Description
Urodilatin is a natriuretic and diuretic peptide fragment of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP). Urodilatin regulates Na+ and water transport across renal proximal tubules through inhibition of the Na+/K+ ATPase. Urodilatin increases renal dopamine uptake and also increases cGMP/PKG activity.
References
Choi MR, Citarella MR, Lee BM, et al. Urodilatin regulates renal dopamine metabolism. J Nephrol. 2013 Nov-Dec;26(6):1042-8. PMID: 23661592.
Vives D, Farage S, Motta R, et al. Atrial natriuretic peptides and urodilatin modulate proximal tubule Na(+)-ATPase activity through activation of the NPR-A/cGMP/PKG pathway. Peptides. 2010 May;31(5):903-8. PMID: 20206222.