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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 281, Issue 2, Pages R434-R443Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.281.2.R434
Keywords
baroreflexes; sympathetic nervous system; kidneys; nitric oxide
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL-51971] Funding Source: Medline
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Recent studies indicate that baroreflex suppression of renal sympathetic nerve activity is sustained for up to 5 days of ANG II infusion; however, steady-state conditions are not associated with ANG II hypertension of this short duration. Thus the major goal of this study was to determine whether neurally induced increments in renal excretory function during chronic intravenous infusion of ANG II are sustained under more chronic conditions when hypertension is stable and sodium balance is achieved. Experiments were conducted in five conscious dogs subjected to unilateral renal denervation and surgical division of the urinary bladder into hemibladders to allow separate 24-h urine collection from denervated (Den) and innervated (Inn) kidneys. ANG II was infused after control measurements for 10 days at a rate of 5 ng . kg(-1) . min(-1). Twenty-four-hour control values for mean arterial pressure (MAP) and the ratio for urinary sodium excretion from Den and Inn kidneys (Den/Inn) were 92 +/- 4 mmHg and 0.99 +/- 0.05, respectively. On days 8-10 of ANG II infusion, MAP was stable (+30 +/- 3 mmHg) and sodium balance was achieved. Whereas equal amounts of sodium were excreted from the kidneys during the control period, throughout ANG II infusion there was a greater rate of sodium excretion from Inn vs. Den kidneys (day 10 Den/Inn sodium = 0.56 +/- 0.05), indicating chronic suppression of renal sympathetic nerve activity. The greater rate of sodium excretion in Inn vs. Den kidneys during renal sympathoinhibition also revealed a latent impairment in sodium excretion from Den kidneys. Although the Den/Inn for sodium and the major metabolites of nitric oxide (NO) decreased in parallel during ANG II hypertension, the Den/Inn for cGMP, a second messenger of NO, remained at control levels throughout this study. This disparity fails to support the notion that a deficiency in NO production and action in Den kidneys accounts for the impaired sodium excretion. Most importantly, these results support the contention that baroreflex suppression of renal sympathetic nerve activity is sustained during chronic ANG II hypertension, a response that may play an important role in attenuating the rise in arterial pressure.
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