title: [Pathophysiologic role of natriuretic peptides].
abstract: To evaluate the pathophysiologic role of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in hypertension, hemodynamic effects of human ANP and antiserum against rat ANP were investigated in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). Intravenous administration of human ANP caused greater hypotension associated with a decrease of cardiac output in SHR than in WKY, which suggests that SHR have enhanced responsiveness to exogenous ANP. The antiserum increased blood pressure and cardiac output, with the latter being significantly greater in SHR than in WKY. These results suggest that endogenous ANP counteract, in part, the maintenance of hypertension. In addition, hemodynamic and renal excretory effects of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), a novel natriuretic peptide identified from porcine, were studied in SHR and WKY. BNP caused marked natriuresis and hypotension in a dose-dependent fashion, as observed with ANP. Not only ANP but also BNP may have a role in the regulation of blood pressure and water-electrolyte balance.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor