title: Renin release in anesthetized rats is enhanced by the calmodulin antagonist W-7.
abstract: In foregoing work, we found that the release of renin from rat kidney cortical slices was stimulated by the calmodulin antagonist W-7. The present work was done to determine whether W-7 would stimulate renin release in vivo. W-7 and its control agent, W-5 were directly infused into the renal artery of anesthetized rats. W-7 and W-5, at 50 micrograms/kg/min, produced no significant effects on renin release. Infusion of W-7 at 100 micrograms/kg/min resulted in a marked stimulation of renin release, but there was no significant alteration in the release when the same dose of W-5 was infused. Both compounds elicited a slight decrease in renal blood flow. The alterations in renin release and renal blood flow seen with W-7 were not affected by pretreatment with phentolamine or propranolol. As W-7 stimulates renin release in vivo, the hypothesis that Ca2+-calmodulin plays an inhibitory role in renin release from the kidney is given added support.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D004231:Diuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D010646:Phentolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood*; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D013449:Sulfonamides; C017967:W 7; C034700:N-(6-aminohexyl)-1-naphthalenesulfonamide; D011433:Propranolol; D012083:Renin; D007545:Isoproterenol; D010646:Phentolamine