title: Amelioration of glycerol-induced acute renal failure in the rat with 8-phenyltheophylline: timing of intervention.
abstract: The importance of timing and duration of 8-phenyltheophylline (8-PT) administration in determining its beneficial action in glycerol-induced acute renal failure (ARF) was investigated by examining the effects of a single dose of 8-PT given immediately following (0 h) glycerol injection and at 1 and 3 h after glycerol injection. 8-PT when given at 0 h significantly lowered plasma urea and creatinine concentrations and significantly increased inulin clearance when compared both to untreated animals and those that received the vehicle for the drug. By contrast, 8-PT when administered at 1 h afforded no protective effect on renal function and, when injected at 3 h, the only significant effect was lowered plasma creatinine levels when compared to untreated rats; at this latter time it did not lower plasma urea levels or improve inulin clearance. None of the 8-PT injections attenuated the increase in kidney weight associated with ARF or reduced the kidney damage as assessed by histological examination. The results show that a single administration of 8-PT made immediately following glycerol injection can ameliorate the biochemical and functional indices of impaired renal function, but does not produce an improvement in kidney morphology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Bowmer
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Collis
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Yates
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005990:Glycerol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007444:Inulin; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013806:Theophylline / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D007444:Inulin; D003404:Creatinine; D013806:Theophylline; C028322:8-phenyltheophylline; D005990:Glycerol