Abstract
We previously reported that endothelin (ET) may function as an inhibitory modulator of renal noradrenergic neurotransmission (Suzukiet al., J. Cardiovasc. Pharmacol. 19: 905–910, 1992). In our study, we examined the effect of sarafotoxin S6c (S6c), a selective ETB receptor agonist, on changes in renal function and norepinephrine overflow induced by renal nerve stimulation (RNS) in anesthetized dogs. RNS at a low frequency (0.5–2.0 Hz) caused significant decreases in urine flow, urinary excretion of sodium and fractional excretion of sodium and increased norepinephrine secretion rate, without affecting systemic and renal hemodynamics. RNS at a high frequency (2.5–5.0 Hz), which diminishes renal hemodynamics, produced more potent decreases in urine formation and increase in norepinephrine secretion rate than seen with low frequency RNS. When S6c (1 ng/kg/min) was infused intrarenally, there was a slight and transient increase in renal blood flow, and then this response was followed by a gradual reduction. S6c administration produced increase in the basal level of urine flow with no apparent effects on urinary excretion of sodium and fractional excretion of sodium. During S6c infusion, low frequency RNS-induced antidiuretic action and increase in norepinephrine secretion rate were markedly attenuated. Qualitatively, similar results were observed in the case of high frequency RNS. In addition, high frequency RNS-induced decreases in glomerular filtration rate and filtration fraction were significantly suppressed by S6c infusion. Taken together with our previous findings, it seems likely that ET plays an important role as an inhibitory modulator of renal noradrenergic neurotransmission, through ETB receptor mechanisms.
Footnotes
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Send reprint requests to: Dr. Yasuo Matsumura, Department of Pharmacology, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4-20-1, Nasahara, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-11, Japan.
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↵1 This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan, the Science Research Promotion Fund of Japan Private School Promotion Foundation and Ciba-Geigy Foundation (Japan) for the Promotion of Science.
- Abbreviations:
- S6c
- sarafotoxin S6c
- ET
- endothelin
- ET-1
- endothelin-1
- ET-2
- endothelin-2
- ET-3
- endothelin-3
- RNS
- renal nerve stimulation
- NE
- norepinephrine
- NESR
- norepinephrine secretion rate
- MAP
- mean arterial blood pressure
- HR
- heart rate
- RBF
- renal blood flow
- RVR
- renal vascular resistance
- GFR
- glomerular filtration rate
- FF
- filtration fraction
- UF
- urine flow
- UNaV
- urinary excretion of sodium
- FENa
- fractional excretion of sodium
- NO
- nitric oxide
- PE
- prostaglandin
- AVP
- arginine vasopressin
- IMCD
- inner medullary collecting duct
- Received June 5, 1996.
- Accepted October 11, 1996.
- The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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