title: Renal effects of big endothelin-1 in experimental congestive heart failure.
abstract: The present study was designed to evaluate the effects of big endothelin (ET) on renal hemodynamics and excretory functions in rats with experimental congestive heart failure (CHF) produced by aortocaval fistula. Clearance studies were performed in control and in chronic (7 day) CHF rats. Administration of bit ET (1 and 3 nmol/kg, i.v.) to control rats caused an increase (29%) in mean arterial pressure (MAP) associated with a decrease (38%) in renal blood flow (RBF) and a marked increase (130%) in renal vascular resistance (RVR). These changes were accompanied by a decrease in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and a significant increase in sodium excretion. In contrast, the effects of big ET on MAP and renal hemodynamics were blunted in CHF rats, and sodium excretion increased only minimally in response to big ET despite a significant increase in GFR. The data suggest that rats with CHF have reduced sensitivity to the vascular and renal action of ET.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gurbanov
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Winaver
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haramati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019332:Endothelin-1; D016232:Endothelins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D019332:Endothelin-1; D016232:Endothelins; D011498:Protein Precursors