title: Effects of uremia, acetate and bicarbonate dialysis on beta-adrenergic responsiveness as assessed by epinephrine-stimulated adenylate cyclase.
abstract: This study was designed to evaluate beta-adrenergic responsiveness as assessed by the generation of cyclic AMP after the subcutaneous administration of epinephrine in 31 subjects: normal controls, patients with chronic renal insufficiency, hemodynamically stable patients on chronic acetate dialysis and hemodynamically unstable patients with acetate intolerance on chronic bicarbonate dialysis. As compared with controls, only unstable patients on bicarbonate dialysis presented impaired beta-responsiveness, which, in turn, was acutely reduced only after acetate but not bicarbonate dialysis. Our results show that acetate dialysis impairs the beta-adrenergic responsiveness and that the observed beta-hyporesponsiveness in unstable patients with acetate intolerance may represent part of a broader spectrum of autonomic dysfunction which may develop in some patients on chronic hemodialysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Second Faculty of Medicine, University of Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fuiano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dal Canton
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maj
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Memoli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Ariano
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guarriello
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Andreucci
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D001639:Bicarbonates; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015314:Dialysis Solutions; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D014511:Uremia / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D001639:Bicarbonates; D002395:Catecholamines; D015314:Dialysis Solutions; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D004837:Epinephrine