title: Role of endothelium-derived relaxing factor in renal autoregulation in conscious dogs.
abstract: In six chronically instrumented, conscious dogs the hypothesis was tested that the release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) is important for autoregulation of renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR). RBF was measured by a Transonic flowmeter. Renal perfusion pressure was servo-controlled by an aortic cuff. EDRF synthesis was inhibited by NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 50 mg/kg iv). L-NAME increased mean systemic blood pressure (30 mmHg) and decreased heart rate (-40 beats/min), but it left autoregulation of RBF and GFR intact. However, basal RBF decreased markedly (2.24 +/- 0.32 ml.min-1.g-1 with L-NAME vs. 3.91 +/- 0.64 ml.min-1.g-1 for control, P less than 0.01), whereas basal GFR was not significantly influenced (0.37 +/- 0.05 ml.min-1.g-1 with L-NAME vs. 0.42 +/- 0.06 ml.min-1.g-1 for control). Hence filtration fraction increased with L-NAME [27.6 +/- 1.7% vs. 19.3 +/- 1.3% (P less than 0.01)]. The lower limit of autoregulation remained unchanged for RBF (64 +/- 5 mmHg with L-NAME vs. 63 +/- 3 mmHg for control) and increased slightly for GFR (74 +/- 2 mmHg with L-NAME vs. 67 +/- 1 mmHg for control, P less than 0.01). In conclusion, basal EDRF activity tonically influences renal resistance vessels; however, EDRF release is not primarily involved in the process of renal autoregulation. The maintenance of GFR suggests that this effect is localized in preglomerular as well as in postglomerular arterioles.
authors.affiliation: I. Physiologisches Institut Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Baumann
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Persson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ehmke
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nafz
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Kirchheim
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006706:Homeostasis; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014664:Vasodilation
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D000109:Acetylcholine; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester