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The effects of graded exercise on plasma concentrations of active and inactive renin were studied in seven healthy men. Exercise was performed on a cycle ergometer at four different exercise intensities (corresponding to 30%, 50%, 80% and 87% of\(\dot VO_{2 max} \)) for 10 min each. Concentrations of active renin and total renin after activation by trypsin were measured by direct immunoradiometric assay. Non-trypsin-activated renin concentration (inactive) was obtained by subtraction. Active renin concentrations at 30%, 50%, 80% and 87% of\(\dot VO_{2 max} \) were 1.2, 1.9, 3.1 and 4.6 times higher than the control concentration, respectively. Similar increases in plasma renin concentration, determined by conventional enzymatic assay, were observed at every stage. In contrast, changes in inactive renin concentration were not significant at any stage. Significant increases in noradrenaline concentration were found at every exercise stage, but adrenaline, aldosterone and lactate concentrations were significantly elevated only after exercise at 50%, 80% and 87% of\(\dot VO_{2 max} \). The similarity between the changes in concentration of active renin and noradrenaline would suggest that sympathetic nerve activity may have been responsible either for the release of active renin or for the conversion of inactive renin to its active form in the kidney.
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Ikeda, M., Matsusaki, M., Kinoshita, A. et al. Active and inactive renin after exercise. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 65, 331–334 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00868136
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