Transfer of a salt-resistant renin allele raises blood pressure in Dahl salt-sensitive rats
Transfer of a salt-resistant renin allele raises blood pressure in Dahl salt-sensitive rats
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DOI:
10.1161/01.hyp.29.2.619
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发表时间:
1997-02-01
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8.3
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Roman, RJ
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作者:
Jiang, J;Stec, DE;Roman, RJ
To evaluate the role of the renin gene in the development of hypertension in Dahl salt-sensitive rats (SS/Jr/Hsd), we derived a congenic strain of rats homozygous for the salt-resistant renin allele (S/ren(ss)) and compared them with a control strain homozygous for the salt-sensitive renin allele (S/ren(ss)). Mean arterial pressure was significantly higher in 12-week-old S/ren(ss) rats fed a high salt (8.0%) diet for 3 weeks than in S/ren(ss) rats or in SS/Jr/Hsd rats rederived from the foundation colony we used to generate the congenic strain (195+/-3 [n=49] versus 168+/-3 [n=17] or 161+/-3 [n=16] mm Hg). Mean arterial pressure was also higher in S/ren(ss) rats than in S/ren(ss) rats raised from birth on either a very low salt (0.1%) diet (119+/-9 [n=6] versus 100+/-7 [n=4] mm Hg) or a low salt (0.4%) diet (143+/-1 [n=22] versus 117+/-3 [n=10] mm Hg). Plasma renin activity of S/ren(ss) rats was significantly higher than that of S/ren(ss) rats fed a very low salt diet (5.7+/-2.0 Versus 1.8+/-0.3 ng angiotensin I/mL per hour), a low salt diet (4.4+/-1.0 Versus 1.1+/-0.3), or a high salt diet (1.5+/-0.2 versus 0.9+/-0.1). Urinary protein excretion was greater in S/ren(ss) rats than in S/ren(ss) rats fed a high salt diet (244.2+/-48.5 versus 43.6+/-19.5 mg/24 h), and this was associated with significant reductions in renal blood flow (3.3+/-0.6 versus 4.6+/-0.5 mL/min per gram kidney weight) and glomerular filtration rate (0.49+/-0.11 versus 0.82+/-0.08 ml/min per gram kidney weight). Captopril (20 mg/kg IV) had no effect on blood pressure in S/ren(ss) rats fed a low salt diet, but it lowered blood pressure by 20 mm Hg in S/ren(ss) rats to the same level seen in untreated S/ren(ss) rats. Chronic administration of captopril (5 mg/100 mL drinking water) reduced blood pressure in S/ren(ss) rats fed a high salt diet (170+/-5 mm Hg) to the same level seen in untreated S/ren(ss) rats, whereas it had no significant effect on blood pressure in S/ren(ss) rats. These results indicate that transfer of a salt-resistant renin allele to SS/Jr/Hsd rats raises plasma renin activity and augments the severity of hypertension and renal disease.