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J Appl Physiol 71: 217-222, 1991;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 71, Issue 1 217-222, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Modulation of vascular reactivity to serotonin in the dog lung

W. F. Hofman, W. F. Jackson, H. el-Kashef and I. C. Ehrhart
Department of Physiology and Endocrinology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912.

Experiments were conducted to compare the effects of cyclooxygenase inhibition (COI) on vascular reactivity to serotonin (5-HT) in the isolated blood-perfused canine left lower lung lobe (LLL) and in isolated canine intrapulmonary lobar artery rings with and without a functional endothelium. LLLs (n = 6), perfused at constant blood flow, were challenged with bolus doses of 50, 100, and 250 micrograms 5-HT before COI, after COI with 45 microM meclofenamate, and after infusion of prostacyclin (PGI2) during COI. Lobar vascular resistance was segmentally partitioned by venous occlusion. Pulmonary arterial pressure increased from 13.5 +/- 1.0 to 16.3 +/- 0.8 cmH2O (P less than 0.01) after COI but declined to 13.1 +/- 1.1 cmH2O (P less than 0.01) subsequent to PGI2 infusion (91.3 +/- 14.5 ng.min-1.g LLL-1). The pulmonary arterial pressure changes were related to changes in postcapillary resistance. The dose-dependent pressor response to 5-HT was potentiated by COI (P less than 0.01) but reversibly attenuated (P less than 0.05) by PGI2 infusion. Isolated intrapulmonary artery rings (2-4 mm diam) exhibited a dose-related increase in contractile tension to 5-HT. The response to 5-HT was enhanced (P less than 0.05) in rings devoid of a functional endothelium. However, COI (10 microM indomethacin) did not alter (P greater than 0.05) the dose-related increase in contractile tension to 5-HT in rings with an intact endothelium. Our results suggest that both PGI2 and endothelium-derived relaxing factors modulate pulmonary vascular reactivity to 5-HT.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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