title: The characteristics of renal hemodynamics in diabetic spontaneously hypertensive rats in comparison with diabetic Wistar-Kyoto rats.
abstract: Diabetic Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats are known to exhibit renal hyperfiltration and hyperperfusion accompanied by renal hypertrophy. We examined whether such characteristics of renal hemodynamics in diabetic SD rats are also observed in diabetic spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. SHR and WKY rats were divided into four groups: D-S, diabetic SHR; N-S, nondiabetic SHR; D-W, diabetic WKY rats; and N-W, nondiabetic WKY rats. Streptozotocin (STZ), 90 mg, was intraperitoneally injected to induce diabetes. Renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were measured by a clearance method with paraaminohypurate and insulin, respectively, 7-12 days after diabetes induction. In D-S and D-W, there was no increase in the kidney weight and RBF, in spite of significant increases in GFR and fasting blood sugar levels. These results indicate that, in both WKY and SHR, diabetes does not always produce renal hypertrophy and does not result in an increase in RBF.
authors.affiliation: Kidney Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaizu
authors.forename: Q Y
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uriu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Komine
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006400:Hematocrit; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009929:Organ Size; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012079:Renal Circulation; D013045:Species Specificity; D014655:Vascular Resistance
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose