title: Effect of elevated blood pressure, renin and aldosterone on renal sodium handling in two-kidney Goldblatt hypertensive rats.
abstract: The effect of elevated blood pressure, renin and aldosterone on renal Na+ retention in two-kidney Goldblatt hypertensive rats were investigated. The technique involved retrograde perfusion from the renal veins via the kidneys, and then through the renal arteries and dorsal aorta. Sodium retention in the stenosed kidney of 7 and 30-60 days post-stenosis hypertensive rats was 82 and 70% higher than in normotensive sham-operated rats respectively. Sodium rention in the clipped kidney, 1 day post-stenosis, was insignificant. However, the contralateral kidney of the 1 day post-stenosis rats retained 27% more Na+. The 1 and 7 days post-stenosis rats had higher plasma aldosterone concentrations than controls, while the 30-60 days post-stenosis rats showed lower levels. The plasma renin activity of the 1 day post-stenosis rats showed 65% higher activity than the sham controls with no significant change in the 30-60 days post-stenosis. Therefore Na+ retention may be mediated by aldosterone in the 7 days post-stenosis rats. Natriuresis in the non-stenosed kidneys of both the 7 and 30-60 days post-stenosis rats may be modulated by an increase in filtration rate due to hypertrophy.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Bikhazi
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Bitar
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Birbari
mesh_terms: D000450:Aldosterone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000502:physiology; D012083:Renin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000450:Aldosterone; D012964:Sodium; D012083:Renin