Chronic Aortic Barodenervation switches salt‐sensitive normotension to salt‐sensitive hypertension in rats

Abstract

Our prior (EB08 Abs.738.4) cross sectional study suggested that bilateral chronic aortic baroreceptor denervation (AD) induces salt‐sensitive normotension in rats. To assess this in depth, mean arterial pressure (MAP) was measured intra‐arterially over time (3 times) in two groups of conscious Wistar rats. The first time (PreDen) was measured in caudal artery before random sham (SH, n = 7) or real AD (n = 10); the second one was measured in left femoral artery after 7 days on low sodium diet (PostDen LNaD = 0.04% Na) and the third time was measured in right femoral artery after 21 days on high sodium diet (PostDen HNaD = 8% Na). The effectiveness of AD was judged by Box‐Cox transformation of PHE(1) and SNP (2) slope [((( [3 ‐ (HR2‐HR1/ MAP2‐MAP1)] −0.4) ‐1) / ‐0.046)] obtained in conscious state. Salt Sensitivity = SS = (PostDen HNaD MAP ‐ PostDen LNaD MAP, mmHg). Delta of MAP (PostDen MAP ‐ PreDen MAP, mmHg) on both LNaD and HNaD were calculated too. &p = 0.05, *p <0.003 vs SH and + p < 0.01, # p < 0.009 vs LNaD.PreDen PostDen PostDen SS Delta MAP DeltaMAPLNaD HNaD LNaD HNaDSH 105.0 114.0 122.0+ 7.7 9.0 16.7+±2.7 ±1.8 ±1.7 ±2.5 ±2.6 ±2.3AD 101.0 123.2& 134.5*# 11.3 22.2* 33.5*#±2.0 ±2.4 ±2.8 ±2.6 ±2.0 ±2.4ConclusionsWistar rats show salt‐sensitive normotension that chronic AD switches to salt‐sensitive hypertension. Supported by: CONACYT 62282