title: Glomerular hemodynamics and alpha 2-adrenoreceptor stimulation: the role of renal nerves.
abstract: We evaluated the effects of alpha 2-adrenoceptor stimulation on the determinants of nephron filtration rate (SNGFR) using micropuncture in Munich-Wistar rats. Micropuncture was performed in animals 5-7 days after sham surgery (group 1) or renal denervation (DNX) (groups 2, 3, and 4). Glomerular hemodynamic measurements were made before and during a systemic infusion of the alpha 2-agonist, B-HT 933 (1.0 mg.kg-1.h-1) (groups 1, 2, and 3). Group 3 rats were pretreated with the alpha 2-antagonist, yohimbine (3 mg.kg-1.h-1). In group 4, hydralazine was substituted for B-HT 933 to dissociate specific alpha 2-effects from nonspecific effects on blood pressure. Arterial pressure declined by similar amounts between experimental periods in groups 1, 2, and 4. In group 1, B-HT 933 caused SNGFR to increase due to an increment in nephron plasma flow. In group 2, B-HT 933 caused SNGFR to decrease due to a decrement in glomerular ultrafiltration coefficient (LpA). In groups 3 and 4, SNGFR was unaffected by B-HT 933 or hydralazine. Ligand-binding studies in glomerular membranes documented the presence of alpha 2-adrenoreceptors (275 +/- 22 fmol/mg protein). Receptor density was not altered by DNX. These observations could be explained by an alpha 2-mediated inhibition of renal nerve activity combined with intrinsic sympathomimetic effects not dependent on renal nerves, with the latter effects unmasked by DNX and manifested by a decrease in LpA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Gabbai
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Blantz
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001381:Azepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D003714:Denervation; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006830:Hydralazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007668:Kidney / Q000294:innervation*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D011677:Punctures; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015016:Yohimbine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D001381:Azepines; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D006830:Hydralazine; D015016:Yohimbine; C015603:azepexole