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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 281: F414-F419, 2001;
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Vol. 281, Issue 3, F414-F419, September 2001

Mechanism underlying diuretic effect of L-NAME at a subpressor dose

Mingyu Liang, Theresa J. Berndt, and Franklyn G. Knox

Departments of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905

The diuretic effects of nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitors administered at subpressor dose in rats are controversial, and the tubular segments involved are not known. In the present study, we examined the effect of Nomega -nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) at a subpressor dose on renal interstitial NO and cGMP activity and on renal tubular segmental reabsorption of fluid in the rat. Intravenous infusion of L-NAME at 1 µg · kg-1 · min-1 in Sprague-Dawley rats (N = 8), which did not alter mean arterial pressure or glomerular filtration rate, significantly increased urine flow rate (Uv; from 78.2 ± 12.7 to 117.1 ± 14.9 µl/min, P < 0.05). Paradoxically, this effect of L-NAME was concomitant with significant increases in nitrite/nitrate (from 10.79 ± 1.20 to 16.50 ± 2.60 µM, P < 0.05) and cGMP (from 0.65 ± 0.09 to 0.98 ± 0.18 nM, P < 0.05) concentrations in renal cortical microdialysate as well as the nitrite/nitrate concentration in the medullary microdialysate. Micropuncture studies in the superficial nephron revealed that L-NAME significantly increased the flow rate (from 8.3 ± 0.9 to 12.2 ± 1.2 nl/min, P < 0.05) and fractional delivery of fluid to the distal tubule, but not those in the late proximal tubule. In conclusion, L-NAME, at the subpressor dose used in this study, increased renal nitrate/nitrite and cGMP and inhibited fluid reabsorption in tubular segments between the late proximal tubule and the distal tubule of superficial nephrons.

rat; nitric oxide; microdialysis; distal tubule; Nomega -nitro-L-arginine methyl ester


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