title: Evidence for an intrarenal beta receptor in control of renin release.
abstract: Infusion of isoproterenol intravenously in normal dogs at rates of 0.10 or 0.018 mug/min per kg body wt increased renin secretion; at the lower infusion rate arterial pressure (AP) and renal blood flow (RBF) were unchanged. Isoproterenol was also infused into the renal artery in normal dogs at 0.10 mug/min per kg; renin secretion increased in association with an increase in RBF but AP was unchanged. Plasma K concentration was consistently decreased in all three of the above experiments and because hypokalemia is known to increase renin release isoproterenol was not infused intrarenally at the lower rate; the decrease in plasma K level precluded relating the entire response in renin release to isoproterenol. Intrarenal infusion of propranolol at 0.05 mg/kg per h in Na-depleted dogs decreased renin secretion whereas intravenous infusion at the same dose failed to alter renin release. Intrarenal infusion of propranolol at this rate in Na-depleted dogs with a denervated, nonfiltering kidney also decreased renin release. In contrast, intrarenal infusion of phentolamine or phenoxybenzamine in normal dogs failed to alter renin secretion in doses that blocked alpha-adrenergic receptors. These experiments provide strong evidence for an intrarenal beta-adrenergic receptor that mediates renin release, and it seems likely from the experiment in the denervated, nonfiltering kidney that the receptor is located in the juxtaglomerular cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D010643:Phenoxybenzamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010646:Phentolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D012083:Renin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D013565:Sympatholytics / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013565:Sympatholytics; D010643:Phenoxybenzamine; D012964:Sodium; D011433:Propranolol; D012083:Renin; D007545:Isoproterenol; D011188:Potassium; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine; D010646:Phentolamine