title: Kidney cross transplants in Dahl salt-sensitive and salt-resistant rats.
abstract: Previous kidney cross-transplant studies have demonstrated that the genotype of the kidney plays a role in determining the blood pressure of the recipient in Dahl salt-sensitive (S) and salt-resistant (R) rats. The present studies were designed to elucidate this role. Kidney cross transplants were performed in unilaterally nephrectomized male recipients (John Rapp strains), such that each rat had a native kidney and a transplanted kidney of the opposite genotype. S and R rats with a native kidney and a transplanted kidney of the same genotype served as controls. After 4 wk on a 7.8% NaCl diet, rats were anesthetized and renal clearance studies were performed. S kidneys had lower glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal plasma flow (RPF) than R kidneys, and these differences were determined by the kidney's genotype rather than the recipient's, since S kidneys in R recipients tended to have lower GFR and RPF than R kidneys in S recipients. In contrast, independent of the kidney's genotype, the kidneys in S rats tended to have higher fractional excretion of H2O and Na (FEH2O and FENa) than the kidneys in R rats. Thus there were genetically determined differences in renal function between S and R rats; some (RPF and GFR) were intrinsic to the kidney, whereas others (FEH2O and FENa) were intrinsic to the host.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Churchill
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Churchill
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bidani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism*; D007444:Inulin / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012079:Renal Circulation; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010130:p-Aminohippuric Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride; D016572:Cyclosporine; D007444:Inulin; D010130:p-Aminohippuric Acid