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1 Department of Physiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506; and 2 Nephrological Center, 2nd Department of Medicine, University Medical School of Pecs, H-7624 Pecs, Hungary
In vitro, 7 days of high blood urea nitrogen (BUN) inhibits endothelial L-arginine transport and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity. The present study investigates whether 7 days of high BUN in vivo influences renal hemodynamics, blood pressure (BP), and/or the nitric oxide (NO) system. Normal rats were fed low-nitrate food containing 30% urea for 7 days, which increased BUN (15 ± 1 to 69 ± 4 mg/100 ml, P < 0.001). High BUN did not reduce 24-hour urinary nitrite/nitrate excretion (a measure of total NO production). Baseline BP and renal hemodynamics were unaffected by high BUN as were the pressor and renal vasoconstrictor responses to acute NOS inhibition with NG-nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester. In addition, high BUN had no impact on renal cortical L-arginine concentration, density of either endothelial NOS or neuronal NOS protein, or renal cortical NOS activity. NOS activity in the brain cerebellum was also unaffected. In conclusion, high BUN did not lead to vasoconstriction or NO deficiency in rats with normal renal function. Further studies are needed to evaluate the effect of high BUN on the NO system in rats with progressive renal functional insufficiency.
blood urea nitrogen; conscious rat; blood pressure; renal vascular resistance
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