title: Role of the sympathetic nervous system in the onset of hypertension in the rat: the effect of 6-OH-dopamine.
abstract: 1. The effect of chemical sympathectomy with 6-OH-dopamine (6-OHDA) on the onset of adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH)-induced hypertension was examined in Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 23). 2. 6-OHDA injection produced a fall in systolic blood pressure (SBP) from 100 +/- 5 mmHg control to 74 +/- 4 mmHg post-6-OHDA Treatment Day 1 (P less than 0.001), but did not alter food or water intake, urine volume or electrolyte excretion. 3. Compared with sham injection, ACTH-treated rats showed an increase in blood pressure (sham: 98 +/- 7 mmHg; ACTH: 123 +/- 9 mmHg on Treatment Day 10; P less than 0.01), loss of bodyweight, and increases in water intake and urine volume. 4. The magnitude of the blood pressure rise on ACTH was greater in 6-OHDA-treated rats than in intact control rats. Metabolic changes were similar. 5. Chemical sympathectomy with 6-OHDA did not delay or block the onset of ACTH hypertension in the rat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Whitworth
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006892:Hydroxydopamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D016627:Oxidopamine; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013563:Sympathectomy, Chemical; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D013599:Systole / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D006892:Hydroxydopamines; D016627:Oxidopamine; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone