title: Changes in arachidonic acid metabolite patterns in alloxan-induced diabetic rats.
abstract: The vasodepressor responses to intravenous injections of arachidonic acid, and the formation of its metabolites, were studied in rats made diabetic 1 or 2 weeks after a 1-dose alloxan treatment. Arachidonic acid dose-dependently decreased the diastolic blood pressure in normal animals, but this hypotensive effect was significantly weaker in 2-week postalloxan-treated rats. Indometacin abolished arachidonic-acid-induced depressor responses in both normal and diabetic animals. Hypotension induced by sodium nitroprusside was of the same magnitude in non-diabetic and insulin deficient rats. Plasma levels of thromboxane B2 were significantly increased in both the 1- and 2-week diabetic rats, being greater in the latter group; those of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha remained unchanged during the 2-week diabetic period. It is concluded that the attenuation by diabetes of depressor responses to arachidonic acid could be due to changes in the thromboxane/prostacyclin balance, with thromboxane formation being elevated whereas prostacyclin generation remains unaffected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Ogle
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000097:blood; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D001786:Blood Glucose; D009599:Nitroprusside; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha