Comparison of acute rapamycin nephrotoxicity with cyclosporine and FK506
Comparison of acute rapamycin nephrotoxicity with cyclosporine and FK506
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DOI:
10.1038/ki.1996.417
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发表时间:
1996-10-01
影响因子:
19.6
通讯作者:
Bennett, WM
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作者:
Andoh, TF;Burdmann, EA;Bennett, WM
Acute cyclosporine (CsA) nephrotoxicity is characterized by a reduction of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), hypomagnesemia and tubular injury. The mechanisms of CsA's immunosuppressive action and presumably its nephrotoxicity are mediated through inhibition of the renal phosphatase, calcineurin. FK506 (FK), which has a different chemical structure and binding immunuophilin, also inhibits calcineurin, We compared the renal effects of these drugs to those of rapamycin (RAPA), which although similar in structure and intracellular binding to FK, does not work by changing calcineurin activity. Rats were given CsA (15 mg/kg/s.c.), FK (6 mg/kg/p.o.). RAPA (3 mg/kg/p.o.) or vehicle (V) for two weeks on a low salt diet. CsA and FK strikingly decreased urinary excretion of nitric oxide, renal blood How and GFR, whereas RAPA did not. In contrast, all these three drugs caused significant hypomagnesemia associated with inappropriately high fractional excretion of magnesium, suggesting renal magnesium wasting. In addition, with all three drugs there were lesions in the rat kidneys consisting of tubular collapse, vacuolization and nephrocalcinosis. We thus showed that only the calcineurin inhibitors produced glomerular dysfunction in an acute experimental model of nephrotoxicity. The mechanism of hypomagnesemia and tubular injury induced by all three immunosuppressive drags is unclear but may be independent of calcineurin. The mechanism of renal vasoconstriction on the other hand mag. be related to inhibition of calcineurin.