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What is the relationship between salt intake and BP?

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Higher Na intake excretion → Higher blood pressure

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What is the major electrolyte of ECFV?

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Na is the major electrolyte of the extracellular fluid volume (ECFV)

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What fluid makes up the ECFV?

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Interstitial fluid, plasma fluid, cerebrospinal fluid

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Why does the ICFV have lower Na?

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Intracellular volume has little Na – due to Na/K ATPase

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How does a change in Na balance cause a change in ECFV?

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  1. Change in Na balance
  2. Change in osmolarity
  3. ADH release
  4. Water moves through ADH stimulated aquaporin
    channels in CD
  5. Change in ECFV (and Blood volume)
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How do we calculates BP?

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BP = CO x TPR

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What determines the cardiac output?

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SV is a major determinant of CO (CO = HR x SV)

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What is the effect of increased blood volume?

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↑ Blood volume leads to ventricular filling and ↑ SV (Starling’s law)

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What is the long term control of BP?

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Regulating Na levels via the kidneys regulates blood volume – long-term control of blood pressure

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What is the short term BP control?

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Via baroreceptors (min to min)

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What is the aim of CVS [Na] control?

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Try to control Na output

- aim to conserve Na as we are a low Na diet species

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Explain the control of [Na] via CVS

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  1. Change in Na intake
  2. Change in ECFV
  3. Afferent pathways:
    • Cardiac volume receptors
    • Baroreceptors
    • Renal artery pressure
  4. Stimulates efferent pathways:
    • Neuronal: sym, nervous system
    • Hormonal: RAAS, ANP
    • Haemodynamic: Pressure natriuresis, GFR control
  5. Change in renal Na output
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What is the significance of renin in RAAS?

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Renin secretion is central to control [Na]

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What are the major factors stimulating the release of renin?

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↓ BP and ↓ BV - ↓ renal blood flow - afferent arteriole mechanoreceptors

↓ Na levels at macula densa

Sympathetic nerve activation of β1 adrenoreceptors

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What causes the stimulation of Renin release in RAAS?

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Due to changes in baroreceptors activity, and cardiac volume receptors

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What is the macula densa?

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Region of contact between afferent arteriole and distal tubule of same nephron

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What are Renin secreting JGA cells?

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Modified smooth muscle cells along the afferent arteriole

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What is aldosterone?

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steroid hormone synthesised in Zona glomerulosa of adrenal gland – released by action of Angiotensin II

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Where does aldosterone produce its effects?

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Aldosterone acts at steroid receptors inside cells

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What are the effects of aldosterone?

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increased expression of ENaC and Na/K pump
↑ Na reabsorption at distal tubular sites
Results in ↑ renal K excretion

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What is the consequence of too much aldosterone?

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Excess aldosterone leads to hypokalaemia

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Which cardiac natriuretic peptides control? Na excretion

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Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)

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Where are cardiac natriuretic peptides found?

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In specialised cardiac myocytes

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What causes the release of cardiac natriuretic peptides?

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Released by ↑ cardiac filling pressures (↑ECFV)

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What are the renal effects of ANP?
Natriuresis (↑ Na excretion) | Diuresis (↑ H2O excretion)
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What effect does ANP have on the vasculature of the body?
Vasodilatation by stimulation of PKG in VSMCs - ↓ Systemic BP (Drugs on VSM lecture)
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What hormonal effects does ANP produce?
↓ Renin secretion | ↓ Aldosterone secretion
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Explain the relationship of the ANP and RAAS systems
ANP opposes RAAS system
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What effect does the renal artery pressure have on Na excretion?
Renal arterial pressure causes an increase in renal Na+ excretion
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Why does the renal arterial pressure not alter GFR?
Renal-arterial Autoregulation prevents GFR increasing due to renal arterial pressure
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What are the effects of increased capillary pressure in the medulla?
Increases fluid filtration and interstitial pressure | Prevent tubular reabsorption
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At what BP do we see hypertension?
Hypertension present when: | Systolic > 140 mmHg and/ or Diastolic > 90 mmHg
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How is hypertension classified?
Secondary (Identifiable cause ~ 5 - 10 % of cases ) | Essential (Unknown cause, > 90 % of cases)
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What are some secondary causes of hypertension?
excess renal Na reabsorption and abnormalities in hormone secretion
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Name some clinical disorders causing hypertension
Liddle’s syndrome Conn’s syndrome Renal artery stenosis
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What may be a potential cause of essential hypertension?
Essential hypertension may involve abnormal handing of Na+ balance
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What is Liddle's syndrome?
A rare genetic form of high BP associated in epithelial Na+ sodium channel (ENaC)
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What does Liddle's syndrome cause?
Increase ENaC activity Increase renal Na retention Suppresses renin/aldosterone: ↑ECVF + ↑BP
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What is Conn's Syndrome?
Overproduction of aldosterone by adrenal gland tumour (Adenoma) causing: ↑ ECFV ↓ Plasma potassium ↓ Plasma renin activity
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Explain the effects of Conn's syndrome
Renal sodium reabsorption - ↑ ENaC ↑ ENaC / ↑ Na/K ATPase / ↑ K excretion ECFV expansion - ↓ renin secretion
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Explain why Conn's syndrome is a form of primary aldosteronism
Conn’s syndrome = Primary aldosteronism | High blood pressure due to low renin levels – High aldosterone
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What is the effect of insufficient aldosterone?
Addison’s disease, insufficient release of aldosterone, chronic Na loss, large ↓ ECFV, severe hypotension, leading to collapse and death (in contrast to Conn's)
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What is renal artery stenosis?
Abnormal narrowing of the renal artery
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How does renal artery stenosis affect Na retention?
1. ↓Renal A pressure due to ↓ BF caused by the stenosis 2. Causes renin secretion 3. Forms angiotensin II 4. ↑Aldosterone, ↑Vasoconstriction 5. Na retention and ↑BP
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What are the causes of essential hypertension?
Causes unknown | But Genetic predisposition and environmental factors lead to intermediate phenotypes that lead to increased BP
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what environmental factors can cause essential hypertension?
``` Life style (e.g. physical activity) Diet (e.g. salt intake, alcohol, diabetes) ```
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What is the role of anti-hypertensive treatments?
Agents that decrease RAAS e.g. ACE inhibitors Ang II receptor blockers
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What renal diseases cause an increase in BP?
Liddle's syndrome Conn's syndrome Renal stenosis
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Which renal disorders cause a drop in BP?
Addison's disease | Cushing's diseases

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