title: Vascular prostaglandin synthesis in the spontaneously hypertensive rat.
abstract: Vascular prostaglandin synthesis was studied in tissues (aorta and inferior vena cava) obtained from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) of the Aoki-Okamoto strain and age-matched Wistar-Kyoto (WKYs) controls. PGE2 synthesis in aortas from SHRs was significantly enhanced at 10 wk of age (5.3 +/- 0.7 nmol PGE2/mg protein per 10 min vs. 1.9 +/- 0.03 nmol PGE2/mg protein per min in the WKYs, P less than 0.001) and increased progressively until 22 wk of age; PGE2alpha synthesis in SHRs was not significantly different from WKYs. In the venous walls from SHRs, PGF2alpha was the prostaglandin predominantly synthesized (7.1 +/- 0.6 vs. 1.9 +/- 0.05 nmol PGE2alpha/mg protein per 10 min in the WKY controls, P less than 0.01). The activities of 15-hydroxy prostaglandin dehydrogenase and PGE 9-ketoreductase were also compared in the two groups of animals. The only difference detected was a significant increase in venous PGE 9-ketoreductase of SHR's (7.3 +/- 0.06 vs. 4.8 +/- 0.04 nmol PGF2alpha/mg per min, P less than 0.01). The results suggest that increased vascular synthesis of prostaglandins accompanies the development of spontaneous hypertension and may serve to attenuate the effects of blood pressure elevation.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000378:metabolism*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011458:Prostaglandins E; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases