Platelet activating factor vasoconstriction of dog kidney. Inhibition by alprazolam.

Platelet activating factor vasoconstriction of dog kidney. Inhibition by alprazolam.

Systemic administration of platelet activating factor (PAF; acetyl glyceryl ether phosphorylcholine) reduces renal blood flow, but the mechanism responsible for that effect has not been defined. To address that problem, we determined the effects on renal blood flow of PAF administered directly into the renal artery in pentobarbital (30 mg/kg)-anesthetized dogs. Bolus injections of PAF (0.2-0.8 ...

Hemodynamic effects of platelet activating factor in the dog kidney in vivo.

The effect of platelet activating factor (PAF) on renal hemodynamics and function was examined in anesthetized dogs. The infusion of PAF into the renal artery at 5, 10, and 20 ng X min-1 X kg-1 body weight resulted in dose-dependent reductions in renal blood flow, glomerular filtration rate, urine volume, and urinary sodium excretion, whereas the infusion of vehicle alone in the contralateral k...

Platelet-activating factor and solute transport processes in the kidney.

We examined the hemodynamic and tubular transport mechanisms by which platelet-activating factor (PAF) regulates salt and water excretion. In anesthetized, renally denervated male Wistar rats, with raised systemic blood pressure and renal arterial blood pressure maintained at normal levels, intrarenal PAF infusion at 2.5 ng. min(-1) x kg(-1) resulted in a small fall in systemic blood pressure (...

Platelet activating factor and one-kidney, one clip hypertension.

The reduction in blood pressure to normotensive levels within 3 hours of unclipping the one-kidney, one clip Goldblatt hypertensive rat has been attributed to the release of potent blood pressure-lowering lipids, one of which is thought to be identical to platelet activating factor. The specific platelet activating factor receptor antagonist WEB 2086 was infused intravenously into hypertensive ...

Platelet activating factor revisited.