title: Role of COX-1 and -2 in prostanoid generation and modulation of angiotensin II responses.
abstract: The role of cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 and -2 in prostanoid formation and modulation of pressor responses to ANG II was investigated in the pulmonary and systemic vascular beds in the rat. In the present study, selective COX-1 and -2 inhibitors attenuated increases in pulmonary arterial pressure and decreases in systemic arterial pressure in response to arachidonic acid but did not alter responses to PGE1 or U-46619. The selective COX-1 and -2 inhibitors did not modify systemic pressor responses to injections or infusions of ANG II or pulmonary pressor responses to injections of the peptide. COX-2 inhibitors did not alter, whereas a COX-1 inhibitor depressed, arachidonic acid-induced platelet aggregation. These data provide evidence in support of the hypothesis that prostanoid synthesis occurs by way of the COX-1 and -2 pathways in the pulmonary and systemic vascular beds but that pressor responses to ANG II are not mediated or modulated by these pathways in the rat.
authors: Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
authors: Syed R
authors: SR
authors: Baber
authors: Albert L
authors: AL
authors: Hyman
authors: Philip J
authors: PJ
authors: Kadowitz
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000494:pharmacology; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D052246:Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009578:Nitrobenzenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides
chemical_list: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D000527:Alprostadil; D000804:Angiotensin II; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D052246:Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009578:Nitrobenzenes; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D011453:Prostaglandins; D011720:Pyrazoles; D013449:Sulfonamides; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; C119130:4-(5-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)benzenesulfonamide; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides; C115461:SC 560; C080955:N-(2-cyclohexyloxy-4-nitrophenyl)methanesulfonamide; C496513:Ptgs1 protein, rat