Abstract: | In control rats urinary kallikrein excretion was positively correlated with inulin space and its both components, plasma volume and interstitial space. When the animals were infused with dextrose solution or dextrose albumin solution the distribution of water in extracellular space was altered and the correlations with urinary kallikrein excretion disappear. We conclude that the possible regulation of the components of the extracellular space on urinary kallikrein excretion has not the same importance when water distribution is altered, at least in acute situations. |