Renin responses to hemorrhage to conscious rats

Conference · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5497036

Roarty, T P; Chadwick, K J; Raff, H

The authors investigated the role of beta adrenergic inhibition on the renin response to graded hemorrhage (hem) in conscious rats. Chronic femoral arterial (for measurement of mean arterial pressure - MAP) and venous (for drug infusion) catheters were implanted at least 5 days before experimentation. Hem was administered in < 2 min. 10 rats (CTL) were exposed to a total of 21 episodes of hemorrhage. 13 rats (B-block) were given 1 mg/kg propranolol hydrochloride iv 20 min prior to hem (24 episodes total). Plasma renin activity (PRA) was measured by radioimmunoassay. Pre-hem PRA levels were measured in the first 1 ml of hem blood. Hem resulted in hem volume-dependent decreases in blood pressure and increases in PRA. B-block did not significantly alter the mean renin response to hemorrhage.

• Research Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• OSTI ID: 5497036
• Report Number(s): CONF-8604222-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Journal Volume: 45:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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550201* -- Biochemistry-- Tracer Techniques
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD PLASMA
BLOOD PRESSURE
BODY FLUIDS
ENZYME ACTIVITY
ENZYMES
HEMORRHAGE
HYDROLASES
IMMUNOASSAY
IMMUNOLOGY
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
NONSPECIFIC PEPTIDASES
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PEPTIDE HYDROLASES
RADIOASSAY
RADIOIMMUNOASSAY
RADIOIMMUNOLOGY
RATS
RENIN
RODENTS
SYMPTOMS
TRACER TECHNIQUES
VERTEBRATES