title: Role of nitric oxide in regulation of long-term pressure-natriuresis relationship in Dahl rats.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the development of salt-induced hypertension in the Brookhaven strain of Dahl rats. Six- to seven-week-old conscious salt-sensitive (S) and salt-resistant (R) rats with indwelling arterial and venous catheters received low-, normal-, and high-sodium intakes sequentially over a 16-day period, and L-arginine was infused intravenously at 2 or 4 mg.kg-1.min-1 over this time. The S rats had an impaired NO production as evidenced by a decreased urinary nitrate plus nitrite excretion. The administration of the low or high dose of L-arginine increased the whole body NO production of the S rats to that of the control R rats, and the high dose of L-arginine prevented the shift of long-term pressure-natriuresis relationship, the elevation of arterial pressure, and the increase in salt sensitivity of arterial pressure in the S rats. The sodium and water balances were not different between the age-matched R and S rats. In conclusion, a continuous infusion of L-arginine prevented both the changes in the pressure-natriuresis relationship and the development of salt-induced hypertension in Dahl S rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Manning
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D009318:Natriuresis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D012982:Sodium, Dietary / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
chemical_list: D012982:Sodium, Dietary; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D012083:Renin