronic hypotensive and bradycardic effects in rodents, including models of systemic and pulmonary hypertension. SER100 produces its cardiovascular effects, at least in part, by inhibition of cardiac and vascular sympathetic activity. SER100 may represent a novel therapeutic candidate in systemic and pulmonary hypertension.
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