title: Renal actions of endothelin-1 under endothelin receptor blockade by BE-18257B.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Endothelin-1 (ET-1), a peptide produced by the vascular endothelium, causes profound renal vasoconstriction by binding to ET-A receptors. The present study examined the renal actions of ET-1 after ET-A receptors were blocked by BE-18257B to unmask the functions of ET-B receptors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Renal hemodynamics and clearance measurements were obtained in anesthetized dogs after intrarenal infusion of BE-18257B at 100 ng./kg./min. (Group 1), after intrarenal infusion of ET-1 at 2 ng./kg./min. (Group 2), or after intrarenal infusion of ET-1 superimposed on BE-18257B (Group 3).
  
  
  RESULTS
  In Group 1, BE-18257B infusion did not alter arterial pressure, renal blood flow (RBF), GFR or tubular function. In Group 2, ET-1 infusion led to a significant decrease in RBF and GFR (37 and 40%, respectively) without altering arterial pressure. Urinary volume and sodium excretion were not changed but osmolality decreased significantly. In Group 3, BE-18257B infusion significantly attenuated the decrease in RBF caused by ET-1 and increased GFR by 40% without altering arterial pressure, associated with significant diuresis and natriuresis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Renal vasoconstriction caused by ET-1 is attenuated by ET-A receptor blockade with BE-18257B, which unmasks the hemodynamic and tubular actions of ET-B receptors. As a result, it limits the ET-1 induced decrease in RBF and raises GFR, and leads to a diuresis and natriuresis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11212-3198, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Gulmi
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: U M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Mooppan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology*; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D019332:Endothelin-1; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; C069764:cyclo(glutamyl-alanyl-isoleucyl-leucyl-tryptophyl)