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. 1994 Jun;112(2):649–653. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994.tb13124.x

Effects of glibenclamide on systemic and splanchnic haemodynamics in conscious rats.

R Moreau 1, H Komeichi 1, P Kirstetter 1, S Yang 1, B Aupetit-Faisant 1, S Cailmail 1, D Lebrec 1
PMCID: PMC1910347  PMID: 8075883

Abstract

1. The effects of the sulphonylurea, glibenclamide (20 mg kg-1, i.v.), at a dose that blocks vascular potassium channels, on systemic and splanchnic haemodynamics (radioactive microspheres) were studied in conscious rats. 2. Glibenclamide significantly decreased cardiac index and hepatic artery blood flow while it significantly increased vascular resistance in systemic, portal and hepatic arterial territories. 3. In rats with suppressed cardiovascular reflexes, glibenclamide induced vasoconstriction in systemic, portal and hepatic arterial territories. 4. Intracerebroventricular administration of glibenclamide did not alter systemic or regional vascular tone. 5. Glibenclamide blunted the vasodilator effect of the potassium channel opener, diazoxide but not that of the L-type calcium channel blocker, nicardipine. 6. Another sulphonylurea, glipizide (20 mg kg-1, i.v.), induced significant systemic and splanchnic vasoconstriction. 7. Thus, the glibenclamide-induced blockade of vascular potassium channels caused a vasoconstriction in the systemic and splanchnic vascular beds. In these territories, therefore, the opening of glibenclamide-sensitive potassium channels might be responsible for a basal vasodilator tone.

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