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Roles of platelet-activating factor and thromboxane in group B Streptococcus-induced pulmonary hypertension in piglets.

Platelet-activating factor causes pulmonary hypertension, shock, hypoxemia, neutropenia, and increased pulmonary vascular permeability; some of its effects are due to thromboxane A2 release. Evidence for a possible role of these mediators in the genesis of group B Streptococcus (GBS)-induced pulmonary hypertension was sought using specific receptor antagonists for PAF and thromboxane A2 (TxA2) in anesthetized, ventilated piglets (less than or equal to 12 d of age; n = 22). Infusion of 1 X 10(8) GBS/kg/min for one hour resulted in a sustained and significant increase in pulmonary artery pressure (PPA) from 17 +/- 1 to 35 +/- 3 torr. Pretreatment with the TxA2 antagonist SQ 29548 (0.75 mg/kg intravenous), completely inhibited the effect of GBS on PPA. Pretreatment with either platelet-activating factor antagonists SRI 63072 (3 mg/kg intravenous) or SRI 63441 (1 mg/kg) did not affect the pulmonary hypertension due to GBS infusion. GBS-induced pulmonary hypertension could be reversed by SQ 29548; SRI 63072 did not affect PPA when administered to pigs with GBS-induced elevation in PPA. Inasmuch as prevention and reversal of GBS-induced pulmonary hypertension are accomplished with the TxA2 antagonist but not with PAF antagonists, these data suggest that TxA2, rather than PAF, is responsible for the early pulmonary hypertension in this model of neonatal GBS sepsis. Therefore, TxA2 antagonists may be clinically useful in treating pulmonary hypertension related to GBS sepsis.[1]

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