title: Reduced renal responses to volume expansion in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
abstract: To determine whether the volume reflex is defective in the diabetic state, the diuretic and natriuretic responses to acute volume expansion (VE) were measured in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic (Dia) rats. Urine flow (UV) and sodium excretion (UNaV) were measured before and after VE from innervated and denervated kidneys in anesthetized (Inactin 0.1 g/kg, ip) control and Dia rats (Sprague-Dawley rats injected with vehicle or STZ 65 mg/kg ip, respectively, 2 wk before the experiment). Blood glucose levels were significantly elevated in the Dia group compared with the control group. A VE of 1.2 ml/min for 15 min produced a significantly greater diuresis and natriuresis in control rats compared with Dia rats. In addition, reducing the hyperglycemia in Dia rats (third group) by treatment with insulin reversed the blunted UV and UNaV responses to VE. Ratios of UV (innervated-denervated, I/D) before and after VE indicate significant increases in UV by the innervated kidneys, relative to the denervated kidneys in all three groups. I/D ratios of UNa V were not different between the three groups before VE, but were significantly smaller in the Dia rats compared with both control and STZ plus insulin groups after VE. This study demonstrates that 1) there is an abnormal volume reflex in the STZ-induced Dia rats; 2) the natriuresis due to renal sympatho-inhibition is blunted in response to VE in Dia rats; and 3) restoring the glucose levels to normal by insulin treatment in the Dia rats normalizes the volume reflex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of South Dakota, School of Medicine, Vermillion 57069.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003714:Denervation; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004231:Diuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D006339:Heart Rate; D007668:Kidney / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009318:Natriuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010952:Plasma Substitutes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013311:Streptozocin
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D010952:Plasma Substitutes; D013311:Streptozocin