title: Comparative responses to endothelin-2 and sarafotoxin 6b in the pulmonary vascular bed of the cat.
abstract: Pulmonary vascular responses to endothelin-2 and sarafotoxin 6b were investigated in the feline pulmonary vascular bed under natural flow and constant flow conditions. Injections of endothelin-2 and sarafotoxin 6b in a dose of 0.3 nmol/kg iv increased pulmonary arterial and left atrial pressures and cardiac output, and caused a biphasic change in calculated pulmonary vascular resistance. Endothelin-2 caused a biphasic change in systemic arterial pressure, while sarafotoxin 6b only decreased arterial pressure. Under constant flow conditions in the intact-chest cat, injections of endothelin-2 and sarafotoxin 6b in doses of 0.1-1 nmol into the perfused lobar artery increased lobar arterial pressure in a dose-related manner but were less potent than the thromboxane A2 mimic, U46619. An ET analog with only the Cys1-Cys15 disulfide bond and an amidated carboxy terminus had no significant activity in the pulmonary vascular bed. The present data show that endothelin-2 and sarafotoxin 6b have significant vasoconstrictor activity in the pulmonary vascular bed of the cat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Minkes
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Nossaman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kvamme
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kadowitz
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D000758:Anesthesia; 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; D008297:Male; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic / Q000494:pharmacology; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014757:Viper Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014757:Viper Venoms; C057354:sarafotoxins s6; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid