Endotoxin-induced impairment of vascular reactivity in the pithed rat: role of arachidonic acid metabolites.
The effect of endotoxin on vascular reactivity was studied in pithed rats. Endotoxin infusion (1 mg kg-1 h-1) impaired pressor responses to noradrenaline, angiotensin II, BAY K 8644, and stimulation of the spinal sympathetic outflow. The loss of reactivity was prevented by pretreatment with the cyclooxygenase inhibitor flurbiprofen or the dual cyclooxygenase/lipoxygenase inhibitor BW755C. The effect of endotoxin in impairing vascular reactivity to noradrenaline was mimicked by prostaglandin E2 and platelet-activating factor but not by the prostacyclin analogue iloprost. Platelet-activating factor also impaired responsiveness to sympathetic stimulation. These results suggest a role for cyclooxygenase products and, possibly, platelet-activating factor in endotoxin-induced impairment of vascular reactivity.
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
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Gray
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Furman
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Parratt
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D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D004731:Endotoxins; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D000804:Angiotensin II; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D005480:Flurbiprofen; D015772:4,5-Dihydro-1-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-amine; D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; D011464:Epoprostenol; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D016285:Iloprost; D015232:Dinoprostone; D009638:Norepinephrine