Influence of captopril on fluid and electrolyte balances and adrenocortical responses during sodium deprivation in the rat

1983 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-NP ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette McKeever ◽  
J. A. Oliver ◽  
I. W. Henderson ◽  
Warwick Mosley
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Excretion ◽  
Enzyme Inhibitor ◽  
Gastric Lavage ◽  
Plasma Renin ◽  
Urinary Sodium Excretion ◽  
Zona Glomerulosa ◽  
Urinary Sodium ◽  
Sodium Balance ◽  
Deficient Diet ◽  
Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme

An angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitor (captopril) was given by gastric lavage at a dose of 30 mg/kg body weight per day to Long–Evans rats for a 13-day period during which they received a sodium-deficient diet. This regime was preceded by a 3-day period during which measurements were made on the animals on a sodium-replete dietary intake. Control sodium-deprived rats showed increased plasma renin activities, increased peripheral aldosterone concentrations and reduced urinary sodium excretion; they maintained positive sodium balance and the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex hypertrophied. Captopril-treated sodium-deprived rats failed to reduce urinary sodium excretion sufficiently and entered a period of marked and sustained negative sodium balance. Peripheral aldosterone concentrations after 12 days of sodium deprivation in the presence of captopril treatment were similar to those of sodium-replete rats. The adrenocortical zona glomerulosa of the captopril-treated rats did not increase in size and regressive changes were noted.

Neurohumoral modulators and sodium balance in experimental heart failure

1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (4) ◽  
pp. H1187-H1193 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Villarreal ◽  
R. H. Freeman ◽  
R. A. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Sodium Excretion ◽  
Plasma Renin ◽  
Urinary Sodium Excretion ◽  
Urinary Sodium ◽  
Sodium Balance ◽  
Renal Nerves ◽  
Av Fistula ◽  
Before And After ◽  
High Output Heart Failure

The acute and chronic interactions of the renal nerves, atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), and mineralocorticoids for the regulation of sodium balance were examined in dogs with an arteriovenous (AV) fistula and the syndrome of high-output heart failure (HOHF) (n = 6). After the AV fistula and bilateral renal denervation, the animals avidly retained sodium for 5-7 days and then regained sodium balance for the subsequent 3 wk. This compensation was associated with the sustained elevations of plasma ANF and the normalization of plasma renin. Subsequent administration of deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA) for 10 days produced consistent sodium retention despite additional elevations in plasma ANF. All of these responses were similar to previous studies in AV fistula dogs with intact renal nerves. In a separate part of the study, the renal actions of acute synthetic ANF infusions were examined in these renal-denervated AV fistula dogs before and after DOCA. In the pre-DOCA experiments, ANF infusions at 15, 30, and 100 ng.kg-1.min-1 produced dose-related increases in urinary sodium excretion and significant elevations in creatinine clearance. In the presence of DOCA, urinary sodium excretion was markedly attenuated during identical ANF infusions. The composite results suggest that mineralocorticoids have an important modulatory role for the regulation of sodium balance in experimental HOHF. However, compared with earlier studies in compensated AV fistula dogs with intact renal nerves, the present studies demonstrate that blockade of efferent renal sympathetic nerve activity can restore the natriuretic expression of acute elevations in circulating ANF.

scholarly journals Relationship between plasma renin activity and 24-hour urinary sodium excretion: low sodium intake is dangerous by elevation of renin?

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 5962-5962 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Y. Rhee ◽  
J. H. Kim ◽  
S. J. Shin ◽  
C. Y. Lim ◽  
S. W. Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Renin Activity ◽  
Sodium Excretion ◽  
Sodium Intake ◽  
Plasma Renin ◽  
Urinary Sodium Excretion ◽  
Urinary Sodium ◽  
Renin Activity ◽  
Low Sodium

The control of sodium excretion

1978 ◽  
Vol 235 (3) ◽  
pp. F163-F173 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. E. de Wardener
Keyword(s):  
Proximal Tubule ◽  
Sodium Excretion ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Urinary Sodium Excretion ◽  
Urinary Sodium ◽  
Sodium Balance ◽  
Sodium Reabsorption ◽  
Loop Of Henle ◽  
Salt Loading ◽  
Large Fluctuations

The kidneys of a normal man filter approximately 24,000 meq sodium/day, reabsorb about 23,900, and yet can make a 1--2 meq change in 24-h urinary sodium excretion. The control of urinary sodium excretion, therefore, depends, first, on ensuring that the bulk of the sodium is reabsorbed, a function which is carried out in the proximal tubule and ascending loop of Henle. Second, it depends on adjusting the reabsorption of the small quantity of sodium which is delivered into the collecting duct so that the amount excreted in the urine is that required to maintain sodium balance. The bulk reabsorptive mechanisms can be considered as buffers to prevent large fluctuations in the amount of sodium delivered to the collecting duct, thus facilitating the fine adjustments of reabsorption which are made at this site. In conditions other than extreme salt loading or deprivation, changes in sodium reabsorption in the proximal tubule and loop of Henle probably have little, if any, effect on urinary sodium excretion. Sodium reabsorption in the proximal tubule and the collecting duct appears to be influenced by unidentified circulating substances.

scholarly journals Renin Inhibition Improves Pressure Natriuresis in Essential Hypertension

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1813-1818
Author(s):  
PIETER VAN PAASSEN ◽  
DICK DE ZEEUW ◽  
PAUL E. DE JONG ◽  
GERJAN NAVIS
Keyword(s):  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Mean Arterial Pressure ◽  
Arterial Pressure ◽  
Sodium Excretion ◽  
Plasma Renin ◽  
Urinary Sodium Excretion ◽  
Sodium Balance ◽  
Raas Blockade ◽  
Renin Inhibition ◽  
Pressure Natriuresis

Abstract. Pressure natriuresis (PN), i.e., a rise in renal sodium excretion in response to a higher BP, is involved in long-term BP regulation. PN is blunted in essential hypertension, but the mechanism is unknown. This study assessed the role of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) in PN in eight essential hypertensive men from the individual correlations between spontaneous fluctuations in BP and time corresponding changes in sodium excretion (collected at 2- and 4-h intervals for 48 h), during strict sodium balance, without treatment, and during renin inhibition (remikiren, 600 mg oral compound). Without treatment, daily values for mean arterial pressure were 109.5 ± 1.9 and 107 ± 1.9 mmHg, for urinary sodium excretion were 37.2 ± 2.8 and 42.0 ± 2.8 mmol/24 h, and for plasma renin activity were 2.34 ± 0.48 and 2.23 ± 0.44 nmol/L per h, respectively, for two consecutive days. During remikiren treatment, mean arterial pressure was 101.9 ± 1.7 and 100.8 ± 1.7 mmHg (P < 0.05, versus baseline). Urinary sodium excretion was 39.3 ± 3.7 and 45.2 ± 5.3 mmol/24 h (not significant versus baseline), and plasma renin activity was 0.79 ± 0.11 and 0.82 ± 0.13 nmol/L per h (P < 0.05 versus baseline). During remikiren treatment, BP correlated positively with sodium excretion in all patients but in only three of eight patients without treatment. The slope of the regression equation was steeper during remikiren treatment in seven of eight patients. Thus, the relationship between BP and natriuresis was more readily apparent during RAAS blockade, suggesting that RAAS activity blunts PN in hypertensive patients. Improved PN may contribute to the hypotensive effect of RAAS blockade and to maintenance of sodium balance at a lower BP level without volume expansion.

Pathogenesis of Salt Retention in Dogs with Chronic Bile-Duct Ligation

1982 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Chaimovitz ◽  
U. Alon ◽  
O. S. Better
Keyword(s):  
Bile Duct ◽  
Sodium Excretion ◽  
Control Period ◽  
Extracellular Volume ◽  
Urinary Sodium Excretion ◽  
Urinary Sodium ◽  
Sodium Balance ◽  
Sodium Retention ◽  
Plasma Aldosterone Concentration ◽  
Duct Ligation

1. The present study investigates the role of mineralocorticoids in the pathogenesis of salt retention and ascites in dogs with chronic ligation of the common bile duct (CBDL). 2. After CBDL the natriuretic response to an intravenous sodium load [0.9% sodium chloride solution (150 mmol/l): saline; 10% of body weight] was markedly depressed. Urinary sodium excretion was 285 ± 62 vs 960 ± 58 μmol/min in the control period before CBDL (P < 0.001). This antinatriuresis was associated with a significant rise in plasma aldosterone concentration, from 52.5 ± 5.5 pg/ml before CBDL to 177 ± 50 pg/ml after CBDL (P < 0.02). Ascites was present in all salt-retaining CBDL dogs. 3. Bilateral adrenalectomy resulted in disappearance of ascites and in a rise in the natriuretic response to extracellular volume expansion. Urinary sodium excretion was 770 ± 124 μmol/min, a value significantly higher than in the CBDL dogs with intact adrenals (P < 0.001). Sodium balance studies in the adrenalectomized CBDL dogs during chronic deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA) treatment (25 mg/day) showed that in these animals there was failure to escape from the mineralocorticoid-induced sodium retention. Glomerular filtration rate and renal plasma flow did not change during the studies. 4. The present evidence supports the thesis that sodium retention in the CBDL dog results from a dual mechanism: (a) excess of circulating aldosterone and (b) an extra-adrenal factor which prevents escape from the salt-retaining effect of mineralocorticoids, in the CBDL dogs, thereby perpetuating the antinatriuresis in these animals.

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