title: Renal thromboxane synthesis in excised kidney distal to renovascular lesions.
abstract: Excision of a kidney with three distinct zones of perfusion was required in a patient with renovascular hypertension. One third of the kidney was normal, one third was ischemic from a stenotic artery, and one third was severely ischemic from a completely occluded artery. This provided a unique opportunity to study renal prostaglandin production in hypoperfused and control tissue by radioimmunoassays of incubated tissue slices. The thromboxane-prostacyclin synthesis ratio for the outer cortex increased from 2.2 in control tissue to 5.8 in moderately ischemic tissue and 11.3 in severely ischemic tissue; for the inner cortex, 2.1 to 6.3 and 8.8; and for the medulla, 0.4 to 1.2 and 3.0, respectively . Similar ratios were noted for thromboxane-prostaglandin E2. This correlates, for the first time in man, absolute and relative increases in renal thromboxane synthesis with renovascular hypertension.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013931:Thromboxanes / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins; D013931:Thromboxanes; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D013928:Thromboxane A2