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- Title
The effect of NaCl on the level of reduced sulfur compounds in rat liver. Implications for blood pressure increase.
- Authors
Iciek, Małgorzata; Kotańska, Magdalena; Knutelska, Joanna; Bednarski, Marek; Zygmunt, Małgorzata; Kowalczyk-Pachel, Danuta; Bilska-Wilkosz, Anna; Górny, Magdalena; Sokołowska-Jeżewicz, Maria
- Abstract
Background: It is commonly known that excessive salt intake is a risk factor of hypertension. Currently, there is an increasing interest in reduced reactive sulfur species (RSS), mainly H2S and sulfane sulfur (SS) as new gasotransmitters showing vasorelaxant properties. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of repeated administration of low sodium chloride dose included in physiological saline on blood pressure, on the level of RSS and activity of enzymes involved in their biosynthesis in the rat. Methods: Two separate experiments were carried out on male Wistar rats: one with intravenous injections of saline and the second one with intraperitoneal saline injections. Blood pressure was measured during the experiment. The level of RSS and other biochemical assays were conducted in the rat liver, because of an intense cysteine metabolism to RSS in this organ. Results: Intravenous administration of saline induced a significant increase in systolic blood pressure while intraperitoneal injections showed only a tendency towards increasing blood pressure. The RSS (H2S and SS) level as well as the activity of the main enzyme responsible for their production in the liver of animals after iv saline injections were decreased. Animals injected with physiological saline by ip route did not reveal any statistically significant differences in SS, H2S, and activities of sulfurtransferases, although a tendency to decrease in the RSS was observed. Conclusions: The repeated iv saline injection induced a slight hypertension accompanied by disturbances in anaerobic cysteine metabolism in the rat liver.
- Publication
Advances in Hygiene & Experimental Medicine / Postepy Higieny i Medycyny Doswiadczalnej, 2017, Vol 71, p564
- ISSN
0032-5449
- Publication type
Article