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. 1977 Jul-Aug;72(4):365-75.
doi: 10.1007/BF02023595.

Effect of fasting and streptozotocin-diabetes on the coronary flow in isolated rat hearts: A possible role of endogenous catecholamines and prostaglandins

Effect of fasting and streptozotocin-diabetes on the coronary flow in isolated rat hearts: A possible role of endogenous catecholamines and prostaglandins

H Stam et al. Basic Res Cardiol. 1977 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

The coronary flow rate of retrogradely perfused hearts from fasted (group I) and streptozotocin-diabetic rats (group II) is increased when compared with the flow rate of control, fed animals (group III). The enhanced coronary flow is absent when hearts of groups I and II are perfused in the presence of indomethacin (1 microgram/ml) in the perfusion fluid and the lowest flow rates are observed after depletion of the endogenous catecholamines by reserpin. Hearts from groups I and II showed a marked increase in prostaglandin-release which was counteracted both in the presence of indomethacin (1 microgram/ml) and by reserpin-pretreatment. The results suggest that the increased coronary flow rates in hearts from fasted and streptozotocin-diabetic rats are mediated by an effect of released endogenous catecholamines on coronary vascular smooth muscle and by a catecholamine-induced release of vasodilatory, prostaglandin-like substances.

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