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Renal Myogenic Response

2002· article· en· W2145377295 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueCirculation Research · 2002
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicNitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Calgary
FundersMedical Research CouncilAlberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
KeywordsAfferent arteriolesMyogenic contractionVasoconstrictionAutoregulationBlood pressureVasodilationArterioleInternal medicineChemistryPulse pressureKidneyEndocrinologyCardiologyMicrocirculationMedicineRenin–angiotensin systemSmooth muscle

Abstract

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The kinetic attributes of the afferent arteriole myogenic response were investigated using the in vitro perfused hydronephrotic rat kidney. Equations describing the time course for pressure-dependent vasoconstriction and vasodilation, and steady-state changes in diameter were combined to develop a mathematical model of autoregulation. Transfer functions were constructed by passing sinusoidal pressure waves through the model. These findings were compared with results derived using data from instrumented conscious rats. In each case, a reduction in gain and increase in phase were observed at frequencies of 0.2 to 0.3 Hz. We then examined the impact of oscillating pressure signals. The model predicted that pressure signals oscillating at frequencies above the myogenic operating range would elicit a sustained vasoconstriction the magnitude of which was dependent on peak pressure. These predictions were directly confirmed in the hydronephrotic kidney. Pressure oscillations presented at frequencies of 1 to 6 Hz elicited sustained afferent vasoconstrictions and the magnitude of the response depended exclusively on the peak pressure. Elevated systolic pressure elicited vasoconstriction even if mean pressure was reduced. These findings challenge the view that the renal myogenic response exists to maintain glomerular capillary pressure constant, but rather imply a primary role in protecting against elevated systolic pressures. Thus, the kinetic features of the afferent arteriole allow this vessel to adjust tone in response to changes in systolic pressures presented at the pulse rate. We suggest that the primary function of this mechanism is to protect the glomerulus from the blood pressure power that is normally present at the pulse frequency.

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Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesInsufficient payload (model declined to judge)
Consensus categoriesInsufficient payload (model declined to judge)
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.823
Threshold uncertainty score0.999

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.003

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Opus teacher head0.170
GPT teacher head0.401
Teacher spread0.231 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it