AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 258, Issue 2 388-R392, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Renin secretion by fetal lamb kidneys in vitro

N. M. Rawashdeh, J. C. Rose and D. R. Kerr
Department of Physiology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid.

We studied the content and secretion of renin by renal cortical slices obtained from ovine fetuses at 0.62-0.77 gestation (n = 5 immature) and at 0.84-1.00 gestation (n = 5 mature). Renin content of fresh slices and renin secretion after the incubation of slices in Robinson's medium with or without isoproterenol or dibutyryl (DB) adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) (10(-4)-10(-8) M) were measured. Renin content of immature fetal kidneys (ng.ml homogenate-1.h-1.mg-1) and basal renin secretion rate [ng (ANG I/h).mg tissue-1.h incubation-1] were 24.3 +/- 3.0 and 1.4 +/- 0.4, respectively. Both of these values were significantly lower (P less than 0.02) than the corresponding results obtained with mature fetal kidneys (67.0 +/- 4.5 and 3.4 +/- 0.5). Renin content and basal secretion rates were strongly correlated (r = 0.78, P less than 0.01). The addition of isoproterenol or DBcAMP induced a significant increase in renin secretion only when incubated with slices from mature fetuses. We conclude that there is a deficit in the beta-adrenoceptor-mediated renin release distal to cAMP formation in immature fetuses, which may be related to low renal content of renin at this stage of development.

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