scholarly journals The effect of renal perfusion pressure on renal vascular resistance in the spontaneously hypertensive rat

1982 ◽  
Vol 393 (4) ◽  
pp. 340-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen-Hsing Hsu ◽  
James M. Slavicek

1987 ◽  
Vol 253 (2) ◽  
pp. F234-F238
Author(s):  
A. A. Seymour ◽  
S. G. Smith ◽  
E. K. Mazack

Synthetic atrial natriuretic factor (ANF 101-126) was infused at 1, 5, 25, and 125 pmol X kg-1 X min-1 into the renal artery of anesthetized, one-kidney dogs. During administration of 25 and 125 pmol X kg-1 X min-1 of ANF 101-126, fractional sodium excretion (FENa) rose from 1.4 +/- 0.3 to 6.6 +/- 1.1 and 5.6 +/- 1.3% when renal perfusion pressure (RPP) was at its basal level (112 +/- 5 mmHg). When base-line RPP was lowered to 101 +/- 5 mmHg by tightening a suprarenal aortic constriction, the same doses raised FENa to only 5.6 +/- 1.6 and 5.1 +/- 1.6%. A larger reduction of beginning RPP to 82 +/- 4 mmHg suppressed the natriuretic responses to 25 and 125 pmol X kg-1 X min-1 of ANF 101-126 to only 1.4 +/- 0.8 and 0.8 +/- 0.3%, respectively.During the peak natriuretic dose of 25 pmol X kg-1 X min-1, renal vascular resistance (RVR) fell from 0.88 +/- 0.10 to 0.68 +/- 0.07, from 0.78 +/- 0.10 to 0.68 +/- 0.12, and from 0.60 +/- 0.06 to 0.61 +/- 0.06 mmHg X ml-1 X min-1 at RPP = RPP = 112, 101, and 82 mmHg, respectively. ANF 101-126 did not affect glomerular filtration rate (GFR) at any level of RPP tested. In conclusion, the natriuretic responses to ANF 101-126 occurred without changes in GFR and were modulated by the prevailing levels of renal perfusion pressure and renal vascular resistance.



1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 654-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Zweig ◽  
T. M. Daugharty ◽  
L. E. Earley

During induced renal vasodilatation, angiotensin and norepinephrine result in an increased excretion of sodium (UNaV), which has been attributed to transmission of elevated aortic pressure (PA) to peritubular capillaries and not to direct effects of the drugs on sodium reabsorption. The importance of PA, intrarenal hemodynamics, and other possible effects of angiotensin and norepinephrine was examined in anesthetized dogs in which one kidney was vasodilated by denervation or acetylcholine, and the opposite kidney served as control. During elevation of aortic pressure, following bilateral carotid occlusion and vagotomy (B.C.O. and V), infusion of angiotensin and norepinephrine, increased UNaV occurred on only the vasodilated side. Changes in UNaV on both sides are related inversely to renal vascular resistance (R.V.R.) before elevation PA, but not to changes in R.V.R., glomerular filtration rate (G.F.R.), or filtration fraction following elevation of PA. When renal perfusion pressure was controlled during aortic constriction, persistent increases in UNaV and urine flow rate were abolished during infusion of norepinephrine and after B.C.O. and V, and markedly reduced during infusion of angiotensin. These effects could not be attributed to changes in intrarenal hemodynamics. Thus increased sodium and water excretion following infusion of norepinephrine and angiotensin, and B.C.O. and V, can be largely attributed to an interplay of increased renal perfusion pressure and reduced preset renal vascular resistance.



2003 ◽  
Vol 285 (1) ◽  
pp. F105-F112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona Racasan ◽  
Jaap A. Joles ◽  
Peter Boer ◽  
Hein A. Koomans ◽  
Branko Braam

