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Calcium Handling in Postganglionic Sympathetic Neurons is enhanced in Prehypertensive Spontaneously Hypertensive rat
Author(s) -
LI DAN,
LEE CHEEWAN,
BUCKLER KEITH,
PATERSON DAVID J
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.1027.4
Subject(s) - medicine , endocrinology , spontaneously hypertensive rat , calcium , blood pressure
Noradrenergic hyperactivity is associated with hypertension that may precede the developing of hypertension itself. We hypothesized that Ca 2+ signalling in sympathetic neurons is enhanced in young pre‐hypertensive spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). We measured depolarisation (high [K + ] 0 ) evoked Ca 2+ transient ([Ca 2+ ] i ) with fluorescence imaging using fura‐2 in superior cervical ganglia from age and gender matched hypertensive and normotensive Wistar‐Kyoto (WKY) rats. In 4‐7 day old rats, no difference was observed in [Ca 2+ ] i between the SHR and WKY. In contrast, among young pre‐hypertensive (4‐5 weeks old) rats, [Ca 2+ ] i were higher in the SHR (male: 1.39±0.11 μM; female: 1.21±0.05 μM) compared with the gender matched WKY (male: 1.08±0.13 μM, p<0.05; female: 1.07±0.05 μM, p<0.05). In adult (16‐18 weeks old) rats the [Ca 2+ ] i were also increased in the SHR (male: 1.82±0.06 μM; female: 1.58±0.07 μM) compared with the gender matched WKY (male: 1.59±0.09 μM, p<0.01; female: 1.12±0.06 µM, p<0.001). Interestingly, in the adult SHR and WKY, [Ca 2+ ] i was significantly higher in male. The overall responses are consistent with the hypothesis that enhanced Ca 2+ signalling may contribute to the noradrenergic hyperactivity that is seen before the onset of hypertension itself. This work was supported by British Heart Foundation and Welcome Trust.