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Adrenomedullin increases pulmonary blood flow in fetal sheep.

Abstract：

:We studied the effects of exogenously administered adrenomedullin on fetal pulmonary arterial blood flow in near-term fetal sheep. The hemodynamic effects of a single injection of adrenomedullin into the left pulmonary artery were compared with those of acetylcholine; the effects of repeated injections of adrenomedullin were also studied. In seven unanesthetized fetal sheep, catheters were inserted into the left pulmonary artery to administer drugs, and into the main pulmonary and carotid arteries to measure pressures. An ultrasonic flow transducer was placed around the left pulmonary artery to measure flow continuously. A single 5-microgram injection of adrenomedullin (1.90 +/- 0.35 micrograms/kg of fetal weight) increased pulmonary arterial blood flow significantly, from 17 +/- 10 to 120 +/- 21 mL/min (p < 0.001). Two micrograms of acetylcholine (0.74 +/- 0.14 microgram/kg of fetal weight) also increased left pulmonary arterial blood flow, from 18 +/- 16 to 113 +/- 37 mL/min, but the effect of adrenomedullin on flow was more prolonged than was that of acetylcholine. Additionally, adrenomedullin and acetylcholine similarly decreased mean pulmonary arterial pressure by 11 and 16%, respectively, but adrenomedullin did not decrease mean carotid arterial pressure to the same degree as acetylcholine (2 versus 19%, respectively). Five sequentially repeated injections of adrenomedullin, once every 5 min, increased left pulmonary arterial blood flow significantly in a stepwise manner without significantly changing heart rate or mean pulmonary and carotid arterial pressures. We conclude that exogenously administered adrenomedullin is a pulmonary vasodilator in fetal sheep and has the ability to increase pulmonary blood flow significantly; there is less effect on the systemic circulation. This finding might be important in considering the therapeutic use of this peptide in the management of persistent pulmonary hypertension in the perinatal period.

journal_name

Pediatr Res

journal_title

Pediatric research

authors

de Vroomen M,Takahashi Y,Gournay V,Roman C,Rudolph AM,Heymann MA

doi

10.1203/00006450-199704000-00007

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-04-01 00:00:00

pages

493-7

issue

4 Pt 1

eissn

0031-3998

issn

1530-0447

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Adrenomedullin increases pulmonary blood flow in fetal sheep.