title: Early metabolic effects of hypotension on rat kidney.
abstract: Saturation-transfer phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance (STNMR) has been applied to the rat kidney in vivo. The rate of renal metabolism determined by this method compares favorably with the renal oxygen consumption, assuming an ATP:oxygen ratio of 2. Hemorrhagic hypotension resulted in a 20% fall in renal blood flow and a significant fall in oxygen consumption. The rate of renal metabolism fell by 50%. This rate of ATP synthesis was below that required to maintain a normal [ATP], but renal [Pi] was not increased. When renal perfusion was reduced by 60%, intrarenal [Pi] rose. When [P1] was elevated, the method os STNMR no longer gave a reliable measure of the rate ATP synthesis, indicating that this new Pi pool was not in rapid chemical exchange with ATP. STNMR represents a useful noninvasive means of monitoring renal metabolic rate, with limitations due to insensitivity and the existence of multiple pools of intrarenal Pi.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yahaya
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Holloway
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D007022:Hypotension / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012079:Renal Circulation
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate