Suppression of bradykinin-induced renin release by indomethacin in anesthetized rats

The present study was designed to investigate the effect of bradykinin on renin release in relation to prostaglandins by use of indomethacin, a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, in pentobarbital-anesthetized rats. A nonhypotensive dose of bradykinin (1 microgram/kg X min), which was infused intrarenally, significantly increased plasma renin activity approximately 1.8-fold as compared to the control period. In indomethacin (5 mg/kg, i.v.)-pretreated rats, bradykinin did not significantly increase plasma renin activity. These results suggest that bradykinin does not directly increase plasma renin activity and that prostaglandins may participate in the bradykinin-induced renin release under these experimental conditions.