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Endocrinology, Vol 124, 77-83, Copyright © 1989 by Endocrine Society

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Pharmacokinetics of vasopressin and atrial natriuretic peptide in anesthetized rabbits

KA King, CA Courneya, C Tang, N Wilson and JR Ledsome
Department of Physiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

The elimination from plasma of the peptide hormones vasopressin (VP) and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) as well as the time course of release and elimination of these hormones after a physiological stimulus were studied in anesthetized rabbits. As an inverse relationship was found to exist between carotid sinus pressure and plasma IR-ANP, a decrease in carotid sinus pressure to 60 mm Hg was used to stimulate ANP as well as VP release. The elimination of VP after iv injection involved a rapid initial phase and a slow late component, with corresponding half-life (t1/2) values of 0.9 and 5.4 min, respectively. After reduction of carotid sinus pressure to 60 mm Hg, plasma VP increased significantly within 1 min and reached a maximum at 10 min. When carotid sinus pressure was increased to 160 mm Hg to inhibit VP release, the t1/2 of VP was 1.3 min. The t1/2 of immunoreactive (IR) ANP after iv infusion was 1.2 min. Plasma IR-ANP was significantly increased 2 min after carotid sinus pressure was decreased, and a maximum was observed at 10 min. The t1/2 of IR-ANP after elevation of carotid sinus pressure to 160 mm Hg was 3.2 min. These studies indicate that both VP and IR-ANP are rapidly eliminated in the anesthetized rabbit.


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