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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 268: R1040-R1049, 1995;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 268, Issue 4 1040-R1049, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Intrapericardial denervation: responses to water immersion in rhesus monkeys

K. H. McKeever, L. C. Keil and H. Sandler
College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.

Eleven anesthetized rhesus monkeys were used to study cardiovascular, renal, and endocrine alterations associated with 120 min of head-out water immersion. Five animals underwent complete intrapericardial denervation using the Randall technique, while the remaining six monkeys served as intact controls. Each animal was chronically instrumented with an electromagnetic flow probe on the ascending aorta, a strain gauge pressure transducer implanted in the apex of the left ventricle (LV), and electrocardiogram leads anchored to the chest wall and LV. During immersion, LV end-diastolic pressure, urine flow, glomerular filtration rate, sodium excretion, and circulating atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) each increased (P < 0.05) for intact and denervated monkeys. There were no alterations in free water clearance in either group during immersion, yet fractional excretion of free water increased (P < 0.05) in the intact monkeys. Plasma renin activity (PRA) decreased (P < 0.05) during immersion in intact monkeys but not the denervated animals. Plasma vasopressin (PVP) concentration decreased (P < 0.05) during the first 30 min of immersion in both groups but was not distinguishable from control by 60 min of immersion in denervated monkeys. These data demonstrate that complete cardiac denervation does not block the rise in plasma ANP or prevent the natriuresis associated with head-out water immersion. The suppression of PVP during the first minutes of immersion after complete cardiac denervation suggests that extracardiac sensing mechanisms associated with the induced fluid shifts may be responsible for the findings.


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