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To determine if the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is an important factor for inducing diuresis during head-out water immersion even in dehydrated subjects, six healthy volunteers were immersed up to the neck in water at 34.5° C for three hrs. Significant diuresis and natriuresis occurred, but urine osmolality decreased and negative\({\text{C}}_{{\text{H}}_{\text{2}} {\text{O}}} \) was restored in a positive direction toward zero, even though subjects were still in a state of considerable dehydration. Plasma renin activity and plasma angiotensin I and II concentrations decreased but that of plasma aldosterone remained unchanged during water immersion, and plasma ANP did not increase thoughout the examination. On the basis of the data of the present study, the factor inducing diuresis during head-out water immersion in hydrated subjects appears to differ from that in dehydrated subjects, and the main factor inducing diuresis during water immersion in dehydrated subjects may be the suppression of vasopressin release and not ANP.
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Kurosawa, T., Sakamoto, H., Katoh, Y. et al. Atrial natriuretic peptide is only a minor diuretic factor in dehydrated subjects immersed to the neck in water. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 57, 10–14 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00691231
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