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Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Novo Nordisk A/S, NNF center for Basic Metabolic Research, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Clinical Physiology and Molecular Imaging, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Norrebrogade 44, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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from atrial cardiomyocytes and that GLP1 exclusively acts via ANP to induce vasodilatation and natriuresis (8) . The findings, therefore, define a novel GLP1–ANP axis and expand our view on GLP1-induced cardiovascular and renal actions. To explore
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failure, as well as during sympathetic stimulation ( 7 ). The NPs induce vasodilation and natriuresis, and reduce the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system as well as the sympathetic nervous system, both activated in heart failure ( 7 ). Besides these main
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Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Metabolic Vascular Medicine, Division of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, Cardiovascular Endocrinology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital de Urgencias, National University of Córdoba, X5000 Córdoba, Argentina
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related hypertension. Interestingly, in lean subjects, application of a sodium load induces myocardial cNP secretion and stimulates natriuresis (91, 92, 93, 94) , a response which is blunted in patients with obesity (95) . Together, these data argue that
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Department of Clinical Biochemistry (KB3014), Department of Technology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Clinical Medicine, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 9 Blegdamsvej, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Department of Clinical Biochemistry (KB3014), Department of Technology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Clinical Medicine, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 9 Blegdamsvej, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Introduction Mammalian hearts release natriuretic hormones that regulate renal natriuresis and intravascular fluid homeostasis (1, 2) . More recently, an effect on adipose tissue has also been established in which hormone binding to the
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vessels, kidneys, and adipose tissues (1, 2, 3) . A number of functional analysis studies have been carried out since its discovery, revealing that AM has pleiotropic actions, including blood pressure-lowering effects, natriuresis, cardiovascular
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antidiuresis (SIAD), characterized by water retention and secondary natriuresis ( 4 , 5 ). SIAD can be caused by a variety of conditions (infections, CNS disorders, drugs, pain or stress ( 6 )) and to large degree by cancers, whereby it is postulated that
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investigative techniques (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) , de Bold and colleagues demonstrated that injection of atrial muscle extracts to bioassay rats produced a strong natriuresis and diuresis as well as hypotension accompanied by an increase in haematocrit (9
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pressure, which seem independent of GLP-1RA-induced weight loss ( 34 ). This effect is thought to be mediated by increasing natriuresis ( 35 ) and vasorelaxation in the renal vasculature ( 36 ). In addition, GLP-1RAs increase heart rate in humans, most
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involved in the integrated control of renal and cardiovascular function (21) . Natriuretic peptides decrease cardiac preload, suppress renin and aldosterone secretion, and exert natriuresis. ANP and BNP are released by myocardial tissue primarily in
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natriuresis, probably by inhibiting sodium/hydrogen isoform 3 (NHE3) in the renal tubules ( 43 ), but the renal haemodynamic effects seem neutral as the drug also causes glomerular vasodilatation ( 44 ). Weight loss, another known effect of GLP-1 RA leading to