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J Appl Physiol 59: 443-452, 1985;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 59, Issue 2 443-452, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Pulmonary hypertension and increased vasoreactivity caused by repeated indomethacin in sheep

B. Meyrick, M. E. Niedermeyer, M. L. Ogletree and K. L. Brigham

Six chronically catheterized awake sheep were given the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin (5 mg/kg) twice a day over a 3-wk period. Three sheep receiving vehicle alone served as controls. Pulmonary arterial, left atrial, and systemic arterial pressures, cardiac output, blood gases, and pH were measured biweekly. Pulmonary vasoreactivity to 12% O2 and an analogue of prostaglandin H2 (PGH2-A) was also assessed. As a percent of base line, indomethacin caused a doubling in pulmonary vascular resistance (3 wk = 190 +/- 26%, mean +/- SE) and a 50% increase in pulmonary arterial pressure (3 wk = 151 +/- 9%). Vasoreactivity to 12% O2 increased approximately fourfold during the 1st wk of treatment and then declined. Vasoreactivity to PGH2-A increased steadily, nearly doubling by 3 wk. Light-microscopic counts of peripheral lung biopsy tissue revealed marked sequestration of granulocytes. Morphometric techniques applied to lungs removed at autopsy and fixed with the pulmonary arteries distended with barium gelatin mixture showed a significant reduction in number of barium-filled peripheral arteries and reduction in their external diameter. We conclude that repeated administration of indomethacin alters pulmonary vasoreactivity and causes sustained pulmonary hypertension. Structural studies reveal peripheral lung inflammation and changes in the arterial circulation that are perhaps more consistent with maintained vasoconstriction than chronic pulmonary hypertension.


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