Stimulation and suppression of renin release from incubations of rat renal cortex by factors affecting calcium flux

Abstract

Inhibition of renin secretion from incubations of rat kidney cortex by angiotensin II (AII), ouabain and K+ depletion, depended on the presence of external Ca2+. AII inhibition of isoprenaline‐stimulated renin secretion was only partially dependent on external Ca2+. Ouabain and K+ depletion inhibited isoprenaline‐stimulated renin release but only in the presence of external Ca2+. Since, in Ca2+‐free medium, isoprenaline stimulated renin release when the Na+/K+‐ATPase was blocked, isoprenaline probably does not act through the Na+/K+‐ATPase. Lanthanum blocked the stimulation of renin release by isoprenaline. Ethylenediamine tetra‐acetic acid (EDTA) and ethyleneglycol‐bis‐(β‐amino‐ethyl ether)..