title: [The effect of acute pulmonary alveolar hypoxia on canine plasma endothelin-1 levels].
abstract: The effect of acute pulmonary alveolar hypoxia on plasma endothelin (ET)-1 levels was observed in 10 anesthetized dogs (hypoxic group). Plasma ET-1 like immunoreactivity (-LI) levels increased significantly at the fifth, fifteenth, sixtieth minute after hypoxia (fractional inspiratory O2 concentration 10%), but they had no remarkable change at the thirtieth minute. It was suggested that the first peak of ET-1-LI levels (the fifth minute) might be caused by the release of endothelin-1 which was formed before hypoxia and the second peak could be associated with the secretion of ET-1 after hypoxia. The effect of ligustrazine on plasma ET-1-LI levels during hypoxia was also investigated in other 8 anesthetized dogs. Plasma ET-1-LI levels reduced significantly at the fifth minute after the injection of ligustrazine, compared with the hypoxic group. The result demonstrated that ligustrazine can inhibit the release of ET-1, which could be correlated with the blockade of calcium channel caused by ligustrazine.
authors.affiliation: PUMC Hospital, CAMS, Beijing.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004285:Dogs; D016232:Endothelins / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011719:Pyrazines / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D016232:Endothelins; D011719:Pyrazines; C017953:tetramethylpyrazine