Effect on renin release of inhibiting renal nitric oxide synthesis in anaesthetized dogs

• Published in: Acta physiologica Scandinavica 1993-06, Vol.148 (2), p.137-142
• Main Authors: NAESS, P. A., CHRISTENSEN, G., KIRKEBØEN, K. A., KIIL, F.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animals; Arginine - analogs & derivatives; Arginine - pharmacology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Pressure; Constriction; Dogs; Endocrine kidney. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system; endothelium-derived relaxing factor; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Kidney - drug effects; Kidney - metabolism; Male; NG-nitro-l-arginine; nitric oxide; Nitric Oxide - antagonists & inhibitors; Nitric Oxide - metabolism; Nitroarginine; renal arterial constriction; Renal Artery; Renal Circulation - drug effects; Renin - metabolism; renin release; Vertebrates: endocrinology
• ISSN: 0001-6772; 1365-201X
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1993.tb09543.x

Nitric oxide plays an important role in the regulation of basal renal blood flow. This study was performed to examine whether selective inhibiti± of renal nitric oxide synthesis affects renin release in vivo. Accordingly, in six barbiturate‐anaesthetized dogs renin release was examined before and after intrarenal infusion of the selective inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis, NG‐nitro‐l‐arginine (NOARG). NOARG was infused into the renal artery to yield a renal arterial blood concentration of 0.4 μmol ml‐1. NOARG did not change systemic arterial blood pressure and glomerular filtration rate, but reduced basal renal blood flow by 26 ± 2%. Urine flow, sodium and potassium excretion were reduced after inhibition of renal nitric oxide synthesis. Basal renin release (3 ± 2 μg AI min‐1) was not altered by NOARG infusion (1 ± 1 μg AI min‐1). To stimulate renin release the renal artery was constricted to a renal perfusion pressure of 50 mmHg. At this perfusion pressure infusion of NOARG reduced renin release significantly from 48 ± 11 μg AI min‐1to 14 ± 4 μg AI min‐1. In conclusion, inhibition of renal nitric oxide synthesis reduces basal renal blood flow and reduces renin release stimulated by renal arterial constriction. These findings indicate that renal nitric oxide modulates both renal blood flow and renin release in vivo.