Vascular smooth muscle Flashcards
List the major classes of antihypertension drugs
- Diuretics
- Adrenoceptor antagonist
- Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors
- Angiotensin receptor antagonist
- Calcium channel blockers
Hypertensin
High blood pressure
Activation of the sympathetic nervous system and the renin-angiotensin system releases what?
Vasocontrictor hormones: adrenaline, noradrenaline and angiotensin(ii)
What does adrenaline, noradrenaline and angiotensin(ii) activate?
Specific receptors that increase intracellular [Ca2+] that causes vascular SM contraction.
What is the use of Rho kinase and protein kinase C in hormone induced vascular smooth muscle?
Will cause the contraction of SM to be sustained at low Ca2+ levels.
What two things prolong the hormone induced SM contraction
Rho kinase and protein kinase C
‘vasodilators’ are antihypertensive drugs
True
What do antihypertensive drugs do?
Increase the diameter of blood vessels (relax) and reduce vascular resistence & blood pressure.
Antihypertensives that increase the diameter of blood directly.
- Beta-adrenoceptor agonist
- Nitric oxide donors
- Nitric oxide gereators
- K+ channel openers
- Phosphodiesterase inhibitors
- guanylate cyclase stimulators
ANtihypertensive drugs that increase BV diameter by inhibiting endogensous vc substanes.
- ACE inhibitors
- Angiotensin receptor antagonist
- Alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist
- Calcium channel blockers
- Rho kinase inhibitors
Will block stuff like NA and angiotensin II
What does contraction of vascular smooth muscle cause?
Increased vascular resistence and increase in blood pressure.
Prasozin
alpha-1-adrenoceptor antagonist
Block phenylephrine contraction
Atenolol
- beta-antagonist
- antagonist to sympathetic innervation
- prevents increases in heart rate, electrical conductivity, and contractility in the heart due to increased release of NA from the peripheral NS.
- Decrease BP
Celiprolol
it is a selective β1 receptor antagonist, but a β2 receptor partial agonist. It is also a weak α2 receptor antagonist
Labetolol
combined alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor blocking agent