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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 252: F276-F282, 1987;
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AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 252, Issue 2 276-F282, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Prevention of reflex natriuresis after acute unilateral nephrectomy by neonatal administration of MSG

S. Y. Lin, E. Wiedemann, C. F. Deschepper, R. H. Alper and M. H. Humphreys

Acute unilateral nephrectomy (AUN) results in natriuresis from the remaining kidney through reflex pathways involving the central nervous system and requiring an intact pituitary gland. The natriuresis is accompanied by an increase in the plasma concentration of a peptide or peptides derived from the N-terminal fragment (NTF) of proopiomelanocortin. We measured plasma immunoreactive NTF-like material (IR-NTF) before and after AUN in control rats and rats treated neonatally with monosodium glutamate (MSG), a procedure that produces neuroendocrine dysfunction by destroying cell bodies in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, median eminence, and other brain regions. In control rats, IR-NTF increased from 85.8 +/- 54.9 (SD) to 207 +/- 98.1 fmol/ml after AUN (P less than 0.02) as sodium excretion (UNaV) doubled. In MSG-treated rats, AUN produced no change in plasma IR-NTF concentration (58.8 +/- 21.3 vs. 68.3 +/- 18.5 fmol/ml (P = NS), nor did UNaV increase. Tissue content of IR-NTF was reduced in the arcuate nucleus and anterior lobe of pituitaries from MSG-treated rats compared with controls, but was no different in the neurointermediate lobe. These results indicate that the hypothalamic lesion produced by neonatal administration of MSG prevents both the increase in plasma IR-NTF concentration and the natriuresis after AUN, and therefore lend further support to the concept of a causal relationship between these two consequences of AUN.


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