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Behavioral, metabolic, and renal outcomes of 1-month isolation in adolescent male Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2020 Dec 01;319(6):R684-R689

Date

10/15/2020

Pubmed ID

33052061

Pubmed Central ID

PMC7792816

DOI

10.1152/ajpregu.00236.2020

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85098454395 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   4 Citations

Abstract

Social contact deficit is considered a stressful circumstance associated with various neural, hormonal, genetic, immune, and behavioral effects. A growing body of clinical and basic science evidence suggests that social isolation is linked to a higher risk of various neurological, cardiovascular, and metabolic diseases, including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and obesity. However, the impact of the deficit of social interaction on kidney function is not well established. The Dahl salt-sensitive (SS) rat is a classical model of salt-induced hypertension and associated kidney injury. In this study, we investigated the effect of 30 days of social isolation (SI) on blood and urine electrolytes and metabolic, physiological, and behavioral parameters in adolescent male Dahl SS rats fed a normal 0.4% NaCl diet. SI rats demonstrated increased behavioral excitability compared with rats kept in groups. We also observed increased food consumption and a decrease in plasma leptin levels in the SI group without differences in water intake and weight gain compared with grouped animals. No changes in the level of blood and urine electrolytes, 24-h urine output, creatinine clearance, and albumin/creatinine ratio were identified between the SI and grouped rats. These findings indicate that 30 days of social isolation of adolescent Dahl SS rats affects metabolic parameters but has no apparent influence on kidney function.

Author List

Nikolaienko O, Isaeva E, Levchenko V, Palygin O, Staruschenko A

Author

Olena Isaeva PhD Assistant Professor in the Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Age Factors
Animals
Behavior, Animal
Biomarkers
Eating
Energy Metabolism
Kidney
Leptin
Male
Rats, Inbred Dahl
Social Isolation
Sodium Chloride, Dietary
Time Factors
Weight Gain