title: Atrial natriuretic peptides: reproducibility of renal effects and response of liver blood flow.
abstract: To assess the variability of the response to exogenous atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), it was infused at the rate of 1 microgram/min for 2 h in 6 salt-loaded normal volunteers under controlled conditions on 2 occasions at an interval of 1 week. The effect on solute excretion and the haemodynamic and endocrine actions were highly reproducible. The constant ANP infusion caused a delayed and prolonged excretion of sodium, chloride and calcium, no change in potassium or phosphate excretion or in glomerular filtration rate but a marked decrease in renal plasma flow. Blood pressure, heart rate and the plasma levels of angiotensin II, aldosterone, arginine vasopressin and plasma renin activity were unaltered. The effect of a 2-h infusion of ANP 0.5 microgram/min or its vehicle on apparent hepatic blood flow (HBF) was also studied in 14 normal volunteers by measuring the indocyanine green clearance. A 21% decrease in HBF was observed in subjects who received the ANP infusion (p less than 0.01 vs vehicle). Thus, ANP infused at a dose that did not lower blood pressure decreased both renal and liver blood flow in normotensive volunteers. The renal and endocrine responses to ANP were reproducible over a 1-week interval.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000652:urine; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006728:Hormones / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects*; D008102:Liver Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes; D006728:Hormones; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor