title: Pre- and neonatal exposure of the Dahl rat to NaCl: development and regional distribution of myocardial alpha 1-adrenergic and cholinergic receptor sites.
abstract: The prenatal and/or postweaning effects of a hypertensinogenic high NaCl-containing diet (8.0% NaCl, w/w) on (1) the regional distribution of alpha 1-adrenoceptors and muscarinic cholinergic receptor sites in the heart and (2) the predisposition/resistance to hypertension (HT) were assessed in the inbred Dahl HT-sensitive (S/JR) and HT-resistant (R/JR) rat. The density of alpha 1-adrenoceptors was reduced in the left ventricle but not consistently affected in the ventricular septum, right ventricle, or atria of S/JR offspring with NaCl-induced HT. Both normotensive and hypertensive S/JR rats also displayed a significantly greater density of cholinergic receptor sites in the atria but few consistent alterations in other regions of the heart, compared to R/JR rats. Maternal diet had no effect on the predisposition/resistance to salt-induced HT and little effect on the regional development of alpha 1-adrenoceptors and cholinergic receptor sites. The results of this study suggest that the reduced density of ventricular alpha 1-adrenoceptors in the S/JR strain is a consequence of HT while the elevated density of cholinergic receptors in the atria may be related to the genetic predisposition/resistance to HT.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000196:embryology; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000378:metabolism; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000378:metabolism; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000378:metabolism; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D011224:Prazosin / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D011813:Quinuclidinyl Benzilate / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000378:metabolism*; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000378:metabolism*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D011813:Quinuclidinyl Benzilate; D011224:Prazosin