Nycthemeral rhythms and sodium chloride appetite in rats

1985 ◽  
Vol 249 (3) ◽  
pp. R375-R378 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. E. Rowland ◽  
L. L. Bellush ◽  
M. J. Fregly

Adrenalectomized rats maintained on a 12:12 light-dark cycle drank large amounts of 0.3 M NaCl solution during the night. They showed virtually no NaCl appetite during the day. As a result of their high day natriuresis, the adrenalectomized rats sustained a negative Na+ balance during the day about three times that of controls. This was offset by a correspondingly higher positive Na+ balance at night. In a second experiment in intact rats, the latency to exhibit NaCl appetite during polyethylene glycol-induced hypovolemia was shorter when the treatment was administered in the evening than in the morning. This again demonstrates a relative facilitation of NaCl intake at night and suggests a major nycthemeral interaction with putative physiological stimuli of NaCl appetite.

1965 ◽  
Vol 208 (6) ◽  
pp. 1281-1285 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Wolf

The effect of DOC on sodium chloride (saline) intake was studied in intact and adrenalectomized rats under "two-bottle" self-selection conditions. It was found that in adrenalectomized rats low doses of DOC produced a decrease in saline intake (restoration of sodium-retaining ability), whereas high doses produced an increase in saline intake (stimulation of sodium appetite). At high doses, however, intact rats consumed more saline and manifested a greater preference for it than did similarly treated adrenalectomized rats. Treatment with corticosterone increased both absolute saline intake and saline preference of DOC-treated adrenalectomized rats.


1954 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. GINSBURG

SUMMARY 1. The antidiuretic potency of arterial blood from adrenalectomized rats was greater than that from intact rats, but only if 2 or more ml. of blood were taken from each rat. It is concluded that the amounts of posterior pituitary antidiuretic hormone released during haemorrhage are greater in adrenalectomized than in intact rats. 2. The effect of haemorrhage on the antidiuretic potency of blood in adrenalectomized rats treated with sodium chloride or cortisone was not different from that in intact rats. 3. The disappearance of intravenously injected vasopressin (100 mU/100 g body weight) was retarded after adrenalectomy. Up to 48 hr after adrenalectomy this was due to a reduced capacity of the kidneys to remove vasopressin from the circulation. 4. Treatment with cortisone increased the rate of disappearance of vasopressin in adrenalectomized rats, but the rate was not restored to that observed in intact animals. 5. Treatment with sodium chloride did not affect the rate at which vasopressin was removed from the circulation of adrenalectomized rats. 6. The excretion of an antidiuretic agent in the urine which followed intravenous injection of vasopressin (100 mU/100 g) 48 hr after adrenalectomy was equivalent to 2·1% of the dose. This compared with an excretion of 6·7% of the dose in intact animals.


1954 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. CAVALLERO ◽  
EMMA DOVA ◽  
L. ROSSI

SUMMARY 1. The content of antidiuretic hormone in the neurohypophysis, the weight of the neurohypophysis and the daily output of urine were studied in the following groups of rats: intact rats which received 2 g NaCl/100 ml. as drinking fluid; adrenalectomized rats; sham-adrenalectomized rats; adrenalectomized rats injected with deoxycorticosterone acetate or aqueous adrenocortical extract, lipo-adrenal extract, cortisone or cortisone and noradrenaline; adrenalectomized rats to which sodium chloride had been administered; and adrenalectomized rats which received both sodium chloride and adrenocortical hormones. 2. The antidiuretic hormone content of the pars nervosa (per mg wet gland) of intact rats to which salt had been given was about half of that of controls without extra salt. There was no significant difference between the mean daily urine volumes of the two series. 3. In adrenalectomized and sham-adrenalectomized rats, 2 days after the operation, the hormone content of the pars nervosa was reduced. In adrenalectomized animals this decrease in antidiuretic activity persisted; in sham-operated rats the antidiuretic activity had increased 5 days after the operation and was fully restored after 7. The daily urine output of the adrenalectomized animals was about one-third of that of intact controls. 4. No significant increase in antidiuretic hormone content of the neurohypophysis occurred when adrenocortical preparations were injected into adrenalectomized rats, but the urine volume of these animals increased. 5. Salt alone, in low or high doses, both orally or subcutaneously administered, increased the amount of antidiuretic principle in the pituitaries of adrenalectomized rats, but control levels were not attained. The daily urine volume of these animals returned to normal. 6. Combined treatment of adrenalectomized rats with salt and adrenocortical extract or cortisone, but not with salt and deoxycorticosterone acetate, led to full restoration of the antidiuretic hormone content of the neurohypophysis. These treatments also produced a rise of the daily urine volume above that of intact controls. 7. In adrenalectomized rats a close relationship was found between the degree to which the various treatments raised the hormone content of the gland and that to which they increased the daily output of urine. 8. The significance of the results is discussed, and the impossibility of drawing conclusions from them about neurohypophysial function in adrenocortical deficiency is stressed.


