title: Renal vasoconstrictor response to hypertonic saline in the dog: effects of prostaglandins, indomethacin and theophylline.
abstract: The role of prostaglandins in the mechanism of the tubuloglomerular feed-back was examined in the anaesthetized dog using the infusion of hypertonic saline to increase renal plasma sodium concentration by 30 mmol/l as the stimulus to activate the tubuloglomerular feed-back. Two sequential infusions of hypertonic saline into the renal artery for 10 min separated by 90 min resulted in equivalent reductions in renal blood flow (264 +/- 32 to 174 +/- 20 ml/min first time; 280 +/- 29 to 200 +/- 15 ml/min second time). Administration of indomethacin, 8 mg/kg, between the two infusions did not alter the renovascular response to hypertonic saline (319 +/- 26 to 226 +/- 35 ml/min vs. 288 +/- 32 to 202 +/- 24 ml/min). Infusion of either prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) or prostaglandin I2 (PGI2) during the second hypertonic saline infusion period also resulted in no change in the renovascular response (251 +/- 37 to 141 +/- 31 ml/min vs. 297 +/- 53 to 184 +/- 51 ml/min; and 223 +/- 31 to 162 +/- 35 ml/min vs. 254 +/- 33 to 186 +/- 39 ml/min, respectively). Intrarenal theophylline, to a concentration of 40 micrograms/ml, however, totally abolished the renovascular response to hypertonic saline (279 +/- 20 to 209 +/- 13 ml/min control vs. 390 +/- 26 to 402 +/- 17 ml/min during theophylline). The systemic hypertensive response during the infusion of hypertonic saline was unaltered by indomethacin or prostaglandins but was totally abolished by theophylline.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Nies
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D015232:Dinoprostone; D004285:Dogs; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000502:physiology*; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000494:pharmacology; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D013806:Theophylline / Q000494:pharmacology; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D011458:Prostaglandins E; D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic; D012964:Sodium; D013806:Theophylline; D011464:Epoprostenol; D015232:Dinoprostone; D007213:Indomethacin