title: Release of atrial natriuretic factor from heart-lung preparations of inbred Dahl rats.
abstract: Isolated heart-lung preparations from hypertensive inbred Dahl salt-hypertension sensitive (S) and normotensive inbred Dahl salt-hypertension resistant (R) rats were perfused using 15% washed rat red blood cells in Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer. Atrial pressures were increased by increasing venous return (preload) or by increasing the arterial resistance (afterload). Increases in preload at a constant afterload produced increases in the right and left atrial pressures equivalent between S and R strains. Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) release was linearly related to right atrial pressure (RAP) or left atrial pressure (LAP) in either strain, but S released more ANF at each level of preload, and the slope of the line relating ANF release to RAP was significantly greater in S than R. When the heart-lung preparations were subjected to changes in afterload at a constant preload, LAP was significantly increased in R but not in S rats, and concomitantly ANF increased in R but not in S. In the afterload experiments, as in the preload studies, S released more ANF than R for comparable LAP. It is concluded that 1) at any atrial pressure, hearts of hypertensive S rats release more ANF than hearts of normotensive R rats, 2) this strain difference is probably a consequence of hypertension, and 3) the observed relationships between ANF release and atrial pressures support the contention that atrial distention stimulates the release of ANF.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002302:Cardiac Output; D006339:Heart Rate; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR / Q000378:metabolism*; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains / Q000378:metabolism*; D012016:Reference Values; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor