2002
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-001-0412-4
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Pharmacological effects of latanoprost, prostaglandin E2, and F2 α on isolated rabbit ciliary artery

Abstract: These results indicate that latanoprost and PGE2 relaxed rabbit ciliary artery to different degrees. The relaxation provoked by latanoprost was not dependent on endothelium and was not caused by intrinsic PG, CGRP or nitric oxide. The mechanism of this relaxation is not yet clear.

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“…The increase in POBF could be a direct effect of bimatoprost on choroidal circulation. Certain prostaglandins are known to cause vasodilation and interestingly ciliary artery relaxation has been shown to occur in rabbit eyes on topical latanoprost (28). Nicolea et al (29) postulated that though latanoprost a PGF 2 analog is known to cause vasoconstriction, it might also be having a selective vasodilatory effect on the choroidal circulation to explain the increase of ocular blood flow with latanoprost.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…The increase in POBF could be a direct effect of bimatoprost on choroidal circulation. Certain prostaglandins are known to cause vasodilation and interestingly ciliary artery relaxation has been shown to occur in rabbit eyes on topical latanoprost (28). Nicolea et al (29) postulated that though latanoprost a PGF 2 analog is known to cause vasoconstriction, it might also be having a selective vasodilatory effect on the choroidal circulation to explain the increase of ocular blood flow with latanoprost.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…However, the underlying pharmacological mechanism is unclear. We therefore investigated the underlying mechanism of these drugs on vascular smooth muscles [6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. We examined whether these drugs relaxed the ciliary arteries by different mechanisms, such as nitric oxide (NO) release and inhibition of voltage-dependent or -independent calcium entry.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Depending on the drug or formulation used, PGAs have been reported to increase, decrease, or not affect ocular blood flow. However, the reports are conflicting, with opposing results in some cases (19,20) . In the work presented here, both tafluprost BAK-free and travoprost BAK significantly reduced the RI of the OA in rabbits.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%