Gestational resistance to the pulmonary vasoconstrictor effect of the TxA2 mimetic U-46619: possible mechanism.
Gestational resistance to the pulmonary vasoconstrictor effect of the TxA2 mimetic U-46619: possible mechanism.
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妊娠期对 TxA2 模拟物 U-46619 的肺血管收缩作用的抵抗:可能的机制。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.6.r1734
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发表时间:
1997
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Venuto,R
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Losonczy,G;Brown,G;Mucha,I;Klocke,R;Muller,V;Merkely,B;Tornoci,L;Rosivall,L;Venuto,R
Pregnancy is associated with the reduction of vascular sensitivity to vasoconstrictor compounds. We have examined whether pregnancy in rabbits induces hyposensitivity of the pulmonary vascular system to U-46619. Anesthetized, mechanically ventilated nonpregnant (NP; n = 7) and late-pregnant (P; n = 7) rabbits were studied. The intravenous injection of 0.03, 0.1, and 0.3 microgram/kg U-46619 led to a dose-dependent elevation of mean pulmonary arterial pressure (MPAP) in NP rabbits from a baseline value of 15 +/- 1 to 22 +/- 1 mgHg. There was no significant MPAP response to intravenous administration of U-46619 in P rabbits. The pulmonary arterial pressure response of isolated, ventilated, and buffer-perfused lungs of P rabbits was also blunted (P < 0.001 vs. NP). Pulmonary arterial membrane binding of [125I]BOP, another thromboxane (Tx)A2 analog, indicated 48 +/- 16 fmol receptors/mg protein in P rabbits and 193 +/- 48 fmol receptors/mg protein in NP samples (P < 0.025). Receptor affinity [1/dissociation constant (KD)] was also lower in the tissue of P rabbits (P < 0.01 vs. NP). The urinary excretion of the stable TxA2 metabolite 11-dehydro-TxB2 was lower in P than in NP rabbits (P < 0.02), which made homologous desensitization an unlikely explanation for the changes of vascular TxA2 receptors. These results show that, in late gestation, rabbit pulmonary vascular sensitivity to U-46619 is reduced simultaneously with, and as a possible consequence of, downregulation of specific receptors.