title: Increased concentration of plasma immunoreactive atrial natriuretic factor in Dahl salt sensitive rats with sodium chloride-induced hypertension.
abstract: In order to determine whether there is a relationship between genetically determined salt-induced hypertension and atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), a radio-immunoassay for ANF was applied to the determination of immunoreactive ANF in plasma, atrium, hypothalamus and pons of Dahl salt-sensitive (S) and -resistant (R) rats which were fed high- or low-salt diet for 7 weeks. A twofold higher concentration of plasma ANF was observed in high-salt S rats, which developed hypertension, compared with low-salt S rats or R rats on high or low salt, which were normotensive. No significant difference was seen in atrial concentrations of ANF between S and R rats. The brain ANF concentration of the high-salt group was lower than that of the low-salt group in both S and R rats. It is proposed that the elevation of plasma ANF in the hypertensive rats may reflect a compensatory mechanism induced by volume expansion in the salt-fed S rats.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000378:metabolism; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D011149:Pons / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor