title: Age-related differences in adriamycin-induced nephropathy.
abstract: We investigated the effects of age on adriamycin-induced nephropathy in mice. Disease was produced by a single intravenous injection of adriamycin (doxorubicin hydrochloride) (AD, 20 mg/kg) in female Balb/C mice of 5 and 12 weeks of age. Urinary protein and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 concentrations were measured and the extent of glomerular sclerosis/hyalinosis and tubulointerstitial fibrosis was scored. Decorin and fibromodulin expression was quantified using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. In normal mouse kidneys, urinary TGF-beta1 excretion and decorin and fibromodulin mRNA did not change with age. When nephropathy was induced, the 12-week-old group demonstrated significantly greater proteinuria, urinary TGF-beta1 excretion, and interstitial fibrosis ( P<0.05) than the 5-week-old group. Decorin and fibromodulin expression was not significantly different between the groups. We conclude that 12-week-old mice develop more severe nephropathy than the younger mice following administration of the equivalent weight-based dose of AD. Decorin and fibromodulin do not play a role in this difference.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyewon
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Young Seo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Il Soo
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: Hae Il
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Cheong
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C
chemical_list: D004317:Doxorubicin