title: [Pepsanurin in congestive heart failure].
abstract: We have identified a plasmatic substance, "pepsanurin" (PU) obtained by pepsin hydrolysis which inhibits the renal effects of the atrial natriuretic factor (ANF). To investigate whether patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) have increased plasma levels of PU we prepared PU from 10 patients with CHF class IV (NYHA), 9 patients with CHF class II or III and 16 healthy controls. Anesthetized rats were used to test the effects of ANF, 0.5 ug/100 g body weight i.v., before and following the intraperitoneal injection of 0.5 ml of PU. The inhibition of the diuretic and natriuretic effects of ANF was 40.9 +/- 11.9% and 49.8 +/- 12% respectively for control subjects. Corresponding figures for class IV CHF patients were 62.3 +/- 3.1% and 73.8 +/- 3.5% (p less than 0.02) and for class II-III patients 39.2 +/- 7.0% and 53.1 +/- 8.2% (NS). Accordingly, an increased capacity to generate PU may underlie the decreased sensitivity to ANF in patients with advanced CHF.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guarda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corbalán
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Croxatto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vergara
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Valenzuela
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Albertini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D004231:Diuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects; D008875:Middle Aged; D009318:Natriuresis / Q000187:drug effects*; D010455:Peptides / Q000097:blood*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010455:Peptides; C058006:pepsanurin; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor
vernacular_title: Pepsanurina en la insuficiencia cardiaca congestiva.