title: Atrial natriuretic factor attenuates the pulmonary pressor response to hypoxia.
abstract: The influence of endogenous and exogenous atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) on pulmonary hemodynamics was investigated in anesthetized pigs during both normoxia and hypoxia. Continuous hypoxic ventilation with 11% O2 was associated with a uniform but transient increase of plasma immunoreactive (ir) ANF that peaked at 15 min. Plasma irANF was inversely related to pulmonary arterial pressure (Ppa; r = -0.66, P less than 0.01) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR; r = -0.56, P less than 0.05) at 30 min of hypoxia in 14 animals; no such relationship was found during normoxia. ANF infusion after 60 min of hypoxia in seven pigs reduced the 156 +/- 20% increase in PVR to 124 +/- 18% (P less than 0.01) at 0.01 microgram.kg-1.min-1 and to 101 +/- 15% (P less than 0.001) at 0.05 microgram.kg-1.min-1. Cardiac output (CO) and systemic arterial pressure (Psa) remained unchanged, whereas mean Ppa decreased from 25.5 +/- 1.5 to 20.5 +/- 15 mmHg (P less than 0.001) and plasma irANF increased two- to nine-fold. ANF infused at 0.1 microgram.kg-1.min-1 (resulting in a 50-fold plasma irANF increase) decreased Psa (-14%) and reduced CO (-10%); systemic vascular resistance (SVR) was not changed, nor was a further decrease in PVR induced. No change in PVR or SVR occurred in normoxic animals at any ANF infusion rate. These results suggest that ANF may act as an endogenous pulmonary vasodilator that could modulate the pulmonary pressor response to hypoxia.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherches de Physiologie Respiratoire Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adnot
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Chabrier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brun-Buisson
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Viossat
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Braquet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000187:drug effects; D013552:Swine; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor