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  • 1
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    Amino acids 1 (1991), S. 183-192 
    ISSN: 1438-2199
    Keywords: Amino acids ; Kidney ; Nutrition ; Phenylalanine ; Tyrosine ; Uraemia
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The kidney has an important role in the metabolism of amino acids and control of plasma concentrations. Reabsorption by the tubules recovers about 70g/day of amino acids, derived from both the diet and metabolism in other tissues. Amino acids regulate haemodynamics and proteolysis and maintain integrity of the kidney. Abnormal plasma and muscle amino acid profiles in chronic renal failure (i.e. low essentials and tyrosine with high nonessentials) first indicated malnutrition, which can be partially corrected by supplementation. The loss of effective kidney tissue and uraemia, in addition to nutrition, have been considered in studies of phenylalanine hydroxylation used to investigate low tyrosine. Investigations in normal kidney have shown that glutamine uptake maintains acid-base homeostasis, glycine and citrulline are removed, and serine and arginine are released into the circulation. These metabolic processes are impaired in chronic renal failure. Uraemia affects most tissues and causes malnutrition, whilst acidosis activates catabolism of amino acids and proteins in muscle. Hyperinsulinaemia probably depresses plasma branchedchain amino acids and particularly valine. These abnormalities are less likely to respond to dietary supplementation.
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  • 2
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    Journal of molecular medicine 69 (1991), S. 567-575 
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Erythropoietin ; Kidney ; Anemia ; Oxygen ; Proximal tubule ; Endothelium ; Fibroblasts
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The kidney is the main site of erythropoietin (EPO) formation. Oxygen sensing in the kidney itself plays a major role in the control of EPO synthesis. By in situ hybridization it has been established that the EPO-producing cells are situated in the interstitium of the cortical labyrinth, but they have not been precisely identified. Morphological findings provide new insights into the location and mechanism of oxygen sensing in the kidney. In addition to causing an increase in the number of cells containing EPO messenger RNA, anemia provokes structural changes exclusively in the cortical labyrinth. Specifically, the fibroblasts become enlarged and show increased activity of 5′-nucleotidase, and the S1 segment of the proximal tubule shows similar alterations as in various models of hypoxia. Thus, structures that are situated in the close vicinity of the EPO-producing cells appear to be sensitive to decreased oxygen delivery.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Hypertension ; Kidney ; Renal transplantation ; Spontaneously hypertensive rat ; Wistar-Kyoto rat
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Previous renal transplantation experiments in genetically hypertensive and normotensive rat strains indicated that a genetic defect in the kidney may be primarily involved in the pathogenesis of primary hypertension. In order to investigate whether this is also true for the most widely used animal model of primary hypertension, the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR), we performed renal transplantations using SHR and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) as kidney donors and bilaterally nephrectomized F1 hybrids, bred from SHR×WKY parents as renal graft recipients. Our studies were also designed to differentiate between primary and secondary renal mechanisms as a possible cause of posttransplantation hypertension. Recipients of renal grafts from adult, naive SHR but not from adult normotensive WKY kidney donors developed posttransplantation hypertension. Permanent blood pressure normalization by antihypertensive treatment in adult SHR kidney donors and prehypertensive, young age of SHR kidney donors reduced, but did not prevent, posttransplantation hypertension. Increasing renal perfusion pressure in WKY kidney donors (2-kidney 1-clip hypertension) also resulted in posttransplantation hypertension in recipients of the non-clipped kidneys. Blood pressure remained normal in recipients of renal grafts from young WKY kidney donors. These data suggest that SHR kidneys carry a genetic defect which may be primarily involved in the pathogenesis of primary hypertension.
