title: Vasopressin and malignant deoxycorticosterone hypertension in rats.
abstract: 1. The role of arginine-vasopressin in the pathogenesis of malignant deoxycorticosterone (DOC) hypertension of rats was investigated. 2. In rats with malignant DOC hypertension plasma arginine-vasopressin concentrations increased more than tenfold subsequent to volume depletion and a rise of serum osmolality. 3. The injection of a specific antibody serum for arginine-vasopressin caused a marked fall of blood pressure in rats with malignant DOC hypertension, whereas the injection of angiotensin II antiserum did not affect blood pressure. 4. In rats exhibiting a benign course of DOC hypertension plasma concentrations of arginine-vasopressin were increased threefold in comparison with normotensive control rats; the injection of an arginine-vasopressin antiserum induced a significant but small fall of blood pressure. 5. It is concluded that in the pathogenesis of malignant DOC hypertension arginine-vasopressin might play the role that the renin-angiotensin system plays in the pathogenesis of malignant renal hypertension.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000097:blood* / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D051381:Rats; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D014667:Vasopressins; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone