title: Impairment of L-arginine metabolism in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: Plasma L-arginine concentrations were determined in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY) before and after water immersion stress. There was no difference in the plasma levels of L-arginine before stress loading between SHR and WKY rats. A significant decrease in the L-arginine level was found in the adult SHR rats after the stress stimuli. However, there was no change in plasma levels of L-arginine in the adult WKY rats before and after water immersion stress. In the weanling rats, significant increases were observed in the plasma L-arginine levels after stress loading in both strains. These findings indicate that there may be an impairment of the L-arginine metabolism in the SHR rats with age and that it may involve in the genesis of hypertension in the SHR rat through the L-arginine-EDRF system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Nippon Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishimaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakajima
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000097:blood*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood*; D007101:Immersion; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001120:Arginine