Effects of SCN lesions on circadian blood pressure rhythm in normotensive and transgenic hypertensive rats. 1998

K Witte, and A Schnecko, and R M Buijs, and J van der Vliet, and E Scalbert, and P Delagrange, and B Guardiola-Lemaître, and B Lemmer
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany.

Transgenic hypertensive TGR(mREN2)27 (TGR) rats, carrying an additional mouse renin gene, have been found to show inverse circadian blood pressure profiles compared to normotensive Sprague-Dawley rats. In order to evaluate the contributions of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) and the neurohormone melatonin to cardiovascular circadian regulation in TGR(mREN2)27 rats and Sprague-Dawley (SPRD) controls, we investigated the effects of melatonin agonist and antagonist treatment in SCN-lesioned and nonlesioned rats, which were kept under conditions of alternating light and darkness (LD). After destruction of the SCN, circadian rhythmicity in blood pressure, heart rate (HR), and motor activity (MA) was almost abolished in rats of both strains. One week of treatment with a synthetic melatonin agonist S-21634 was not able to restore circadian variation in the parameters monitored. In nonlesioned TGR(mREN2)27 rats and Sprague-Dawley control rats, the melatonin antagonist S-22365 had no suppressive effect on LD-synchronized circadian rhythmicity, indicating that LD itself may have a stronger influence on the SCN than endogenous melatonin.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006973 Hypertension Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more. Blood Pressure, High,Blood Pressures, High,High Blood Pressure,High Blood Pressures
D008027 Light That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range. Light, Visible,Photoradiation,Radiation, Visible,Visible Radiation,Photoradiations,Radiations, Visible,Visible Light,Visible Radiations
D008297 Male Males
D008550 Melatonin A biogenic amine that is found in animals and plants. In mammals, melatonin is produced by the PINEAL GLAND. Its secretion increases in darkness and decreases during exposure to light. Melatonin is implicated in the regulation of SLEEP, mood, and REPRODUCTION. Melatonin is also an effective antioxidant.
D009043 Motor Activity Body movements of a human or an animal as a behavioral phenomenon. Activities, Motor,Activity, Motor,Motor Activities
D012083 Renin A highly specific (Leu-Leu) endopeptidase that generates ANGIOTENSIN I from its precursor ANGIOTENSINOGEN, leading to a cascade of reactions which elevate BLOOD PRESSURE and increase sodium retention by the kidney in the RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM. The enzyme was formerly listed as EC 3.4.99.19. Angiotensin-Forming Enzyme,Angiotensinogenase,Big Renin,Cryorenin,Inactive Renin,Pre-Prorenin,Preprorenin,Prorenin,Angiotensin Forming Enzyme,Pre Prorenin,Renin, Big,Renin, Inactive
D001794 Blood Pressure PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS. Systolic Pressure,Diastolic Pressure,Pulse Pressure,Pressure, Blood,Pressure, Diastolic,Pressure, Pulse,Pressure, Systolic,Pressures, Systolic
D002940 Circadian Rhythm The regular recurrence, in cycles of about 24 hours, of biological processes or activities, such as sensitivity to drugs or environmental and physiological stimuli. Diurnal Rhythm,Nyctohemeral Rhythm,Twenty-Four Hour Rhythm,Nycthemeral Rhythm,Circadian Rhythms,Diurnal Rhythms,Nycthemeral Rhythms,Nyctohemeral Rhythms,Rhythm, Circadian,Rhythm, Diurnal,Rhythm, Nycthemeral,Rhythm, Nyctohemeral,Rhythm, Twenty-Four Hour,Rhythms, Circadian,Rhythms, Diurnal,Rhythms, Nycthemeral,Rhythms, Nyctohemeral,Rhythms, Twenty-Four Hour,Twenty Four Hour Rhythm,Twenty-Four Hour Rhythms
D003624 Darkness The absence of light. Darknesses
D006339 Heart Rate The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute. Cardiac Rate,Chronotropism, Cardiac,Heart Rate Control,Heartbeat,Pulse Rate,Cardiac Chronotropy,Cardiac Chronotropism,Cardiac Rates,Chronotropy, Cardiac,Control, Heart Rate,Heart Rates,Heartbeats,Pulse Rates,Rate Control, Heart,Rate, Cardiac,Rate, Heart,Rate, Pulse

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