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To clarify the mechanism for cold-related thrombosis, we evaluated responses of blood pressure, platelet function, and sympathetic nervous activity after cold exposure in ten healthy male volunteers (33 +/- 2 years old). Mean blood pressure, beta-thromboglobulin, platelet factor 4, and plasma noradrenaline were increased after cold exposure associated with significant falls in skin, oral, and urine temperature. The increase in plasma noradrenaline significantly correlated with the change in platelet aggregation (3 microM ADP: r = 0.73, P less than .02, 3.0 micrograms/mL epinephrine: r = 0.65, P less than .05), and with mean blood pressure in the warn environment (r = 0.76, P less than .02). These results suggest that the cold-related increase in sympathetic nervous activity may contribute to enhancement of platelet function. This provides a possible explanation for the risk of thrombosis in cold weather in essential hypertension.

We designed this study to evaluate the effect of low versus high calcium intake on platelet function in salt-loaded patients with mild hypertension. After a 7-day period of dietary salt restriction, 19 patients were placed on a high salt (300 mmol/d), low calcium (6.25 mmol/d) diet for 7 days; 10 of these patients were given 54 mmol/d of supplementary calcium, and 9 patients were given placebo. At the end of the low and high salt regimens, we evaluated changes in blood pressure, platelet aggregation, and the platelet release reaction measured as plasma beta-thromboglobulin and platelet factor 4 levels. With high salt intake, significant increases in mean blood pressure (P < .02), red blood cell sodium (P < .01), and platelet aggregation induced by 3 mumol/L ADP (P < .01) and by 3.0 mg/L epinephrine (P < .05) were observed in the placebo-treated patients but not in the calcium-supplemented ones. Compared with the placebo-treated patients, calcium-supplemented patients had a smaller weight gain (P < .05) but excreted more sodium and calcium (P < .01) at the end of the high salt regimen. Calcium supplementation resulted in decreases in beta-thromboglobulin (P < .05), platelet factor 4 (P < .01), and plasma and urinary excretions of norepinephrine (P < .02) during the high salt, low calcium regimen. The decrease in plasma norepinephrine correlated positively with the decreases in beta-thromboglobulin (r = .72, P < .02) and platelet factor 4 (r = .85, P < .01).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of dietary variations of linoleic acid on the development of deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertension in rats. All rats were divided into three groups and fed one of the following isocaloric diets with 8% NaCl: a high linoleic acid (HLA) (20% sunflower oil), a moderate linoleic acid (5% lard oil+15% sunflower oil), or a low linoleic acid (DLA) (20% lard oil). After 4 weeks of feeding, we determined intraerythrocyte sodium, potassium, and magnesium concentrations, intra-aortic and lymphocyte magnesium content, and erythrocyte ouabain-sensitive "Na efflux rate constant. Cytoplasmic free calcium concentration of lymphocytes from thymus was also determined with quin-2 as a fluorescent indicator. In the HLA group, the elevation of systolic blood pressure was significantly attenuated, and intraerythrocyte sodium concentration was significantly lower than in the DLA group. There were greater intraerythrocyte potassium and magnesium concentrations, intra-aortic and lymphocyte magnesium contents, and erythrocyte ouabainsensitive u Na efflux rate constant in the HLA group as compared with other groups. Cytoplasmic free calcium concentration in the HLA group was significantly lower than in other groups. Systolic blood pressure significantly correlated negatively with intraerythrocyte and intra-aortic magnesium concentrations and intraerythrocyte potassium concentration, and correlated positively with cytoplasmic free calcium concentration. Erythrocyte ouabainsensitive a Na efflux rate constant significantly correlated positively with intraerythrocyte magnesium concentration. These findings suggest that dietary linoleic acid can attenuate the development of DOCA-salt hypertension. It is assumed that the mechanism of its hypotensive effect might be because of a decrease in intracellular sodium and calcium concentration and an increase in intracellular magnesium content, resulting in the elevation of sodium-potassium pump activity. (Hypertension 1990;15(suppl I):I-81-I-87)

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