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Enhanced slow pressor effect of angiotensin II in two-kidney, one clip rats.

Abstract
Phase II of two-kidney, one clip (2K1C) Goldblatt hypertension in the rat is characterized by elevated blood pressure and near-normal plasma concentrations of angiotensin II (Ang II) but is reversed by inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system. We hypothesized that this angiotensin dependence is due to enhanced responsiveness to the slow pressor effect of Ang II caused by renal artery stenosis. To test this idea, we submitted rats to either renal artery clipping or sham operation. These groups were immediately subdivided; some animals received enalapril in their drinking water (508 mumol/L), and the rest drank distilled water only. After 10 to 14 days, catheters were inserted into the aorta and vena cava, and the rats were housed in metabolism cages. After 3 control days of measurement of mean arterial pressure and other variables, the enalapril-treated groups received an intravenous infusion of Ang II at a dose of 3.8 pmol/min (4 ng/min) for 14 days. Rats not drinking enalapril received only saline vehicle (2 mmol Na+ per day). After 3 days of Ang II infusion, the enalapril-treated 2K1C rats had attained a significantly higher level of mean arterial pressure than the enalapril-treated sham rats. At the end of the Ang II infusion, mean arterial pressure in enalapril-treated 2K1C rats was 151 +/- 6 mm Hg versus 107 +/- 7 mm Hg in enalapril-treated sham rats. Mean arterial pressure in the enalapril-treated sham rats after Ang II infusion was not significantly different from that of untreated sham rats (109 +/- 2 mm Hg).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
AuthorsM G Melaragno, G D Fink
JournalHypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) (Hypertension) Vol. 25 Issue 2 Pg. 288-93 (Feb 1995) ISSN: 0194-911X [Print] United States
PMID7843781 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Angiotensin II
  • Enalapril
  • Angiotensin I
Topics
  • Angiotensin I (pharmacology)
  • Angiotensin II (pharmacology)
  • Animals
  • Blood Pressure (drug effects)
  • Body Water (metabolism)
  • Enalapril (pharmacology)
  • Heart Rate (drug effects)
  • Hypertension, Renovascular (physiopathology)
  • Male
  • Natriuresis (drug effects)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

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