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Bradykinin-mediated activation of renal sensory neurons due to prostaglandin-dependent release of substance P

U. C. Kopp, D. M. Farley and L. A. Smith
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA.

In anesthetized rats, renal pelvic administration of bradykinin results in a prostaglandin (PG)-dependent increase in afferent renal nerve activity (ARNA). We now measured renal pelvic release of PGE and substance P during renal pelvic administration of bradykinin. Bradykinin increased ARNA and renal pelvic release of PGE by 497 +/- 252 pg/min and substance P. by 10.7 +/- 7.2 pg/min. Renal pelvic perfusion with indomethacin abolished the bradykinin-mediated increase in ARNA and reduced renal pelvic release of PGE and substance P by 76 +/- 11 and 72 +/- 8%, respectively. To examine whether the increased substance P release contributed to bradykinin-mediated activation of renal sensory receptors, renal pelvis was perfused with the substance P-receptor antagonists CP-96,345, CP-99,994, or RP-67580. The ARNA response to bradykinin was reduced 73 +/- 11, 55 +/- 12, and 64 +/- 10% by CP-96,345, CP-99,994, and RP-67580, respectively. The inactive enantiomers CP-96,344 and RP-68651 had no effect. These data suggest that bradykinin increases renal pelvic release of PGE, which facilitates the release of substance P, which in turn stimulates substance P receptors. Thus the ARNA response to bradykinin is largely mediated by activation of substance P receptors.

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