6-ketoprostaglandin-f1-alpha and Diabetes-Insipidus

A case of familial central diabetes insipidus and dilatation of the urinary tract is reported. Administration of desmopressin for 1 year improved urinary tract dilatation with a concomitant reduction in urine volume. Urinary cyclic adenosine monophosphate and prostaglandin E2 excretion increased after treatment.

Topics: 6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; Adult; Cyclic AMP; Deamino Arginine Vasopressin; Diabetes Insipidus; Dinoprost; Dinoprostone; Humans; Hydronephrosis; Male; Thromboxane B2; Urine

We measured the urinary excretion of a stable metabolite of prostacyclin, 6-keto-PGF1 alpha, and of PGE2 in homozygous Brattleboro rats, a strain with hereditary hypothalamic diabetes insipidus. Excretion of both prostaglandins was largely increased compared to both heterozygous Brattleboro rats and Long-Evans rats. These results are in contrast to previously published observations demonstrating a subnormal excretion of PGE2 in Brattleboro rats. It is suggested that prostaglandin synthesis may be under tonic inhibitory control by vasopressin both in the kidney and in the endothelial cells of blood vessels. The findings further support the view that prostaglandins play an important role in the regulation of water excretion and in the pathogenesis of polyuric conditions.

Topics: 6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; Animals; Diabetes Insipidus; Dinoprostone; Hypothalamus; Prostaglandins E; Rats; Rats, Brattleboro

Brattleboro rats, a strain with hereditary hypothalamic diabetes insipidus, were found to excrete significantly higher amounts of both renal (PGE2) and vascular (6-keto-PGF1 alpha) prostaglandins than control Long-Evans rats. The increased prostaglandin synthesis was reversed by vasopressin treatment. These results suggest that in the intact organism prostaglandin synthesis in the kidneys and in the endothelial cells of blood vessels may be under tonic inhibitory control by vasopressin. The findings further support the view that prostaglandins play an important role in the regulation of water excretion and in the pathogenesis of polyuric conditions.

Topics: 6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; Animals; Diabetes Insipidus; Dinoprostone; Female; Prostaglandins E; Rats; Rats, Brattleboro; Vasopressins