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  • 4
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    Virchows Archiv 419 (1991), S. 231-235 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Kidney ; Diabetes ; Arterioles ; Autoregulation ; Morphometry
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary We have investigated 975 different grazing sections of vessels in kidney preparations of 20 rats of the Wistar strain. Half of these genetically identical animals had an insulin-deficiency diabetes induced by injection of streptozocin. The kidneys were removed for investigation after 2 and 12 weeks duration of diabetes. The vessel cross-section, wall, lumen and endothelial surface area were determined in renal arteries, arterioles and preglomerular afferent arterioles in a blind experiment. Statistically detectable changes were found in the diabetic vessels in the early stage of the diabetes. Preglomerular afferent arterioles showed a highly significant and increasing lumen dilatation commencing after 2 weeks. Diabetic arteries and arterioles developed narrower lumina. A significant thickening of the endothelium took place at the same time in both vessel types. All three vessel regions became smaller and had thinner walls than healthy vessels as the diabetes progressed. The findings on the afferent vessels indicate that haemodynamic effects on the glomerulus are to be expected. Familial diabetic gloermulopathy begins with a reversible hyperfiltration. However, the mechanism has not been clarified in the context of the diabetic metabolic disorder, and this change is probably the haemodynamic consequence of the substantial dilatation of the preglomerular afferent arterioles. With their renin-positive segment, these arterioles are the centre of intrarenal regulation. The increase of the capillary glomerular pressure associated with the dilatation of the preglomerular afferent arterioles is a crucial factor in the development of diabetic glomerulopathy.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Atubular glomeruli ; Glomerular volume ; High protein diet ; Kidney ; Lithium
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Experimental lithium nephropathy was induced by administering lithium orally to newborn rats for 8 weeks; thereafter the rats were randomized into four groups which were studied after 8 weeks of further treatment. One group was left untreated, one group was given a high (40%) protein diet, one group was unilaterally nephrectomized, and one group was unilaterally nephrectomized and received high protein diet after nephrectomy. Comparable control groups (not lithiumtreated) were also studied. Stereological methods were used to estimate the total volume of different parts of the nephron, interstitial fibrosis, and the distribution of the volume of individual glomeruli. The structural integrity between the glomerulus and the proximal tubule was investigated on serial sections. No sclerotic glomeruli were present. The most extensive degree of hypertrophy with almost a doubling of the total volume of proximal and distal tubule cells was seen in the groups that were both nephrectomized and fed a high protein diet. In both controls and lithium-treated animals, high protein and nephrectomy induced enlargement of the glomerular tufts to volumes from 4 to 5 times the normal size. A pronounced heterogeneity of the glomerular population was found in the lithium-treated groups with 36–54% atubular glomeruli with small volumes, and 34–48% enlarged glomeruli connected to qualitatively normal proximal tubules. Only glomeruli connected to proximal tubules had a potential for hypertrophy. In multiple regression analysis the percentage of glomeruli connected to normal proximal tubules was correlated with the reciprocal of plasma creatinine, but the volume of fibrosis also contributed to the decreased renal function.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-0568
    Keywords: Organogenesis ; Kidney ; Epidermal growth factor ; Transferrin ; Glucocorticoid ; Culture
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary We have investigated the individual and combined actions of epidermal growth factor (EGF), transferrin and hydrocortisone on the maturation of whole fetal mouse metanephrol maintained in serum-free conditions for up to 5 days. The presence of EGF (100 ng/ml) resulted in elevated levels of [3H]-thymidine incorporation when compared to controls; autoradiograms showed that the proliferation of mesenchymal cells in the nephrogenic zone is particularly enhanced as verified by cell counting. Brush border hydrolase activities (alkaline phosphatase and γ-glutamyltransferase), on the other hand, were significantly diminished. Transferrin (5 μg/ml) slightly stimulated DNA synthesis and potentiated EGF mitogenic action. The activation of DNA replication by the growth factor seems to be mediated through the protein kinase C pathway. When added alone, hydrocortisone (10−6 M) strongly inhibited DNA synthesis, stimulated hydrolase activities and exerted a positive effect on brush border differentiation. When combined with EGF or to EGF + transferrin, hydrocortisone counteracted the effects of these latter peptides on DNA synthesis and enzyme activities. Considering the earlier observation of a reciprocal relation between proliferation and differentiation during the neotubulogenic phase of kidney development, the results described in the current study suggest that synergistic and synarchic actions of these heterologous factors are involved in the regulation of tubulogenesis.
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    Anatomy and embryology 184 (1991), S. 605-610 
    ISSN: 1432-0568
    Keywords: Rabbit ; Kidney ; Neck segment ; Nephron microdisection
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The three-dimensional structure of the neck segment (NS) of the rabbit nephrons was studied by scanning electron microscopy (after fracture, microdissection, or after corrosion nephron casts), and by the air-cast method. The NS was observed at the glomerulotubular junction in 68.5% of all nephrons. In every case the NS appeared as a straight tube with its long axis oriented radially in relation to the glomerulus. Although the external diameter of the NS was smaller than that of the proximal tubule, its luminal diameter was greater. No valve-like structures were observed. Three cell types were observed in the NS: parietal-like, tubule-like, and intermediate. Parietal-like cells showed the same morphology as the parietal cells of the Bowman's capsule. Parietal-like cells constituted the only cell type in 25% of the NS. Tubule-like cells showed morphologic characteristics similar to proximal tubule cells; however, their microvilli were less numerous and exhibited an irregular pattern. Intermediate cells presented an intermediate morphology between tubule-like and parietal cells. In 75% of all NS, the three cellular types were present at the same time. The presence of tubule-like and intermediate cells is interpreted as the result of metaplasic transformation of the parietal cells. Our observations suggest that, in rabbits, the presence of the NS can be explained on the basis of phenotypical lability of the cells located at the glomerulo-tubular junction.
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    Anatomy and embryology 183 (1991), S. 475-481 
    ISSN: 1432-0568
    Keywords: Elastic-like tissue ; Elasmobranch ; Glomerular capillary wall ; Kidney ; Electron microscopy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Elastic-like tissue composed of tubular microfibrils continuous with, and disappearing into, amorphous material is present in the connective tissue space of the glomerular capillary wall of the river ray (freshwater elasmobranch) kidney. The amorphous material is stained by tannic acid but not by uranyl acetate. Structures with similar morphology and staining characteristics are also found in the subendothelial connective tissue layer of renal arteries in this species. Comparative ultrastructural observations of kidneys from marine rays show elastic-like tissue in the arterial wall but not in the glomerular vessels.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Combined Pancreas ; Kidney ; Transplantation Glucose ; Metabolism Long-term
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Metabolic glucose control was followed in 36 patients at 12-month intervals for up to 5 years after a successful combined kidney and segmental duct-occluded pancreas transplantation. All recipients had normal blood glucose levels at each examination. HbA1 values, intravenous glucose tolerance test, C-peptide levels and C-peptide responses to glucagon stimulation were also, on average, within the normal range. Several individual patients had, however, abnormal values for these parameters. At most 46% had abnormal values for HbA1 and intravenous glucose tolerance test, up to 13% showed low C-peptide values and up to 46% of the stimulated C-peptide responses were inadequate at the different intervals. These parameters did not deteriorate with time. This was true both for the whole group of patients as well as for the 6 patients with a 5-year observation time evaluated separately. Despite these abnormalities in glucose metabolism, all patients remained normoglycaemic without need for exogenous insulin up to 5 years after transplantation. The long-term ability of duct-occluded segmental pancreatic grafts to preserve euglycaemia therefore seems to remain intact at least for 5 years.
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 47 (1991), S. 227-229 
    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Kidney ; gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) ; immunocytochemistry ; release
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The distribution of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the rat kidney was examined by immunocytochemical techniques. GABA-like immunoreactivity (GABA-LI) was predominantly confined to the renal tubules, including the ascending parts of the distal tubules, and the loops of Henle, the collecting tubules and ducts, and the connective parts of the convoluted tubules. In GABA-positive cortical tubules, about half of the epithelial cells were labelled. The labelled cell type showed the ultrastructural features of principal cells. Depolarizing stimulation by ouabain and high K+ concentration evoked the efflux of endogenous GABA from kidney slices. The present findings, along with previous results, suggest that GABA released from renal tubular epithelium, and transported with the urine, might be involved in the modulation of contractility in the urinary tract.
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  • 11
    ISSN: 1432-198X
    Keywords: Kidney ; Renin ; Innervation ; Ontogeny ; Double-label immunohistochemistry ; Sprague-Dawley rat
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The development of renin-containing cells and nerve fibers was studied in Sprague-Dawley rat kidneys during the last third of gestation and the first 15 days of postnatal life. Kidney tissue sections were stained for nerve fibers or double stained employing an anti-rat renin polyclonal antibody and a monoclonal antibody (TUJ1) directed against a neuron-specific class III beta-tubulin isotype. Renin-containing cells and nerve fibers were detected at 17 days of gestation, in close spatial relationship along the main branches of the renal artery. During fetal life, renin-containing cells and nerve fibers were spatially associated along arcuate and interlobular arteries, renincontaining cells being also present throughout the entire length of afferent arterioles supplying juxtamedullary glomeruli. During postnatal life the distribution of renincontaining cells progressively shifted to a restricted juxtaglomerular position in afferent arterioles. Simultaneously, density and organization of nerve fibers increased with age along the arterial vascular tree. Our results suggest that innervation of renin-containing cells is present in fetal life and follows the centrifugal pattern of renin distribution and nephrovascular development.
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  • 12
    ISSN: 1432-1084
    Keywords: Magnetic resonance imaging ; Rapid imaging ; Renal cysts ; Renal dysplasia ; Kidney
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In ten children with cystic diseases of the kidney RARE-MR-urography (rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement) and T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging were performed. RARE-MR-urography rapidly and selectively depicts fluid by heavy T2 weighting. Thus, the entire kidney with all its cysts and the urinary tract can be displayed in one non-tomographic image, or preferably in multiple tomographic slices, should there be many small cysts. T1-weighted sequences show the renal parenchyma, signal intensity changes, and/or loss of corticomedullary differentiation. As regards morphology, ultrasound (US) will suffice for diagnostic purposes in most cystic diseases of the kidney. However, in very small cystic lesions where US slows a “pepper and salt” pattern due to insufficient spatial resolution, RARE-MR-urography can display the small fluid-filled spaces causing this appearance.
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    Archives of toxicology 65 (1991), S. 429-432 
    ISSN: 1432-0738
    Keywords: Copper accumulation ; Kidney ; Liver ; Small intestine ; TCDD ; Trace metals
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Recently, acutely toxic doses of the environmental pollutant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) have been reported to affect the hepatic distribution of essential metals in the rat. However, the reduced food intake by TCDD was not taken into account. Therefore, metal concentrations were determined in different rat tissues at the end of a toxicity study with TCDD in which a pair-fed control group was introduced. Male Sprague-Dawley ats received a single i.p. injection of corn oil/acetone with or without TCDD at 125 μg/kg. Controls and TCDD-treated rats were fed ad libitum; additionally, pair-fed controls received the amount of food consumed by their TCDD-treated partners 1 day before. Twenty-one days after dosing rats were killed and samples of liver, kidney and jejunum were taken for the analysis of Ca, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, and Zn. After acid digestion of the tissues metals were determined by atomic emission spectrometry (AES). The most outstanding effect of TCDD treatment was an increase of the copper levels in the kidney (4-fold, versus pair-fed controls) and in the liver (〉2-fold, versus pair-fed controls). Other metals were mainly affected by the reduced food intake only. Since Cu represents a trace metal the homeostasis of which depends on its biliary excretion and since TCDD is known to impair biliary flow and excretion, an impaired biliary excretion of Cu by TCDD is suggested as the causal mechanism.
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  • 14
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Isolated proximal cells ; Kidney ; Zinc ; Cysteine ; Histidine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The aim of this study was to characterize the mechanisms of zinc transport in proximal cells isolated from rabbit kidney cortex. Uptakes of 65Zn were assessed under initial rate conditions, after 0.5 min of incubation. The kinetic parameters obtained at 20°C were a K m of 15.0±1.5 μM, a J max of 208.0±8.4 pmol min−1 (mg protein)−1, and an unsaturable constant of 0.259±0.104 (n=8). Cadmium competitively inhibited the zinc uptake, with a K i value of 13.0±2.8 μM, while zinc competitively inhibited 109Cd uptake by isolated cells. Cysteine and histidine stimulated zinc transport at an amino acid∶zinc molar ratio ranging from 1∶1 to 8∶1. This stimulation was not observed in the absence of a sodium gradient. At a molar ratio greater than 16∶1 (i.e., 400 μM cysteine or histidine and 25 μM Zn), there was evidence of inhibition. These data suggest that zinc enters renal proximal cells (a) as a free ion via a saturable carrier-mediated process or an unsaturable pathway and (b) complexed with cysteine or histidine, by means of a sodium/amino acid cotransport mechanism.
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    Surgical endoscopy and other interventional techniques 5 (1991), S. 41-45 
    ISSN: 1432-2218
    Keywords: Kidney ; Transplantation ; Sonography
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary In 66 patients with renal transplants 246 sonographic examinations were performed. The patients were divided into two groups based on their immunosuppressive protocol. Group I was treated with Cyclosporin A (CsA) and group II with azathioprin. A compensatory hypertrophy with a volume increase of 20% could be seen in nearly all grafts. During acute tubular necrosis only minimal sonographic changes could be found. In each group 16 patients developed an acute rejection episode. Sonographic signs of acute rejection were: (1) a hypoechoic enlargement of the renal pyramides; (2) an increase in cortical echogenicity; (3) an increase in graft volume greater than compensatory hypertrophy; (4) an indistinct parenchyma-pelvic border; (5) dilation of the pelvis with a parenchyma-pelvic index 〉2.3:1 (in group II cases). Chronic rejection is characterized by graft shrinkage. No specific signs were evident. The increasing use of CsA diminishes the value of sonography in follow-up of acute rejection after kidney transplantation. Nevertheless, it is of great value for follow-up examination concerning other complications.
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    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Kidney ; Pronephros ; Fine structure ; Lamprey, ammocoete: Lampetra fluviatilis, Petromyzon marinus (Cyclostomata)
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The renal tubules of the paired pronephros in early larvae (ammocoetes) of two lamprey species, Lampetra fluviatilis and Petromyzon marinus, were studied by use of light-, scanning- and transmission electron microscopy. They consist of (1) a variable number of pronephric tubules (3 to 6), and (2) an excretory duct. By fine-structural criteria, the renal tubules can be divided into 6 segments. Each pronephric tubule is divided into (1) the nephrostome and (2) the proximal tubule, the excretory duct consisting of (3) a common proximal tubule followed by (4) a short intermediate segment, and then by a pronephric duct composed of (5) a cranial and (6) a caudal section. The epithelium of the nephrostome displays bundles of cilia. The cells of the proximal tubule possess a brush border, many endocytotic organelles and a system of canaliculi (tubular invaginations of the basolateral plasmalemma). The same characteristics are encountered in the epithelium of the common proximal tubule; however, the number of these specific organelles decreases along the course of this segment in a posterior direction. In the intermediate segment, the epithelium appears structurally nonspecialized. The cells of the cranial pronephric duct lack a brush border; they have an extensive system of canaliculi and numerous mitochondria. The caudal pronephric duct is lined by an epithelium composed of light and dark cells; the latter are filled with mitochondria and the former contain mucus granules beneath the luminal plasmalemma. The tubular segments found in the pronephros are the same in structure and sequence as in the lamprey opisthonephroi. However, only the nephrostomes and proximal tubules occur serially in the pronephros, while the common proximal tubule, the intermediate segment and the cranial pronephric duct form portions of a single excretory duct.
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  • 17
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Kidney ; Glomerulus ; Glomerular basement membrane ; Structural heterogeneity ; Scanning electron microscopy, high resolution ; Rat (Sprague-Dawley)
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The fine structure of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) of the rat kidney was studied by means of high resolution scanning electron microscopy. Specimens were taken from kidneys perfused with paraformaldehyde, freeze-fractured and then processed with conductive staining. The fractured surface of glomerular tufts exhibited the inner and outer surface of the GBM uncovered by endothelial and epithelial cells. The lamina densa was composed of densely packed granular material together with scattered fibrils. The laminae rarae interna and externa were composed of a meshwork that showed some structural heterogeneities. The meshwork composing the lamina rara interna contained 5-to 9-nm-thick fibrils, had pores 11–30 nm wide, and was associated with granular material except in those places that corresponded with endothelial fenestrae. The meshwork of the lamina rara externa was made up of 6- to 11-nm-thick fibrils, and had smaller pores under the foot processes (10–24 nm wide) than those near the filtration slits (16–32 nm wide). In addition to the meshwork, the lamina rara interna contained microfibrils that were arranged differently depending on the topography of the capillary wall: scattered fibrils had no predominant orientation at the convex side, circumferential bundles lay at the concave side of the peripheral capillary wall, and had a circumferential arrangement in the paramesangial wall.
