title: Sustained plasma fibrinogen elevation in subtotal nephrectomized rats: effect of cilazapril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.
abstract: The present study was undertaken to examine whether plasma fibrinogen persistently elevates in subtotal nephrectomized rats, an animal model with inflammatory renal changes. Eight weeks after the induction of 5/6 nephrectomy in male Wistar rats, plasma fibrinogen concentration was determined for the next 12 weeks in the animals received vehicle or an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, cilazapril (1 or 10 mg/kg per day) orally. In the vehicle-treated nephrectomized rats, plasma fibrinogen concentration significantly (P<0.001) increased (from 127.3 +/- 4.6 [S.E.M.] to 182.3 +/- 5.2 mg/dL) compared with that in the control rats (from 118.0 +/- 2.0 to 153.5 +/- 5.4 mg/dL). Cilazapril attenuated the increases in plasma fibrinogen concentration in a dose-dependent manner. Serum concentration of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, a key macrophage chemoattractant and activator, increased in the vehicle-treated nephrectomized rats, which was also reduced by cilazapril. These results suggest that plasma fibrinogen elevates persistently in the nephrectomized rats. Local inflammation may be involved in the hepatic fibrinogen synthesis in this model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Koh-Ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuruoka
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujimura
mesh_terms: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000097:blood; D017315:Cilazapril / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013997:Time Factors; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D017315:Cilazapril; D005340:Fibrinogen; D003404:Creatinine