Contribution of Prostaglandins to Pressure Natriuresis in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats
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- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Hypertension
- Vol. 4 (6) , 489-493
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/4.6.489
Abstract
To examine the role of prostaglandins on pressure natriuresis in Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) rat, the pressure- natriuresis relationships in DS and Dahl salt-resistant (DR) rats were characterized with or without indomethacin (2 mg/kg/h) by utilizing an in vivo renal perfusion study. When untreated, in the DS rat the pressure-natriuresis curve was blunted (P < .05) and excretion of prostaglandin E2 (38 ± 11 to 109 ± 43 pg/min) was decreased in comparison to the DR rat. With indomethacin, the pressure- natriuresis curve in the DR rat was blunted while no significant changes were observed in the DS rat. Plasma renin activity and concentration of atrial natriuretic peptide were not changed by the treatment of indomethacin in both strains. These results suggest that the decrease in renal prostaglandins, at least in prostaglandin E2 , plays some role in blunting pressure natriuresis in DS rat. Am J Hypertens 1991;4:489-493Keywords
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