title: Role of endothelin receptor subtypes in volume-stimulated ANF secretion.
abstract: The role of endothelin (ET) receptors was tested in volume-stimulated atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) secretion in conscious rats. Mean ANF responses to slow infusions (3 x 3.3 ml/8 min) were dose dependently reduced (P < 0.05) by bosentan (nonselective ET-receptor antagonist) from 64.1 +/- 18.1 (SE) pg/ml (control) to 52.6 +/- 16.1 (0.033 mg bosentan/rat), 16.1 +/- 7.6 (0. 33 mg/rat), and 11.6 +/- 6.5 pg/ml (3.3 mg/rat). The ET-A-receptor antagonist BQ-123 (1 mg/rat) had no effect relative to DMSO controls, whereas the putative ET-B antagonist IRL-1038 (0.1 mg/rat) abolished the response. In a second protocol, BQ-123 (>/=0.5 mg/rat) nonsignificantly reduced the peak ANF response (106.1 +/- 23.0 pg/ml) to 74.0 +/- 20.5 pg/ml for slow infusions (3.5 ml/8.5 min) but reduced the peak response (425.3 +/- 58.1 pg/ml) for fast infusions (6.6 ml/1 min) by 49.9% (P < 0.001) and for 340 pmoles ET-1 (328.8 +/- 69.5 pg/ml) by 83.5% (P < 0.0001). BQ-123 abolished the ET-1-induced increase in arterial pressure (21.8 +/- 5.2 mmHg at 1 min). Changes in central venous pressure were similar for DMSO and BQ-123 (slow: 0.91 and 1.14 mmHg; fast: 4.50 and 4.13 mmHg). The results suggest 1) ET-B receptors mainly mediate the ANF secretion to slow volume expansions of <1.6%/min; and 2) ET-A receptors mainly mediate the ANF response to acute volume overloads.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Geneva School of Medicine, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. alex.baertschi@medecine.unige.ch
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Baertschi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pedrazzini
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Aubert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roatti
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Pence
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology; D010952:Plasma Substitutes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D010952:Plasma Substitutes; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; C072247:cyclo(Trp-Asp-Pro-Val-Leu)