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  • Title: Circulating catecholamines and control of plasma renin activity in conscious dogs.
    Author: Johnson MD, Shier DN, Barger AC.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1979 Mar; 236(3):H463-70. PubMed ID: 426082.
    Abstract:
    Uninephrectomized dogs were prepared with indwelling catheters in the aorta, inferior vena cava (IVC), and renal artery, and after recovery they were studied in the conscious state. Basal aortic epinephrine and norepinephrine concentrations were 57 +/- 11 and 101 +/- 18 pg/ml, respectively. Elevation of epinephrine concentration to over 2,000 pg/ml by IVC infusion resulted in a sustained 3.5-fold increase in plasma renin activity (PRA), with only a transient decrease in arterial blood pressure. The PRA response to epinephrine was completely blocked by l-propranolol; isoproterenol increased PRA more than did epinephrine. Increasing norepinephrine concentration to 1,600 pg/ml by IVC infusion resulted in only a 1.5-fold increase in PRA. Infusion of epinephrine or norepinephrine directly into the renal artery to achieve similar increments of renal arterial concentration did not increase PRA. Insulin injection or hemorrhage resulted in elevations of arterial epinephrine (but not norepinephrine) concentration greater than the concentrations achieved during IVC infusion in these studies. We conclude that circulating epinephrine in the physiologic range plays a role in the control of PRA by activation of an extrarenal beta-receptor.
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