title: Diuresis and natriuresis caused by activation of VR1-positive sensory nerves in renal pelvis of rats.
abstract: To test the hypothesis that activation of the vanilloid receptor 1 (VR1) expressed in sensory nerves innervating the renal pelvis leads to diuresis and natriuresis, a selective VR1 receptor agonist, capsaicin (2.4 nmol), or vehicle was perfused intravenously or into the left renal pelvis of anesthetized rats at a rate without changing renal perfusion pressure. Mean arterial pressure was not altered by capsaicin administered intravenously or into the renal pelvis. Capsaicin perfusion into the left renal pelvis but not intravenously caused significant increases in urine flow rate and urinary sodium excretion bilaterally in a dose-dependent manner, which were abolished by capsazepine, a selective VR1 receptor antagonist, given ipsilaterally to the renal pelvis or by ipsilateral renal denervation. Capsaicin given intravenously or into the left renal pelvis increased plasma calcitonin gene-related peptide levels to the same extent. Increased plasma calcitonin gene-related peptide levels induced by capsaicin (68.9+/-2.8 pg/mL) perfusion into the renal pelvis was prevented either by capsazepine (22.5+/-10.1 pg/mL) given ipsilaterally into the renal pelvis or by ipsilateral renal denervation (25.9+/-2.3 pg/mL). Taken together, our data show that unilateral activation of VR1-positive sensory nerves innervating the renal pelvis leads to bilateral diuresis and natriuresis via a mechanism that is independent of plasma calcitonin gene-related peptide levels. These data suggest that VR1-positive sensory nerves in the kidney enhance renal excretory function, a mechanism that may be critically involved in sodium and fluid homeostasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Youping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Donna H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000097:blood; D002211:Capsaicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D003714:Denervation; D004231:Diuresis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000098:blood supply; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000294:innervation*; D008297:Male; D009318:Natriuresis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D050916:TRPV Cation Channels / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D050916:TRPV Cation Channels; C493922:Trpv1 protein, rat; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; C071423:capsazepine; D002211:Capsaicin