title: Beta 2-adrenoceptor density in fibroblast culture correlates with human NaCl sensitivity.
abstract: To study salt sensitivity in humans and its relation to expression of adrenoceptors, 20 male normotensive Caucasians were investigated on a diet of 180 mmol NaCl/day followed by 60 mmol NaCl/day over 2 wk and again by 180 mmol NaCl/day over 2 wk, and blood pressure changes were assessed by long-term oscillatory blood pressure monitoring under basal conditions. Individual cell cultures of skin fibroblasts from skin biopsies were also established, and alpha 2- and beta 2-adrenoceptors were measured. Seven subjects were salt sensitive, and the remainder were salt resistant. Cultured skin fibroblasts in salt-sensitive subjects express less than half the number of beta 2-adrenoceptors compared with salt-resistant subjects (65 +/- 12.7 vs. 173 +/- 14.8 fmol/mg, P less than 0.001), and there is a correlation between the absolute rise of blood pressure on a high-salt diet and the density of beta 2-adrenoceptors (r = -0.67, P less than 0.01). It remains to be established whether a reduced in vitro density of beta 2-adrenoceptors in cultured cells is causally related to salt sensitivity in normotensive humans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kotanko
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Höglinger
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Skrabal
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004039:Diet, Sodium-Restricted; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009318:Natriuresis; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000378:metabolism; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D007545:Isoproterenol