Water and sodium intake induced by water deprivation in high fat diet ovariectomized rats with 17-beta-estradiol replacement
Authors: Colombari Debora , Sá Jessica , Deróbio Helena , Lucera Gabriela , Menani Jose , Colombari Eduardo , Varanda Tais 
Published: May 2023

Water deprivation (WD) is a common situation in nature and induces water and sodium intake. In ovariectomized female rats, the replacement with 17β-estradiol (E2) reduces the water and sodium intake induced by WD. Experimentally, obesity reduces daily water intake and WD-induced water intake in male rats. Since the increased rates of obesity in females after menopause, we aimed to verify the WD-induced water and 0.3 M NaCl intake in standard diet (SD, 11% calories from fat) and HFD (45% calories from fat) female OVX rats with or without E2 replacement. Female Holtzman rats (260 –300g) at week 0 underwent OVX and part of the SD and HFD fed rats received in the 4th week a mini-pump with E2 (10μg/day/rat) for the next 4 weeks, resulting in 4 groups: SD-OVX (n=12), SD-OVX+E2 (n=8), HFD-OVX (n=13), HFD-OVX+E2 (n=8). We used WD-partial rehydration protocol to induce thirst and sodium appetite. Briefly, rats were maintained during 24 h with access to only food pellets. After this, WD rats were allowed to drink only water for 2 h until satiety and then animals had access to a 0.3 M NaCl for a salt appetite test (2 h). The fluid intake is expressed in ml/100 g of body weight. At the 6th week after OVX and diet (HFD or SD), daily water intake was reduced in HFD-OVX compared to week 0 (5.7 ± 0.5 vs. week 0: 8.9 ± 0.5 ml/24 h, p < 0.05) returning to baseline levels after E2 administration (7.9 ± 0.9 ml/24 h). Conversely, 0.3 M NaCl intake was increased in HFD-OVX rats (4.5 ± 1.1 vs. week 0: 1.4 ± 0.4 ml/24 h, p, 0.05) and reduced after E2 replacement. Daily water and sodim intake were greater in HFD-OVX than SD-OVX rats before E2 replacement. After WD, HFD-OVX rats ingested less water than SD-OVX rats (3.1 ± 0.2 vs. SD-OVX: 4.1 ± 0.3 ml/2 h; p < 0.05) and E2 did not significant change this response in SD or HFD OVX rats. There was no significant change in 0.3 M NaCl intake induce by WD between SD-OVX and HFD-OVX rats (SD-OVX: 2.0 ± 0.2 and HFD-OVX: 1.4 ± 0.2 ml/2h; p = 0.08). However, the sodium intake induce by WD in SD-OVX rats was reduced by E2 (1.2 ± 0.2 vs. SD-OVX; p < 0.05) and a natriorexigenic response was observed in HFD-OVX+E2 rats (2.1 ± 0.2 vs. HFD-OVX; p < 0.05). The increase in visceral adipose tissues in HFD-OVX was reversed in HFD-OVX-E2 group and uterus weight was greater in OVX SD and HFD groups after E2 treatment. These results demonstrated that obesity induces a decrease in daily water and increase in daily sodium intake in OVX rats. E2 treatment can restore these effects. In additon, HFD-OVX rats drank less water induce by WD, which was restored by E2 treatment. Finally, in HFD fed female OVX rats, E2 have an excitatory effect on WD-induced sodium intake, as oppose to the well known anti-dipsogenic effect of E2 in SD-OVX rats under WD.

Support: CAPES, FAPESP, CNPq. Nothing to disclose

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