title: Effect of atrial natriuretic factor [ANF (Arg 101--Tyr 126)] on kallikrein and cyclic GMP in the renovascular hypertensive rat.
abstract: The intravenous injection of an ED50 natriuretic dose (1 microgram) of synthetic ANF decreases blood pressure by 61 +/- 6 mmHg in 2-K, 1-C, and of 45 +/- 6 mmHg in 1-K, 1-C hypertensive rats, which was positively correlated with its initial level only in the 2-K, 1-C group. The hypotensive response lasted longer in the latter (greater than 40 min) than in normotensive sham-operated rats. No difference in duration was seen between 1-K, 1-C hypertensive and its uninephrectomized normotensive controls. The diuretic response to ANF was higher in 2-K, 1-C rats. No hematocrit changes were observed in any group. ANF induced a rise in urinary kallikrein in all groups but the 1-K, 1-C. Urinary kallikrein excretion was positively correlated with natriuresis in normotensive but not in hypertensive groups. ANF induced an increase in urinary cGMP excretion in all groups but the 1-K, 1-C, and an increase in plasma cGMP in the normotensive sham-operated animals. Our results suggest that the fall in blood pressure induced by synthetic ANF could be due to vasodilatation, a drop in cardiac output cannot, however, be eliminated. Whether the hypotensive effect of ANF is mediated by cGMP remains to be demonstrated.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007022:Hypotension / Q000139:chemically induced; D007610:Kallikreins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009392:Nephrectomy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: C472610:atrial natriuretic peptide, rat; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D007610:Kallikreins; D006152:Cyclic GMP