The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
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Effects of Antihypertensive Drugs on Renal Function and Atrial Natriuretic Polypeptide in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats with Renal Ablation
MINORU YASUJIMAKEISHI ABEMASAYUKI KANAZAWAKAZUNORI YOSHIDAMASAHIRO KOHZUKIMAKITO SATOKAZUHISA TAKEUCHIKEN OMATAKAZUO TSUNODAKEI KUDOKOZO OTATOKIHISA KIMURAKAORU YOSHINAGA
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1989 Volume 158 Issue 1 Pages 85-94

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YASUJIMA, M., ABE, K., KANAZAWA, M., YOSHIDA, K., KOHZUKI, M., SATO, M., TAKEUCHI, K., OMATA, K., TSUNODA, K., KUDO, K., OTA, K., KIMURA, T. and YOSHINAGA, K. Effects of Antihypertensive Drugs on Renal Function and Atrial Natriuretic Polypeptide in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats with Renal Ablation. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 1989, 158 (1), 85-94 - To determine whether pharmacological control of blood pressure could affect the renal function and levels of atrial natriuretic polypeptide (ANP) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) with renal ablation, and to ascertain the benefits of antihypertensive drugs, we studied effects of oral administration of captopril (50mg/kg/day), an inhibitor of angiotensin converting enzyme, benidipine (3mg/kg/day) and nilvadipine (10 mg/kg/day), newly developed blockers of calcium channel, and indapamide (10 mg/kg/day) for 14 days on systolic blood pressure, serum creatrnine, blood urea nitrogen, and plasma ANP concentration in SHR subjected to surgical removal of the left kidney and infarction of two-thirds of the right kidney (5/6 nephrectomy) a week before. Three weeks after the surgery, systolic blood pressure (mmHg) in the untreated group was 253±9 (n=10), in the captopril group 156±9 (n=7, p< 0.05), in the benidipine group 197±9 (n=7, p<0.05), in the nilvadipine group 146±9 (n=7, p<0.05) and in the indapamide group 206±5 (n=7, p<0.05). Serum creatinine (mg/100ml) was lower in the captopril group (0.58±0.02, n=7, p<0.05) and in the benidipine group (0.50±0.03, n=7, p<0.05) but not in the nilvadipine group and in the indapamide group 3 weeks after 5/6 nephrectomy compared to the untreated group. Blood urea nitrogen was also lower in the captopril group and in the benidipine group but not in the nilvadipine group and in the indapamide group. Plasma ANP concentration was significantly reduced by the treatment with captopril and benidipine but not with nilvadipine and indapamide. These results suggest that the reduction of blood pressure by the inhibition of angiotensin converting enzyme with captopril has the potential to ameliorate renal function of the SHR with remnant kidney, a model of chronic renal failure with hypertension, associated with the decreased concentration of plasma ANP. However, it remains to be determined whether the reduction of blood pressure by calcium channel blockers may be involved in the delayed progression of renal failure in this model since there were disparate effects on renal function and plasma ANP concentration with these two calcium channel blockers.

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