PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - H. C. CHENG
AU  - J. P. LONG
AU  - C. F. BARFKNECHT
AU  - D. E. NICHOLS
TI  - CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS OF 2,5-DIMETHOXY-4-METHYLAMPHETAMINE (DOM, STP)
DP  - 1973 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 345--354
VI  - 186
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/186/2/345.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/186/2/345.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1973 Aug 01; 186
AB  - A single dose of 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine (DOM) (246 µg/kg) produced a pressor response in vagotomized dogs. There was also an increase in pulse pressure. Tachyphylaxis developed rapidly after repeated doses of DOM. Responses to tyramine were not diminished after tachyphylaxis to DOM developed. DOM also enhanced pressor responses to norepinephrine, epinephrine and tyramine. In perfused dog fore limb DOM produced a vasodilation followed by a vasoconstriction. The vasoconstriction produced by DOM was not blocked by phentolamine but was antagonized by methysergide. In isolated superfused vascular strips of dog dorsal metatarsal vein, DOM elicited a muscle contraction which was not blocked by phentolamine or cocaine but was antagonized by cinanserin. It was concluded that DOM had a direct stimulatory effect on serotonin receptors. The vasodilation in the perfused fore limb of the dog induced by DOM was not antagonized by propranolol, atropine, pyrilamine or bulbocapnine. In isolated guinea-pig atria, DOM exhibited an antiicotine action and also blocked the inhibitory effect induced by vagus nerve stimulation. © 1973 by The Williams & Wilkins Co.