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The objectives of this investigation were: (a) to characterize the time and dose dependence of the effects of prostacyclin (PGI2) on renin release in healthy men; (b) to define whether PGI2-induced renin release is secondary to hemodynamic changes; (c) to determine the plasma and urine concentrations of 6-keto-PGF1α (the stable breakdown product of PGI2) associated with renin release induced by exogenous or pharmacologically enhanced endogenous PGI2. Intravenous PGI2 or 6-keto-PGF1α infusions at nominal rates of 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, and 20.0 ng/kg per min were performed in each of six normal human subjects; in three of them, PGI2 infusion was repeated after β-adrenergic blockade and cyclooxygenase inhibition. PGI2, but not 6-keto-PGF1α, caused a time- and dose-dependent increase of plasma renin activity, which reached statistical significance at 5.0 ng/kg per min and was still significantly elevated 30 min after discontinuing the infusion. Although combined propranolol and indomethacin treatment significantly enhanced the hypotensive effects of infused PGI2, it did not modify the dose-related pattern of PGI2-induced renin release.
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Carlo Patrono, Francesco Pugliese, Giovanni Ciabattoni, Paola Patrignani
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