title: Vasorelaxant effect of C16-PAF and C18-PAF on renal blood flow and systemic blood pressure in the anesthetized rat.
abstract: The renal vasoactive and systemic hypotensive effects of platelet activating factor (C16:0-PAF and C18:1-PAF) were examined in anesthetized male Wistar rats. Bolus injections of C16-PAF (0.5-25 ng/kg) and C18-PAF (2.5-200 ng/kg) into the arterial circulation of the kidney produced increases in renal blood flow (6-15%) before causing dose-dependent systemic hypotension (2-64 mmHg). The dose-response curves for renal blood flow and systemic blood pressure generated by intrarenal C18-PAF administration were approximately 7 fold to the right of the dose-response curves generated by C16-DPAF. Intrarenal injections of vehicle or the biologically inactive enantiomer C16-DPAF (25-200 ng/kg) did not affect renal blood flow or systemic blood pressure. These results suggest that C16:0-PAF is a more potent renal vasodilator and hypotensive lipid than C18:1-PAF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine/Nephrology, Wake Forest University Medical Center Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Handa
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Strandhoy
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Buckalew
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D014665:Vasodilator Agents