title: Increased aortic PGI2 and plasma lyso-PAF in the unclipped one-kidney hypertensive rat.
abstract: Previous studies have implicated vasodilatory prostaglandins (PGs) in the reversal of hypertension following unclipping in the one-kidney, one-clip (1K,1C) hypertensive rat. The capacity of the aorta to synthesize prostacyclin (PGI2) was compared in clipped (group A, n = 9), unclipped (group B, n = 8 and group D, n = 9), and sham-unclipped (group C, n = 9) 1K,1C hypertensive rats. The involvement of platelet-activating factor (PAF), a potent renal antihypertensive phospholipid, in the reversal of renal clip hypertension was also examined. Hypertensive rats [systolic blood pressure (BP) greater than 180 mmHg] were fed a synthetic diet for 4 wk, after which group A was killed immediately, group C was sham-unclipped, and groups B and D unclipped and killed 24 h later. Blood was drawn for the measurement of plasma lyso-PAF (the precursor of PAF) and the aorta removed for determination of 6-ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha (6-keto-PGF1 alpha, the stable hydrolysis product of PGI2). BP fell substantially in the unclipped rats (groups B and D) but did not change in the sham-unclipped rats (group C). Mean aortic 6-keto-PGF1 alpha was increased in the unclipped groups [group B, 15.4 +/- 2.4 (SE) ng/mg; group D, 10.8 +/- 2 ng/mg] compared with group A (7.7 +/- 1 ng/mg) and group C (7.1 +/- 1 ng/mg) (H = 13.74, P less than 0.01). Plasma lyso-PAF was also significantly increased in the unclipped (group D, 261 +/- 26 ng/ml) vs. the sham-unclipped group (group C, 211 +/- 23 ng/ml, P less than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000378:metabolism*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: C029271:O-deacetyl platelet activating factor; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D011464:Epoprostenol