Electrolyte Blood Press.  2010 Jun;8(1):10-17. 10.5049/EBP.2010.8.1.10.

Is There Escape from Renal Actions of Vasopressin in Rats with a Hyponatremia for Greater than 48 Hours?

• Cheema-Dhadli S
• Chong CK
• Alazmi M
• Kamel KS
• Halperin M

• KMID: 1462997
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5049/EBP.2010.8.1.10

Abstract

Escape from the renal actions of vasopressin is said to occur in rats with chronic hyponatremia. Our objective was to provide specific evidence to test this hypothesis. Hence the osmolality in the excised renal papilla and in simultaneously voided urine (U(Osm)) was measured in rats with and without hyponatremia. To induce hyponatremia, rats were fed low-electrolyte chow for 6 days. In the first 3 days, water was provided ad lib. On days 4 to 6, a long acting vasopressin preparation (dDAVP) was given every 8 hours to induce water retention. The hyponatremic rats drank 21 mL 5% sucrose on day 4 and 6 mL on day 5. On the morning of day 6, these rats were given 10 mL of 5% glucose in water (D5W) by the intraperitoneal route at 09:00 hour and at 11:00 hour. Analyses were performed in blood, urine, and the excised renal papilla at 13:00 hour on day 6. The concentration of Na+ in plasma (P(Na)) in rats without intraperitoneal D5W was 140+/-1 mEq/L (n=7) whereas it was 112+/-3 mEq/L in the hyponatremic group (n=12). The hyponatremic rats had a higher osmolality in the excised papillary (1,915+/-117 mOsm/kg H2O) than the U(Osm) (1,528+/-176 mOsm/kg H2O, P<0.05). One explanation for this difference is that the rats escaped from the renal action of vasopressin. Nevertheless, based on a quantitative analysis, other possibilities will be considered.

Keyword

vasopressins; aquaporins; basal water permeability; concentration of the urine

MeSH Terms

Animals
Aquaporins
Glucose
Hyponatremia
Osmolar Concentration
Plasma
Rats
Retention (Psychology)
Sucrose
United Nations
Vasopressins
Water
Aquaporins
Glucose
Sucrose
Vasopressins
Water

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