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J Appl Physiol 67: 2269-2275, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 6 2269-2275, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Pulmonary vasodilator responses to atrial natriuretic factor and sodium nitroprusside

I. Cigarini, S. Adnot, P. E. Chabrier, I. Viossat, P. Braquet and B. Gaujour
Departement de Physiologie, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, U296, Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France.

The objective of this study was to determine the direct actions of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) on the pulmonary vascular bed and to compare these actions with those of sodium nitroprusside (SNP). The responses to incremental infusion rates of 1, 5, 10, and 50 ng.kg-1.min-1 synthetic human ANF and to 1-2 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 SNP were examined in the in situ autoperfused lung lobe of open-chest anesthetized pigs under conditions of normal and elevated pulmonary vascular tone. During basal conditions, ANF and SNP caused small but significant reductions in pulmonary artery pressure (Ppa) and pulmonary venous pressure (Ppv) with no change in lobar vascular resistance (LVR). When pulmonary vascular tone was increased by prostaglandin F2 alpha (20 micrograms/min), ANF infusion at doses greater than 1 ng.kg-1.min-1 decreased Ppa and LVR in a dose-related fashion. Infusion of 50 ng.kg-1.min-1 ANF and of 2 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 SNP maximally decreased Ppa, from 33 +/- 3 to 20 +/- 2 mmHg (P less than 0.001) and from 31 +/- 4 to 18 +/- 1 mmHg (P less than 0.001), respectively. At these doses, ANF reduced systemic arterial pressure by only 11.5 +/- 3% compared with 34 +/- 4% decreased with SNP (P less than 0.001). The results indicate that ANF, similarly to SNP, exerts a direct potent vasodilator activity in the porcine pulmonary vascular bed, which is dependent on the existing level of vasoconstrictor tone.


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