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Left heart and arterial baroreceptors interact in control of plasma vasopressin, renin, and cortisol in awake dogs

J. L. Andersen, L. J. Andersen, T. N. Thrasher, L. C. Keil and D. J. Ramsay
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143.

Arterial hypotension induced by constriction of the ascending aorta (AA) causes increases in left atrial pressure (LAP) and plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), but no change in plasma arginine vasopressin (AVP), plasma renin activity (PRA), or cortisol. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that the rise in left heart pressure during constriction of the AA suppressed the stimulation of AVP, renin, and cortisol secretion in response to arterial hypotension. Dogs were prepared with inflatable cuffs around the AA, the pulmonary artery (PA), and the thoracic inferior vena cava (IVC) and with catheters in the left and right atria and abdominal aorta. In one series of experiments, the AA was constricted to lower mean arterial pressure (MAP) 10 or 20% below control for 15 min. Then, either the PA or the IVC was constricted to bring LAP back to control levels but without altering the degree of arterial hypotension. Constriction of the AA alone led to significant increases in LAP and plasma ANP but no change in plasma AVP, cortisol, or PRA. Reducing LAP to control levels by constriction of either the PA or IVC led to significant and similar increases in plasma AVP, cortisol, and PRA. Plasma ANP fell significantly 10 min after LAP was normalized by constriction of the IVC but not when LAP was normalized by constriction of the PA, because PA constriction caused a significant rise in right atrial pressure that stimulated ANP secretion. The increases in plasma AVP and PRA after normalizing LAP by constriction of the PA were compared with the increases obtained during identical falls in MAP induced by constriction of the IVC alone, a maneuver that lowers LAP below control. The increases in plasma AVP in the two conditions were identical, indicating that the stimulation of left heart baroreceptors alone can account for the suppression of AVP secretion in response to unloading arterial baroreceptors. In contrast, there was a greater rise in PRA during hypotension caused by constriction of the IVC alone compared with the condition in which LAP was normalized but plasma ANP remained elevated. This suggests that increased left heart pressure inhibits renin secretion in response to arterial hypotension by reflex mechanisms and by increased plasma ANP concentration.

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