PMID: 6987902Feb 1, 1980Paper

Cytoprotective actions of prostacyclin during hypoxia in the isolated perfused cat liver

The American Journal of Physiology
H Araki, A M Lefer

Abstract

The cytoprotective effect of prostacyclin (PGI2) was examined using hypoxic cat livers perfused with Krebs-Henseleit buffer at constant flow. PGI2 infusion (10 ng . g-1 . min-1) showed no direct vasodilator effect on the hepatic circulation under conditions of normoxia or hypoxia, as studied by changes in perfusion pressure. Hypoxia induced a marked decline in hepatic oxygen consumption, an increase in perfusion pressure, and in perfusate cathepsin D and LDH activity in the hepatic effluent indicating lysosomal and cytoplasmic leakage. Tissue samples, obtained 150 min after hypoxic perfusion, showed higher percent-free cathepsin values (82 +/- 4%, mean +/- SE, 7 livers, P less than 0.025) compared to that of normoxia (58 +/- 4). Phagocytic activity, measured by the clearance rate of colloidal carbon particles, was also depressed by hypoxia. PGI2 infusion significantly inhibited the posthypoxia leakage of liver cathepsin D and LDH into the recirculating perfusate, restored the percent-free cathepsin D to 64 +/- 3%, and preserved the phagocytic activity during hypoxia, indicating preservation of lysosomal and cytoplasmic membrane integrity and Kupffer cell phagocytic function. The preservation of lysosomal integrity by PGI2 was f...Continue Reading

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Jan 29, 1994·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences·J R Vane

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