Abstract
Prostaglandin E1, in concentrations as low as 1 ng/ml., relaxed isolated tracheal muscle from cat, monkey, rabbit, guinea-pig and ferret. Tracheal muscle from the cat, monkey and rabbit did not exhibit inherent tone and the effect of prostaglandin E1 on these preparations was seen only after a sustained contraction had been produced by a previous dose of acetylcholine or of another agonist. Prostaglandins E2, E3 and F1α also relaxed isolated cat tracheal muscle which had been stimulated by acetylcholine: their activities relative to that of prostaglandin E1 were, respectively, 1.0, 0.2 and 0.002. In the anaesthetized cat prostaglandin E1 increased lung “resistance to inflation” (presumably comparable to bronchial resistance) and the heart rate. In the anaesthetized rabbit and guinea-pig, prostaglandin E1 antagonized the rise in resistance to inflation of the lungs obtained after vagal stimulation or after the intravenous injection of histamine; it sometimes lowered the resistance to inflation in these species. The possibility that prostaglandin may have a local physiological role in the control of bronchial smooth muscle tone is discussed.
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