title: Influence of vasoactive intestinal contractor on the feline pulmonary vascular bed.
abstract: Pulmonary vascular responses to vasoactive intestinal contractor (VIC) (endothelin-B) were investigated in the feline pulmonary vascular bed under constant and natural flow conditions. Injection of VIC, 0.3 nmol/kg i.v., increased pulmonary arterial and left atrial pressures and cardiac output and caused a biphasic change in pulmonary vascular resistance. VIC and endothelin-1 (ET-1) caused a similar pattern of response and under constant flow conditions, VIC increased lobar arterial pressure in a dose-related manner and was similar in potency and duration of action to ET-1. The thromboxane mimic, U46619, was far more potent than VIC, and a monocyclic ET-analog had no activity in the pulmonary vascular bed. The present data show that VIC has significant vasoconstrictor activity in the pulmonary vascular bed of the cat.
authors.affiliation: Departmemt of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kadowitz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kvamme
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Nossaman
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Minkes
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D002415:Cats; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016232:Endothelins / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008297:Male; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic / Q000494:pharmacology; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; C059568:vasoactive intestinal constrictor; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid