Abnormalities in kallikrein excretion in spontaneously hypertensive rats

1985 ◽  
Vol 248 (3) ◽  
pp. F396-F403 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Ader ◽  
D. M. Pollock ◽  
M. I. Butterfield ◽  
W. J. Arendshorst

Experiments were conducted to examine kallikrein excretion in 12-wk-old anesthetized and conscious Okamoto-Aoki spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). Urinary excretion of active and total kallikrein was determined at spontaneous pressures and in response to acute decreases in renal perfusion pressure (RPP; suprarenal aortic constriction). Under basal conditions, active kallikrein excretion was lower in SHR compared with WKY whether conscious (4.4 +/- 1.7 vs. 9.4 +/- 1.3 pkat . min-1 . g kidney wt-1) or anesthetized (5.7 +/- 1.3 vs. 10.4 +/- 1.7). In both anesthetized SHR and WKY, excretion of active and total kallikrein was directly related to RPP after 20 mmHg decrements in RPP and was depressed in SHR at each pressure level. The slope of the relation between active kallikrein excretion and pressure was less in SHR (0.06 +/- 0.01 vs. 0.14 +/- 0.05 pkat . min-1 . g kidney wt-1 . mmHg-1). Thus kallikrein excretion is set at a lower level in SHR and is less responsive to changes in RPP. These strain differences are not related to urine flow, Na excretion, or glomerular filtration rate (GFR) since the values were the same in both strains at each pressure level. Analysis of covariance indicated a significant correlation between active kallikrein excretion and RPP in WKY and SHR, with RPP accounting for 92% of the variation in the kallikrein data. GFR, Na excretion, and urine flow rate were not significantly correlated to active kallikrein and were responsible for only 2% of the variation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

1985 ◽  
Vol 248 (2) ◽  
pp. F199-F205 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Roman ◽  
A. W. Cowley

The renal responses to changes in perfusion pressure (RPP) were studied in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) to determine whether an abnormality in the pressure-diuresis phenomenon could be involved in the resetting of kidney function in hypertension. Differences in the neural and endocrine background to the kidneys were minimized by denervating the kidney and by holding plasma vasopressin, aldosterone, corticosterone, and norepinephrine levels constant by intravenous infusion. In WKY, increasing renal perfusion pressure 54 mmHg, from 103 to 157 mmHg, produced a ninefold increase in urine flow and sodium excretion with no measurable change in renal blood flow (RBF) or glomerular filtration rate (GFR). In SHR, increasing renal perfusion pressure 54 mmHg, from 133 to 187 mmHg, produced only a fourfold increase in urine flow and sodium excretion. GFR, RBF, and peritubular capillary pressures were well autoregulated and were similar in the SHR and WKY at pressures above 110 mmHg. These results indicate the presence of intrinsic changes in the kidney of SHR that enhance fractional tubular reabsorption and impair the pressure-diuresis response. This blunting of the renal pressure-diuresis phenomenon in SHR may represent the functional resetting of the kidney that is necessary for sustained hypertension.


1978 ◽  
Vol 235 (5) ◽  
pp. F409-F416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald F. DiBona ◽  
Linda L. Rios

The mechanism of exaggerated diuresis and natriuresis was studied in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) by renal clearance and micropuncture techniques. Control normotensive rats of the same age and sex [Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY)] were also studied. During the hydropenic control and the volume-expansion experimental periods absolute and fractional water and sodium excretion were greater in SHR than in WKY. Although fractional and absolute water and sodium reabsorption were similar along the proximal convolution in SHR and WKY, fractional and absolute water reabsorption in Henle's loop was less in SHR than in WKY. Hydrostatic and colloid osmotic pressures in the cortical peritubular microvasculature were similar in WKY and SHR. Acute normalization of renal perfusion pressure by aortic constriction reversed the exaggerated diuresis and natriuresis in SHR by halving the filtered load of water and sodium; whole kidney and single nephron glomerular filtration rates and blood flows decreased by 50%. It is concluded that the exaggerated diuresis and natriuresis of the spontaneously hypertensive rat is caused by a decreased reabsorption in the loop of Henle. The mechanism of this decreased reabsorption in the loop of Henle cannot be explained by alterations in the measured physical forces in the renal cortical microvasculature. natriuresis; autoregulation; volume expansion Submitted on November 15, 1977 Accepted on June 7, 1978


1981 ◽  
Vol 241 (3) ◽  
pp. F244-F249 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nagaoka ◽  
M. Kakihana ◽  
M. Suno ◽  
K. Hamajo

Renal blood flow (RBF), renal vascular resistance (RVR), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and sodium and water excretion were measured in anesthetized stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP), spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), and control Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) at 9 wk of age. Mean arterial pressure in SHRSP and SHR was significantly higher than that in WKY. RBF was slightly increased in SHR and decreased in SHRSP. RVR was markedly elevated only in SHRSP. In both strains of SHR, GFR was significantly increased but water and sodium excretion were similar. When renal perfusion pressure in both strains of SHR was reduced to a level similar to that of WKY by aortic constriction, RBF was slightly but significantly reduced in both SHRSP and SHR, and GFR only in SHRSP. RVR in SHRSP was still higher. Sodium and water excretion were markedly decreased in both SHR and SHRSP. The data suggest that SHRSP are characterized by an alteration in renal hemodynamics at a young age and support the hypothesis that kidneys of SHR require a higher arterial pressure than kidneys of WKY to excrete a given amount of salt and water.


Physiology ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
AA Khraibi

In Okamoto spontaneously hypertensive rats, compared with control Wistar-Kyoto rats, natriuretic and diuretic responses to increases in renal perfusion pressure are attenuated but with acute saline volume expansion they are exaggerated. The extent of elevations in renal interstitial hydrostatic pressure appears to determine the natriuretic and diuretic responses.


1995 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Lash ◽  
H. G. Bohlen

These experiments determined whether a deficit in oxygen supply relative to demand could account for the sustained decrease in tissue PO2 observed during contractions of the spinotrapezius muscle in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Relative changes in blood flow were determined from measurements of vessel diameter and red blood cell velocity. Venular hemoglobin oxygen saturation measurements were performed by using in vivo spectrophotometric techniques. The relative dilation [times control (xCT)] of arteriolar vessels during contractions was as large or greater in SHR than in normotensive rats (Wistar-Kyoto), as were the increases in blood flow (2 Hz, 3.50 +/- 0.69 vs. 3.00 +/- 1.05 xCT; 4 Hz, 10.20 +/- 3.06 vs. 9.00 +/- 1.48 xCT; 8 Hz, 16.40 +/- 3.95 vs. 10.70 +/- 2.48 xCT). Venular hemoglobin oxygen saturation was lower in the resting muscle of SHR than of Wistar-Kyoto rats (31.0 +/= 3.0 vs. 43.0 +/- 1.9%) but was higher in SHR after 4- and 8-Hz contractions (4 Hz, 52.0 +/- 4.8 vs. 43.0 +/- 3.6%; 8 Hz, 51.0 +/- 4.6 vs. 41.0 +/- 3.6%). Therefore, an excess in oxygen delivery occurs relative to oxygen use during muscle contractions in SHR. The previous and current results can be reconciled by considering the possibility that oxygen exchange is limited in SHR by a decrease in anatomic or perfused capillary density, arteriovenular shunting of blood, or decreased transit time of red blood cells through exchange vessels.


Biomedicines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 676
Author(s):  
Kunanya Masodsai ◽  
Yi-Yuan Lin ◽  
Sih-Yin Lin ◽  
Chia-Ting Su ◽  
Shin-Da Lee ◽  
...  

This study aimed to investigate the aging-related endothelial dysfunction mediated by insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and antioxidant deficiency in hypertension. Male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) and age-matched normotensive Wistar–Kyoto rats (WKYs) were randomly divided into 24-week-old (younger) and 48-week-old (older) groups, respectively. The endothelial function was evaluated by the insulin- and IGF-1-mediated vasorelaxation of aortic rings via the organ bath system. Serum levels of nitric oxide (NO), malondialdehyde (MDA), catalase, and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) were examined. The insulin- and IGF-1-mediated vasorelaxation was significantly impaired in both 24- and 48-week-old SHRs compared with age-matched WKYs and was significantly worse in the 48-week-old SHR than the 24-week-old SHR. After pretreatments of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) or NO synthase (NOS) inhibitors, the insulin- and IGF-1-mediated vasorelaxation became similar among four groups. The serum level of MDA was significantly increased, while the NO, catalase, and TAC were significantly reduced in the 48-week-old SHR compared with the 24-week-old SHR. This study demonstrated that the process of aging additively affected insulin- and IGF-1-mediated endothelial dysfunction in SHRs, which could be partly attributed to the reduced NO production and antioxidant deficiency.


2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Toru Kawada ◽  
Takuya Nishikawa ◽  
Satoru Suehara ◽  
Satoshi Sawada ◽  
Tetsuo Tanaka ◽  
...  

AbstractPrimary acute sympathetic activation (PASA) causes a subsequent arterial pressure (AP) elevation. In this case, an antidiuretic effect via the renal innervation and pressure diuresis can act antagonistically on the kidneys. We examined the effect of PASA on urine output in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) 4–7 days after unilateral renal denervation (RDN) (n = 9). The slope of the plot of urine flow versus AP was positive (0.120 ± 0.031 μL min−1 kg−1 mmHg−1) on the intact side, but it was less than 1/3 of the slope observed previously in normotensive Wistar–Kyoto rats (WKY). RDN did not normalize the slope of urine flow versus AP (0.179 ± 0.025 μL min−1 kg−1 mmHg−1, P = 0.098 versus the intact side). The urine flow at the operating point of the AP tended to be greater on the denervated than the intact side (29.0 ± 1.8 vs. 25.3 ± 1.9 μL min−1 kg−1, P = 0.055). The percent increase (17.2 ± 7.2%) was not different from that observed previously in WKY. Although high-resting sympathetic nerve activity is prerequisite for maintaining hypertension in SHR, the effect of sympathetic innervation on the urine output function was not greater than that in WKY.


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