Glomerular hemodynamic changes vs. hypertrophy in experimental glomerular sclerosis.
Glomerular hemodynamic changes vs. hypertrophy in experimental glomerular sclerosis.
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实验性肾小球硬化中的肾小球血流动力学变化与肥大。
DOI:
10.1038/ki.1989.35
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发表时间:
1989
影响因子:
19.6
通讯作者:
Ichikawa,I
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作者:
Yoshida,Y;Fogo,A;Ichikawa,I
Glomerular hemodynamic changes vs. hypertrophy in experimental glomerular sclerosis. In a variety of recent studies in animals with chronic renal diseases, investigators have found a tight correlation between the elevation in glomerular pressures and flows versus glomerular hypertrophy. To investigate a possible causal link between the glomerular hyperfunction and hypertrophy, we studied the functional and morphological sequelae of nephrectomy and those of unilateral ureteral diversion (UD) into the peritoneal cavity (that is, removal of renal clearance function while keeping the kidney tissue in situ). In all nine experimental groups of 54 Munich-Wistar rats, 2/3 of the renal mass was removed from the left kidney by ligation of two or three branches of the left renal artery. In addition, right nephrectomy (NPX) was performed in Groups 1B, 2B and 3B or UD in Groups 1C, 2C and 3C. The right kidney was left untouched in control groups, Groups 1A, 2A and 3A. Micropuncture measurements and histological studies were performed at four days (Groups 1A, 1B and 1C), two weeks (Groups 2A, 2B and 2C) or four weeks (Groups 3A, 3B and 3C). At both four days and two weeks, NPX and UD groups had marked and comparable degrees ofglomerular hypertension, hyperperfusion and hyperfiltration compared to the control group in the left kidney. Whereas the maximum planar area of glomeruli (PAmax) of the UD group assessed at four days and two weeks by serial section histological analysis remained at a level similar to that of the control group, PAmaxwas significantly increased in the NPX group. At four weeks, similar degrees of glomerular hypertension and hyperfiltration were again demonstrated in the left kidney of NPX and UD groups. However, whereas glomerular sclerosis (0 to 4 scale) assessed at four weeks was subtle in the control group (mean: 0.02) and in the UD group (mean: 0.19), a significantly and markedly higher sclerosis index (mean: 0.56) was noted in the NPX group. The results indicate that 1) physical loss of nephrons, in addition to loss of their excretory function, is required to trigger glomerular hypertrophy and sclerosis. 2) While glomerular hypertrophy appears to be an important step preceding glomerular sclerosis, glomerular hyperfunction alone does little to induce glomerular hypertrophy and sclerosis.