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1 Department of Medical Physiology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen; 3 Department of Aviation Medicine, Rigshospitalet 7805, DK-2200 Copenhagen; 2 Department of Clinical Physiology, Herlev Hospital, DK-2730 Herlev; and 4 Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark
The hypothesis that increases in plasma sodium induce natriuresis independently of changes in body fluid volume was tested in six slightly dehydrated seated subjects on controlled sodium intake (150 mmol/day). NaCl (3.85 mmol/kg) was infused intravenously over 90 min as isotonic (Iso) or as hypertonic saline (Hyper, 855 mmol/l). After Hyper, plasma sodium increased by 3% (142.0 ± 0.6 to 146.2 ± 0.5 mmol/l). During Iso a small decrease occurred (142.3 ± 0.6 to 140.3 ± 0.7 mmol/l). Iso increased estimates of plasma volume significantly more than Hyper. However, renal sodium excretion increased significantly more with Hyper (291 ± 25 vs. 199 ± 24 µmol/min). This excess was not mediated by arterial pressure, which actually decreased slightly. Creatinine clearance did not change measurably. Plasma renin activity, ANG II, and aldosterone decreased very similarly in Iso and Hyper. Plasma atrial natriuretic peptide remained unchanged, whereas plasma vasopressin increased with Hyper (1.4 ± 0.4 to 3.1 ± 0.5 pg/ml) and decreased (1.3 ± 0.4 to 0.6 ± 0.1 pg/ml) after Iso. In conclusion, the natriuretic response to Hyper was 50% larger than to Iso, indicating that renal sodium excretion may be determined partly by plasma sodium concentration. The mechanism is uncertain but appears independent of changes in blood pressure, glomerular filtration rate, the renin system, and atrial natriuretic peptide.
hypertonic sodium loading; osmoreceptors; renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
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