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To determine whether renal sensory afferent impulses contribute to neuroadrenergic activation and the pathogenesis of hypertension in rats with chronic renal failure.

April 1, 1995Hypertension

Renal Afferent Denervation Prevents Hypertension in Rats With Chronic Renal Failure

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VCVito M. CampeseUniversity of Southern California EKElla KogosovUniversity of California, Los Angeles

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Experimental study reveals that renal afferent denervation prevents hypertension in rats with chronic renal failure, indicating kidney sensory signaling drives central sympathetic overactivity.

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To determine whether renal sensory afferent impulses contribute to neuroadrenergic activation and the pathogenesis of hypertension in rats with chronic renal failure.
Sprague-Dawley rats underwent 5/6 nephrectomy to induce chronic renal failure or sham surgery, alongside bilateral dorsal rhizotomy (T10–L2) to sever renal afferent nerves or sham rhizotomy.
Neuroadrenergic activity across hypothalamic nuclei, the locus ceruleus, and the nucleus tractus solitarius was evaluated by measuring endogenous norepinephrine levels and turnover rates following synthesis inhibition with α-methyl-dl-p-tyrosine methyl ester hydrochloride.
In chronic renal failure rats with intact afferents, norepinephrine turnover was significantly accelerated (P < .01) in the posterior hypothalamic nuclei (15.3±1.61 vs 4.1±0.51 nmol·g⁻¹·h⁻¹), lateral hypothalamic nuclei (11.7±2.12 vs 4.7±0.77 nmol·g⁻¹·h⁻¹), and locus ceruleus (26.6±2.42 vs 5.1±1.13 nmol·g⁻¹·h⁻¹) compared to rhizotomized uremic rats.
Bilateral dorsal rhizotomy largely prevented the development of hypertension and normalized central norepinephrine turnover rates, while turnover rates in the anterior hypothalamic nuclei and nucleus tractus solitarius remained unchanged across all groups.

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Campese et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7012a635aa2c282ce15f46 https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.25.4.878

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Experimental study reveals that renal afferent denervation prevents hypertension in rats with chronic renal failure, indicating kidney sensory signaling drives central sympathetic overactivity.

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