title: Effect of long-term treatment with diltiazem on atrial natriuretic peptides in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: The present study was designed to examine the possible effect of long-term treatment with diltiazem on plasma and atrial concentrations of atrial natriuretic peptides (ANP) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Diltiazem treatment reduced blood pressure and ventricular weight in SHR. Plasma ANP concentration in untreated SHR was higher than Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). Diltiazem treatment decreased plasma ANP concentration in SHR near to the level of WKY; moreover, plasma ANP concentration was correlated with blood pressure and ventricular weight in treated and untreated SHR. Left atrial ANP concentration in untreated SHR was lower than WKY. Diltiazem treatment increased left atrial ANP concentration in SHR, but this effect was not noted in WKY. These results suggest that the ANP release from the left atrium is chronically stimulated in adult SHR, and that the prevention of an increase in plasma ANP by diltiazem treatment may be, in part, attributed to the improvement of cardiac overload induced by reductions in blood pressure and cardiac hypertrophy.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasunari
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokokawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000187:drug effects; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY
chemical_list: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D004110:Diltiazem