Deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt rats: hypertension and sympathoexcitation driven by increased NaCl levels

Hypertension
Theresa L O'Donaughy, Virginia L Brooks

Abstract

Using deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt rats, we tested the hypothesis that increased plasma NaCl concentration supports sympathetic activity and blood pressure (BP) during salt-sensitive hypertension. One day before experimentation, femoral catheters and an electrode for measurement of lumbar sympathetic nerve activity (LSNA) probe were surgically positioned in DOCA-salt and Sham-salt rats. DOCA-salt rats exhibited increased (P<0.05) BP and NaCl concentration (BP, 163+/-8 mm Hg; NaCl, 260.8+/-3.3 mEq/L [DOCA-salt]: BP, 106.3+/-4.2 mm Hg; NaCl, 254.3+/-1.7 mEq/L [Sham-salt]). After V1 vasopressin blockade (Manning compound, 5 microg IV), infusion (0.12 mL/min) of 5% dextrose in water decreased NaCl concentrations, BP (-28+/-7 mm Hg), and LSNA (-39+/-5%) in DOCA-salt but not Sham-salt rats. To explain how such small (approximately 2%) increases in plasma NaCl could underlie the hypertension, we hypothesized that DOCA augments the pressor and sympathoexcitatory actions of NaCl. To address this hypothesis, animals with equally elevated NaCl but no DOCA (Sham-1.7% salt) and animals with increased DOCA but normal NaCl levels (DOCA-water) were prepared and administered the infusion of 5% dextrose in water. BP and LSNA were not ...Continue Reading

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