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Cardiac-renal-neural reflex plays a major role in natriuresis induced by left atrial distension

K. Miki, Y. Hayashida and K. Shiraki
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.

The role of cardiac-renal-neural reflex in the natriuresis induced by left atrial balloon inflation was investigated in conscious dogs. Female mongrel dogs were assigned randomly to 1) sham-operated (n = 8), 2) cardiac-denervated (n = 6), and 3) renal-denervated (n = 8) groups. The dogs were chronically instrumented with a bipolar stainless steel wire electrode for measurement of renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA). Balloon inflation induced a step increase in left atrial pressure (Pla) by 7.7 +/- 1.7 mmHg, a step decrease in RSNA (-66.6 +/- 5.5%), and concomitant increases in urine flow (441 +/- 142%), osmolal excretion (60 +/- 12%), and sodium excretion (300 +/- 69%) in sham-operated dogs. Renal denervation abolished the diuresis and natriuresis during balloon inflation. Chronic cardiac denervation abolished also the diuresis and natriuresis in the face of a similar increase in Pla. RSNA did not change significantly throughout the experimental period in cardiac-denervated dogs. It is concluded that a sustained reduction of RSNA originating from left atrial mechanoreceptors plays a major role in the natriuresis during left atrial distension in conscious dogs.

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