Renal and total dopamine (DA) spillover rates at rest were measured in 25 conscious rabbits with chronically implanted renal vein catheters. Renal DA spillover rate was calculated from veno-arterial difference in plasma free DA concentrations across the kidney corrected by the fractional extraction of infused 3H-DA. Plasma free DA concentrations were 11.0 +/- 2.7 pg/ml in the artery and 14.3 +/- 3.6 in the renal vein. Renal and total DA spillover rates were 0.51 +/- 0.08, 2.61 +/- 0.30 ng/min, respectively, both of which were significantly (p < 0.001) lower than the respective norepinephrine (NE) spillover rates (renal: 16.3 +/- 1.4, total: 39.6 +/- 1.7). The fractional extraction of 3H-DA across the kidney (55 +/- 3%) and the total DA clearance (285 +/- 31 ml/min) were both significantly (p < 0.05) higher than that of 3H-NE (45 +/- 3) and the total NE clearance (198 +/- 9), respectively. The ratio of renal to the total spillover rate of DA (0.23 +/- 0.05) was significantly (p < 0.05) lower than that of NE (0.41 +/- 0.04). These results demonstrate that DA is released into plasma within the kidney and suggest that the measurement of renal DA spillover rate using 3H-DA radiotracer technique is useful to detect resting renal dopaminergic nerve activity.
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