title: Chronic treatment with propranolol enhances the synthesis of prostaglandins E2 and I2 by the aorta of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: The effects of treatment with dl, d- or l-propranolol (subcutaneously for 1 week) on arterial blood pressure and on 6-keto prostaglandin (PG) F1 alpha (stable metabolite of PGI2) and PGE2 production by aorta, renal medulla and renal cortex were examined in spontaneously hypertensive rats. dl-Propranolol and l-propranolol significantly (P less than .05) lowered blood pressures from 148 +/- 9/113 +/- 5 (n = 6) and 133 +/- 4/100 +/- 2 (n = 12) mm Hg to 112 +/- 3/80 +/- 3 and 121 +/- 3/81 +/- 3 mm Hg, respectively. Comparable treatment of spontaneously hypertensive rats with inactive d-propranolol was without effect. Basal immunoreactive (i) i6-keto-PGF1 alpha and iPGE2 production by isolated aorta, renal medulla and cortex was not different in vehicle compared to the dl-propranolol-treated rats. In contrast, norepinephrine (1 microM)-stimulated synthesis of i6-keto PGF1 alpha and iPGE2 by the aorta in the dl-propranolol-treated group was significantly (P less than .05) enhanced compared with the vehicle-treated group. Aortic i6-keto-PGF1 alpha and iPGE2 synthesis stimulated by norepinephrine in l-propranolol-treated rats was also significantly (P less than .05) higher than that observed in vehicle and d-propranolol-treated rats. dl-Propranolol treatment did not alter norepinephrine-stimulated renal cortical or medullary i6-keto-PGF1 alpha or iPGE2 synthesis. Indomethacin (5 mg/kg i.p.) given on the last 2 days of dl-propranolol treatment, significantly inhibited aortic i6-keto-PGF1 alpha and iPGE2 production and blunted the antihypertensive effect of dl-propranolol.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimiya
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Daniell
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oatis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Walle
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Gaffney
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Halushka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism*; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D011433:Propranolol; D011464:Epoprostenol; D015232:Dinoprostone; D009638:Norepinephrine; D007213:Indomethacin