title: Cardiorenal reflexes do not attenuate the renal effects of infused atriopeptin in conscious dogs.
abstract: Low-dose infusions of atriopeptin produce only a modest diuresis and natriuresis. However, these infusions also decrease atrial pressures, a change that has been postulated to elicit an antidiuretic and antinatriuretic reflex from cardiac receptors and thereby to attenuate the direct renal effects of atriopeptin. To determine whether the renal effects of intravenously administered atriopeptin might be attenuated by a cardiorenal reflex, we infused alpha-human atrial natriuretic peptide (alpha-hANP) into cardiac-denervated and sham-operated (normal) conscious dogs. Following a control period, alpha-hANP was infused into each dog at 12.5, 25, or 50 ng.kg-1.min-1 for 1 hr. Infusion of alpha-hANP at 50 ng.kg-1.min-1 produced similar decreases in left atrial pressure in both normal and cardiac-denervated dogs (peak changes, -1.6 +/- 0.8 vs -2.4 +/- 0.9 mm Hg, respectively). Increases in urine flow (peak changes, 0.13 +/- 0.05 vs 0.20 +/- 0.06 ml/min) and sodium excretion (peak changes, 56 +/- 22 vs 70 +/- 11 microEq/min) also were not different between groups. The lower doses of alpha-hANP also elicited renal and hemodynamic responses in the cardiac-denervated dogs that did not differ significantly from those in the normal dogs. These data indicate that the diuresis and natriuresis elicited by intravenously administered alpha-hANP are not attenuated by a cardiorenal reflex in conscious dogs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Experimental Medicine, St. Luke's Hospital and Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Leadley
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000097:blood; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D003714:Denervation; D004231:Diuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects*; D009318:Natriuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011188:Potassium / Q000652:urine; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D012964:Sodium / Q000652:urine; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000187:drug effects; D014554:Urination / Q000187:drug effects; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D000450:Aldosterone; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D012964:Sodium; D012083:Renin; D011188:Potassium