期刊名称：Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
印刷版ISSN：0301-4800
电子版ISSN：1881-7742
出版年度：2004
卷号：50
期号：4
页码：277-282
DOI：10.3177/jnsv.50.277
出版社：Center for Academic Publications Japan
摘要：Endogenous natriuretic factors are believed to be responsible for extracellular fluid homeostasis in mammals. A new endogenous natriuretic factor, Loma Linda Univer-sity-alpha (LLU-α) has recently been proven to be a 2, 7, 8-trimethyl-2-(2'-carboxyethyl)-6-hydroxychroman (γ-CEHC), which is a metabolite of γ-tocopherol (γ-Toc). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether γ-Toc could accelerate sodium excretion into rat urine as a natriuretic hormone precursor. Male SD strain rats were divided into two groups; one was a control diet group, while the other was a high NaCI group (50g/kg diet). Next, the two groups were each subdivided into two groups consisting of a placebo group and a γ-Toc group. After the oral administration of one experimental dose of 20mg γ-Toc or placebo, rat urine was collected at 6h intervals for 24h, and then the urine volume, sodium and potas-sium and γ-CEHC content were determined, γ-Toc increased in the urine volume of the high-NaCl intake group. The sodium excretion in the high-NaCl group given γ-Toc was 8.29±2.20g, while in the control group given γ-Toc it was 6.24±1.49g from 12-18h. In contrast, the potassium excretion in the rat urine did not change in any of the groups. Our findings suggested that γ-Toc accelerates the degree of sodium excretion in rats with a high sodium intake.
