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. 1980 Mar;68(3):437–447. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1980.tb14557.x

Some direct and reflex cardiovascular actions of prostacyclin (PGI2) and prostaglandin E2 in anaesthetized dogs.

D J Chapple, G J Dusting, R Hughes, J R Vane
PMCID: PMC2044201  PMID: 6762901

Abstract

1 The aim of the study was to determine the mechanism of the hypotension and bradycardia produced by prostacyclin (PGI2). 2 Haemodynamic studies were carried out in nineteen open-chest beagle dogs anaesthetized with chloralose. PGI2 was infused intravenously or into the left atrium. 3 Infusions of PGI2 either intravenously or into the left atrium equally reduced arterial pressure and total peripheral resistance but bradycardia was greater after infusion into the left atrium. 4 Comparison of effects of PGI2 with those of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) showed that although left atrial infusions both reduced aortic pressure and total peripheral resistance, PGE2 always increased heart rate, cardiac output and maximum acceleration. 5 Similar effects were observed with sodium nitroprusside except that it always caused tachycardia and reduced stroke volume. 6 Atropine (0.05 or 1 mg/kg i.v.) reduced or reversed the bradycardia induced by PGI2 but its hypotensive effects were reduced only after 1 mg/kg atropine. After vagotomy changes in cardiac output, stroke volume and maximum acceleration were increased, the hypotensive effects of PGI2 were reduced and the bradycardia was reversed; effects induced by PGE2 were not significantly altered. 7 The hypotension induced by prostacyclin is due to two components, a direct relaxation of vascular smooth muscle and a reflex, non-cholinergic vasodilatation. The bradycardia is reflex in nature and is partially mediated by the vagus pathway.

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