title: Urinary PGE2 in rats with chronic partial unilateral ureteral obstruction.
abstract: Urinary prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) was measured in Munich-Wistar rats with surgically created chronic partial unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO). Mean values of bladder urine PGE2 were higher in sham than in UUO (24.5 +/- 14.4 vs 12.9 +/- 8.2 ng/mg creatinine, respectively, P less than 0.05). Following diuresis, both ureters were cannulated and urine was collected. PGE2 excretion was increased in sham (66.5 +/- 34.4 and 70.1 +/- 44.5 ng/mg creatinine, left and right, respectively). But in UUO, the obstructed kidney excreted less PGE2 than the contralateral kidney (32.1 +/- 6.0 vs 62.3 +/- 40.4 ng/mg creatinine, obstructed vs contralateral, respectively, P = 0.08). PGE2 synthesis was then determined in separated renal medullary and cortical slices. Renal medullary slices from kidneys with severe obstruction synthesized less PGE2 than the contralateral unobstructed side (3.30 +/- 1.22 vs 10.52 +/- 3.23 ng/mg wet wt-30 min, respectively, P less than 0.05) and failed to respond to arachidonic acid stimulation with any significant increase in PGE2 synthesis (3.30 +/- 1.22 vs 4.47 +/- 1.04 ng/mg wet wt-30 min, baseline vs stimulated). In contrast, contralateral unobstructed kidney slices responded with a significant increase in PGE2 synthesis (10.52 +/- 3.23 vs 21.10 +/- 2.50 ng/mg wet wt-30 min, baseline vs stimulated, P less than 0.05). We conclude that chronic partial UUO in the Munich-Wistar rats resulted in significantly less PGE2 elaboration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri 63104.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Sankari
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Steinhardt
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salinas-Madrigal
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Spry
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine*; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000473:pathology / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D015232:Dinoprostone