INCREASED DIETARY CALCIUM LOWERS BLOOD-PRESSURE IN THE SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT
INCREASED DIETARY CALCIUM LOWERS BLOOD-PRESSURE IN THE SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT
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DOI:
10.1016/0026-0495(79)90136-7
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
AYACHI, S
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作者:
AYACHI, S
The effect of increased dietary Ca on the development of hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive (SH) rats was investigated by feeding lab show fortified with calcium carbonate (2.5% Ca, hCa [high Ca]) beginning at 4 wk of age. A control SH group was fed regular lab chow (1.2% Ca, rCa [regular calcium]). Two groups of age-matched Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats were treated in parallel. Systolic blood pressure (BP) was measured weekly until the age of 18 wk using a tail cuff method. The hCa diet significantly attenuated the time course of hypertension in SH rats even though both SH groups eventually developed hypertension. The hCa also lowered BP in WKYs, but to a lesser extent. Urine output (24 h volumes) was not affected by hCa, but in both SH and WKY groups fed the hCa diet, the excretion of Na+, K+ and Ca2+ was markedly elevated at 11, 15 and 19 wk of age. Urine osmolarity was also elevated. Plasma Na+, Ca2+ and osmolarity were not significantly altered by the diet in either SH or WKY rats; plasma K was significantly lower in the SH group fed the hCa diet than in the group given rCa. The hCa diet did not significantly affect the body or heart, kidney, adrenal or thymus weights. The hCa diet may attenuate genetic hypertension by inducing an osmotic diuresis.