Release of Prostaglandins During Reversal of One-kidney, but not Two-kidney, One Clip Hypertension in the Rat

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Changes in systolic blood pressure and urinary excretion of PGE2 and 6-keto PGF1α 24 h after removing the renal artery clip were compared in one-kidney and two-kidney, one clip Goldblatt hypertension in the rat. Unclipping the one-kidney rat returned blood pressure to normotensive levels within 24 h and was associated with a substantial increase in urinary PGE2 and 6-keto PGF1α. Although hypertension was also completely reversed in the two-kidney model there was no significant change in urinary prostaglandin excretion. Prior treatment with indomethacin (6.0 mg/kg) markedly reduced urinary prostaglandins after clip removal in both forms of hypertension but attenuated the fall in blood pressure in the one-kidney model only. There were no significant changes in urinary kallikrein activity following unclipping. It is suggested that in the one-kidney, one clip rat prostaglandins are released as the result of exposing the undipped kidney to elevated arterial pressure and that these contribute to the subsequent fall in blood pressure.

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