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Department of Physiology, University of Leeds.

1. Mongrel dogs were anaesthetized with thiopental sodium and chloralose and artificially ventilated. The carotid sinus regions were vascularly isolated and perfused either with arterial or mixed (arterial and venous) blood (PO2, 44.2 +/- 3.3 mmHg, mean +/- S.E.M.) to stimulate the chemoreceptors. Cervical vagosympathetic trunks were ligated and atenolol (2 mg kg-1, I.V.) was given in all dogs and gallamine triethiodide (3 mg kg-1 h-1, I.V.) was given in two dogs. Renal blood flow was measured by an electromagnetic flowmeter, glomerular filtration rate by creatinine clearance, sodium excretion by flame photometry and solute excretion by osmometry. The viability of the preparations was tested by recording total vascular capacitance responses to stimulation of carotid baro- and chemoreceptors. 2. In eleven tests in seven dogs at a constant aortic pressure of 88.9 +/- 2.6 mmHg stimulation of carotid chemoreceptors at a high carotid sinus pressure (194.0 +/- 3.6 mmHg) resulted in significant increases in urine flow of 22.8 +/- 3.0%, urinary sodium excretion of 30.7 +/- 5.2%, fractional sodium excretion of 35.3 +/- 18.6%, osmolar excretion of 17.5 +/- 4.1% and a decrease in free water clearance of 30.8 +/- 3.1% without significant changes in urinary sodium concentration, renal blood flow, glomerular filtration rate, and filtration fraction. 3. In seventeen tests in these seven dogs at a constant aortic pressure of 94.0 +/- 2.2 mmHg, stimulation of carotid chemoreceptor at a low carotid sinus pressure (72.0 +/- 1.3 mmHg) resulted in significant decreases in renal blood flow of 10.6 +/- 2.5%, glomerular filtration rate of 19.6 +/- 6.8%, filtration fraction of 13.2 +/- 5.5%, urine flow of 23.4 +/- 4.1%, urinary sodium concentration of 20.3 +/- 4.1%, urinary sodium excretion of 38.5 +/- 4.6%, fractional sodium excretion of 20.2 +/- 7.7%, osmolar excretion of 23.9 +/- 4.0% and an increase in free water clearance of 23.1 +/- 2.5%. 4. The results show that moderate stimulation of carotid chemoreceptors at a low carotid sinus pressure, when the activity in renal nerves is high and blood volume is low, can produce significant reflex decreases in renal haemodynamic and functional variables. However, at a high carotid sinus pressure when the renal sympathetic activity is low and blood volume is high, carotid chemoreceptor stimulation produces diuresis and natriuresis but no change in renal haemodynamics.

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