AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 258, Issue 5 1491-H1497, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Chronic effects of a physiological dose of ANP on arterial pressure and renin release

S. D. Kivlighn, T. E. Lohmeier, H. M. Yang and Y. Shin
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505.

To determine the long-term effects of a physiological dose of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) on renin release, the renin response to reductions in renal arterial pressure (RAP) was studied during 1) control conditions and 2) acute and 3) chronic (5 days) intravenous infusion (5 ng.kg-1.min-1) of alpha-human ANP in conscious dogs maintained on a normal sodium intake. Renal perfusion pressure was servo controlled at reduced levels with an inflatable occluder placed around the abdominal aorta just above the renal arteries. Under control conditions, reducing RAP by 30 and 40 mmHg increased plasma renin activity (PRA) 4- to 5- and 9- to 10-fold, respectively. Acute ANP infusion had no significant effect on either basal levels of PRA or the PRA response to reduced RAP. During chronic ANP infusion there was a two- to threefold increment in plasma ANP concentration and approximately a twofold increase in urinary sodium excretion on day 1; however, there were no significant long-term changes in mean arterial pressure, basal PRA, or the levels of PRA achieved during reductions in RAP. These findings indicate that the changes in plasma ANP concentration that occur under normal physiological conditions do not appreciably alter either basal PRA or renin release in response to renal hypotension in conscious sodium-replete dogs studied under resting conditions.

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