AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 264, Issue 4 681-R686, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Glomerular hemodynamics in aortocaval fistula rats: role of renin-angiotensin system

T. Nishikimi and E. D. Frohlich
Hypertension Research Laboratories, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana 70121.

To investigate intrarenal hemodynamics of aortocaval, arteriovenous (AV)-fistula rats and the effect of angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibition, micropuncture studies were obtained before and after administration of quinapril (100 micrograms.kg-1 x min-1), an ACE inhibitor. AV fistula produced by needle multipuncture was characterized by elevated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), lower mean arterial pressure, and increased left and right ventricular weights. Effective renal plasma flow was lower in AV-fistula rats, and single-nephron glomerular filtration rate (SNGFR) and plasma flow (SNPF) were reduced. Single-nephron filtration faction (SNFF), stop-flow pressure, and glomerular pressure (PG) were increased. The lower SNGFR and SNPF and higher PG and SNFF were associated with higher afferent and efferent arteriolar resistances (RA and RE) and lower ultrafiltration coefficient (Kf). LVEDP correlated positively with with RA, RE, and SNFF (all P < 0.01) and negatively with SNGFR (P < 0.05) and SNPF (P < 0.01). After quinapril these variables returned toward normal. Thus this method for producing AV fistula was useful in creating mild and moderately severe cardiac failure (CHF). Intrarenal hemodynamics of AV were characterized by increased PG and SNFF and lower SNGFR and SNPF associated with increased RA and RE and lower Kf and SNPF correlated and with severity of CHF. Restoration of intrarenal hemodynamics to or toward normal with quinapril supports an important pathophysiological role of renin-angiotensin system in this CHF.

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