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The renal kallikrein-kinin system in spontaneously hypertensive rats

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In male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) of the stroke prone strain (Okamoto) and in normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) urinary kallikrein excretion was investigated at different age and at drug-induced diuresis.

In rats of both strains from 7th till 19th week of age urinary kallikrein excretion increased with age. In SHRSP of 7th till 11th week of age kallikrein excretion was higher than in WKY rats, while it was lower in the 48-week-old SHRSP. No correlation was found between urinary kallikrein excretion and systolic blood pressure.

In SHRSP and WKY rats a similar daily rhythm of kallikrein excretion in urine was found being high in the early morning and low in the afternoon. Kallikrein excretion correlated significantly with urine volume.

The loop diuretic bumetanide (4 and 40 mg/kg) induced diuresis and natriuresis in both strains, however more marked in the WKY rats than in the SHRSP. Urinary kallikrein excretion, however, showed in both strains the same biphasic course with a short lasting increase and a secondary decrease. Thus, in the average urinary kallikrein excretion was not effected by the drug.

Prolonged treatment with furosemide over 5 days (125 mg/kg) resulted in an increase in kallikrein excretion in urine, more pronounced in the WKY rats than in the SHRSP.

The observed results suggest that renal kallikrein-kinin system is not involved in the development of spontaneous hypertension as a pathogenetic factor, but rather is influenced by other factors like hormone interactions, i.e. mineralocorticoids and catecholamines, as well as renal function and acute changes in urine flow.

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    G. Bönner, Th Unger, W. Rascher, G. Speck, D. Ganten & F. Gross

  2. Department of Pharmacology, University of Heidelberg, FRG

    G. Bönner, Th Unger, W. Rascher, G. Speck, D. Ganten & F. Gross

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Bönner, G., Unger, T., Rascher, W. et al. The renal kallikrein-kinin system in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Agents and Actions 15, 111–118 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01972335

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