Affiliation:
1. Department of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Abstract
To examine the role of the sympathetic nervous system in hypertension, the in vitro activity of tyrosine hydroxylase was examined in one-kidney, one clip (1K1C) and two-kidney, one clip (2K1C) hypertensive rabbits and their respective controls 2 weeks after surgical procedures. The in vitro activity of tyrosine hydroxylase provides a measure of catecholamine synthesis and serves as a biochemical index of activity of noradrenergic neurons and the adrenal medulla. Mean atrial pressure rose from 91.5 +/- 1.0 to 128.5 +/- 5.6 mm Hg (p less than 0.01) in the 1K1C group and from 91.8 +/- 1.3 to 106.5 +/- 5.0 mm Hg (p less than 0.02) in the 2K1C group, whereas no change in blood pressure was found in their respective controls. Adrenal tyrosine hydroxylase activity was increased 85% in the 1K1C group, as compared with values in one-kidney controls (from 11.8 +/- 1.5 to 21.8 +/- 1.1 pmol CO2/min/mg; p less than 0.0002), and was increased 49% in the 2K1C group, as compared with values in two-kidney controls (from 8.01 +/- 1.2 to 11.9 +/- 1.1 pmol CO2/min/mg; p less than 0.02). In the 1K1C group, proximal mesenteric tyrosine hydroxylase activity was decreased 46% compared with values in one-kidney controls (from 23.5 +/- 5.0 to 12.8 +/- 2.5 pmol CO2/min/mg; p less than 0.03) and distal mesenteric tyrosine hydroxylase activity was decreased 42% (from 7.73 +/- 1.2 to 4.46 +/- 0.8 pmol CO2/min/mg; p less than 0.03). In the 2K1C group, neither proximal nor distal mesenteric tyrosine hydroxylase activity was altered. Tyrosine hydroxylase activity was not detectable in the femoral arteries, or in the thoracic and abdominal aorta.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
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