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    Digital Access Atypon v. 19-, 2004-
  • Article
    Frölich JC, Hollifield JW, Michelakis AM, Vesper BS, Wilson JP, Shand DG, Seyberth HJ, Frölich WH, Oates JA.
    Circ Res. 1979 Jun;44(6):781-7.
    We carried out the present studies to determine whether the suppression of plasma renin activity (PRA) that follows inhibition of prostaglandin (PG) synthesis can be dissociated from the sodium-retaining effects of these drugs. In an initial investigation we studied the effect of indomethacin on PRA in normal subjects in balance on a 10 mM Na+ diet to prevent Na+ retention. Under these experimental conditions indomethacin did not lower PRA even though the fatty acid cyclooxygenase was inhibited, as indicated by a greater than 70% reduction in the major urinary metabolite of prostaglandin E (PGE-M). Sodium depletion leads to enhanced sympathetic activity. We therefore studied the effect of indomethacin on a group of subjects in 10 mM Na+ balance in whom the effect of increased beta-sympathetic activity was blocked by the administration of propranolol. In this group, indomethacin caused 65% suppression of PGE-M and had no effect on Na+ balance, but reversibly reduced PRA in the supine and upright positions by 84% and 70%, respectively. In normal subjects in 10 mM Na+ balance, the isoproterenol-induced increase in PRA also was unaffected by indomethacin. These data establish that inhibition of the cyclooxygenase can result in a reduction of PRA that is independent of changes in Na+ balance or beta-sympathetic tone.
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