title: Role of the liver in long-term control of drinking behavior, Na+ balance, and arterial pressure in Dahl rats.
abstract: The role of postabsorptive mechanisms in long-term control of drinking behavior, Na+ balance, and arterial pressure was examined in Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) and salt-resistant (DR) rats. NaCl (0.15 M) was infused (0.5 ml/h) into either the inferior vena cava (IVC) or the portal vein (PV) for 7 days, and then 1.5 M NaCl was infused for 10 days. During 1.5 M infusion, the IVC group retained more Na+ than the PV group. Furthermore, in DS rats, mean arterial pressure was higher in the IVC group than in the PV group. Regardless of the strain and infusion route, 1.5 M infusion had no effect on volume of daily saline consumption. However, when the data for light and dark periods were analyzed separately, dark period saline consumption in the PV group was decreased by 1.5 M infusion but was not changed in the IVC group. These results indicate that, in Dahl rats, the postabsorptive mechanism plays a significant role in controlling long-term saline drinking behavior and Na+ balance and has a significant role in controlling arterial pressure in DS, but not DR, rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsunooka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hagiike
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000378:metabolism; D004326:Drinking / Q000502:physiology; D004327:Drinking Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D004351:Drug Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000235:genetics*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008099:Liver / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009318:Natriuresis / Q000502:physiology; D017440:Photoperiod; D011169:Portal Vein; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains / Q000235:genetics; D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior
chemical_list: D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D012964:Sodium