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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of acute and chronic inhibition of endothelium derived relaxing factor (EDRF/NO) synthesis were investigated on the intrarenal blood flow in anaesthetized rats. N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 10 mg/kg) was used for inhibition of NO-synthase. In acute experiments L-NAME was infused, while in chronic experiments L-NAME (4-day pretreatment) was dissolved in the drinking water. Blood flow was measured by 86-Rubidium accumulation method. Renal blood flow decreased markedly after both acute and chronic L-NAME treatment. (Acute: RBF-control: 679 +/- 122, RBF-L-NAME: 333 +/- 65 ml/min/100 g, p < 0.01; Chronic: RBF-control: 527 +/- 133, RBF-L-NAME: 315 +/- 75 ml/min/100 g, p < 0.01). The consequences of the NO-synthase blockade are different in the cortical and medullary vessels. The increase in the vascular resistance in the medulla (in acute experiments 228%, R-control: 2.76 +/- 0.76, R-L-NAME: 9.08 +/- 4.36 R, p < 0.01; in chronic experiments 113%, R-control: 3.89 +/- 1.20, R-NAME: 8.31 +/- 3.75 R, p < 0.01) is appreciably greater than in the cortex (acute blockade: 112%, R-control: 1.12 +/- 0.29, R-L-NAME: 2.38 +/- 0.47 R, p < 0.01; chronic blockade: 62%, R-control: 1.61 +/- 1.03, R-L-NAME: 2.61 +/- 0.61 R, p < 0.01). The percentile distribution of intrarenal blood flow shifts from the medulla toward the cortex following acute NO-synthase blockade (MBF-control: 16.8 +/- 1.11%; MBF-NAME: 12.3 +/- 2.66%, p < 0.01). The proportion of cortical and medullary blood flow remains unaltered after chronic NO-synthase inhibition. CONCLUSION: The nitric oxide plays an important role in determining the renal, cortical and medullary blood flow. The effect of EDRF in influencing the vascular resistance is more pronounced in the medulla than in the cortex.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0231-424X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
403-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Intrarenal distribution of renal blood flow after acute and chronic administration of nitric oxide-synthase inhibitor.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't