Renal Vascular Resistance and Aortic Pressure as Determinants of Sodium Reabsorption

1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 654-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Zweig ◽  
T. M. Daugharty ◽  
L. E. Earley

During induced renal vasodilatation, angiotensin and norepinephrine result in an increased excretion of sodium (UNaV), which has been attributed to transmission of elevated aortic pressure (PA) to peritubular capillaries and not to direct effects of the drugs on sodium reabsorption. The importance of PA, intrarenal hemodynamics, and other possible effects of angiotensin and norepinephrine was examined in anesthetized dogs in which one kidney was vasodilated by denervation or acetylcholine, and the opposite kidney served as control. During elevation of aortic pressure, following bilateral carotid occlusion and vagotomy (B.C.O. and V), infusion of angiotensin and norepinephrine, increased UNaV occurred on only the vasodilated side. Changes in UNaV on both sides are related inversely to renal vascular resistance (R.V.R.) before elevation PA, but not to changes in R.V.R., glomerular filtration rate (G.F.R.), or filtration fraction following elevation of PA. When renal perfusion pressure was controlled during aortic constriction, persistent increases in UNaV and urine flow rate were abolished during infusion of norepinephrine and after B.C.O. and V, and markedly reduced during infusion of angiotensin. These effects could not be attributed to changes in intrarenal hemodynamics. Thus increased sodium and water excretion following infusion of norepinephrine and angiotensin, and B.C.O. and V, can be largely attributed to an interplay of increased renal perfusion pressure and reduced preset renal vascular resistance.

1987 ◽  
Vol 253 (2) ◽  
pp. F234-F238
Author(s):  
A. A. Seymour ◽  
S. G. Smith ◽  
E. K. Mazack

Synthetic atrial natriuretic factor (ANF 101-126) was infused at 1, 5, 25, and 125 pmol X kg-1 X min-1 into the renal artery of anesthetized, one-kidney dogs. During administration of 25 and 125 pmol X kg-1 X min-1 of ANF 101-126, fractional sodium excretion (FENa) rose from 1.4 +/- 0.3 to 6.6 +/- 1.1 and 5.6 +/- 1.3% when renal perfusion pressure (RPP) was at its basal level (112 +/- 5 mmHg). When base-line RPP was lowered to 101 +/- 5 mmHg by tightening a suprarenal aortic constriction, the same doses raised FENa to only 5.6 +/- 1.6 and 5.1 +/- 1.6%. A larger reduction of beginning RPP to 82 +/- 4 mmHg suppressed the natriuretic responses to 25 and 125 pmol X kg-1 X min-1 of ANF 101-126 to only 1.4 +/- 0.8 and 0.8 +/- 0.3%, respectively.During the peak natriuretic dose of 25 pmol X kg-1 X min-1, renal vascular resistance (RVR) fell from 0.88 +/- 0.10 to 0.68 +/- 0.07, from 0.78 +/- 0.10 to 0.68 +/- 0.12, and from 0.60 +/- 0.06 to 0.61 +/- 0.06 mmHg X ml-1 X min-1 at RPP = RPP = 112, 101, and 82 mmHg, respectively. ANF 101-126 did not affect glomerular filtration rate (GFR) at any level of RPP tested. In conclusion, the natriuretic responses to ANF 101-126 occurred without changes in GFR and were modulated by the prevailing levels of renal perfusion pressure and renal vascular resistance.


1996 ◽  
Vol 270 (6) ◽  
pp. R1203-R1207
Author(s):  
E. Brand-Schieber ◽  
M. Pucci ◽  
A. Nasjletti

The effects of NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA, 10 mg/kg i.v.) on renal hemodynamics were examined in control rats, rats in which renal perfusion pressure was prevented from rising after L-NNA by constricting the abdominal aorta, and rats in which tubuloglomerular feedback was inhibited by furosemide pretreatment, ureteral ligation, or both interventions combined. In control rats, L-NNA increased (P < 0.05) renal vascular resistance (274 +/- 27%) along with systemic arterial (54 +/- 4%) and renal perfusion (54 +/- 5%) pressures and decreased (P < 0.05) renal blood flow (57 +/- 4%). In rats in which renal perfusion pressure was prevented from increasing along with systemic arterial pressure (54 +/- 4%), the L-NNA-induced elevation of renal vascular resistance (173 +/- 27%) was less intense (P < 0.05). In another study, where renal perfusion pressure was fixed at pre-L-NNA levels, L-NNA-induced increases in renal vascular resistance (130 +/- 20%) were attenuated (P < 0.05) further with furosemide pretreatment (52 +/- 12%), with ureteral ligation (75 +/- 10%), and with furosemide pretreatment and ureteral ligation combined (32 +/- 8%). These data suggest that vasoconstrictor mechanisms linked to tubuloglomerular feedback and perfusion pressure elevation contribute to renal vasoconstriction after systemic inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis with L-NNA.


1984 ◽  
Vol 246 (6) ◽  
pp. F828-F834 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. I. Kleinman ◽  
R. O. Banks

Pressure natriuresis was studied in anesthetized saline-expanded adult (n = 10) and neonatal (n = 23) dogs. One group (protocol B) received ethacrynic acid and amiloride to block distal nephron function. Studies in the other group (protocol A) were done without diuretics. Renal arterial blood pressure was raised by bilateral carotid artery occlusion. Renal perfusion pressure was then lowered in steps by partially occluding the aorta proximal to the renal arteries. In protocol B carotid occlusion was associated with an increase in both absolute and fractional sodium excretion by adult and newborn dogs. Moreover, there was significant negative correlation (P less than 0.01) between absolute change in renal arterial pressure and change in tubular reabsorption of sodium per milliliter glomerular filtrate for both age groups. For each mmHg increase in blood pressure there was greater inhibition of sodium reabsorption in the puppy (0.55 mueq/ml glomerular filtrate) than in the adult (0.18 mueq/ml, P less than 0.05). In protocol A puppies, the inhibition of sodium reabsorption due to increases in renal perfusion pressure was less than that occurring in protocol B, indicating that some of the sodium escaping proximal nephron reabsorption was reabsorbed distally. Results of these studies indicate that during saline expansion pressure natriuresis is primarily a proximal tubular event, and the sensitivity of the proximal tubule to changes in renal arterial blood pressure is greater in the newborn than the adult kidney.


1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (2) ◽  
pp. F204-F209 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. F. Echtenkamp ◽  
P. F. Dandridge

In anesthetized Macaca fascicularis monkeys renal sympathetic nerves were stimulated electrically while changes in renal function were measured. The range of stimulation frequencies was 0.25-4.0 Hz. In the primate the stimulation threshold for changes in renal vascular resistance at a renal perfusion pressure of 100 mmHg was between 1 and 2 Hz. Vascular resistance increased progressively at higher stimulation frequencies. The threshold for changes in sodium reabsorption was somewhat lower (between 0.5 and 1 Hz). At higher stimulation frequencies sodium excretion was dramatically reduced. Renin secretion was not significantly affected at 0.25 and 0.5 Hz stimulation and rose significantly only at stimulation frequencies of 1.0 Hz or above. Thus renal sympathetic nerves in the primate appear to influence renal vascular resistance and electrolyte excretion in a manner that is quantitatively similar to that seen in other species. However, in the primate it was not possible to stimulate renin secretion in the absence of changes in renal blood flow and sodium reabsorption.


1994 ◽  
Vol 266 (5) ◽  
pp. R1530-R1536 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. L. Liu ◽  
D. Benzoni ◽  
J. Sassard

The influence of renal perfusion pressure (RPP) on renal functions was studied in anesthetized 8-wk-old Lyon hypertensive (LH) and normotensive (LN) rats before and after a specific blockade of prostaglandin (PG) H2-thromboxane (Tx) A2 receptors using GR-32191B. The nervous and hormonal influences on the kidneys were controlled by renal denervation, adrenalectomy, and an infusion of norepinephrine, aldosterone, hydrocortisone, and vasopressin. With the use of inflatable cuffs, RPP was varied from 100 to 125 and then to 150 mmHg. In control conditions, the renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were independent of RPP in both strains. LH kidneys differed from LN controls by an increased preglomerular vasoconstriction as indicated by a similar decrease in RBF and GFR. Moreover, the pressure-natriuresis curve was blunted in LH compared with LN kidneys. GR-32191B did not affect the renal function of LN rats. In LH kidneys, it normalized RBF and renal vascular resistance and improved GFR, whereas it had no effect on the pressure-natriuretic relationship. It is concluded that the elevated preglomerular vascular resistance that characterizes LH rats is dependent on an overstimulation of PGH2-TxA2 receptors whereas these latter are not involved in the control of pressure-natriuresis.


1986 ◽  
Vol 250 (3) ◽  
pp. F425-F429 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Haas ◽  
J. P. Granger ◽  
F. G. Knox

Previous studies in rats have demonstrated that superficial proximal tubule sodium reabsorption does not change in response to alterations in renal perfusion pressure (RPP). The first objective of the present study was to estimate sodium reabsorption in response to acute changes in RPP utilizing fractional lithium reabsorption (FRLi) as an index of fractional sodium reabsorption (FRNa) by the proximal tubule of the kidney as a whole. FRLi decreased in response to increases in RPP, suggesting that sodium reabsorption by the proximal tubule of some nephron population is decreased. Therefore, the second objective of the present study was to test the hypothesis that superficial and deep proximal tubules respond differently to changes in RPP by comparing proximal tubule sodium reabsorption from both nephron populations. In response to an acute change in RPP from 114 +/- 4 to 138 +/- 5 mmHg, FRNa by the proximal tubule and descending limb of Henle's loop in deep nephrons decreased from 71.3 +/- 2.3 to 55.8 +/- 5.6%, but FRNa by the superficial late proximal tubule was not changed: (44.3 +/- 4.8 to 45.1 +/- 3.9%). The urinary fractional reabsorption of sodium decreased from 96.7 +/- 0.6 to 94.5 +/- 0.5%. In summary, these studies demonstrate that increases in RPP have no effect on sodium reabsorption by the proximal tubule of superficial nephrons. In contrast, sodium delivery to the point of micropuncture in the descending limb of Henle's loop of deep nephrons was increased, suggesting inhibition of sodium reabsorption by proximal tubules of deep nephrons in response to increases in RPP.


1999 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 674-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Paul Clozel ◽  
Murielle M. Véniant ◽  
Changbin Qiu ◽  
Urs Sprecher ◽  
Robert Wolfgang ◽  
...  

1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 1061-1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
S M Krause ◽  
T F Walsh ◽  
W J Greenlee ◽  
R Ranaei ◽  
D L Williams ◽  
...  

Renal insufficiency is a significant complication that occurs after surgical procedures, requiring cross-clamping of the aorta. The mechanism for this renal dysfunction is currently not known, but studies suggest a potential role of endothelin in mediating the insufficiency. Accordingly, the role of endothelin was assessed using the nonpeptidyl, dual ETA/ETB endothelin antagonist L-754,142 in a model of renal insufficiency in the anesthetized dog induced by cross-clamping the suprarenal aorta for 60 min, followed by 2 h of reperfusion. In vehicle-treated animals (saline, n = 8) after 2 h of reperfusion, plasma [ET-1] increased 66% and renal blood flow (RBF) was reduced by 38% compared with baseline. This decline was associated with an 84% increase in renal vascular resistance and a 54% reduction in GFR (baseline, 46 +/- 5 ml/min; 21 +/- 3 ml/min at 2 h; P < 0.01) and sodium reabsorption (baseline, 6.7 +/- 0.7 microEq/min; 3.0 +/- 0.5 microEq/min at 2 h, P < 0.01). After baseline measurements, pretreatment with L-754,142 at 0.3 mg/kg bolus + 0.1 mg/kg per h continuous infusion (low dose; n = 8) or 3.0 mg/kg bolus + 1 mg/kg per h infusion (high dose; n = 8) initiated 45 min before aortic cross-clamp led to a dose-dependent normalization of RBF and renal vascular resistance within 2 h of cross-clamp removal. GFR was also improved and returned to within 75% of baseline (P < 0.01 versus vehicle) by 2 h of reperfusion with L-754,142 (baseline, 55 +/- 5 ml/min; 42 +/- 5 ml/min at 2 h with the high dose). The improvement of GFR with L-754,142 treatment was associated with a preservation of sodium reabsorption compared with vehicle-treated animals. This study supports a role of endothelin in the pathogenesis of renal insufficiency after aortic cross-clamping and demonstrates that pretreatment with the dual ETA/ETB endothelin antagonist L-754,142 preserves RBF and sodium reabsorption, leading to a significant improvement in GFR.


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