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Bombesin, a tetradecapeptide isolated from the skin of some European discoglossid frogs, has been reported previously to reduce renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate and to increase plasma renin activity in anaesthetized dogs.
In the present study bombesin was infused intravenously in anaesthetized dogs at dose levels of 3, 6 and 12 ng/kg/min for 6 h and renal blood flow, glomerular filtration rate, oxygen consumption, oxygen extraction by the kidney tissue, as well as plasma erythropoietin levels (ESF) and plasma renin activity were measured. Plasma levels of ESF increased during bombesin infusion only when renal blood flow was reduced to a level of 1 ml/g/min or less. In this situation glomerular filtration was blocked, renal oxygen consumption was decreased to 10% of normal and oxygen extraction by the kidney was increased by 2 times. No correlation was found between plasma renin activity and ESF concentrations during bombesin infusion. It is concluded that the stimulant action of bombesin on ESF production is a consequence of the renal hypoxia induced by the reduction in renal blood flow.
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Melchiorri, P., Sopranzi, N. & Roseghini, M. Effects of bombesin on erythropoietin production in the anaesthetized dog. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 294, 193–197 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00507853
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