TY - JOUR
T1 - Stress-induced changes in in vivo and in vitro dopamine-β-hydroxylase activity in spontaneously hypertensive rats
AU - Fujita, Keisuke
AU - Teradaira, Ryoji
AU - Inoue, Takashi
AU - Takahashi, Hisahide
AU - Beppu, Hidehiro
AU - Kawai, Kaoru
AU - Maruta, Kazuhiro
AU - Yagyu, Shigeru
AU - Nagatsu, Toshiharu
PY - 1982/12
Y1 - 1982/12
N2 - The in vivo dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DBH) activity in peripheral tissues of the whole animal and the in vitro DBH activity in serum, adrenal glands, peripheral sympathetically innervated tissue, and brain were examined in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) at 12 weeks of age before and after daily immobilization stress. In vitro DBH activity did not differ significantly between SHR and WKY before stress, but in vivo DBH activity in SHR was significantly lower than that in WKY. After repeated immobilization stress, in vivo DBH activity was significantly elevated only in SHR but not in WKY. In vitro DBH activity in serum, adrenal gland, vas deferens, and brain was also significantly increased in SHR, whereas that in WKY was increased only in adrenal glands. These results suggest that SHR at 12 weeks of age, when hypertension is established, may have even lower sympathetic nerve activity than WKY, and that after repeated stress the response of the sympatho-adrenal system is higher in SHR than in WKY.
AB - The in vivo dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DBH) activity in peripheral tissues of the whole animal and the in vitro DBH activity in serum, adrenal glands, peripheral sympathetically innervated tissue, and brain were examined in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) at 12 weeks of age before and after daily immobilization stress. In vitro DBH activity did not differ significantly between SHR and WKY before stress, but in vivo DBH activity in SHR was significantly lower than that in WKY. After repeated immobilization stress, in vivo DBH activity was significantly elevated only in SHR but not in WKY. In vitro DBH activity in serum, adrenal gland, vas deferens, and brain was also significantly increased in SHR, whereas that in WKY was increased only in adrenal glands. These results suggest that SHR at 12 weeks of age, when hypertension is established, may have even lower sympathetic nerve activity than WKY, and that after repeated stress the response of the sympatho-adrenal system is higher in SHR than in WKY.
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U2 - 10.1016/0006-2944(82)90088-6
DO - 10.1016/0006-2944(82)90088-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 7165744
AN - SCOPUS:0020469837
SN - 0006-2944
VL - 28
SP - 340
EP - 346
JO - Biochemical medicine
JF - Biochemical medicine
IS - 3
ER -