title: Effects of cysteine and diethylmaleate pretreatments on renal function and response to a nephrotoxicant.
abstract: The effects of treatment with either cysteine (2 X 150 mg/kg) or diethylmaleate (0.7 ml/kg) on renal function and response to the nephrotoxicant hexachloro-1,3-butadiene (HCBD) were examined. Cysteine caused oliguria, blocked the polyuric and glucosuric effects of HCBD and attenuated the reduction of urine osmolality. Diethylmaleate (DEM) decreased urine osmolality; further decreases of urine osmolality were not seen after HCBD. DEM pretreatment increased HCBD-induced proteinuria. HCBD-induced elevation of plasma creatinine concentration was not affected by either of the pretreatments whereas the plasma urea nitrogen concentration was greater in the DEM-pretreated group. The latter may represent an effect of DEM on non-filtration handling of urea. The results suggest that cysteine and diethylmaleate each have effects on kidney function which alter the response of the nephron tubule to a subsequently administered toxic agent.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D002070:Butadienes / Q000633:toxicity*; D003545:Cysteine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006029:Glycosuria / Q000139:chemically induced; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008298:Maleates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000139:chemically induced; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002070:Butadienes; D008298:Maleates; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; C001335:hexachlorobutadiene; C014476:diethyl maleate; D003545:Cysteine