Essential fatty acid deficiency impairs the responsiveness of renal pelvic sensory receptors.
The role of prostaglandins in renal sensory receptor activation was examined in rats fed an essential fatty acid-deficient (EFAD) diet to cause tissue arachidonate depletion. Littermates fed a standard diet were used as controls. In anesthetized rats, the increases in afferent renal nerve activity due to increasing ureteral pressure 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, 12.5, and 15 mmHg were significantly reduced by the EFAD diet (P < 0.02): 3 +/- 5, 3 +/- 5, 11 +/- 5, 9 +/- 5, 19 +/- 3, and 17 +/- 5%, respectively, in EFAD rats and 23 +/- 11, 36 +/- 15, 50 +/- 15, 52 +/- 8, 72 +/- 17, and 90 +/- 19%, respectively, in control rats. In EFAD rats, addition of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) to the renal pelvic perfusate restored the afferent renal nerve activity response to increased ureteral pressure toward that in control rats. PGE2 had no effect in control rats. Also the afferent renal nerve activity responses to renal pelvic perfusion with bradykinin at 4, 20, 100, and 500 micrograms/ml were significantly suppressed by the EFAD diet (P < 0.01): 13 +/- 15, 5 +/- 7, 60 +/- 19, and 63 +/- 20%, respectively, in EFAD rats and 122 +/- 23, 142 +/- 31, 172 +/- 19, and 190 +/- 39%, respectively, in control rats. These results demonstrate an important role for arachidonate metabolites, particularly PGE2, in renal sensory receptor activation. Together with our previous studies showing that indomethacin blocks the afferent renal nerve activity responses to increased ureteral pressure or bradykinin, the present studies provide strong evidence for an essential role of prostaglandins in renal sensory receptor activation.
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
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D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007668:Kidney / Q000294:innervation*; D008297:Male; D011312:Pressure; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012016:Reference Values; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014513:Ureter / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014554:Urination
D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential; D015232:Dinoprostone; D001920:Bradykinin