1975 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. MAINOYA

SUMMARY Intestinal absorption of fluid and NaCl in rats is significantly decreased after hypophysectomy and increased in rats with pituitary implants. Oestrogen and reserpine significantly stimulate mucosal fluid and NaCl transfer in both normal and adrenalectomized rats, comparable to the effects of administration of prolactin. In intact rats, ergocryptine enhanced intestinal absorption of fluid and NaCl; however, it failed to exert any effects in adrenalectomized rats. Adrenalectomy alone had no adverse effects on intestinal absorption in saline-compensated rats. The administration of corticosterone alone or together with prolactin significantly enhanced intestinal absorption, although the effect of corticosterone alone was more variable. These data strongly suggest that increased endogenous prolactin levels produce stimulatory effects on intestinal absorption of fluid and NaCl by the rat jejunum.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Bijaya Ghosh ◽  
Niraj Mishra ◽  
Preeta Bose ◽  
Moumita D. Kirtania

Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis is a dreaded disease, characterized by pain, inflammation and stiffness of joints, leading to severe immobility problems. The disease shows circadian variation and usually gets aggravated in early morning hours. Aceclofenac, a BCS Class II compound is routinely used in the treatment of pain and inflammation associated with rheumatoid arthritis. The objective of this study was to develop an osmotic delivery system of Aceclofenac that after administration at bedtime would deliver the drug in the morning hours. </P><P> Methods: A series of osmotically controlled systems of aceclofenac was developed by using lactose, sodium chloride and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose K100M as osmogens. Cellulose acetate (2% w/v in acetone) with varying concentrations of polyethylene glycol-400 was used as the coating polymer to create semi permeable membrane and dissolution was carried out in 290 mOsm phosphate buffer. Formulation optimization was done from four considerations: cumulative release at the end of 6 hours (lag time), cumulative release at the end of 7 hours (burst time), steady state release rate and completeness of drug release. </P><P> Results: A formulation having swelling polymer hydroxypropyl methylcellulose in the core and lactose and sodium chloride as osmogens, polyethylene glycol-400 (16.39 %) as pore former, with a coating weight of 5% was a close fit to the target release profile and was chosen as the optimum formulation. Conclusion: Aceclofenac tablets containing lactose, HPMC and sodium chloride in the core, given a coating of cellulose acetate and PEG-400 (5% wt gain), generated a release profile for optimum management of rheumatoid arthritic pain.


1929 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 578-578
Author(s):  
I. Tsimkhes

B. M. Shtark (Zhurn. Sovrem, surgery, century 20, 1929) treated 104 patients with purulent panaritiums, opened acute abscesses and phlegmons, lymphadenitis, mumps, mastitis, etc., treated with 10% NaCl solution


1980 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
MASAYOSHI KUMEGAWA ◽  
NORIHIKO MAEDA ◽  
TOSHIHIKO YAJIMA ◽  
TAISHIN TAKUMA ◽  
EIKO IKEDA ◽  
...  

The effects of cortisol (10 μg/g body weight) and l-thyroxine (T4; 0·2 μg/g body weight) on the activity of parotid gland amylase in young rats were investigated. Administration of cortisol or T4 for 5 consecutive days from day 5 after birth caused the precocious appearance of amylase, T4 having almost twice the effect of cortisol. Cortisol and T4 did not have synergistic effects. In thyroidectomized-adrenalectomized rats, T4 increased amylase activity but cortisol did not. The increase in enzyme activity after day 20 was much less in rats thyroidectomized on day 10 than in rats adrenalectomized on day 10. These results suggest that T4 has a direct effect on the early increase of amylase activity (days 15–25) and that the action of glucocorticoid requires the presence of endogenous thyroid hormones. The hormone-induced level of amylase in intact rats was less than that of normal adult rats. Forced weaning of intact rats resulted in a further increase in amylase activity, suggesting that further amylase accumulation (after day 25) may be due to dietary factors.


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