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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Dehydration ; Rehydration ; Kidney functions ; Renin ; Aldosterone
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Bedouin goats in the extreme deserts of the Middle East are regularly subjected to severe dehydration and possess a capacity to rapidly rehydrate by drinking large volumes of water. Urine flow, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) in the fully hydrated animals amounted to 0.74±0.4 ml · min−1, 76±29 ml · min−1 and 344±146 ml · min−1 respectively. In goats that were dehydrated to a loss of about 30% of their initial body weight, urine flow dropped to 24% of the value recorded in the hydrated animals and GFR and ERPF dropped to half their level recorded in the hydrated phase. Na and K+ excretion decreased in the water depleted goats and further decrease was recorded following drinking. Following drinking the urine flow, GFR and ERPF of the recently rehydrated goats dropped to below the rates recorded in the dehydrated animals. During the 3 h of the continuous recording that followed the drinking, all three rates did not exceed the predrinking level. Plasma renin activity amounted to 0.37±0.32 ng AI·ml−1·h−1 in the hydrated animals. In dehydrated ones it amounted to 4.8±2.8 ng AI·ml−1·h−1 and a further increase was recorded following drinking. Aldosterone in the hydrated goats was 5.5±4.3 ng% and increased to 13.9±2.3 ng% in the dehydrated animal and amounted to 20.1±5.5 ng% 2 h following drinking. It is concluded that the kidney in the Bedouin goat plays a major role in conserving both water and solutes, not only when deprived of water but also following its rapid rehydration.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Renin ; Juxtaglomerular Apparatus ; Rat Renin Substrate ; Angiotensinase ; Renin ; Juxtaglomerulärer Apparat ; Ratten-Reninsubstrat ; Angiotensinase
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary We have established a method for the determination of renin activity in minute amounts of tissue. This method was used for single juxtaglomerular apparatuses (JGA's) of rats. Enzyme kinetic studies were performed to establish the optimal conditions for microdissected JGA's, using purified rat renin and its substrate. Maximal formation of angiotensin occurs at pH 6.5. The effect of incubation and homogenization time, temperature, substrate and renin concentration on the angiotensin formation rate was studied. For the studies reported here purified rat renin substrate was used. The purification methods revealed a substrate content of appr. 1000 ng/mg protein. This highly purified rat renin substrate improved the sensitivity of renin determination in micro amounts of tissue. Hence renin activity of single microdissected JGA's could be quantitatively determined within 1 hour of incubation in a volume of 0.1 ml. Mean renin activity in 18 JGA's from rats kept on standard Altromin diet was 15.2±S.D. 7.0 ng/0.1 ml·hour.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Renin ; Angiotensin ; Enzyme Kinetics ; Ionic Strength ; Renin ; Angiotensin ; Enzymkinetik ; Ionenstärke
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung 1. Die Abhängigkeit der Angiotensinbildungsgeschwindigkeit vom pH, von der Temperatur und von der Konzentration verschiedener Elektrolyte wurde reaktionskinetisch ermittelt. Als Reaktionskomponenten dienten dabei angereichertes Schweineangiotensinogen und homologes Renin. 2. Die Messungen erfolgten unterhalb des Substratsättigungsbereiches in dem anfänglichen, linearen Abschnitt der Michaelis-Menten-Beziehung. 3. Das pH-Optimum der Reaktionsgeschwindigkeit liegt im pH-Bereich 6,0 bis 6,5, das Temperaturmaximum bei 55°C. 4. Als Michaelis-Menten-Konstante wurde ein Wert von 1500 ng Hypertensin Ciba/ml bestimmt. 5. Für NaCl, NaBr, KCl, Na2SO4 und CaCl2 konnte übereinstimmend eine charakteristische Abhängigkeit der Reaktionsgeschwindigkeit von der Ionenstärke mit einem Maximum bei 15–20 mmol gefunden werden. 6. Die Anwesenheit von CdCl2 oder Hg2Cl2 im Inkubationssystem zeigt schon bei niedrigen Molaritäten eine deutliche Hemmung der Angiotensinbildung. 7. Harnstoff, als Nichtelektrolyt, zeigt im Konzentrationsbereich bis 20 mmol ein dem NaCl, KCl usw. analoges Verhalten. Bei höheren Harnstoffgehalten ist, im Gegensatz zu den Elektrolyten, die Geschwindigkeit der Angiotensinbildung nahezu konstant. In physiologischer Kochsalzlösung ist eine Abhängigkeit von der Harnstoffkonzentration nicht mehr zu beobachten.
    Notes: Summary 1. The influence of various electrolytes, pH, and temperature on the reaction velocity for the formation of angiotensin was studied by means of enzyme kinetics. The method involved purified hog renin substrate and hog renin. 2. The steep, linear portion of the Michaelis-Menten curve (below the range of substrate saturation) was used for quantitative analysis. 3. The pH-optimum for the reaction velocity was 6.0–6.5. The temperature maximum was found to be 55°C. 4. The Michaelis-Menten constant had a mean value of 1500 ng Hypertensin Ciba/ml. 5. Reaction velocity rose sharply with increasing concentrations of NaCl, NaBr, KCl, Na2SO4 and CaCl2, reaching a maximum at about 20 mM. Thereafter, there was a gradual decline in reaction velocity with further increase in the concentrations of these electrolytes. 6. CdCl2 and Hg2Cl2 inhibited the reaction velocity throughout the range of concentrations from 0 to 1 mM and 0–66% saturation, respectively. 7. With the non-electrolyte urea, the reaction velocity rose with increasing concentration from zero to about 20 mM. The velocity remained at this maximal value with further increase of the urea concentration to 70 mM. The effect of urea on the reaction velocity was abolished when urea was dissolved in 0.9% NaCl.
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