title: Role of endoperoxides in arachidonic acid-induced vasoconstriction in the isolated perfused kidney of the rat.
abstract: 1. Administration of arachidonic acid caused dose-dependent vasoconstriction in the isolated rat kidney perfused in situ with Krebs-Henseleit solution. 2. Inhibition of cyclo-oxygenase with indomethacin or meclofenamate reduced the renal vasoconstrictor effect of arachidonic acid. 3. The renal vasoconstrictor effect of arachidonic acid was unaffected by CGS-13080 at concentrations that effectively reduced thromboxane A2 (TxA2) synthesis by platelets and the kidney. 4. The endoperoxide/TxA2 receptor antagonist, SQ 29,548, abolished the renal vasoconstrictor effect of arachidonic acid and of U46619, an endoperoxide analogue. In contrast, SQ 29,548 did not affect the renal vasoconstrictor response to angiotensin II, prostaglandin E2 or F2 alpha. 5. These data suggest that the vasoconstrictor effect of arachidonic acid in the isolated kidney of the rat is mediated by its metabolites, including the prostaglandin endoperoxides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quilley
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: McGiff
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nasjletti
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D011449:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides / Q000502:physiology*; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D044262:Prostaglandin H2; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D011462:Prostaglandins G / Q000502:physiology*; D011463:Prostaglandins H / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011982:Receptors, Prostaglandin / Q000187:drug effects; D017482:Receptors, Thromboxane; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D013931:Thromboxanes; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D006834:Hydrazines; D011449:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; D011462:Prostaglandins G; D011463:Prostaglandins H; D011982:Receptors, Prostaglandin; D017482:Receptors, Thromboxane; D013449:Sulfonamides; D013931:Thromboxanes; D044262:Prostaglandin H2; C038291:prostaglandin G2; D013928:Thromboxane A2; C040624:sulotroban; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; C045749:SQ 29548; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase