title: Sodium-potassium-adenosine triphosphatase in nephron segments of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: Sodium pump activity of blood vessels has been reported to decrease in several animal models of hypertension. We studied sodium-potassium-adenosine triphosphatase (Na-K-ATPase) activity of renal tubular segments in 12-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats and in age-matched Wistar-Kyoto normotensive rats. The enzyme activity of the individual nephron segments was determined by a microfluorometric assay in which ATP hydrolysis is coupled with NADH oxidation. In the spontaneously hypertensive rats, systolic blood pressure was significantly higher (181 +/- 3 mm Hg) than in the Wistar-Kyoto rats (134 +/- 2 mm Hg). However, there was no difference in mean Na-K-ATPase activity in any of the nephron segments from the spontaneously hypertensive compared with the Wistar-Kyoto group. It is concluded that Na-K-ATPase activity does not change in any of the nephron segments with spontaneous hypertension.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Narang
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001835:Body Weight; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009399:Nephrons / Q000201:enzymology*; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D012964:Sodium; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D011188:Potassium