PMID: 7541779Jul 1, 1995Paper

Nifedipine prevents renal injury in rats with chronic nitric oxide inhibition

Hypertension
M O RibeiroR Zatz

Abstract

Chronic nitric oxide inhibition promotes hypertension, renal dysfunction, and renal injury by unclear mechanisms. We examined the effects in this model of concomitant treatment with the calcium channel blocker nifedipine. Six adult male Munich-Wistar rats received 0.025% nifedipine in chow. Six untreated rats served as controls. Fifteen days later, renal function was evaluated in anesthetized rats before and after a bolus injection of the nitric oxide inhibitor N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester at 3 mg/kg IV. Renal vasoconstriction and systemic hypertension induced by the inhibitor were similar in untreated and nifedipine-treated rats. In a second protocol, eight rats received the nitric oxide inhibitor in their drinking water at 2.6 mmol/L. Eight additional rats also received nifedipine as above. At day 15, rats given the nitric oxide inhibitor exhibited systemic hypertension and renal vasoconstriction. Simultaneous nifedipine lowered blood pressure slightly without ameliorating renal hemodynamics. Tail-cuff pressure rose continuously in rats receiving the nitric oxide blocker, reaching 171 +/- 7 mm Hg at 30 days, but remained at 143 +/- 3 mm Hg in rats also given nifedipine. At this stage, rats treated with the nitric oxi...Continue Reading

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