Atrial natriuretic peptides: Reproducibility of renal effects and response of liver blood flow |
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Authors: | J. Biollaz B. Waeber J. Nussberger M. Porchet F. Brunner-Ferber E. S. Otterbein H. J. Gomez H. R. Brunner |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Lausanne, Switzerland;(2) Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories Zurich and Rahway, N.J., USA |
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Abstract: | Summary To assess the variability of the response to exogenous atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), it was infused at the rate of 1 µg/min for 2 h in 6 salt-loaded normal volunteers under controlled conditions on 2 occasions at an interval of 1 week. The effect on solute excretion and the haemodynamic and endocrine actions were highly reproducible. The constant ANP infusion caused a delayed and prolonged excretion of sodium, chloride and calcium, no change in potassium or phosphate excretion or in glomerular filtration rate but a marked decrease in renal plasma flow. Blood pressure, heart rate and the plasma levels of angiotensin II, aldosterone, arginine vasopressin and plasma renin activity were unaltered. The effect of a 2-h infusion of ANP 0.5 µg/min or its vehicle on apparent hepatic blood flow (HBF) was also studied in 14 normal volunteers by measuring the indocyanine green clearance. A 21% decrease in HBF was observed in subjects who received the ANP infusion (p<0.01 vs vehicle). Thus, ANP infused at a dose that did not lower blood pressure decreased both renal and liver blood flow in normotensive volunteers. The renal and endocrine responses to ANP were reproducible over a 1-week interval. |
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Keywords: | atrial natriuretic peptides renal effects hepatic blood flow normotensive volunteers response consistency |
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