title: Chronic effects of norepinephrine and vasopressin on urinary prostaglandin E and kallikrein excretions in conscious rats.
abstract: To assess in vivo functional interactions of vasopressor substances, norepinephrine and vasopressin, with renal prostaglandins and kallikrein-kinin system which are responsible for the vasodepressor mechanism in the kidney, we evaluated chronic effects of norepinephrine (1.8 mg/kg/day ip) and vasopressin (7.2 U/kg/day ip) on urinary prostaglandin E excretion and urinary kallikrein excretion in conscious rats. Both norepinephrine and vasopressin induced a sustained increase in systolic blood pressure. Norepinephrine induced slight but significant increases in urinary prostaglandin E excretion and urinary kallikrein excretion which were sustained for up to 6 days. Vasopressin induced a marked increase in urinary prostaglandin E excretion which was sustained for up to 6 days, whereas it induced a sustained decrease in urinary kallikrein excretion. Circulating angiotensin II levels was not changed by norepinephrine, but was decreased by vasopressin. These results indicate that renal prostaglandin E may not correlate with renal kallikrein-kinin and renin-angiotensin system in the responses to norepinephrine and vasopressin, and that vasopressin may be a more potent stimulator of the synthesis or release of renal prostaglandin E.
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D007610:Kallikreins / Q000652:urine*; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D007705:Kinins / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000652:urine*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007705:Kinins; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D014667:Vasopressins; D000804:Angiotensin II; D007610:Kallikreins; D009638:Norepinephrine