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The effect of dietary salt on platelet function and Ca(2+) homeostasis was studied in Dahl (DS) rats, a genetic model of salt-sensitive hypertension. DS rats were fed a high-salt (DSHS) or a low-salt diet (DSLS) for up to 4 weeks, and the effects of salt loading on systolic blood pressure, platelet P-selectin expression, and platelet Ca(2+) homeostasis were measured. The high-salt diet increased blood pressure and markedly increased the amount of ionomycin (IM)-releasable Ca(2+) in platelet intracellular stores (Ca(2+)/IM). The alteration in Ca(2+) stores was not prevented when the hypertension was prevented by treatment with hydralazine and reserpine. The Ca(2+) store filling during platelet exposure to 1 mmol/L Ca(2+) for 5 minutes and the rate of sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic Ca(2+) ATPase-dependent Ca(45) uptake were higher in DSHS compared with that in DSLS. There was a decrease in thrombin-induced Ca(2+) influx in platelets from DSHS; consistent with this, agonist-induced P-selectin expression was decreased. In DSLS, nitric oxide accelerated reloading of platelet Ca(2+) stores after their emptying by thrombin but failed to do so in DSHS. These results indicate that in DS rats, a high-salt diet increases sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic Ca(2+) ATPase activity and the Ca(2+)/IM but decreases the reuptake of Ca(2+) caused by nitric oxide. Decreases in Ca(2+) influx and platelet P-selectin expression might be explained by changes in intracellular Ca(2+) stores in DSHS rats, which apparently is a heritable response to a high-salt diet.

Abnormal Platelet Function and Calcium Handling in Dahl Salt-Hypertensive Rats