title: Hormone and electrolyte changes in post-deoxycorticosterone salt hypertension in rats.
abstract: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were uninephrectomized and given either deoxycorticosterone (DOC) pivalate (12.5 mg three times weekly) and 1% NaCl/0.2% KCl to drink for 4 weeks (DOC-treated), after which DOC was stopped and tap water substituted (post-DOC), or tap water to drink throughout (controls), DOC treatment increased blood pressure, serum sodium, plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (P-ANP) and plasma deoxycorticosterone (P-DOC) (P less than 0.05), while serum potassium, plasma renin and plasma angiotensin II were lower (P less than 0.05) than in control animals. Plasma vasopressin (P-AVP) was also raised but not significantly. These changes persisted for up to 4 weeks post-DOC and, in the case of plasma renin, plasma angiotensin II, P-AVP and P-ANP, for up to 12 weeks. Total body sodium was also increased at 2 weeks post-DOC (P less than 0.05). Rats which were adrenalectomized after 4 weeks of DOC treatment in which DOC injections were stopped, then drank either NaCl/KCl or tap water; blood pressure and P-DOC remained elevated while plasma renin remained suppressed. There were more deaths in rats given NaCl/KCl (five of six) than in the group given water (one of six). Rats treated with a subcutaneous DOC silastic implant had a comparable rise in blood pressure to rats given DOC injections. However, after removal of the implant, while blood pressure remained elevated, P-DOC levels were not raised and plasma renin rose to control levels after 4 weeks. These findings indicate that, in rats given DOC injections, post-DOC hypertension results from sodium and fluid retention as a consequence of chronic hangover of exogenously administered DOC.
authors.affiliation: MRC Blood Pressure Unit, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kenyon
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Beattie
mesh_terms: D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D004343:Drug Implants; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000097:blood*; D006728:Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004343:Drug Implants; D004573:Electrolytes; D006728:Hormones; D000804:Angiotensin II; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D012083:Renin