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. 1982 Jan;75(1):243–249. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1982.tb08779.x

Prostacyclin can either increase or decrease heart rate depending on the basal state.

M Chiavarelli, S Moncada, K M Mullane
PMCID: PMC2071452  PMID: 7042022

Abstract

1 The influence of the basal heart rate on the change in rate induced by prostacyclin (PGI2) was investigated in beagles anaesthetized with chloralose. 2 In male dogs with a low basal heart rate (less than 100 beats/min) PGI2, in doses up to 0.5 microgram/kg intravenously, induced hypotension and tachycardia. 3 In contrast, PGI2-induced hypotension was accompanied by bradycardia when either the basal heart rate was increased (greater than 130 beats/min) with isoprenaline or nitroprusside, or the dose of PGI2 was increased. 4 Female beagles were less sensitive than males to the stimulation of a reflex bradycardia by PGI2. 5 The influence of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and bradykinin on heart rate was also found to depend upon the basal state in some dogs. 6 Bilateral vagotomy reversed the bradycardia provoked by PGI2, PGE2 and bradykinin. 7 Thus, PGI2-induced bradycardia in dependent on both the dose and the basal heart rate. Similarly the effects of PGE2 and bradykinin on heart rate also depend upon the basal state in some dogs. Moreover, there is a correlation between the ability of all three agonists to induce bradycardia, suggesting a common mechanism of action.

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