title: Effects of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) on intraocular pressure and aqueous humor flow in the cynomolgus monkey.
abstract: Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF: human sequence) was examined for its effects on basal and terbutaline-stimulated aqueous humor flow, intraocular pressure (IOP) and uveoscleral outflow in cynomolgus monkeys under pentobarbital anesthesia. A dilution method with radioactively labeled albumin was used for the determination of aqueous humor flow. ANF was given by i.v. infusion or intracamerally. Intracameral administration of terbutaline increased the aqueous humor flow significantly; 1.10 +/- 0.05 microliter min-1 in the control eye and 1.69 +/- 0.06 microliter min-1 in the treated eye. I.v. infusion of ANF, 97 fmol kg-1 min-1, increased the aqueous humor flow by about 44% from basal values in the control eye. There was a small but not statistically significant increase on the terbutaline-treated side. The IOP was not changed by ANF at this dose. An ANF dose of 97 pmol kg-1 min-1 increased the aqueous humor flow by 51% in the control eye and by 19% in the terbutaline-treated eye. A further rise of about 8% in aqueous humor flow was registered on the control side when the infused ANF-dose was doubled. Doubling the dose also resulted in a decrease of the IOP by 1.3 +/- 0.3 mmHg on the control side and 2.2 +/- 0.4 mmHg on the terbutaline-stimulated side. Intracameral administration of ANF (81-162 pmol ml-1 perfusion fluid) increased the aqueous humor flow transiently by approximately 50% with a maximum after about 2 hr. The uveoscleral outflow tended to increase and IOP tended to decrease in the ANF-treated eye compared with the control. However, these effects were not statistically significant. These results suggest that ANF may be involved in the control of aqueous humor formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Medical Biophysics, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samuelsson-Almén
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mäepea
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bill
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000187:drug effects*; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008297:Male; D013726:Terbutaline / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D013726:Terbutaline