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Prostaglandins Maintain Renal Vasodilation and Hyperfiltration During Chronic Nitric Oxide Synthase Blockade in Conscious Pregnant Rats
the Department of Pathology (L.A.D.), Allied Health Sciences, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, and Magee-Womens Research Institute and Department of Obstetrics (K.P.C.), Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh (Pa).
Correspondence to Kirk P. Conrad, MD, Magee-Womens Research Institute, 204 Craft Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
Rats demonstrate renal vasodilation and hyperfiltration in pregnancy. Because both NO and cGMP biosynthesis are increased in gravid rats and because acute administration of NO synthase inhibitors abrogates renal vasodilation and hyperfiltration, NO most likely mediates the renal circulatory changes of gestation. In the present study, we tested the effect of chronic inhibition of NO synthase on effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in chronically instrumented, conscious, gravid rats. Because gestation is a relatively long-term condition, we postulated that chronic withdrawal of NO would result in sustained inhibition of renal vasodilation and hyperfiltration. Contrary to our hypothesis, the renal circulatory changes of pregnancy were maintained during chronic blockade of NO synthase. That is, subcutaneous administration of 10 µg/min N
-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (NAME) for 48 hours did not significantly reduce GFR in either virgin or pregnant rats; thus, hyperfiltration persisted in the latter despite chronic NO synthase blockade. In contrast, ERPF was reduced and effective renal vascular resistance (ERVR) increased in both groups of rats during NAME administration but in a parallel fashion, such that renal vasodilation persisted in the gravid animals despite chronic inhibition of NO synthase. However, with superimposition of acute prostaglandin synthesis inhibition (meclofenamate, 10 mg/kg IV), renal vasodilation and hyperfiltration were abolished; ie, the combined treatments of chronic NO synthase blockade and acute prostaglandin synthesis inhibition led to the equalization of GFR, ERPF, and ERVR in conscious virgin and pregnant rats. Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis alone had little affect on the renal circulation, as previously reported. In summary, prostaglandins are recruited to maintain renal vasodilation and hyperfiltration during chronic NO synthase blockade in conscious pregnant rats.
Key Words: renal blood flow • glomerular filtration rate • renal vascular resistance • nitric oxide • prostaglandin
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