title: Protective effects of hydralazine in a renal ischemia model in the rat.
abstract: Renal ischemia was produced in anesthetized rats by a bilateral ligation of the renal artery, vein, and ureter. Pretreatment with hydralazine (0.3-10.0 mg/kg i.v.) resulted in a dose dependent reduction in elevated plasma creatinine levels 24 hr after a 60 min ischemic episode, indicating a protective effect on post-ischemic renal function. Hydralazine (3.0 mg/kg, i.v.) produced a fall in arterial blood pressure and exaggerated and/or extended post-ischemic depressions in renal blood flow, renal transport activity (in vitro para-aminohippurate uptake) and renal ATP levels. These results indicate that the hypotensive activity of hydralazine may have indirectly benefited the post-ischemic kidney by prolonging a relative anoxic condition which possibly allowed renal cells to recover under conditions where minimal tubular activity was present.
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D006830:Hydralazine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007511:Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D010130:p-Aminohippuric Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D006830:Hydralazine; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D003404:Creatinine; D010130:p-Aminohippuric Acid