title: Acute adaptative changes to unilateral nephrectomy in humans.
abstract: Renal function was monitored in 20, living-related kidney donors before and after uninephrectomy. Urinary protein excretion and retinoid metabolism respectively were studied in 10 and 6 of these donors. The functional adaptation was characterized by an increase in glomerular filtration rate and tubular function, which began in the first two days after uninephrectomy. Changes in tubular function were also demonstrated by significant increases in the urinary excretion of beta 2 microglobulin (beta 2M), retinol binding protein (RBP), kappa and lambda light chains of immunoglobulins. In addition, a protein identical to or homologous to cellular retinoic acid binding protein (CRABP), appeared in the urine after nephrectomy. We did not find CRABP in serum samples either before or after nephrectomy, suggesting that urinary CRABP was synthesized by the remaining kidney. Increases in serum levels of Vitamin A and RBP were also observed in the post-nephrectomy period. These modifications in retinol metabolism suggest that these substances could have a role as renotropic growth factors in compensatory hypertrophy.
authors.affiliation: U 249 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Argiles
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mourad
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Basset
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Axelrud-Cavadore
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haiech
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mion
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cavadore
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Demaille
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003404:Creatinine / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000652:urine; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / Q000652:urine; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000378:metabolism; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin; D014212:Tretinoin; D003404:Creatinine