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Is clonidine-induced diuresis mediated by atrial natriuretic factor?

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Is clonidine-induced diuresis mediated by atrial natriuretic factor?

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The effect of intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration of clonidine on urine output, urinary sodium excretion, urinary cGMP, and plasma immunoreactive atrial natriuretic factor (IR-ANF) was studied in conscious, normally hydrated rats. Clonidine treatment evoked a significant dose-dependent increase in urine output. A 20-fold elevation was noted after the highest clonidine dose (2 micrograms/rat). The observed diuresis was accompanied by enhanced sodium excretion, which with the highest dose (2 micrograms) of clonidine increased from 1.6 +/- 0.36 to 39.4 +/- 10.5 meq/liter (P less than 0.001). Plasma IR-ANF rose from 30.7 +/- 8.8 to 113.3 +/- 32.3 pg/ml plasma 5 min after the 0.5 micrograms clonidine dose (P less than 0.05), and urinary cGMP excretion was augmented from 8.49 +/- 4.29 to 27.7 +/- 5.0 pmol/min 1 h after 0.5 micrograms clonidine (P less than 0.05). Pretreatment with peripherally administered anti-ANF serum abolished the diuretic effect of intracerebroventricularly adm