title: Enhanced blood pressure sensitivity to DOCA-salt treatment in endothelin ET(B) receptor-deficient rats.
abstract: The role of endothelin ET(B) receptor-mediated action in the development and maintenance of deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt-induced hypertension was evaluated using the spotting-lethal (sl) rat which carries a naturally occurring deletion in the ET(B) receptor gene. Homozygous (sl/sl) rats treated with DOCA-salt for 1 week exhibited an earlier onset of hypertension than heterozygous (sl/+) and wild-type (+/+) rats (systolic blood pressure, SBP; 156.7+/-3.4 versus 128.8+/-5.3 and 132.9+/-3.7 mmHg, respectively). Four weeks after the start of DOCA-salt treatment, homozygous rats developed marked hypertension, with a SBP of 206. 0+/-4.5 mmHg, compared with 184.8+/-10.7 mmHg in heterozygous and 164.3+/-4.8 mmHg in wild-type rats. Cardiovascular hypertrophy and renal dysfunction observed after 4-weeks treatment with DOCA-salt were more severe in homozygous rats, compared to wild-type and heterozygous animals. These evidences support strongly the view that ET(B) receptor-mediated actions are a protective factor in the pathogenesis of DOCA-salt-induced hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1094, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuro
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takaoka
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Gariepy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D003404:Creatinine; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase