title: Is there a link between salt-intake and atrial natriuretic peptide system during hypertension induced by nitric oxide blockade?
abstract: Long-term nitric oxide (NO) blockade is known to induce a severe and progressive hypertension. The influence of the salt-intake on atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) system in this hypertension model is unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate ANP plasma levels, content and mRNA in atria of male Wistar rats chronically treated with oral Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) after 4 weeks of high-salt diet. The high-salt diet induced an increase (P < 0.05) in ANP plasma levels in normotensive rats and no significant changes in hypertensive animals. We observed a significant increase in the ANP content in the left and right atria of hypertensive rats (P < 0.001) when compared to normotensive ones. However, no significant changes were observed during high-salt diet in normotensive and hypertensive animals. Northern blot analysis revealed that ANP gene expression is higher in the right and left atria of hypertensive rats when compared to normotensive rats. However, we found no significant changes in ANP mRNA of rats treated with high-salt diet in normotensive and hypertensive rats when compared to low-salt diet. The present observations indicate no interaction between salt-intake and activation of the ANP system during chronic nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, 14040-902, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leila M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Marchi Alves
authors.forename: Luiz R O
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Tosi
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Antunes-Rodrigues
authors.forename: Evelin C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Cárnio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000187:drug effects; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester