title: [Plasma PGI2 and TXA2 levels on a model of PDH in leptospirosis].
abstract: Guinea pigs were intravenously injected with icterhemorrhagiae serogroup Lai serovar strain 017 leptospirosis to model the pulmonary diffuse hemorrhage (PDH) in leptospirosis. Thirty-eight hours after the injection, the jugular arteries were catheterized to collect blood sample. The plasma was prepared for radioimmunoassay of TXB2 and 6-keto-PGF1a, the stable metabolites of TXA2 and PGI2 respectively. The plasma level of TXB2 in the experimental group, 107.15 +/- 41.65 pg/ml (n = 7), almost doubled that of the control, 54.05 +/- 12.93 pg/ml (n = 7), with significant difference (P less than 0.01); meanwhile, no significant difference was observed of 6-keto-PGF1a, 67.97 +/- 16.89 pg/ml (n = 6) vs. 98.06 +/- 40.63 pg/ml (n = 9) with P greater than 0.1. The fact that TXA2 causes vasoconstriction and increases vessel permeability suggests that TXA2 elevation should play a role in the mechanism of PDH in leptospirosis.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000097:blood*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000097:blood*; D014895:Weil Disease / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D013929:Thromboxane B2; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D011464:Epoprostenol