title: Alleviation of experimental ischemic acute renal failure by dimethyl sulfoxide.
abstract: Acute, ischemic renal failure was induced in rats by clamping of the renal vessels for 1 h. Following the termination of the ischemic period 5 g/kg of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) were administered intravenously as a 20% solution in saline. Control animals received normal saline. There were not deaths among the DMSO-treated animals. Urine flow began within 15 min of DMSO infusion. 24 h after the experiment the mean blood urea was 73 +/- (SEM) 14 mg/100 ml (n = 29). All the control rats died during the week following the experiment. The mean blood urea at 24 h was 276 +/- 18 mg/100 ml (n = 20). In 10 additional animals perfusion of the kidney with DMSO prior to the closure of renal vessels protected the organ from ischemic damage. These experiments have a bearing on the therapeutic approach to ischemic renal failure in man, and on preservation methods of donor kidneys for transplantation.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014508:Urea; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide