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Mechanisms compensating Na and water retention induced by long-term reduction of renal perfusion pressure

E. Seeliger, W. Boemke, M. Corea, T. Encke and H. W. Reinhardt
Arbeitsgruppe Experimentelle Anasthesie, Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany.

Endogenous downregulation of plasma aldosterone (Aldo) concentration, despite increased plasma renin activity (PRA), has been suggested to compensate Na and water retention, which is induced by long-term reduction of renal perfusion pressure (rRPP). To determine whether fixed plasma Aldo concentration would prevent equilibration of 24-h Na and water balances during rRPP, chronically instrumented, freely moving beagle dogs were kept under standardized conditions (daily intake 5.5 mmol Na/kg body wt) and studied for 4 consecutive days under the following conditions: control without rRPP (protocol 1) and rRPP + infusion of Aldo (rRPP + Aldo, protocol 2). Because Aldo administration reduces PRA and, thereby, angiotensin II (ANG II) levels ANG II was additionally infused in protocol 3 (rRPP + ANG II + Aldo). During rRPP + Aldo, 24-h Na balances were never equilibrated. Daily Na retention was approximately 3.5 mmol/kg body wt on day 1 and decreased to approximately 1.6 mmol/kg body wt on day 4; 24-h water balances changed in a similar manner. PRA decreased stepwise. On all rRPP + ANG II + Aldo days, Na and water retentions were more extensive than during rRPP + Aldo. Daily Na retention decreased from approximately 4.4 mmol/kg body wt on day 1 to approximately 3.0 mmol/kg body wt on day 4. Plasma atrial natriuretic peptide increased during both protocols. It is concluded that 1) endogenous downregulation of components of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is a pivotal compensatory mechanism to reduce Na and water retention and 2) natriuretic and diuretic factors seem to be of minor potency, because not even the sum of all could counterbalances the Na- and water-retaining effects of Aldo and ANG II.

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