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Micropuncture studies after temporary ischemia of rat kidneys

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Micropuncture experiments were carried out on rat kidneys subjected to temporary ischemia (TI). Unilateral TI was performed by clamping the blood supply to the left kidney for 60 min. Time period between TI and investigating the kidney ranged from 1 h to 13 days. In another series of experiments blood supply to the left kidney was severely diminished for 24 h by a clip.-39% of animals developed anuria of the experimental kidney; in the other animals, urine flow rate was markedly decreased after TI (P<0.02). Employing the tracer microinjection technique considerable amounts (51%-oliguric kidneys; 17%-nonoliguric kidneys) of14C-labelled inulin injected into a proximal tubule of the damaged kidney were found in the urine of the contralateral kidney indicating backdiffusion of inulin through the damaged tubular epithelium. The amount of inulin recovered from both kidneys was decreased. Backdiffusion of inulin was detectable up to seven days after TI. Under control conditions 2% of inulin injected was found on the contralateral side, inulin recovered from both kidneys being approx. 100%. Dye intensity of Lissamine-green passing through the nephron was decreased noticeably after TI. Proximal tubular diameter and proximal free-flow pressure showed a large variability, the means being not significantly differnt from controls.—The results indicate that the concurrence of at least two factors are involved in the pathogenesis of acute renal damage induced by TI: Backdiffusion of tubular fluid through the damaged tubular epithelium and a decrease of glomerular filtration rate. The measurement of the clearance of inulin in kidneys damaged by ischemia does not represent the actual GFR, but underestimates this value proportionately to the degree of backdiffusion of inulin.

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Eisenbach, G.M., Steinhausen, M. Micropuncture studies after temporary ischemia of rat kidneys. Pflugers Arch. 343, 11–25 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00586571

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