title: Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF 103-126) enhances volume- and pressor-induced heart rate response in the conscious rat.
abstract: The reduction in blood pressure due to ANF(103-126) fails to elicit reflex cardioacceleration in the conscious rat. To examine baroreflex sensitivity, the effect of ANF(103-126) on the heart period (HP) response to rapid central volume expansion and to alterations in mean arterial pressure (MAP) induced by bolus injections of phenylephrine and sodium nitroprusside was assessed. ANF(103-126) significantly augmented the bradycardic response induced by acute volume expansion from 426 +/- 21 to 391 +/- 23 beats min-1 versus 421 +/- 23 to 405 +/- 24 without ANF(103-126). Baroreflex sensitivity was defined by the ratio of the change in heart period to the maximal change in mean arterial pressure. The dose of ANF(103-126) utilized did not affect basal heart rate or the magnitude of the mean arterial pressure response to phenylephrine but did significantly enhance the nitroprusside-induced decrease in mean arterial pressure. Baroreceptor sensitivity to phenylephrine was significantly increased by ANF(103-126): 0.997 +/- 0.07 (ms mmHg-1) during ANF(103-126) vs 0.613 +/- 0.08 during vehicle. The total duration of the heart rate response to phenylephrine was also prolonged. In contrast, ANF(103-126) did not alter the baroreceptor sensitivity (1.45 +/- 0.3 vs 1.43 +/- 0.2 ms mmHg-1) or duration of heart rate response to nitroprusside. In the conscious rat, ANF(103-126) modifies the heart rate response to changes in mean arterial pressure and acute central volume expansion. This action appears to be dependent on stimulation of cardiac vagal afferents.
authors: Hypertension-Endocrine Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
authors: E S
authors: ES
authors: Marks
authors: K P
authors: KP
authors: Ohman
authors: H R
authors: HR
authors: Keiser
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D001810:Blood Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D003243:Consciousness; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011311:Pressoreceptors / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; C472610:atrial natriuretic peptide, rat; D009599:Nitroprusside; D010656:Phenylephrine; C062525:atrial natriuretic factor prohormone (103-126); D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor