Protective Effect of Prostaglandin [PGE2] in Glycerol-Induced Acute Renal Failure in Rats

1978 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 505-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Werb ◽  
W. F. Clark ◽  
R. M. Lindsay ◽  
E. O. P. Jones ◽  
D. I. Turnbull ◽  
...  

1. Acute renal failure was induced in female Sprague—Dawley rats by the subcutaneous injection of glycerol. 2. Four groups of rats were studied; all animals received a glycerol challenge. Group A (control) were sham-operated only, group B received an infusion of sodium chloride solution (150 mmol/l; saline) for 24 h, group C received an infusion containing prostaglandin E2 (PGE2, 1.7 μmol/l) in saline and group D a solution containing PGE2 (3.4 μmol/l) in saline. 3. All rats were killed 48 h after glycerol challenge. The degree of renal impairment was assessed by serum creatinine concentration, which did not differ in sham-operated animals and the group receiving saline alone. The group of rats receiving the lower dose of PGE2 has a significantly lower mean serum creatinine concentration than the saline-infused control rats (P < 0.0025). Creatinine concentration was further lowered by the higher dose of PGE2 but there was not a significant difference in the number of rats showing severe tubular necrosis histologically. 4. The study demonstrates that intravenous infusion of prostaglandin E2 has a protective influence on glycerol-induced renal failure in the rat; the protection afforded may be due to the vasodilator effect of PGE2 and/or an effect on glomerular permeability.

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-272
Author(s):  
Robert L. Chevalier ◽  
Fern Campbell ◽  
A. Norman A. G. Brenbridge

Sixteen infants, 2 to 35 days of age, had acute renal failure, a diagnosis based on serum creatinine concentrations &gt; 1.5 mg/dL for at least 24 hours. Eight infants were oliguric (urine flow &lt; 1.0 mL/kg/h) whereas the remainder were nonoliguric. To determine clinical parameters useful in prognosis, urine flow rate, duration of anuria, peak serum creatinine, urea (BUN) concentration, and nuclide uptake by scintigraphy were correlated with recovery. Nine infants had acute renal failure secondary to perinatal asphyxia, three had acute renal failure as a result of congenital cardiovascular disease, and four had major renal anomalies. Four oliguric patients died: three of renal failure and one of heart failure. All nonoliguric infants survived with mean follow-up serum creatinine concentration of 0.8 ± 0.5 (SD) mg/dL whereas that of oliguric survivors was 0.6 ± 0.3 mg/dL. Peak serum creatinine concentration did not differ between those patients who were dying and those recovering. All infants who were dying remained anuric at least four days and revealed no renal uptake of nuclide. Eleven survivors were anuric three days or less, and renal perfusion was detectable by scintigraphy in each case. However, the remaining survivor (with bilateral renal vein thrombosis) recovered after 15 days of anuria despite nonvisualization of kidneys by scintigraphy. In neonates with ischemic acute renal failure, lack of oliguria and the presence of identifiable renal uptake of nuclide suggest a favorable prognosis.


Blood ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 114 (22) ◽  
pp. 3353-3353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimikazu Yakushijin ◽  
Takahiro Fukuda ◽  
Yoshitaka Asakura ◽  
Saiko Kurosawa ◽  
Nobuhiro Hiramoto ◽  
...  

Abstract Abstract 3353 Poster Board III-241 [Background] Renal dysfunction is a life-threatening complication after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and the incidence of acute and chronic renal dysfunction after non-myeloablative transplantation is reportedly, 40 to 50% and 16 to 35%, respectively. In this study, we evaluated this complication after reduced-intensity stem cell transplantation (RIST) at a single institute. [Patients and Methods] We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 286 patients (median age, 54 years; range, 21-68) with various hematological disorders who underwent RIST between 1999 and 2007, using a conditioning regimen that consisted of busulfan (oral 8 mg/kg or iv 6.4 mg/kg) and fludarabine (180 mg/m2, n=214) or cladribine (0.66 mg/kg, n=72). Sixty-seven patients also received 2-4 Gy of total body irradiation (TBI). The diagnosis included AML (n=77), ALL (n=9), MDS (n=56), malignant lymphoma (n=116), CML (n=14), and other (n=14). Whereas 188 patients were transplanted from a related donor (BM n=8, PB n=180), 98 were transplanted from an unrelated donor (BM n=80, PB n=1, CB n=17). GVHD prophylaxis consisted of cyclosporine (CSP, starting dose 3 mg/kg/day civ, target whole blood conc. 250-350 ng/ml, n=235) or tacrolimus (starting dose 0.03mg/kg/day civ, target whole blood conc. 10-20 ng/ml, n=51), with (n=131) or without (n=155) methotrexate, and 71 patients also received anti-human T-lymphocyte immunoglobulin (ATG, Fresenius, 5-10 mg/kg). Renal function was assessed in terms of the serum creatinine concentration and the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) as calculated by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation (MDRD) for our population (eGFR=0.741*175*Age-0.203*Cr-1.154, *0.742, if female). Acute renal failure (ARF) within 100 days was categorized as grade 0 (decrease in eGFR of <25% of the baseline value), grade 1 (less than two-fold rise in the serum creatinine concentration with a decrease in eGFR of >25% but <50% of the baseline value), grade 2 (greater than two-fold rise in the serum creatinine concentration compared to the baseline value but not requiring dialysis), and grade 3 (same as grade 2 but requiring dialysis). Chronic kidney disease (CKD) was defined as two or more estimates of eGFR <60 ml/min/1.73 m2 within a minimum 30-day interval after day 100. Patients with eGFR <60 at baseline and/or less than 131 days of follow-up (n=121) were excluded from the CKD study cohort, which left 165 patients eligible for analysis. [Results] The median follow-up in surviving patients was 746 days (87-3291). The numbers of patients who developed grade 1, 2 and 3 ARF were 139, 72 and 9, respectively. The cumulative incidence of grade 2-3 ARF was 29 % at 100 days after RIST. The overall survival was significantly better in patients with grade 0-1 ARF than in those with grade 2-3 ARF (62% vs 42% at 2 years, p<0.0001, Figure 1). There was no significant difference in the occurrence of ARF between the cladribine and fludarabine groups (p=0.28). Multivariate analyses for ARF showed that TBI and CSP were significantly associated with a higher incidence of grade 2-3 ARF. CKD developed in 15 of the 165 evaluable patients (9.1%), and all had received PBSCT and CSP for GVHD prophylaxis. The cumulative incidence of CKD was 3.8% at 1 year, 9.0% at 2 years and 11.7% at 3 years after RIST. Grade 2-3 ARF (p=0.014) and the development of chronic GVHD (p=0.048) were significantly associated with a higher incidence of CKD. There was no significant difference in survival between patients with and without CKD (p=0.16). [Conslusion] We found that ARF was significantly associated with a higher mortality after busulfan-based RIST, and that preceding grade 2-3 ARF led to the occurrence of CKD in surviving patients, which highlights the importance of preventing ARF. This study also indicated that the incidence of acute and chronic renal complications was lower in our population compared to previously reported data from Western countries. Therefore, ethnicity should be taken into account when designing future international clinical trials. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


1990 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 674-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
B J Burri ◽  
D D Bankson ◽  
T R Neidlinger

Abstract We measured immunologically active (apo + holo) retinol-binding protein (RBP), vitamin A-carrying (holo) free RBP, and transthyretin-bound (TTR) holo-RBP in serum from 34 retrospective cases of fluctuating acute renal failure. All subjects had high serum creatinine concentrations caused by renal failure. Apo + holo, holo-TTR-RBP, and (especially) holo-free RBP all correlated poorly but significantly with serum creatinine concentration. Therefore, the use of any form of RBP to measure vitamin A status may be of limited value in subjects with high creatinine concentrations in serum. However, molecular-exclusion HPLC may be able to distinguish increases in RBP concentration associated with renal failure from those caused by altered vitamin A status, because renal failure causes abnormalities in the number and retention times of chromatographic peaks as well as their areas.


1994 ◽  
Vol 266 (3) ◽  
pp. F360-F366 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. D. Vaziri ◽  
X. J. Zhou ◽  
S. Y. Liao

Acute renal failure (ARF) is associated with erythropoietin (EPO) deficiency anemia. The present study was designed to determine whether the course of ARF can be altered by preventing EPO deficiency and the associated anemia. Sprague-Dawley rats were injected with a single dose of cisplatin (CP), 7 mg/kg intraperitoneally, and randomized into recombinant EPO-treated (EPO), placebo-treated (control), recombinant EPO-treated pair-fed (EPO-PF), and EPO-treated anemic (EPO-anemic) groups. They were then treated with daily injections of recombinant EPO, 100 U/kg, or placebo for 9 days. Animals in the EPO-anemic group received daily phlebotomies gauged to maintain hematocrits equal to those in the control group. Rats in the EPO-PF group were pair fed with the controls. The control and EPO-anemic groups showed a fall, whereas the EPO and EPO-PF groups showed a rise in hematocrit on day 9. Although blood volume on day 9 was significantly greater in the EPO group than in either the EPO-anemic group or the control group, it was comparable in the latter groups. An equally severe reduction in creatinine clearance (CCr) was found in all groups on day 4. However, measurements of CCr and inulin clearance on day 9 revealed a significantly greater functional recovery in the EPO, EPO-PF, and EPO-anemic groups than in the controls. The enhanced functional recovery with EPO administration was accompanied by an increased tubular regeneration and [3H]thymidine incorporation in the cortical tissue. No significant difference was found in either cortical tissue iron content or arterial blood pressure in the study groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 1912-1917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nenad Sarapa ◽  
Prachi Wickremasingha ◽  
NanXiang Ge ◽  
Richard Weitzman ◽  
Merynda Fuellhart ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT DX-619 is a novel des-fluoro(6)-quinolone with activity against a broad range of bacterial strains, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The effects of DX-619 on the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were evaluated because drug-related increases in serum creatinine levels were observed in studies with healthy volunteers. Forty-one healthy subjects were randomized to receive intravenous DX-619 at 800 mg or placebo once daily for 4 days, and the GFR was directly measured by determination of the clearance of a bolus iohexol injection in 33 subjects who completed the study per protocol. DX-619 was noninferior to placebo for the GFR on the basis of a criterion for a clinically significant difference of −12 ml/min/1.73 m2. The mean GFRs on day 4 were 101.1 ± 14.2 ml/min/1.73 m2 and 100.2 ± 15.6 ml/min/1.73 m2 for the volunteers receiving placebo and DX-619, respectively. On day 4 the mean serum creatinine concentration for volunteers receiving DX-619 increased by 30 to 40%, with a corresponding decrease in mean creatinine clearance. Both parameters normalized within 7 days after the cessation of DX-619 treatment. Nonclinical studies suggest that DX-619 increases the serum creatinine concentration by inhibiting excretory tubular transporters. In conclusion, DX-619 administered intravenously at 800 mg once a day for 4 days did not affect the GFR in healthy volunteers. Glomerular toxicity is not expected to present a risk to patients receiving DX-619 in clinical trials, but monitoring of the renal function, with an emphasis on the serum creatinine concentration, is still warranted.


2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1475-1481
Author(s):  
JAAP J. BEUTLER ◽  
JACOBINE M. A. VAN AMPTING ◽  
PETER J. G. VAN DE VEN ◽  
HEIN A. KOOMANS ◽  
FREDERIK J. A. BEEK ◽  
...  

Abstract. It is uncertain whether renal artery stent placement in patients with atherosclerotic renovascular renal failure can prevent further deterioration of renal function. Therefore, the effects of renal artery stent placement, followed by patency surveillance, were prospectively studied in 63 patients with ostial atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis and renal dysfunction (i.e., serum creatinine concentrations of >120 μmol/L (median serum creatinine concentration, 171 μmol/L; serum creatinine concentration range, 121 to 650 μmol/L). Pre-stent renal (dys) function was stable for 28 patients and declining for 35 patients (defined as a serum creatinine concentration increase of ≥20% in 12 mo). The median follow-up period was 23 mo (interquartile range, 13 to 29 mo). Angioplasty to treat restenosis was performed in 12 cases. Five patients reached end-stage renal failure within 6 mo, and this was related to stent placement in two cases. Two other patients died or were lost to follow-up monitoring within 6 mo, with stable renal function. For the remaining 56 patients, the treatment had no effect on serum creatinine levels if function had previously been stable; if function had been declining, median serum creatinine concentrations improved in the first 1 yr [from 182 μmol/L (135 to 270 μmol/L) to 154 μmol/L (127 to 225 μmol/L); P < 0.05] and remained stable during further follow-up monitoring. In conclusion, stent placement, followed by patency surveillance, to treat ostial atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis can stabilize declining renal function. For patients with stable renal dysfunction, the usefulness is less clear. The possible advantages must be weighed against the risk of renal failure advancement with stent placement.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul W Sanders ◽  
Anupam Agarwal

Acute renal failure (ARF) has been defined as a syndrome in which an abrupt decrease in renal function produces retention of nitrogenous waste products. Translating this abstract description into a clinically useful, accurate, and widely accepted definition has been challenging, in large part because of the focus on serum creatinine concentration, which is easily obtained but has the inherent limitation of poor detection of rapid or subtle, but clinically important, changes in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). In recent years, therefore, the term acute kidney injury (AKI) has replaced ARF because AKI denotes the entire clinical spectrum from mild increases in serum creatinine to overt renal failure. AKI is defined by the Risk-Injury-Failure-Loss-ESRD (RIFLE) criteria, based on serum creatinine concentration and urine flow rate. The Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) subsequently modified the definition further and divided AKI into three stages. This part of the AKI review specifically discusses special situations: rhabdomyolysis, aristolochic acid nephropathy, acute urate nephropathy, acute phosphate nephropathy, AKI in multiple myeloma, ehytlene glycol poisoning, contrast-induced nephropathy, AKI in sepsis, hepatorenal syndrome, and AKI in pregnancy. This review contains 10 tables, and 47 references. Keywords:Acute kidney injury, dialysis, contrast, rhabdomyolysis, nephropathy, urinalysis, multiple myeloma, ethylene glycol, sepsis, hepatorenal syndrome


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul W Sanders ◽  
Anupam Agarwal

Acute renal failure (ARF) has been defined as a syndrome in which an abrupt decrease in renal function produces retention of nitrogenous waste products. Translating this abstract description into a clinically useful, accurate, and widely accepted definition has been challenging, in large part because of the focus on serum creatinine concentration, which is easily obtained but has the inherent limitation of poor detection of rapid or subtle, but clinically important, changes in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). In recent years, therefore, the term acute kidney injury (AKI) has replaced ARF because AKI denotes the entire clinical spectrum from mild increases in serum creatinine to overt renal failure. AKI is defined by the Risk-Injury-Failure-Loss-ESRD (RIFLE) criteria, based on serum creatinine concentration and urine flow rate. The Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) subsequently modified the definition further and divided AKI into three stages. This chapter includes discussions of the etiology and diagnosis of AKI in hospitalized patients and community-acquired AKI. The specific causes, management, and complications of AKI are also discussed. Figures illustrate the pathophysiologic classification of AKI and the effect of hyperkalemia on cardiac conduction—electrocardiogram (ECG) changes. A worksheet for following patients with AKI is provided.  This review contains 3 figures, 20 tables, and 46 references. Keywords:Acute kidney injury, dialysis, contrast, rhabdomyolysis, nephropathy, urinalysis, multiple myeloma, ethylene glycol, sepsis, hepatorenal syndrome


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul W Sanders ◽  
Anupam Agarwal

Acute renal failure (ARF) has been defined as a syndrome in which an abrupt decrease in renal function produces retention of nitrogenous waste products. Translating this abstract description into a clinically useful, accurate, and widely accepted definition has been challenging, in large part because of the focus on serum creatinine concentration, which is easily obtained but has the inherent limitation of poor detection of rapid or subtle, but clinically important, changes in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). In recent years, therefore, the term acute kidney injury (AKI) has replaced ARF because AKI denotes the entire clinical spectrum from mild increases in serum creatinine to overt renal failure. AKI is defined by the Risk-Injury-Failure-Loss-ESRD (RIFLE) criteria, based on serum creatinine concentration and urine flow rate. The Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) subsequently modified the definition further and divided AKI into three stages. This chapter includes discussions of the etiology and diagnosis of AKI in hospitalized patients and community-acquired AKI. The specific causes, management, and complications of AKI are also discussed. Figures illustrate the pathophysiologic classification of AKI and the effect of hyperkalemia on cardiac conduction—electrocardiogram (ECG) changes. A worksheet for following patients with AKI is provided.  This review contains 3 figures, 21 tables, and 46 references. Keywords:Acute kidney injury, dialysis, contrast, rhabdomyolysis, nephropathy, urinalysis, multiple myeloma, ethylene glycol, sepsis, hepatorenal syndrome


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document