title: Modulation of tubuloglomerular feedback responsiveness by extracellular ATP.
abstract: Experiments were performed in pentobarbital sodium-anesthetized rats to determine the effects of activation of P2 purinoceptors sensitive to ATP on glomerular capillary pressure, as estimated from proximal tubule stop-flow pressure (SFP) measurements, and on the magnitude of maximal tubuloglomerular feedback-mediated reductions in SFP. To selectively expose nephrons in vivo to ATP without influencing arterial blood pressure, we infused ATP directly into the surrounding peritubular capillaries. Peritubular capillary infusion, at a rate of 20 nl/min, of an isotonic saline solution containing 10(-3) M ATP elicited a transient decrease in resting SFP. However, subsequent infusion of 10(-3) M ATP together with the adenosine receptor (P1 purinoceptor) antagonist 1,3-dipropyl-8-p-sulfophenylxanthine (PSPX, 10(-3) M) into the same vascular sites elicited a sustained decrease in resting SFP. Peritubular infusion of the slowly metabolizable ATP analogue, beta,gamma-methylene-ATP (10(-3) M), at a rate of 20 nl/min, also elicited a transient decrease in SFP, but this was not converted to a sustained response by PSPX. The SFP feedback responses to a late proximal perfusion rate of 40 nl/min were markedly attenuated during peritubular infusion of either 10(-3) M ATP (8.7 +/- 1.2 vs. 1.8 +/- 0.9 mmHg; P < 0.01, n = 9) or 10(-3) M beta,gamma-methylene-ATP (8.2 +/- 1.3 vs. 2.2 +/- 1.2 mmHg; P < 0.01, n = 8).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Navar
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002196:Capillaries / Q000187:drug effects; D005246:Feedback; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000187:drug effects; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D058914:Purinergic Antagonists; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D014970:Xanthines / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D058914:Purinergic Antagonists; D014970:Xanthines; C005147:5'-adenylyl (beta,gamma-methylene)diphosphonate; C053896:1,3-dipropyl-8-(4-sulfophenyl)xanthine; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000241:Adenosine; C002630:alpha,beta-methyleneadenosine 5'-triphosphate