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. 1994 Dec 15;481(Pt 3):743–752. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1994.sp020478

Spontaneous changes in arterial blood pressure and renal interstitial hydrostatic pressure in conscious rats.

S Skarlatos 1, P H Brand 1, P J Metting 1, S L Britton 1
PMCID: PMC1155915  PMID: 7707240

Abstract

1. Previous work has demonstrated a positive relationship between experimentally induced changes in arterial pressure (AP) and renal interstitial hydrostatic pressure (RIHP). The purpose of the present study was to test the hypothesis that RIHP is positively correlated with the normal changes in AP that occur spontaneously in conscious rats. 2. Rats were chronically instrumented for the recording of AP (via an aortic catheter) and RIHP. RIHP was measured by implanting a Millar microtransducer, whose tip had been encapsulated in a 35 microns pore polyethylene matrix (5 mm long, 2 mm o.d.), approximately 5 mm below the renal cortical surface. 3. A total of 56 h of simultaneous analog recording of AP and RIHP was obtained from ten rats. Each 1 h segment was digitized and evaluated at frequencies of 1, 0.1, 0.02 and 0.01 Hz. 4. In forty-nine out of fifty-six of these 1 h recordings taken at 1 Hz, there were significant positive linear correlations between AP and RIHP (mean r = 0.32) with a mean slope of 0.11 mmHg RIHP/1 mmHg AP. Low-pass filtering to 0.01 Hz significantly increased the r value to 0.48. 5. These results demonstrate that spontaneous changes in AP and RIHP are positively correlated. The spontaneous coupling of AP and RIHP may be of importance in the regulation of salt and water excretion by the pressure diuresis mechanism.

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