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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 199, Issue 7 1493-1499, Copyright © 1996 by Company of Biologists

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Characterization of the atrial natriuretic factor system in lungs of the toad Bufo paracnemis

ML Glass, LG Branco, J Antunes-Rodrigues and J Gutkowska
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Blood pressure in the amphibian pulmonary circulation is relatively high because a single ventricle serves both the systemic and pulmonary circulation, creating a high degree of plasma filtration from pulmonary capillaries. Previous studies have shown that lung atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) may have an important physiological function in preventing edema in mammals. In this study, we report the presence of the complete ANF system in the lungs of the toad Bufo paracnemis. Radioimmunoassay of tissue homogenates revealed that toad lung ANF concentration was approximately twice as high (928.5 +/- 83.0 pg mg-1 protein) as that of lung tissue in mammals of a similar size. The amount of ANF was significantly higher in the left than in the right atrium (15.0 +/- 1.2 versus 1.9 +/- 0.8 ng mg-1 protein; N = 4, P < 0.001), while the ventricle contained 488.3 +/- 41.8 pg mg-1 protein. In extracts of both lungs and atria, high-performance liquid chromatography revealed two forms of the peptide; prohormone and a carboxy-terminal peptide of low molecular mass, which is the biologically active form of peptide. The presence of the prohormone suggests that ANF is synthesized in toad lungs and atria. Characterization of toad lung receptors by a competitive binding assay demonstrated three different subtypes of ANF receptors: the guanylyl cyclase (GC) receptors, GC-A and GC-B, as well as clearance (C) receptors. We conclude that the toad Bufo paracnemis has a well-developed complete ANF system in the lung, suggesting that it has a role in toad lung physiology.


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