Pathophysiologic role of natriuretic peptides
Kida, O.; Tanaka, K.
Rinsho Byori. Japanese Journal of Clinical Pathology 37(8): 875-882
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0047-1860 PMID: 2531241 Document Number: 333937
To evaluate the pathophysiologic role of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in hypertension, hemodynamic effects of human ANP and antiserum against rat ANP were investigated in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). Intravenous administration of human ANP caused greater hypotension associated with a decrease of cardiac output in SHR than in WKY, which suggests that SHR have enhanced responsiveness to exogenous ANP. The antiserum increased blood pressure and cardiac output, with the latter being significantly greater in SHR than in WKY. These results suggest that endogenous ANP counteract, in part, the maintenance of hypertension. In addition, hemodynamic and renal excretory effects of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), a novel natriuretic peptide identified from porcine, were studied in SHR and WKY. BNP caused marked natriuresis and hypotension in a dose-dependent fashion, as observed with ANP. Not only ANP but also BNP may have a role in the regulation of blood pressure and water-electrolyte balance.