Blood pressure and its regulation in spontaneously hypertensive rats bred on the lowest sodium diet for normal growth

Hypertension
S TakishitaK Onishi

Abstract

To investigate the effects of dietary sodium restriction from conception to adulthood on blood pressure and its regulatory mechanisms, male offspring were derived from inbreeding in spontaneously hypertensive rats fed a diet containing sodium of 175 mumol/g food (control) or 22 mumol/g (low sodium), which is the least sodium content for normal growth. While urinary sodium excretion was markedly less, the low sodium diet did not inhibit body growth and failed to blunt the development of hypertension. Neither plasma catecholamine concentration nor depressor response to hexamethonium was different between the two groups at any age examined (8, 12, and 20 weeks). Plasma renin concentration was not elevated, whereas urinary excretion of aldosterone was increased at any age in the low sodium group compared with that in the control group. Other sets of rats were fed a diet containing sodium of 175 mumol/g plus mefruside (a diuretic) of 0.001% in the same manner as in the other two groups. Urinary sodium excretion per creatinine was higher than in the other groups. The diuretic treatment inhibited body growth and suppressed adult blood pressure. While the sympathetic function was not affected, both plasma renin concentration and urinar...Continue Reading

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