To evaluate the physiological effects of human atrial natriuretic factor-(99-126) (ANF), we infused ANF, 0.1, 0.3, and 1.0 micrograms/min, or placebo for 125 minutes on different days into six sodium-deprived normal men. During the last 45 minutes of infusion, angiotensin II, 6 ng/kg/min, was infused. Blood pressure, heart rate, plasma concentrations of ANF, aldosterone, and cortisol, and plasm...

The sequence of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) has been determined, as well as the complete structure of the rat and human complementary DNA and gene. ANF and ANF messenger RNA are present not only in atria but also in ventricles. The circulating form of ANF has been identified as the C-terminal of the molecule, ANF (Ser 99-Tyr 126). The isolated secretory granules of rat atrial cardiocytes co...

I t has been demonstrated that an acute increase in right atria1 (RA) pressure and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardias induce the release of atria1 natriuretic factor (ANF).*-4 In a previous study that allowed a selective or combined increase in heart rate and RA pressure by intracardiac pacing, we showed that acute increment in RA pressure is the determinant factor for ANF secretion.5 Hol...

The atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) has pharmacological actions resulting in lower atrial and arterial pressures. Atrial distention stimulates ANF release, suggesting that ANF is an effector limb of a feedback loop for controlling cardiac filling pressure. To test this hypothesis it will be necessary to determine whether physiological atrial distention releases ANF in sufficient amounts to exer...

We determined human and canine plasma clearance of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) by lung, liver, and kidney from arteriovenous differences in plasma ANF and measured organ plasma flow. Human subjects had lower plasma ANF concentrations in the pulmonary vein or the pulmonary capillary wedge position when compared with the pulmonary artery, and both sites yielded pulmonary ANF extraction ratios...

The aim of the present study was to correlate in cardiomyopathic hamsters with congestive heart failure the levels of atrial and ventricular atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) messenger RNA (mRNA) with immunoreactive ANF (IR-ANF) plasma levels and the relative amount of IR-ANF released by the whole heart versus isolated ventricles in the Langendorff preparation. High-performance liquid chromatogra...

In rats, atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) reduces sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) reflexively by sensitizing cardiac mechanoreceptors with inhibitory vagal afferents. We performed three series of experiments in 26 normal young men to document whether ANF inhibits SNA in humans and if so, to determine potential mechanisms for this phenomenon. First, we recorded muscle SNA before and during brief...

The increased neural atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) concentrations in spontaneously hypertensive rats compared with Wistar-Kyoto control rats prompted us to examine the basis of this phenomenon. Central and peripheral neural tissues from both strains were processed under rigorous antiproteolytic conditions, which were monitored by degradation of purified and iodo-labeled proANF or synthetic AN...

We have demonstrated that anti-Thy 1.1 and certain of H-2 alloantisera contain an antinuclear factor (ANF) detected by fluorescent antimouse IgG. The incidence of ANF positive antisera that we report may actually be an underestimate. ANF is present in sera not only from our laboratory but also from other sources; thus ANF is not an artifact of our laboratory. ANF is not identical to alloantibod...