title: Rat renal, aortic and pulmonary endothelin-I receptors: effects of changes in sodium and water intake.
abstract: 1. In the present study we investigated, first, the effects of high Na+ intake and, second, the effects of water deprivation on plasma endothelin-1 concentration and urinary endothelin-1 excretion and on endothelin receptors in membranes of renal glomeruli and papillae and of aortic smooth muscle and lung tissue from 32 female Sprague-Dawley rats. 2. After 5 weeks of high Na+ intake (n = 8) urinary Na+ excretion was 10.5 +/- 1.3 compared with 1.6 +/- 0.2 mmol/24 h in controls. Body weight, plasma osmolarity, plasma endothelin-1 concentration (23 +/- 6 versus 28 +/- 3 fmol/ml) and urinary endothelin-1 excretion (6.1 +/- 1.3 versus 4.7 +/- 0.3 pmol/24 h) remained unchanged. 3. The characteristics of endothelin-1 receptors in glomeruli, papillae, aortic smooth muscle and lung tissue from salt-loaded rats were not different from those of controls. 4. After 48 h water deprivation (n = 8) body weight had decreased, whereas packed cell volume and plasma and urine osmolarities had increased compared with controls (n = 8) (P < 0.05). Plasma endothelin-1 concentration (40 +/- 6 versus 21 +/- 2 fmol/ml) was higher (P < 0.01) and urinary endothelin-1 excretion (1.0 +/- 0.2 versus 2.8 +/- 0.3 pmol/24 h) was lower than in controls (P < 0.01).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bäcker
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meyer-Lehnert
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Migas
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kramer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000378:metabolism; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000378:metabolism; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D014868:Water Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; D012964:Sodium