Spontaneously hypertensive, Wistar Kyoto and Sprague–Dawley rats differ in their use of place and response strategies in the water radial arm maze

2007 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.M. Clements ◽  
A.J. Saunders ◽  
B.-A. Robertson ◽  
P.E. Wainwright
Keyword(s):  
Radial Arm Maze ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Spontaneously Hypertensive ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats ◽  
Wistar Kyoto

High-NaCl diets increase natriuretic and diuretic responses in salt-resistant but not salt-sensitive SHR

1991 ◽  
Vol 260 (6) ◽  
pp. F890-F897 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Mozaffari ◽  
S. Jirakulsomchok ◽  
Z. H. Shao ◽  
J. M. Wyss
Keyword(s):  
Arterial Pressure ◽  
Renal Denervation ◽  
Isotonic Saline ◽  
Renal Nerves ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Volume Loading ◽  
Spontaneously Hypertensive ◽  
Volume Load ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats ◽  
Wistar Kyoto

This study tested the hypothesis that NaCl-sensitive spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR-S) display a defect in natriuretic and diuretic responses to acute volume loading that contributes to the rise in arterial pressure observed when the rats are fed a high-NaCl diet. Seven-week-old SHR-S and NaCl-resistant SHR rats (SHR-R) and normotensive (Wistar-Kyoto and Sprague-Dawley rats) were fed high- or basal NaCl diets. After 2.5 wk on the diets, preinstrumented conscious rats received an intravenous infusion (5% body wt; 0.5 ml/min) of isotonic saline, and urine was collected through a bladder catheter for 90 min. Control rats on the high-NaCl diet (compared with basal) excreted a significantly greater percentage of Na+ and volume load. In contrast, SHR-S on high-NaCl diet (compared with basal) had a very small increase in natriuretic response and no increase in diuretic response to volume expansion. The effect of renal denervation on natriuretic and diuretic responses to volume load was tested. In SHR-R on 1 and 8% NaCl diets, renal denervation had little or no effect on these responses, suggesting that renal nerves do not play a prominent role in the dietary NaCl-induced increases in the natriuretic and diuretic responses to volume load. These results demonstrate that NaCl-resistant rats rapidly adapt to diets high in NaCl content with increased natriuretic and diuretic responses to acute volume loading. The failure of SHR-S to adapt to the dietary challenge may result in volume loading and a secondary increase in arterial pressure after feeding.

scholarly journals Effects of dietary salt on angiotensin peptides in kidney.

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1209-1215
Author(s):  
Q C Meng ◽  
J Durand ◽  
Y F Chen ◽  
S Oparil
Keyword(s):  
Angiotensin Ii ◽  
Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats ◽  
Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Dietary Salt ◽  
Hypertensive Rats ◽  
Spontaneously Hypertensive ◽  
Angiotensin Peptides ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats ◽  
Wistar Kyoto

This study used a novel simple method for the extraction, separation, identification, and quantitation of angiotensin-like immunoactivity from tissue to examine the effects of altering dietary NaCl intake on intrarenal angiotensin I, II, and III levels in salt-sensitive, spontaneously hypertensive rats, salt-resistant Wistar-Kyoto rats, and Sprague-Dawley rats. Seven-week-old male spontaneously hypertensive rats, Wistar-Kyoto rats, and Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned randomly to a diet containing either 8% (high) or 1% (basal) salt and were maintained on these diets for 3 wk. Rats were then decapitated without prior anesthesia, and kidneys were rapidly (< 30 s) removed, snap frozen in liquid nitrogen, and stored at -80 degrees C. Frozen tissue was extracted in 2 M acetic acid and then subjected to solid-phase extraction with the cation exchange resin AG 50W X4. Angiotensin peptides were separated by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography on a phenyl silica gel column with an eluent consisting of 20% acetonitrile in 0.1 M ammonium phosphate buffer, pH 4.9, and quantitated by radioimmunoassay. The elution of standard peptides under isocratic conditions revealed clear resolution of angiotensin I, II, and III and the (1-7) and (3-8) peptides. Recoveries of both labeled and unlabeled angiotensin peptide standards from the extraction step were > 90%. Renal angiotensin II stores were significantly higher in spontaneously hypertensive rats than in Wistar-Kyoto or Sprague-Dawley rats, independent of diet. Renal angiotensin II and III were further suppressed during dietary salt supplementation in both salt-resistant strains but not in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. These findings are consistent with an enhanced (compared with Wistar-Kyoto and Sprague-Dawley rats) role for angiotensin II in the kidney of the salt-sensitive, spontaneously hypertensive rat, particularly under conditions of dietary salt supplementation.

Vasodepressor Effects of Arachidonic Acid and Prostacyclin (PGI2) in Hypertensive Rats

1981 ◽  
Vol 61 (s7) ◽  
pp. 315s-318s ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Dusting ◽  
R. Di Nicolantonio ◽  
T. Drysdale ◽  
A. E. Doyle
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Renal Hypertension ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Hypertensive Rats ◽  
Spontaneously Hypertensive ◽  
Intravenous Injections ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats ◽  
Experimental Renal Hypertension ◽  
Wistar Kyoto ◽  
High Doses

1. Vasodepressor responses to prostacyclin and nitroprusside were compared in anaesthetized, spontaneously hypertensive rats of the Okamoto strain and Wistar—Kyoto controls, and also in one-kidney, one-clip hypertensive rats and unilaterally nephrectomized controls of the Sprague—Dawley strain. The responses, measured as a percentage of resting blood pressure, did not differ significantly between the hypertensive rats and the normotensive controls within each strain. 2. The effects of intravenous injections of arachidonic acid were also studied in each strain. 3. The vasodepressor effects of high doses of arachidonic acid (1 or 3 mg/kg) were much greater and more prolonged in both groups of hypertensive rats. These differences were abolished by indomethacin (2 mg/kg). 4. Comparisons between the strains showed that whereas Okamoto rats have significantly greater depressor responsiveness to nitroprusside and prostacyclin than Sprague—Dawley rats, the depressor effects of high doses of arachidonic acid (1 and 3 mg/kg) were smaller in the normotensive Wistar-Kyoto than in the Sprague—Dawley rats. 5. It is concluded that hypertensive rats have enhanced ability to transform exogenous arachidonic acid into vasodilator prostanoids. This occurs both in spontaneous hypertension and in experimental renal hypertension. However, rats of the Okamoto strain appear to have reduced ability to form prostacyclin when compared with Sprague—Dawley rats.

Cytoplasmic free [Ca2+] is not increased in the platelets of deoxycorticosterone–salt and spontaneously hypertensive rats

1986 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koh-Ichi Murakawa ◽  
Yoshiharu Kanayama ◽  
Masakazu Kohno ◽  
Takahiko Kawarabayashi ◽  
Kenichi Yasunari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats ◽  
Free Calcium ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Hypertensive Rats ◽  
Acetoxymethyl Ester ◽  
Spontaneously Hypertensive ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Free Calcium Concentration ◽  
Wistar Kyoto

1. The cytoplasmic free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in the platelets of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), Wistar–Kyoto rats (WKY), deoxycorticosterone–salt hypertensive rats (DOC) and normotensive Sprague–Dawley rats (SD) was measured with the fluorescent dye, quin-2-tetra-acetoxymethyl ester. 2. No significant difference in platelet [Ca2+]i was found between SHR and WKY or between DOC and SD rats. 3. No correlations were found between systolic blood pressure and [Ca2+]i. 4. These results suggest that the elevation of platelet [Ca2+]i does not necessarily accompany hypertension in rats.

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