title: Effect of adrenal arterial infusion of P-113 on aldosterone secretion in Na-deficient sheep.
abstract: To examine the role of the renin-angiotensin system in aldosterone regulation, P-113 ([Sar1,Ala8]angiotensin II) was infused into the arterial blood supply of the transplanted adrenal gland in conscious sheep. Effects on the aldosterone response to infused angiotensin II and III in sodium-replete sheep were compared with effects of P-113 on aldosterone secretion in sodium deficiency. P-113 infusion up to 1,000 microgram/h for 1-2 h did not consistently alter aldosterone secretion in sodium-deficient sheep. However, in sodium-replete sheep P-113 infusion for 20 min at 10 microgram/h or more abolished aldosterone responses to high blood levels of angiotensin II and III produced by systemic intravenous or adrenal intra-arterial infusion. P-113 infusions alone had minor agonist activity on aldosterone secretion in sodium-replete sheep. These results indicate that the increased secretion of aldosterone in Na-depleted sheep is not simply and commensurately determined by increase of angiotensin II and III concentration in the arterial blood perfusing the adrenal gland.
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000637:transplantation; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000378:metabolism*; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood; D000805:Angiotensin III / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D012504:Saralasin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012756:Sheep / Q000502:physiology; D012964:Sodium / Q000172:deficiency*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
chemical_list: D000804:Angiotensin II; D000805:Angiotensin III; D000450:Aldosterone; D012964:Sodium; D012083:Renin; D012504:Saralasin