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      Renal adaptation to stress: a possible role of endothelin release and prostaglandin modulation in the human subject.

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          The aim of this study was to define the neurohumoral response associated with the renal hemodynamic perturbations induced by mental stress acting as an adrenergic stimulus. In 8 healthy women, the effects of mental stress were studied during four consecutive 30-minute periods (baseline, mental stress, recovery I, recovery II). Mental stress induced sympathetic activation as evidenced by increases in blood pressure, heart rate, and plasma norepinephrine level. Effective renal plasma flow (iodine 131-labeled hippurate clearance) decreased only during mental stress (-22%, p < 0.05 vs baseline); glomerular filtration rate (iodine 125-labeled iotalamate clearance) remained constant during the entire experiment; the filtration fraction increased significantly during mental stress and recovery I (+30% and +22%, respectively, p < 0.02 for both). Complex neuroendocrine responses were associated with the hemodynamic changes. Urinary excretion of endothelin-1 and 6-keto-PGF(1alpha) increased during mental stress (+53%, p < 0.01, and +20%, p < 0.01, respectively) and recovery I (+49% and +29%, respectively, p < 0.01 for both). Urinary cyclic guanosine monophosphate rose only during mental stress (+77%, p < 0.05), whereas excretion of PGE2 showed a stepwise increase throughout recovery I and II (+292%, p < 0.01, and +360%, p < 0.001, respectively). In conclusion, the present experiments demonstrate that renal hemodynamic response induced by mental stress is a complex reaction in which endothelin-1, prostaglandins, and presumably nitric oxide take part.

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          Journal
          J. Lab. Clin. Med.
          The Journal of laboratory and clinical medicine
          0022-2143
          0022-2143
          Apr 1997
          : 129
          : 4
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Cardiologia, Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Clinica, Università di Firenze, Italy.
          Article
          9104890
          1c0939d5-fc46-4f61-a84e-db7fb98b7a01
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