Angiotensin stimulated AVP-release in humans

Release of arginine vasopressin (AVP) from rat neurohypophysis in in vitro studies is significantly augmented by the addition of angiotensin (AII), and in in vivo studies in dogs renin and AII were found to stimulate secretion of AVP. Both these results suggest the existence of a direct relationship between the salt regulating renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and the water controlling AVP system.