Jpn. J. Pharmacol. 69, 149-158 (1995)


Increase in vascular sensitivity to angiotensin II and norepinephrine after four-day infusion of 0.3 M sodium chloride in conscious kininogen-deficient Brown Norway Katholiek rats

Masataka Majima, Keiichi Adachi, Yoshikazu Kuribayashi, Susumu Mizogami and Makoto Katori

Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 228, Japan

Abstract: Kininogen-deficient Brown Norway Katholiek (deficient BN-Ka) rats excreted a small amount of kinin in their urine, compared with normal BN Kitasato (normal BN-Ki) rats from the same strain. Intraarterial (i.a.) infusion (6 ml/kg/hr) of conscious deficient BN-Ka rats with 0.15 M NaCl did not increase mean arterial blood pressure (MBP) [from 103+-2 (pre) to 93+-6 mmHg (day 4)] and did not cause sodium accumulation in the serum, cerebrospinal fluid or erythrocytes, but 0.3 M NaCl infusion significantly increased MBP from 104+-3 (pre) to 130+-5 mmHg (day 4) with increased sodium levels in the serum, cerebrospinal fluid and erythrocytes. Infusion of 0.3 M NaCl in normal BN-Ki rats neither increased MBP nor accumulated sodium. The dose-response curve of the increase in MBP for angiotensin II injection (i.a., bolus, 1-1000 pmol/kg) in 0.3 M NaCl-infused deficient BN-Ka rats shifted to the left by a factor of 10 compared with that in 0.15 M NaCl-infused deficient BK-Ka rats, and that for norepinephrine injection shifted to the left by a factor of 30. Normal BN-Ki rats did not show any enhancement in MBP elevation with 0.3 M NaCl. These results suggest that the sodium accumulation attributable to a lack of kinin generation may be related to increased vascular reactivity to angiotensin II and norepinephrine.

Keywords: Sodium accumulation, Kininogen-deficient rat, Angiotensin II, Norepinephrine, Vasoconstriction


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