production and release by renal tubular epithelial cells. Whether hyperosmotic solutions
exert similar effects in vivo is unknown. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that increasing
renal medullary osmolality enhances urinary excretion of endothelin in anesthetized rats.
Isosmotic NaCl (284 mosmol/kgH2O) was infused either intravenously (1.5 ml/h) or into the
renal medullary interstitium (0.5 ml/h) during a 1-h equilibration period and 30-min baseline …