Investigação dos efeitos cardiovasculares centrais do veneno da aranha Phoneutria nigriventer em coelhos anestesiados

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1999

RESUMO

The putative central effects of Phoneutria nigriventer venom have been investigated. New Zealand rabbits were anaesthetized, immobilized and artificially ventilated. The arterial pressure (AP), cardiac output (CO), the pressures of the left ventricle, dP/dt max were continuously monitored and systemic vascular resistance (SVR) was calculated from CO values. The intracerebroventricular injection of increases doses of PNV (30 1l9.kg-1 and 100 1l9.kg-1) (n=5-13), produced an increase in MAP (61 2: 5 and 61 2: 10 %), in SVR (135 2: 21 and 161 2: 37 %) and the dP/dt max (302: 21 and 37 2: 7 %), respectively and a decrease in CO. These changes were accompanied by tachycardia, salivation, fasciculations and arrythmias. At the contrary, the same dose of the Phoneutria nigriventer venom injected intravenously produced only a hypotensive effect with a decrease of the SVR. Moreover, a much higher dose of the PNV (1 mg.kg-1) injected intravenously produced a similar hypertensive effect with a increase in MAP (702: 9 %), in SVR (1082: 31 %) and dP/dt max (51 2: 8 %). The central administration of atropine (10 1l9), Hoe 140 (0.5 1l9/kg), Losartan (50 1l9/kg) and kynurenic acid (250 1l9/kg) did not inhibited the hypertensive response induced by the i.c.v. injection of PNV (30 1l9/kg). Only ifenprodil (100 1l9/kg) was able to partly reduce the P. nigriventer venom effects. This result is "probably due to the fact that ifenprodil is also an a blocker. The pretreatment of the animais with intravenous injections of prazosin (100 1l9/kg) promptly reduced the hypertensive response induced by PNV injected centrally and systemically. In pithed rabbits, the pretreatment with prazosin (100 1l9/kg) but not atenolol (0,5 1l9/kg) abolished the hypertensive resposnse induced by P. igriventer venom. Our results indicate that the PNV central and peripheral effects. The central mechanism of action may activate the sypathetic nervous system with consequent activation of a-adrenoceptors and the peripheral effects probably due to a direct or indirect (catecolamines release) ativation of the a- adrenoceptors.

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sistema nervoso central aranha - veneno hipertensão

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