PMID- 3963180 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19860515 LR - 20171213 IS - 0002-9513 (Print) IS - 0002-9513 (Linking) VI - 250 IP - 4 Pt 1 DP - 1986 Apr TI - Refined carbohydrate increases blood pressure and catecholamine excretion in SHR and WKY. PG - E381-5 AB - In spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and normotensive (WKY) rats fed different diets, blood pressure (BP) increased significantly in both strains when the carbohydrate (CHO) source was from refined rather than from natural ingredients. This BP increase was observed whether sucrose, glucose, or starch was the principal CHO. Urinary excretion of norepinephrine, dopamine, and, to some extent, epinephrine also increased, while myocardial concentrations were unaffected. Despite a comparable elevation of catecholamine excretion in both SHR and WKY rats fed high amounts of refined CHO, the BP increases were greater in the former. The strain differences were explained by the known dissimilar response of their blood vessels to catecholamines. The results suggest that BP elevation after high CHO ingestion is mediated via increased catecholamine production and/or release, thus implying a neurogenic mechanism. FAU - Fournier, R D AU - Fournier RD FAU - Chiueh, C C AU - Chiueh CC FAU - Kopin, I J AU - Kopin IJ FAU - Knapka, J J AU - Knapka JJ FAU - DiPette, D AU - DiPette D FAU - Preuss, H G AU - Preuss HG LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol JT - The American journal of physiology JID - 0370511 RN - 0 (Catecholamines) RN - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates) RN - AYI8EX34EU (Creatinine) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) RN - X4W3ENH1CV (Norepinephrine) RN - YKH834O4BH (Epinephrine) SB - IM MH - Age Factors MH - Animals MH - Blood Pressure/*drug effects MH - Body Weight MH - Catecholamines/*urine MH - Creatinine/urine MH - Dietary Carbohydrates/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Dopamine/urine MH - Drinking MH - Epinephrine/urine MH - Male MH - Norepinephrine/urine MH - Organ Size MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred SHR/*metabolism MH - Rats, Inbred Strains/*metabolism MH - Rats, Inbred WKY/*metabolism EDAT- 1986/04/01 00:00 MHDA- 1986/04/01 00:01 CRDT- 1986/04/01 00:00 PHST- 1986/04/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1986/04/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1986/04/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1152/ajpendo.1986.250.4.E381 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol. 1986 Apr;250(4 Pt 1):E381-5. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.1986.250.4.E381.