Changes in the Renin--Angiotensin System, Exchangeable Body Sodium, and Plasma and Atrial Content of Atrial Natriuretic Factor During Evolution of Chronic Renal Failure in the Rat

1988 ◽  
Vol 1 (3 Pt 1) ◽  
pp. 298-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Jackson ◽  
P. Hodsman ◽  
C. I. Johnston
1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (2) ◽  
pp. E243-E248 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Lawrence ◽  
J. B. Skatrud ◽  
Y. Shenker

To evaluate the possible physiological role of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) on the observed dissociation of aldosterone from the renin-angiotensin system during acute hypoxia, 7 men, ages 18-27 yr, were studied on two separate days for 1 h under hypoxic (12% O2) and normoxic (room air) conditions. Subjects were on a low-salt diet (urinary sodium 67 +/- 13 meq/24 h) and suppressed with dexamethasone. Hemoglobin saturation decreased during hypoxemia to 68 +/- 1% (P less than 0.01), whereas heart rate increased from 65 +/- 3 to 89 +/- 5 beats/min (P less than 0.01). Plasma aldosterone levels decreased 43% from basal during hypoxemia (P less than 0.01), whereas ANF levels increased by 50% (P less than 0.05). Levels of both were unchanged during normoxemia. Plasma renin activity, angiotensin II, blood pressure, and pH did not change under either condition, and plasma cortisol levels were totally suppressed. These results indicate that acute hypoxemia is a potent stimulus for ANF release and that ANF is probably a major factor responsible for the dissociation of aldosterone from the renin-angiotensin system under these conditions.


1989 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. S238-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giancarlo Tonolo ◽  
Aldo Soro ◽  
V. Scardaccio ◽  
Chiara Troffa ◽  
Antonio Pazzola ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 734-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana C Simões E Silva ◽  
José Silvério S Diniz ◽  
Regina M Pereira ◽  
Sérgio V Brant Pinheiro ◽  
Robson Augusto S Santos

1995 ◽  
Vol 269 (3) ◽  
pp. H902-H908 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. K. Luk ◽  
E. F. Wong ◽  
N. L. Wong

Studies were performed to examine the changes of renal ANF second messenger guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) responses and receptor properties in chronic renal failure (CRF). Five-sixths-nephrectomized and sham-operated Wistar rats were used. The glomerular filtration rate was decreased in the five-sixths-nephrectomized rats, which also had significantly higher plasma blood urea nitrogen and plasma atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) levels (148.5 +/- 10.2 vs. 115.7 +/- 7.3 pg/ml, P = 0.01) than the sham rats. In vitro ANF-stimulated cGMP accumulations in glomeruli of five-sixths-nephrectomized rats were higher than controls. Radioligand-binding experiments showed downregulation of the total ANF receptor in both acid and nonacid wash CRF glomeruli (nonacid wash: 189 +/- 25 vs. 362.8 +/- 52.8 fmol/mg protein, P < 0.05; acid wash: 449.8 +/- 67 vs. 652.7 +/- 52.5 fmol/mg protein, P < 0.05). No change in receptor densities was observed in the des(Gln18,Ser19,Gly20,Leu21)atrial natriuretic peptide-(4--23)-NH2-resistant receptors between sham and CRF rat glomeruli. Therefore, downregulation of ANF clearance receptors exists in CRF rat glomeruli, and this is associated with the exaggerated ANF-stimulated cGMP response in these CRF glomeruli. Hypersensitivity of CRF rat to ANF, together with high plasma ANF levels and downregulation of clearance receptor, may contribute to increased sodium excretion in CRF.


1993 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Dussaule ◽  
C. Michel ◽  
M. N. Peraldi ◽  
J. M. Lecomte ◽  
C. Gros ◽  
...  

1. The acute effects of a single oral dose of sinorphan (100 mg), an inhibitor of neutral endopeptidase, on the plasma atrial natriuretic factor level and the fractional excretion of sodium were examined in 12 patients with severe chronic renal failure who were not on maintenance haemodialysis and who ingested a normal sodium diet. The drug was administered against placebo by a double-blind cross-over protocol. 2. Basal plasma atrial natriuretic factor level and fractional excretion of sodium were high (23.2 ± 3.7 pmol/l and 2.64 ± 0.38%, respectively). Sinorphan inhibited plasma neutral endopeptidase activity by 68–75% 30 min after ingestion. This effect persisted for at least 4 h. There were simultaneously increases in plasma atrial natriuretic factor and cyclic GMP levels to 1.9 and 1.4 times the basal values, respectively. Fractional excretion of sodium increased during the second and third hour periods after ingestion of the drug with a peak of 1.9 times the basal value in the second period. Changes in fractional excretion of sodium were significantly correlated with those in plasma atrial natriuretic factor and cyclic GMP levels. Plasma aldosterone level, creatinine clearance and mean blood pressure were unchanged, whereas plasma renin activity increased slightly. An increase in urinary cyclic GMP excretion was observed in parallel with the increase in plasma cyclic GMP level. 3. The results of the present study indicate that (i) high basal values of plasma atrial natriuretic factor level and fractional excretion of sodium, as observed in patients with chronic renal failure, are associated with marked effects of neutral endopeptidase inhibition; (ii) fractional sodium excretion increases after protection of endogenous atrial natriuretic factor from degradation independently of any initial change in extracellular fluid volume or sodium intake, which suggests that this hormone may play a role in the control of sodium excretion in chronic renal failure.


1987 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. P. Hodsman ◽  
B. Jackson ◽  
L. M. Debrevi ◽  
K. Ogawa ◽  
C I. Johnston

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