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  • Title: Pulmonary vascular response to leukotriene D4 in unanesthetized sheep: role of thromboxane.
    Author: Noonan TC, Malik AB.
    Journal: J Appl Physiol (1985); 1986 Mar; 60(3):765-9. PubMed ID: 3957828.
    Abstract:
    We examined the pulmonary vascular response to an intravenous leukotriene D4 (LTD4) injection of (1 microgram X kg-1 X min-1 for 2 min) immediately followed by infusion of 0.133 microgram X kg-1 X min-1 for 15 min in awake sheep prepared with lung lymph fistulas. LTD4 resulted in rapid generation of thromboxane A2 as measured by an increase in plasma thromboxane B2 concentration. The thromboxane B2 generation was associated with increases in pulmonary arterial and pulmonary arterial wedge pressures while left atrial pressure did not change significantly. Pulmonary lymph flow (Qlym) increased (P less than 0.05) transiently from base line 6.87 +/- 1.88 (SE) ml/h to maximum value of 9.77 +/- 1.27 at 15 min following the LTD4 infusion. The maximum increase in Qlym was associated with an increase in the estimated pulmonary capillary pressure. The increase in Qlym was not associated with a change in the lymph-to-plasma protein concentration (L/P) ratio. Thromboxane synthetase inhibition with dazoxiben (an imidazole derivative) prevented thromboxane B2 generation after LTD4 and also prevented the increases in pulmonary vascular pressures and Qlym. We conclude that LTD4 in awake sheep increases resistance of large pulmonary veins. The small transient increase in Qlym can be explained by the increase in pulmonary capillary pressure. Thromboxane appears to mediate both the pulmonary hemodynamic and lymph responses to LTD4 in sheep.
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