title: Effect of proANF-(31--67) on sodium excretion in conscious monkeys.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of proANF-(31--67) on renal function in conscious, chronically instrumented monkeys (Macaca fascicularis). The experimental protocol consisted of a 30-min control period followed by 60 min of peptide infusion and a 30-min recovery period. Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF)-(99--126), proANF-(31--67), of a combination of ANF-(99--126) plus proANF-(31--67) was infused at 15 pmol.kg-1.min-1. ANF-(99--126) caused sodium excretion to increase from 12.5 +/- 3 to a peak of 37.9 +/- 10.4 mueq/min, whereas fractional sodium excretion (FENa) increased from 0.69 +/- 0.2 to 2.3 +/- 0.43%. ProANF-(31--67) increased sodium excretion from 12.7 +/- 5 to a peak of 23.3 +/- 9.0 mueq/min and FENa from 0.56 +/- 0.07 to a peak of 1.15 +/- 0.4%. When ANF-(99--126) and proANF-(31--67) were infused in combination, sodium excretion increased from 9.6 +/- 3 to a peak of 5.19 +/- 12.5 mueq/min, whereas FENa increased from 0.97 +/- 0.4 to 3.9 +/- 1.1%. Mean arterial pressure decreased by approximately 10 mmHg in all three groups. These findings indicate that intravenously administered proANF-(31--67) causes an increase in sodium excretion and that when proANF-(31--67) and ANF-(99--126) are given in combination, they act in an additive fashion to increase renal sodium excretion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Benjamin
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008297:Male; D009318:Natriuresis / Q000187:drug effects*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011498:Protein Precursors; C054548:atrial natriuretic factor prohormone (31-67); D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor