title: Effects of indomethacin, prostaglandins E2 and I2 on the tone of human isolated femoral arteries.
abstract: Strips of endothelium-denuded femoral arteries from operated patients were set up for isometric recording. Indomethacin (IND, 3 mumol 1(-1] enhanced basal tension of the arteries from 0.13 +/- 0.04 to 0.86 +/- 0.12 mN (P less than 0.001; n = 16) and potentiated the contractile responses of the strips to noradrenaline (NA); EC50 for NA was 1.5 +/- 0.3 mumol 1(-1) (n = 6) in the absence, and 0.4 +/- 0.07 mumol 1(-1) (n = 6) in the presence of IND (P less than 0.01). PGI2 produced dose-related relaxation in IND-treated vessels, its IC50 being 15.0 +/- 1.3 nmol 1(-1). Low concentrations of PGE2 (0.85-8.5 nmol 1(-1] reduced whereas its higher concentrations (28-85 nmol 1(-1] increased smooth muscle tone in the presence of IND. These results indicate that human femoral arteries--unlike femoral arteries of some laboratory animals--are highly sensitive to cyclooxygenase inhibition as well as to PGI2 and PGE2.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015232:Dinoprostone; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D011458:Prostaglandins E; D011464:Epoprostenol; D015232:Dinoprostone; D007213:Indomethacin