title: Delta sleep-inducing peptide in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: Delta sleep-inducing peptide has been shown to exert extra-sleep effects as well as effects on sleep. In this study, the concentrations of DSIP-like immunoreactivity were measured by radioimmunoassay in the plasma of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). They were found to be about 25% higher in SHR plasma than in the plasma of the normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WK) controls. DSIP was then infused for 10 days by osmotic minipump (200 micrograms/kg/day) into SHR. This resulted in in maintenance of BP at a level of about 200 mm Hg as compared with the significant increase to about 220 mm Hg after 10 days in the SHR controls infused with 0.9% NaCl. After daily SC injection of a single dose of 200 micrograms/kg DSIP for each of 5 days in SHR, findings were similar. The results raise the possibility of an involvement of DSIP in the regulation of BP in SHR.
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003701:Delta Sleep-Inducing Peptide; D008297:Male; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D003701:Delta Sleep-Inducing Peptide