The antihypertensive properties of a synthetic prostanoid: RS-93427

The antihypertensive activity of RS-93427, a synthetic prostanoid, was evaluated in conscious restrained spontaneously hypertensive rats. RS-93427 possesses potent antihypertensive activity when administered orally, intraduodenally, intravenously, or subcutaneously but not topically. The blood pressure reducing activity of RS-93427 in normotensive rats was comparable to that in hypertensive animals. No signs of tolerance to the antihypertensive effects were observed following fourteen days of oral administration of RS-93427. The synthetic prostanoid minimally enhanced the orthostatic hypotensive responsiveness to vertical, head up, repositioning of the restrained rats. The relative usefulness of the platelet antiaggregatory and antihypertensive properties of RS-93427 will have to be determined by clinical studies.