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  • Title: Dopamine regulation of renal Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity is lacking in Dahl salt-sensitive rats.
    Author: Nishi A, Eklöf AC, Bertorello AM, Aperia A.
    Journal: Hypertension; 1993 Jun; 21(6 Pt 1):767-71. PubMed ID: 8099063.
    Abstract:
    Dopamine is a natriuretic hormone that acts by inhibiting tubular Na+, K(+)-ATPase activity by activation of the dopamine-1 receptor (the thick ascending limb [TAL] of Henle) or by a synergistic effect of dopamine-1 and dopamine-2 receptors (the proximal tubule). The dopamine-1 receptor is coupled to adenylate cyclase. In this article we show that prehypertensive Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) rats have a blunted natriuretic response to dopamine determined during euvolemic conditions compared with Dahl salt-resistant (DR) rats. Furthermore, we have examined the renal tubular effects of dopamine in DS and DR rats. Basal Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity was similar in DS and DR rats. In proximal tubule, dopamine (10(-5) M) inhibited Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity in DR but not in DS rats. The dopamine-2 agonist LY171555 (10(-5) M) together with dibutyryl cyclic AMP (10(-6) M) inhibited proximal tubule Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity in both DS and DR rats. LY171555 alone had no effect. In TAL, the dopamine-1 agonist fenoldopam (10(-5) M) inhibited Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity in DR but not in DS rats. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP (10(-5) M) inhibited TAL Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity in both DS and DR rats. In cell suspensions from the cortex and the medulla, activation of the dopamine-1 receptor significantly increased cyclic AMP content in DR but not in DS rats. The results indicate that DS rats lack the capacity to inhibit tubular Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity because of a defective dopamine-1 receptor adenylate cyclase coupling. This defect may contribute to the impaired natriuretic capacity in DS rats.
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