Small amounts of kallikrein were isolated from bovine mammary tissue. Immediately after slaughter, the udder was removed, perfused with ice-cold xylocaine-Rheomacrodex solution, and homogenized in ice-cold acetic acid...
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Small amounts of kallikrein were isolated from bovine mammary tissue. Immediately after slaughter, the udder was removed, perfused with ice-cold xylocaine-Rheomacrodex solution, and homogenized in ice-cold acetic acid solution. Kallikrein-like substances were adsorbed on DEAE-cellulose, eluted with ammonium formate and fractionated by acetone precipitation. The 40-70% acetone fraction was separated on a Sephadex-G 75 column, and aliquots of each fraction were incubated for 1 or 2 h with kininogen. After incubation, extracts were tested for kinin activity on the isolated rat uterus, the rat duodenum, blood flow through the femoral artery of dogs and by intramammary pressure assay in sheep. Release of kinins was demonstrated by all these techniques, highest kallikrein activity being detected in the MW range 50,000-60,000. Direct injection of the enzyme into the udder artery of sheep, without prior incubation with kininogen, resulted in vasodilation and a rise in intramammary pressure. The kallikrein activity was strongly inhibited by aprotinin, but not by soybean trypsin inhibitor or ovomucoid. Kallikrein activity was always associated with esterase activity.
Seven pregnant ewes ranging from 85 to 140 days of gestation were infused with systemic doses of epinephrine and uterine arterial flow dose-response curves were determined. With a constant systemic infusion of epineph...
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Seven pregnant ewes ranging from 85 to 140 days of gestation were infused with systemic doses of epinephrine and uterine arterial flow dose-response curves were determined. With a constant systemic infusion of epinephrine at a mean rate of 0.29 ± 0.03 μg/Kg. min., and the radionuclide labeled microsphere method to measure arterial blood flow, a 38.5 per cent decrease in total uterine arterial blood flow was demonstrated while systemic pressure was unaltered. At this dose the reduction in endometrial blood flow was significantly greater (−58.7 per cent) than that in either the myometrium (−36.9 per cent) or placental cotyledons (−34.5 per cent) (p < 0.025 and < 0.005, respectively). There also occured a decrease in blood flow to the mammary gland and the pancreas, whereas increases in blood flow to the skektal muscle, adipose tissue, and spleen were documented. It is evident from this study that during the period of ovine pregnancy investigated, the vascular beds of all tissues comprising the pregnant uterus, including the placental cotyledons, are sensitive to the vasoconstrictive effects of epinephrine.
A rabbit lung preparation, perfused in vitro , was used to examine pulmonary metabolism of prostaglandin A1 (PGA1 ) and to compare the vasoconstrictor actions of PGA1 , prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α ) and angiotensin II....
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A rabbit lung preparation, perfused in vitro , was used to examine pulmonary metabolism of prostaglandin A1 (PGA1 ) and to compare the vasoconstrictor actions of PGA1 , prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α ) and angiotensin II. PGF2α caused significantly more, and angiotensin II significantly less, vasoconstriction than did an equimolar concentration of PGA1 . Of three likely PGA1 metabolites only 15-keto-PGA1 had any significant vasoconstrictor action. Furosemide and aminophylline (10−3 M) reduced PGA1 , PGF2α or angiotensin II-induced vasoconstruction. Diphloretin phosphate potentiated the vascular effect of angiotensin II. Furosemide (10−3 M) and DPP (9.5 × 10−6 M) significantly reduced pulmonary metabolism of PGA1 while aminophylline (10−3 M) had no effect on this process. Perfusion of the lungs with a hypoxic medium had no effect on PGA1 metabolism.
The effects of intra-arterial infusion of dopamine on superior mesenteric artery blood flow, intestinal O2 consumption, and capillary density were studied in anesthetized dogs before and after blockade of dopamine rec...
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The effects of intra-arterial infusion of dopamine on superior mesenteric artery blood flow, intestinal O2 consumption, and capillary density were studied in anesthetized dogs before and after blockade of dopamine receptors with haloperidol and after .beta.-adrenergic receptor blockade with propranolol. Mesenteric blood flow to a distal segment of the small intestine was measured with an electromagnetic blood flowmeter and intestinal O2 consumption was calculated from the measured arteriovenous O2 difference across the intestine and total blood flow. Intestinal capillary density was estimated from the clearance of 86 Rb. In normal animals prior to dopaminergic or .beta.-adrenergic blockade, dopamine caused a dose-related decrease in mesenteric blood flow, intestinal O2 consumption, and 86Rb clearance. Only the lowest dose of the drug, 1 .mu.g/kg-min, did not significantly change the intestinal capillary density. In dogs pretreated with the dopamine receptor, antogonist, haloperidol, dopamine (20 .mu.g/kg-min) caused a significant increase in blood flow and O2 consumption and did not significantly alter the number of perfused intestinal capillaries. These increases in haloperidol-blocked animals administered dopamine were reversed by propranolol. Dopamine caused smooth muscle contraction in mesenteric arterioles and precapillary sphincters, thereby producing intestinal ischemia and hypoxia. These findings with haloperidol and propranolol indicate that dopamine stimulates at least 2 different receptors in the canine mesenteric vascular bed: a constrictor receptor blocked by haloperidol and a dilator receptor blocked by propranolol.
Clinical and hemodynamic benefits were documented after giving diazepam to patients with coronary heart disease. The mechanisms by which this agent produced its hemodynamics effects were poorly understood. Partial aut...
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Clinical and hemodynamic benefits were documented after giving diazepam to patients with coronary heart disease. The mechanisms by which this agent produced its hemodynamics effects were poorly understood. Partial autonomic blockade was induced in 10 patients by the i.v. administration of 5 mg propranolol and 0.8 mg atropine. Coronary and systemic hemodynamics were normal before and unchanged (P > 0.05) after propranolol and atropine administration. However, myocardial extraction of lactate improved in 9 out of 10 patients (from 11-24%, P < 0.05). The patients then received 0.1 mg/kg diazepam i.v. Diazepam had no effect on the coronary sinus blood flow and resistance while myocardial extraction of lactate further improved in all but 1 patient (from 24-35% at 5 min and 34% at 15 min, P < 0.05). Heart rate increased by a mean of 4 beats at 5 min (P < 0.01) while cardiac output was unchanged. Systolic arterial pressure (SAP) decreased significantly (P < 0.001) at 5 and 15 min (6-10%) and left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) also diminished significantly (P < 0.001) at 5 and 15 min (18-19%). These changes occurred despite autonomic blockade. In the absence of change of myocardial blood flow and contractility, a direct peripheral action of the drug on arteries and/or veins probably occurred.
Pressor response to norepinephrine, cardiopulmonary blood volume, and hemodynamic parameters were studied in 41 borderline hypertensive patients in comparison with 42 permanent essential hypertensive patients and 28 n...
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Pressor response to norepinephrine, cardiopulmonary blood volume, and hemodynamic parameters were studied in 41 borderline hypertensive patients in comparison with 42 permanent essential hypertensive patients and 28 normal subjects. Borderline hypertensive subjects had a high cardiac index (p < 0.0001), normal total peripheral resistance, and low total blood volume (p < 0.005). The ratio between cardiopulmonary blood volume (CPBV) and total blood volume (TBV) was significantly higher in comparison with normal subjects (p < 0.01) and permanent hypertensive subjects (p < 0.001). The pressor dose of norepinephrine was elevated (p < 0.0001) and was directly correlated with the basal values of the cardiac output (p < 0.005), the cardiopulmonary blood volume (p < 0.001), and the CPBV TBV ratio (p < 0.01). None of these results was observed in permanent hypertensive subjects: the only significant result was a negative correlation between the pressor dose of norepinephrine and the basal diastolic arterial pressure (p < 0.0001). This study provides evidence that the cardiac output elevation in borderline hypertensive subjects was related to increased venous return and enhanced sympathetic venous tone.
Direct arterial pressure, heart rate, and ECG have been recorded over a 24-hour period in nine individuals who were completely unrestricted throughout the study. Forty-nine separate cigarette smoking episodes were cle...
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Direct arterial pressure, heart rate, and ECG have been recorded over a 24-hour period in nine individuals who were completely unrestricted throughout the study. Forty-nine separate cigarette smoking episodes were clearly indicated and analyzed. The results of our study confirm a significant increase in arterial pressure five minutes after smoking a cigarette. The systolic rise in pressure (mean 10.7 mm. Hg, P < 0.001) was approximately twice that of the diastolic rise (5.3 mm. Hg, P < 0.001) and was present under different conditions of everyday life with the notable exception of lying in bed before sleep. We found no quantitative difference between normotensive and hypertensive subjects. There was no certain change in heart rate (mean increase +0.8 beats per minute, t = 0.59, NS) in the group as a whole. Smoking also had a short-term action consisting of a brief fall in arterial pressure and heart rate occurring over eight to ten heart beats following immediately after the first inhalation of tobacco smoke, followed by a rebound rise in arterial pressure to a level greater than the presmoking level; this is probably a vagal effect. Cigarette smoking caused angina pectoris in one individual and the records showed ST-segment depression in the ECG before the subjective appreciation of pain.
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