Abstract
The influence of pregnancy on renal responses to atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) was determined in urethane-anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats. Infusions of ANF caused a significantly greater increase in urinary excretion of fluid, sodium, and potassium in virgin than in pregnant (13-15 days and 21 days) rats. Guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) excretion, mean arterial pressure, plasma immunoreactive ANF, and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) following ANF infusions were not different in virgin and gravid rats, although increments in GFR over basal were greater in virgin than in gravid animals. Renal responses to ANF normalized during postpartum and were attenuated by progesterone treatment of virgin rats. Natriuretic effects of infusions of ANF plus ANF-(4-23) (a ligand for clearance receptors) or of ANF plus thiorphan (an endopeptidase inhibitor) in virgin and pregnant rats did not differ; ANF-(4--23) and thiorphan alone caused greater natriuresis in pregnant than in virgin rats. Effects of ANF on cGMP production by collecting duct cells isolated from virgin and pregnant rats did not differ. We concluded that the attenuation in the renal effects of ANF during pregnancy might be mediated by progesterone by an increase in the intrarenal metabolism of ANF and might reflect physiological adjustment to facilitate fluid/electrolyte expansion.
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