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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 261: E487-E494, 1991;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 261, Issue 4 E487-E494, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Dissociation in plasma renin and adrenal ANG II and aldosterone responses to sodium restriction in rats

A. Menachery, L. M. Braley, I. Kifor, R. Gleason and G. H. Williams
Endocrine-Hypertension Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

In rats, plasma renin activity (PRA) increases sharply, reaching a plateau within hours of sodium restriction. Plasma aldosterone increases gradually, not reaching a plateau for 1-2 days. To determine whether this dissociation is secondary to the time needed to modify adrenal sensitivity to angiotensin II (ANG II) and to assess the role of locally produced ANG II in this process, rats were salt restricted for 0-120 h. Plasma hormone levels were assessed, adrenal ANG II was measured, and basal and ANG II (1 x 10(-8) M)-stimulated steroidogenesis were determined in vitro. Although PRA attained an elevated plateau within 8 h, plasma aldosterone did not peak until after 48 h of sodium depletion. The in vitro aldosterone sensitivity to exogenous ANG II was not apparent until rats had been salt restricted for 16 h. A plateau (4-fold increase above the ANG II response on high salt) was achieved between 24 and 48 h. Adrenal ANG II also exhibited a similar delayed response that correlates significantly with changes in aldosterone biosynthesis and late pathway activity. Thus the dissociation between PRA and plasma aldosterone may be secondary to a lag in the zona glomerulosa's (ZG) steroidogenic response to ANG II as well as a parallel lag in tissue ANG II production, suggesting that changes in tissue ANG II may mediate ZG sensitivity to ANG II during sodium deprivation.


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