title: Interaction between prostaglandin E2 and leukotriene D4 on the excretion of electrolytes by the dog kidney in vivo.
abstract: Recent experiments indicate that prostaglandin E2 potentiates the vasodilatory properties of leukotrienes in the skin microcirculation. The present experiments were undertaken to study the effect of leukotriene D4 and prostaglandin E2 on renal hemodynamics and urinary electrolytes in the dog. Experiments were performed in three groups of anesthetized Mongrel dogs: the first group was studied under hydropenia, whereas the two remaining groups were studied during water diuresis with (Group 3) or without indomethacin (Group 2). LTD4 (100 ng/min) and PGE2 (3 ug/min) were infused in the left renal artery to minimize systemic effects of these compounds. LTD4 alone failed to influence urinary sodium excretion in all 3 groups. In Group 1, urinary sodium increased from 77 +/- 6 to 393 +/- 74 uEq/min during PGE2, and further increased to 511 +/- 52 uEq/min during LTD4 + PGE2. No change occurred in the contralateral right kidney. In this group, glomerular filtration as well as renal plasma flow were not statistically influenced. In Group 2, the same phenomenon was observed for urinary sodium. The combined infusion of LTD4 + PGE2 increased urinary sodium without significant changes in glomerular filtration and renal plasma flow. Finally, in Group 3, indomethacin was shown to reduce the natriuretic effects of LTD4 and PGE2: during PGE2 alone, urinary sodium increased from 90 +/- 14 to 260 +/- 66 uEq/min, and only rose from 80 +/- 10 to 175 +/- 19 uEq/min during the combined infusion of LTD4 and PGE2. In groups 2 and 3, free water clearance was utilized as an index of sodium chloride reabsorption in the thick ascending limb: this parameter increased from 2.35 +/- 0.25 to 4.70 +/- 0.30 ml/min, while urinary volume was increasing from 3.55 +/- 0.25 to 10.05 +/- 0.65 ml/min, during LTD4 + PGE2. Indomethacin, administered in Group 3, (3 mg/kg/hr) again abolished the effect of combined PGE2 + LTD4. These results indicate a potentiating effect of leukotriene D4 on the PGE2-induced natriuresis in the anesthetized dog. These phenomena occurred in the absence of significant changes in renal hemodynamics, therefore suggesting a direct tubular effect of these arachidonic acid metabolites. Finally, the water diuresis experiments suggest a proximal site of action of PGE2 and LTD4.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Hébert
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lamoureux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sirois
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Braquet
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Plante
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001834:Body Water / Q000502:physiology; D015232:Dinoprostone; D004231:Diuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009318:Natriuresis / Q000187:drug effects*; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D013189:SRS-A / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D013189:SRS-A; D015232:Dinoprostone; D007213:Indomethacin