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  • Title: Dose-response curves of the uterine and placental vascular beds to prostaglandin I2.
    Author: Hollister MC, Reid DL, Phernetton TM, Landauer M, Rankin JH.
    Journal: Am J Obstet Gynecol; 1988 Dec; 159(6):1372-5. PubMed ID: 2974685.
    Abstract:
    Local infusion of prostaglandin I2 (PGI2) has been reported to dilate the uteroplacental vasculature in a dose-dependent manner. In this experiment we attempted to distinguish the placental and nonplacental (uterine) components of this response over four concentrations of PGI2. Eleven near-term sheep were chronically instrumented for determination of regional blood flows by the use of radioactive microspheres. PGI2 was administered in a retrograde manner via a branch of the middle uterine artery at 1, 3, 10, and 20 micrograms/min. Flows were measured before (control) and after 5-minute infusions at each of the four concentrations (test). The uterine vasculature vasodilated in response to local PGI2 infusion. The 10 micrograms/min dose, for example, produced a mean (+/- SEM) flow of 0.70 +/- 0.07 ml/min/gm; the control value was 0.41 +/- 0.03 ml/min/gm (p less than 0.001). At 20 micrograms/min the test and control flows were 0.75 +/- 0.16 and 0.36 +/- 0.06 ml/min/gm (p less than 0.05), respectively. Uterine vascular resistance fell in a dose-dependent manner as well. There was no evidence of placental vasodilation at any of the doses tested. Renal vasodilation and decreased systemic arterial pressure at higher PGI2 doses suggest a recirculation effect. We conclude that PGI2 does not dilate the placental vasculature over the dose range of 1 to 20 micrograms/min and that the reported vasodilation of the uteroplacental vasculature is a result of decreased resistance in the uterine vasculature alone.
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