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1Department of Nephrology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91054 Erlangen; 2Department of Chemistry and Physics, Federal Center for Meat Research, D-95326 Kulmbach; Departments of 3Physiology and 4Biochemistry, Free University of Berlin, D-14195 Berlin; and 5Franz Volhard Clinic HELIOS Klinikum-Berlin and Max Delbrück Center, Medical Faculty of the Charité, D-13125 Berlin, Germany
Submitted 27 May 2003 ; accepted in final form 24 July 2003
Compared with age-matched men, women are resistant to the hypertensive effects of dietary NaCl; however, after menopause, the incidence of salt-sensitive hypertension is similar in women and men. We recently suggested that osmotically inactive Na+ storage contributes to the development of salt-sensitive hypertension. The connective tissues, including those immediately below the skin that may serve as a reservoir for osmotically inactive Na+ storage, are affected by menopause. We tested the hypothesis that ovariectomy (OVX) might reduce osmotically inactive Na+ storage capacity in the body, particularly in the skin. Male, female-fertile, and female OVX Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were fed a high (8%)- or low (0.1%)-NaCl diet. The groups received the diet for 4 or 8 wk. At the end of the experiment, subgroups received 0.9% saline infusion and urinary Na+ and K+ excretion was measured. Wet and dry weight (DW), water content in the body and skin, total body Na+ (rTBNa+) and skin Na+ (rSKNa+) content were measured relative to DW by desiccation and dry ashing. There were no gender differences in osmotically inactive Na+ storage in SD rats. All SD rats accumulated Na+ if fed 8% NaCl, but rTBNa+ was lower in OVX rats than in fertile rats on a low (P < 0.001)- and a high (P < 0.05)-salt diet. OVX decreased rSKNa+ (P < 0.01) in the rats. A high-salt diet led to Na+ accumulation (
SKNa+) in the skin in all SD rats. Osmotically inactive skin Na+ accumulation was 
66% of SKNa+ in female and 82% in male-fertile rats, but there was no osmotically inactive Na+ accumulation in OVX rats fed 8% NaCl. We conclude that skin is an osmotically inactive Na+ reservoir that accumulates Na+ when dietary NaCl is excessive. OVX leads to an acquired reduction of osmotically inactive Na+ storage in SD rats that predisposes the rats to volume excess despite a reduced Na+ content relative to body weight.
ovariectomy; sodium reservoir; total body sodium; Dahl rats; hypertension
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