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Involvement of renal dopamine synthesis in the diuretic effect of furosemide in normohydrated rats.

S Nowicki, G Levin and M A Enero
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics March 1993, 264 (3) 1377-1380;
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The present study was designed to investigate whether the modification of dopamine synthesis affects furosemide responses. Experiments were performed on pentobarbital-anesthetized rats. Basal urine flow was approximately 3 microliters/min-1/g-1 of kidney weight (k.w.); furosemide (0.2 mg/kg-1 i.v.) induced a rapid diuretic effect (19.3 +/- 1.4 microliters/min-1/g-1 of k.w.). The dopadecarboxilase inhibitor, benserazide (25 mg/kg-1 i.v.), reduced furosemide-induced diuresis to 8.3 +/- 2.1 microliters/min-1/g-1 of k.w., whereas levo-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-dopa; 1 micrograms/kg-1/min-1 infused for 60 min) increased it to 41.4 +/- 6.1 microliters/min-1/g-1 of k.w. Natriuretic response and fractional Na+ excretion induced by furosemide were significantly lower in benserazide-treated and higher in L-dopa-treated animals. Urine dopamine (DA) excretion was enhanced by furosemide from 0.44 +/- 0.05 to 0.98 +/- 0.22 ng/min-1/g-1 of k.w. and was markedly reduced in benserazide-pretreated animals, whereas both basal DA excretion and that induced by furosemide were increased significantly during L-dopa infusion. However, in benserazide- or L-dopa-treated animals, basal urine flow was not different from the control group. Urine furosemide excretion was reduced by 60% by benserazide treatment and increased by 62% during L-dopa infusion. The results are consistent with the suggestion that although endogenous DA is apparently unimportant in the maintenance of basal urine output, it is involved in furosemide-induced diuresis. The diuretic response can be altered by acute administration of substances that affect dopamine synthesis.

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Involvement of renal dopamine synthesis in the diuretic effect of furosemide in normohydrated rats.

S Nowicki, G Levin and M A Enero
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics March 1, 1993, 264 (3) 1377-1380;

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Involvement of renal dopamine synthesis in the diuretic effect of furosemide in normohydrated rats.

S Nowicki, G Levin and M A Enero
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