Pharmacological modulation of the endotoxin-induced increase in plasminogen activator inhibitor activity in rats

Pharmacological modulation of the in vivo induction of plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) synthesis was studied in rats using the induction of PAI-1 by endotoxin as a model system. Both the cyclooxygenase inhibitors acetylsalicylic acid and indomethacin enhanced PAI-1 induction. The combined cyclooxygenase-lipoxygenase inhibitor,...

Protein synthesis inhibition by cycloheximide does not affect the acute release of tissue-type plasminogen activator

The acute release of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) was studied in perfused rat hindlegs. Pretreatment of rats with the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (2 mg/kg) at 1, 3 or 5 h prior to perfusion of rat hindlegs did not influence the amount of t-PA released by platelet-activating factor (20 nM) or bradykinin (1 μM). The...