TABLE 1

Pharmacological parameters for 5-HT receptor agonist-induced contraction in endothelium-denuded rat renal artery Values are means ± S.E.M. for the number of animals in parentheses.


Agonist (n = 4-7)

-log EC50 [M]

Percentage of Maximum PE Contraction
DOI 8.21 ± 0.09 124.7 ± 8.7
5-HT 7.03 ± 0.02 124.8 ± 9.5
5-Methoxytryptamine 6.96 ± 0.03 146.8 ± 12.4
mCPP 6.65 ± 0.04 68.7 ± 4.9
α-Methyl-5-HT 6.64 ± 0.05 141.8 ± 8.4
BW723C86 6.50 ± 0.09 58.8 ± 12.1
(+)Norfenfluramine 6.41 ± 0.05 138.7 ± 13.4
2-Methyl-5-HT 6.03 ± 0.08 165.8 ± 27.0
CP93129 5.51 ± 0.07 38.1 ± 7.6
5-CT 5.49 ± 0.03 107.1 ± 6.1
(±)8-OH-DPAT 5.20 ± 0.13 49.8 ± 13.0
Sumatriptan 4.14 ± 0.09 15.3 ± 7.8
LY344864
a
0 ± 0
  • PE, phenylephrine (10 μM).

  • a Could not be obtained