title: Prostaglandin-like substances in coronary venous blood following myocardial ischemia.
abstract: Twelve anesthetized open chest dogs received an intracoronary infusion of 20 muCi of 3H-arachidonic acid through the left anterior descending coronary artery. A control blood sample was then taken from the great cardiac vein. The left anterior descending coronary artery was occluded for 10 minutes and then released. A second cardiac vein blood sample was obtained during the coronary reactive hyperemic response. The pre-and postocclusion blood samples were analyzed for prostaglandin (PG)-like substances using thin-layer chromatography and analysis for radioactivity. There was an increase in PGE2- and PGA2-like substances, and arachidonic acid found in the postocclusion samples. PGE2 appears to be the predominant prostaglandin formed. Three animals received 10 mg/kg of indomethacin intravenously 1 hour before the 3H-arachidonic acid infusion. Pretreatment with indomethacin abolished the release of PGE2 and PGA2-like substances but no arachidonic acid and reduced the reactive hyperemic response in magnitude and duration. Reactive hyperemia after a 10-minute occlusion was studied in five dogs before and 1 hour after the intravenous administration of 10 mg/kg of indomethacin. The control coronary flow and peak reactive hyperemic response were significantly reduced by the indomethacin. These studies suggest that myocardial ischemia promotes the synthesis and release of PG-like substances which may play a role in reactive hyperemia.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000097:blood; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood*; D004285:Dogs; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000097:blood*; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000097:blood; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D011453:Prostaglandins; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D011460:Prostaglandins F; D007213:Indomethacin