title: Challenged sodium balance and expression of angiotensin type 1A receptor mRNA in the hypothalamus of Wistar and Dahl rat strains.
abstract: The present study investigates the influence of a chronic high Na+ diet (8% Na+) on the expression of the angiotensin type 1A (AT1A) receptor gene in the lamina terminalis and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVH) in normotensive Wistar (W) rats, as well as in Dahl salt-resistant (DR) and Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) rats. Three weeks of 8% Na+ diet led to a higher blood pressure in DS rats compared to DR and W rats. Moreover, the high Na+ diet was correlated with a decreased expression of AT1A receptor mRNA in the median preoptic nucleus (MnPO) and in the PVH of DS rats, compared to DR and W rats. Contrastingly, the AT1A receptor mRNA expression was not altered by the high Na+ diet in the forebrain circumventricular organs of all the rat strains. Interestingly, a furosemide-induced Na+ depletion was correlated with an increased expression of AT1A receptor mRNA in the PVH, MnPO and SFO of both the DS and DR rats. It is concluded that chronic high Na+ diet did differently regulate the expression of AT1A receptor mRNA in two hypothalamic integrative centers for hydromineral and cardiovascular balance (the PVH and MnPO) in DS rats, compared to DR and W rats. However, the AT1A receptor mRNA expression was similarly regulated in DS and DR rats in response to an acute Na+ depletion, suggesting a distinct high Na+ -induced regulation of the AT1A receptor gene in the PVH and MnPO of DS rats.
authors.affiliation: Centre de recherche du CHUL (CHUQ), Unité de Neurosciences et Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada. didier.mouginot@crchul.ulaval.ca
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mouginot
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laforest
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Drolet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004326:Drinking / Q000187:drug effects; D005665:Furosemide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D020303:Rats, Inbred Dahl; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D049994:Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D012982:Sodium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1; D049994:Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors; D012982:Sodium, Dietary; D005665:Furosemide; D012964:Sodium