title: Regional effects and clearance of endothelin-1 across pulmonary and splanchnic circulation.
abstract: To determine the impact of i.v. endothelin-1 on systemic, pulmonary and splanchnic circulation, as well as the peptide's regional clearance, hepatic venous and right heart catheterization was performed in healthy volunteers. During the peptide's continuous i.v. administration (0.4 pmol x kg-1 x min-1, 60 min) its plasma concentration rose from 2.1 +/- 0.5 to 9.5 +/- 5.3 pmol/l (pulmonary artery), from 2.1 +/- 0.9 to 5.0 +/- 1.6 pmol/l (femoral artery), and from 1.5 +/- 0.6 to 2.9 +/- 1.2 pmol/l (hepatic vein). This was accompanied by an increase in mean systolic arterial pressure from 127 +/- 14 to 131 +/- 12 mmHg (P less than 0.05). Concomitantly, cardiac output and heart rate decreased from 7.0 +/- 1.1 to 5.8 +/- 1.0 l/min and from 63 +/- 6 to 56 +/- 5 beats/min, respectively, while total vascular resistance increased from 964 +/- 273 to 1204 +/- 338 dyn x cm x s-5 (P less than 0.01). No major changes in pulmonary circulation were observed, while splanchnic vascular resistance increased from 4472 +/- 1056 to 5361 +/- 1420 dyn x cm x s-5 (P less than 0.01) and estimated hepatic blood flow decreased from 1403 +/- 218 to 1218 +/- 219 ml min-1 (P less than 0.01). During endothelin-1 infusion the pulmonary vascular bed accounted for approximately 53% of the peptide's overall disposal.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: I. Medical Department, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vierhapper
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gasic
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nowotny
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Waldhäusl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016232:Endothelins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006207:Half-Life; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D013152:Splanchnic Circulation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins