title: Effect of chronic NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) on blood pressure and renal function in conscious uninephrectomized spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: We have studied during 30 days the effect of a low dose of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (1 mg.kg-1.day-1 in drinking water) in the presence of D- or L-arginine (1 mg.kg-1.day-1 in drinking water) in comparison with D- or L-arginine alone on blood pressure and renal function in conscious uninephrectomized female spontaneously hypertensive rats. At the end of the study, there was a significant increase in systolic blood pressure in the NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester + D-arginine group (307 +/- 6 mmHg (1 mmHg = 133.3 Pa), n = 14, p < 0.05) in comparison with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester + L-arginine (281 +/- 6 mmHg, n = 14), L-arginine (262 +/- 5 mmHg, n = 13), and D-arginine (258 +/- 7 mmHg, n = 12) groups. There were no changes in diuresis, proteinuria, or sodium and potassium excretion between differently treated animals during this study. These results suggest that in uninephrectomized female spontaneously hypertensive rats, after 1 month blockade of NO synthesis with a low dose of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, vasculature is under tonic control by NO and it is not correlated with renal dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Reina Sofía de Investigation Nefrológica, Departamento de Fisiología y Farmacología, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reverte
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gallego
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lestón
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: López-Novoa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009392:Nephrectomy; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester