AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 264, Issue 6 2051-H2055, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of dietary sodium on central and peripheral ouabain-like activity in spontaneously hypertensive rats

F. H. Leenen, E. Harmsen, H. Yu and C. Ou
Hypertension Unit, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ontario, Canada.

High dietary Na+ intake enhances pressor and sympathoexcitatory responses in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) but not Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. To evaluate the possible contribution of central ouabain-like activity (OLA), brain and peripheral OLA was assessed in SHR vs. WKY rats at 4 wk of age and after 2 and 4 wk of high vs. control Na+ intake started at 4 wk of age. In SHR, hypertension developed with maturation and was exacerbated by high Na+ intake. With control Na+ intake, SHR showed higher OLA at 4, 6, and 8 wk of age in the pituitary and hypothalamus and also by 8 wk in the adrenals and left ventricle but not in plasma. High Na+ intake increased OLA in all tissues examined in both WKY rats and SHR. After 2 wk on high Na+, only OLA in hypothalamus and pituitary was higher in SHR vs. WKY rats; after 4 wk on high Na+, peripheral (i.e., adrenals, left ventricle, and plasma) OLA was also higher. These results indicate that in SHR the development of hypertension is associated early on with increases in central OLA and in a later phase with increases in peripheral OLA as well. High Na+ intake increases OLA in both SHR and WKY rats, but the higher OLA may affect sympathetic activity and blood pressure only in SHR.

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