In the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR), renal blood flow (RBF) has been reported to be very dependent on nitric oxide (NO); however, autoregulation is normal, albeit shifted to higher perfusion pressures. To test the hypothesis that in the SHR NO dependency of RBF autoregulation is diminished, we investigated RBF autoregulation in anesthetized young male SHR and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats before and during acute intravenous NO synthase (NOS) inhibition with Nω-nitro-l-arginine (l-NNA) and urinary excretion of nitrate plus nitrite (UNOxV) at different renal perfusion pressures (RPP). Under baseline conditions, SHR had higher mean arterial pressure (147 ± 4 mmHg) and renal vascular resistance (16 ± 1 U) than WKY (105 ± 4 mmHg and 10 ± 0.5 U, respectively, P < 0.05). RBF was similar (9.4 ± 0.5 vs. 10.3 ± 0.1 ml · min-1 · g kidney wt-1). Acute NOS blockade increased mean arterial pressure similarly, but there was significantly more reduction in RBF and hence an enhanced increase in renal vascular resistance in SHR (to 36 ± 3 vs. 17 ± 1 U in WKY, P < 0.001). The renal vasculature of SHR is thus strongly dependent on NO in maintaining basal RBF. The lower limit of autoregulation was higher in SHR than WKY in the baseline situation (85 ± 3 vs. 71 ± 2 mmHg, P < 0.05). Acute l-NNA administration did not decrease the lower limit in the SHR (to 81 ± 3 mmHg, not significant) and decreased the lower limit to 63 ± 2 mmHg ( P < 0.05) in the WKY. The degree of compensation as a measure of autoregulatory efficiency attained at spontaneous perfusion pressures was comparable in SHR vs. WKY but with a shift of the curve toward higher perfusion pressures in SHR. Acute NOS blockade only increased the degree of compensation in WKY. Remarkably, UNOxV was significantly lower at spontaneous RPP in SHR. After reduction of RPP, the observed decrease in UNOxV was significantly more pronounced in WKY than in SHR. In conclusion, the renal circulation in SHR is dependent on high levels of NO; however, the capacity to modulate NO in response to RPP-induced changes in shear stress seems to be limited.



1996 ◽  
Vol 270 (6) ◽  
pp. R1203-R1207
Author(s):  
E. Brand-Schieber ◽  
M. Pucci ◽  
A. Nasjletti

The effects of NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA, 10 mg/kg i.v.) on renal hemodynamics were examined in control rats, rats in which renal perfusion pressure was prevented from rising after L-NNA by constricting the abdominal aorta, and rats in which tubuloglomerular feedback was inhibited by furosemide pretreatment, ureteral ligation, or both interventions combined. In control rats, L-NNA increased (P < 0.05) renal vascular resistance (274 +/- 27%) along with systemic arterial (54 +/- 4%) and renal perfusion (54 +/- 5%) pressures and decreased (P < 0.05) renal blood flow (57 +/- 4%). In rats in which renal perfusion pressure was prevented from increasing along with systemic arterial pressure (54 +/- 4%), the L-NNA-induced elevation of renal vascular resistance (173 +/- 27%) was less intense (P < 0.05). In another study, where renal perfusion pressure was fixed at pre-L-NNA levels, L-NNA-induced increases in renal vascular resistance (130 +/- 20%) were attenuated (P < 0.05) further with furosemide pretreatment (52 +/- 12%), with ureteral ligation (75 +/- 10%), and with furosemide pretreatment and ureteral ligation combined (32 +/- 8%). These data suggest that vasoconstrictor mechanisms linked to tubuloglomerular feedback and perfusion pressure elevation contribute to renal vasoconstriction after systemic inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis with L-NNA.



1990 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. McNally ◽  
F. Baker ◽  
N. Mistry ◽  
J. Walls ◽  
J. Feehally

1. This study investigates the effect of nifedipine on cyclosporin A nephrotoxicity in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. 2. Cyclosporin A, administered daily by subcutaneous injection at 25 mg/kg body weight for 14 days, induced a significant reduction in glomerular filtration rate (35.3%) and effective renal plasma flow (45.0%), and an increase in renal vascular resistance (219%). Using this regimen, tubular, glomerular or vascular morphological damage was not evident on light microscopy. 3. The administration of nifedipine simultaneously with cyclosporin A from day 1 prevented the characteristic decline in renal function and increase in renal vascular resistance. However, the administration of nifedipine to spontaneously hypertensive rats previously exposed to cyclosporin A for 7 days failed to improve renal haemodynamics. 4. This study suggests that the beneficial effect conferred by nifedipine on cyclosporin A nephrotoxicity is present only when treatment is initiated simultaneously with cyclosporin A.



1982 ◽  
Vol 242 (6) ◽  
pp. H961-H966 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. Hsu ◽  
J. H. Slavicek ◽  
T. W. Kurtz

Renal hemodynamics were studied during different stages of development of hypertension in unanesthetized spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). In SHR at 4 wks of age mean arterial pressure (MAP) was higher than in age-matched Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY); however, renal blood flow (RBF) and renal vascular resistance (RVR) were not different between these two groups. Mean values of RVR and MAP in 8- and 12-wk-old SHR were significantly greater than those of age-matched WKY. Both RBF of 8- and 12-wk-old SHR were significantly lower than the corresponding values of WKY. Afferent arteriolar diameter (AAD) was measured with a microsphere method. AAD was not different between 4-wk-old SHR and WKY; however, the AAD of 8-wk-old (16.3 +/- 0.23 micrometers, n = 5) and 12-wk-old (17.4 +/- 0.48, n = 5) SHR were significantly smaller than those of respective control WKY (17.3 +/- 0.34, n = 4, P less than 0.05; 19.3 +/- 0.12, n = 5, P less than 0.01). Calculated preglomerular (Rpre) and postglomerular resistances (Rpost) of 12-wk-old SHR were increased 96 and 129% when compared with respective segmental resistances of the control WKY. The decrease in AAD of 12-wk-old SHR was sufficient to account for a 33% increase in Rpre. After the rats were treated with hydralazine (0.5 mg/kg iv), MAP, RBF, and RVR of SHR were not different from the control WKY values. Rpre and Rpost of SHR were substantially decreased; however, vasodilation occurred at vessels proximal and distal to the afferent arteriole because AAD was not altered. Our results indicate that increased RVR in SHR involves increases in Rpre and Rpost.



1980 ◽  
Vol 238 (3) ◽  
pp. H317-H324 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nagaoka ◽  
A. Shino ◽  
M. Shibota

To elucidate the significance of hypertension associated with cerebrovascular lesions (CVL), renal perfusion pressure (RPP) was controlled by aortic clips of two different sizes in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats kept under normal or salt-loaded conditions. Tail and femoral arterial pressures (RPPs) in the mildly and severely clamped animals were reduced in proportion to the severity of the clamping. In contrast, carotid pressures in both clamped groups were significantly higher than that in the controls. Proteinuria and hyperreninemia accompanied by arteriolar changes in the renal cortex were observed in the controls prior to the onset of CVL. The renal changes were inhibited by both types of clamping. The onset of CVL was delayed by the mild clamping in salt-loaded animals, but accelerated by the severe clamping in both the normal and salt-loaded animals. Renal cortical blood flow was decreased only by the severe clamping. The results suggest that reduction in RPP and/or renal ischemia, which seems to be due to the hypertensive arteriolar changes in the renal cortex, may be related to the pathogenesis of CVL in the stroke-prone rats with or without hyperreninemia.



1971 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn Folkow ◽  
Margareta Hallbäck ◽  
Yen Lundgren ◽  
Lilian Weiss


1999 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 674-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Paul Clozel ◽  
Murielle M. Véniant ◽  
Changbin Qiu ◽  
Urs Sprecher ◽  
Robert Wolfgang ◽  
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2003 ◽  
Vol 285 (2) ◽  
pp. R329-R338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Mehlin Sorensen ◽  
Paul Peter Leyssac ◽  
Ole Skott ◽  
Niels-Henrik Holstein-Rathlou

The aim of the study was to investigate mechanisms underlying the downregulation of renal blood flow (RBF) after a prolonged reduction in renal perfusion pressure (RPP) in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). We tested the effect on the RBF response of clamping plasma ANG II in sevoflurane-anesthetized SHR. We also tested the effect of general cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibition and inhibition of the inducible COX-2. Furthermore, we assessed the effect of clamping the nitric oxide (NO) system. A prolonged period (15 min) of reduced RPP induced a downregulation of RBF. This was unchanged after clamping of plasma ANG II concentrations, general COX inhibition, and specific inhibition of COX-2. In contrast, clamping the NO system diminished the ability of SHR to downregulate RBF to a lower level. The downregulation of RBF was not associated with a resetting of the lower limit of autoregulation in the control group, in the ANG II-clamped group, or the NO clamped group. However, general COX inhibition and specific COX-2 inhibition enabled downward resetting of the lower limit of autoregulation. In conclusion, in SHR the renin-angiotensin system does not appear to play a major role in the downregulation of RBF after prolonged reduction of RPP. This response appears to be mediated partly by the NO system. We hypothesize that, in SHR, lack of downward resetting of the lower limit of autoregulation in response to a prolonged lowering of RPP could be the result of increased COX-2-mediated production of vasoconstrictory prostaglandins.



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