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J Appl Physiol 67: 1606-1611, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 4 1606-1611, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Does atrial natriuretic factor protect against right ventricular overload? I. Hemodynamic study

L. C. Ou, G. L. Sardella, N. S. Hill and C. D. Thron
Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03756.

We studied the effects of synthetic atrial natriuretic factor (ANF, 28-amino acid peptide) on base-line perfusion pressures and pressor responses to hypoxia and angiotensin II (ANG II) in isolated rat lungs and on the following hemodynamic and renal parameters in awake, chronically instrumented rats: cardiac output (CO), systemic (Rsa) and pulmonary (Rpa) vascular resistances, ANG II- and hypoxia (10.5% O2)-induced changes in Rsa and Rpa, and urine output. Intra-arterial ANF injections lowered base-line perfusion pressures and blunted hypoxia- and ANG II-induced pressor responses in the isolated lungs. Bolus intravenous injection of ANF (10 micrograms/kg) into intact rats decreased CO and arterial blood pressures of both systemic and pulmonary circulations and increased Rsa. ANG II (0.4 micrograms/kg) increased both Rsa and Rpa, and hypoxia increased Rpa alone in the intact rats. ANF (10 micrograms/kg) inhibited both ANG II- and hypoxia-induced increases in Rpa but did not significantly affect the ANG II-induced increase in Rsa. The antagonistic effect of ANF on pulmonary vasoconstriction was reversible and dose-dependent. The threshold doses of ANF required to inhibit pulmonary vasoconstriction were in the same range as those required to elicit diuresis and natriuresis. The data demonstrate that ANF has a preferential relaxant effect on pulmonary vessels constricted by hypoxia or ANG II. Both the renal and the pulmonary vascular effects of ANF may represent fundamental physiological actions of ANF. These actions may serve as a negative feedback control system that protects the right ventricle from excessive mechanical loads.


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