title: Enalapril retards glomerular basement membrane thickening and albuminuria in the diabetic rat.
abstract: This study has evaluated the effects of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor Enalapril on glomerular ultrastructure and albuminuria in normotensive and hypertensive diabetic rats. Streptozotocin-diabetes was induced in Wistar Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rats. Enalapril was administered in drinking water in diabetic normotensive, control hypertensive and diabetic hypertensive rats. Enalapril therapy prevented an increase in glomerular basement membrane thickness in diabetic normotensive, control hypertensive and diabetic hypertensive rats without any significant effect on fractional mesangial volume. Enalapril decreased albuminuria in diabetic normotensive, control hypertensive and diabetic hypertensive rats. Thus, enalapril retards the development of glomerular basement membrane thickening and albuminuria in the rat, in the presence or absence of hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Macmillan
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jerums
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Doyle
mesh_terms: D000419:Albuminuria; D000818:Animals; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004656:Enalapril / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D004656:Enalapril