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. 1993 Oct;110(2):821–827. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb13886.x

The effects of a converting enzyme inhibitor (captopril) and angiotensin II on fetal renal function.

E R Lumbers 1, J H Burrell 1, R I Menzies 1, A D Stevens 1
PMCID: PMC2175913  PMID: 8242257

Abstract

1. Renal function was studied in chronically catheterized fetal sheep (119-128 days gestation), before and during treatment of the ewe with the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, captopril, which crosses the placenta and blocks the fetal renin angiotensin system. 2. An i.v. dose of 15 mg (about 319 micrograms kg-1) of captopril to salt-replete ewes followed by an infusion to the ewe of 6 mg h-1 (about 128 micrograms kg-1 h-1) caused a fall in fetal arterial pressure (P < 0.01), and a rise in fetal renal blood flow (RBF) from 67.9 +/- 5.6 to 84.9 +/- 8.3 ml min-1 (mean +/- s.e. mean) (P < 0.05). Renal vascular resistance and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) fell (P < 0.01); fetal urine flow (P < 0.01); fetal urine flow (P < 0.01) and sodium excretion declined (P < 0.05). 3. Ewes were treated for the next 2 days with 15 mg captopril twice daily. On the 4th day, 15 mg was given to the ewe and fetal renal function studied for 2 h during the infusion of captopril (6 mg h-1) to the ewe. Of the 9 surviving fetuses, 3 were anuric and 3 had low urine flow rates. When 6 micrograms kg-1 h-1 of angiotensin II was infused directly into the fetus RBF fell from 69 +/- 10.1 ml min-1 to 31 +/- 13.9 ml min-1, GFR rose (P < 0.05) and urine flow (P < 0.01) and sodium excretion increased in all fetuses.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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