PMID: 6539299Mar 1, 1984Paper

Atrial natriuretic factor inhibits angiotensin-, norepinephrine-, and potassium-induced vascular contractility

Hypertension
H D KleinertJ H Laragh

Abstract

We have previously shown that the natriuretic effect of rat atrial extract (AE) may be due, perhaps entirely, to its powerful renal hemodynamic actions. The present study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that mammalian atria contain a substance that behaves as a functional antagonist of endogenous vasoconstrictors, by examining the direct effects of AE and extensively purified atrial "natriuretic" factor on the contractile response of rabbit aortic rings to angiotensin II (AII), norepinephrine (NE), and K+-induced depolarization. Dose-response curves to AII and NE (i.e., change in tension vs log hormone concentration) were determined in the absence or presence of boiled AE or ventricular extracts (VE). Increasing concentrations of boiled AE caused a progressive right-ward shift of the AII and NE dose-response curves, whereas VE was without effect. A similar inhibitory effect was produced after extensive purification of atrial natriuretic factor by gel filtration and reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). It appeared that this factor antagonized AII-induced contractility to a greater degree than that of NE. Moreover, the partially purified factor also inhibited the contraction induced by depolarizatio...Continue Reading

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