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    Cell & tissue research 263 (1991), S. 585-587 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Kidney ; Skin ; Tamm-Horsfall protein ; Immunohistochemistry ; Rana temporaria (Anura), Rat (Wistar), Rabbit
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP) is the main protein in normal human urine, and is found in the thick limb of the Loop of Henle in human kidney, and in other mammalian species. The skin of the frog, Rana temporaria, has similar physiological properties to this mammalian kidney tissue. In the present study, an immunohistological method involving an antibody to human THP was used to investigate the distribution of this distinctive protein in frog kidney and skin, and to compare its distribution with that found in the kidney tubules of rat and rabbit. THP-positive material was detected in the distal renal tubules and nephric duct of frogs, and was also located in the superificial epidermis of skin. It is suggested that its presence in amphibian skin is consistent with the hypothesis that THP is an important component of tissues that absorb sodium and chloride ions, but remain impermeable to water.
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    Cell & tissue research 264 (1991), S. 269-281 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Interstitial tissue ; Kidney ; Scanning electron microscopy ; Vasa recta ; Rat (Wistar)
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The cytoarchitecture of the interstitial tissue of the rat kidney was studied by combined scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The renal interstitium is composed of an elaborate network of stellate sustentacular cells. In the cortex, sustentacular cells radiate thin branching processes to form a fine reticulum, which supports intertubular spaces. In the medulla, these cells extend thick processes horizontally along the basal surfaces of the thin limbs or vasa recta, reinforcing their attenuate walls. The horizontal processes connect with each other at their terminals, compartmentalizing the interstitial space into thin layers. The medullary sustentacular cells contain abundant small lipid droplets. The network of sustentacular cells houses vasa recta, keeping them in parallel position to each other and to the tubules. The arterial vasa recta are accompanied by pericytes, which frequently contain lipid droplets larger in size than those in the sustentacular cells. Venous vasa recta extend numerous basal microvilli, which anchor the venous wall to adjacent tubules or vessels. Numerous free cells, round in shape, are found in the sustentacular cell network, especially in the cortex. They consist of macrophages and occasional lymphocytes. Some macrophages extend long pseudopodia, while others make intimate contact with lymphocytes, suggesting their high level of activity.
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    European journal of nuclear medicine 18 (1991), S. 885-888 
    ISSN: 1619-7089
    Keywords: Blood flow ; Bolus volume ; Kidney ; Spleen ; Radionuclide
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Fractionation of cardiac output on first-pass radionuclide angiography is a recently described technique for measuring blood flow. In order to determine the influence of bolus volume, splenic blood flow (SBF) and renal blood flow (RBF) were measured from widely differing bolus volumes given in sequence over a period of a few minutes in patients undergoing routine bone scintigraphy with technetium 99m methylene diphosphonate. A bolus volume of 0.5 ml, followed by 20 ml of rapidly delivered saline “chaser”, was regarded as a “gold standard” bolus. A 50 ml bolus, but not a 20 ml bolus, resulted in a significant underestimation of both SBF and RBF. Thus, using a left ventricular region of interest to generate an arterial first-pass time-activity curve, RBF from a 50 ml bolus was 58% (SEM 4%) that given by a 0.5 ml bolus, while RBF for a 20 ml bolus was 98% (8%). Corresponding values for SBF were 52% (10%) and 102% (12%). A quality control adjustment did not correct the underestimation given by the 50 ml bolus. Bolus volumes greater than 20 ml give unreliable estimates of organ blood flow by this technique.
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    Environmental biology of fishes 30 (1991), S. 135-146 
    ISSN: 1573-5133
    Keywords: Thymus ; Kidney ; Spleen ; Lymphocyte ; Antibody response ; Rockfishes
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Synopsis The ontogenetic development of the immune system in a marine teleostSebastiscus marmoratus was studied by histological examination and removal of the thymus. The pronephros and the spleen had been differentiated at the time of birth and contained small numbers of haemopoietic cells. In contrast to most vertebrates, the rudiments of the thymus were first visible 1 week post-birth in the dorsoposterior part of the pharynx, the same location as in the adults. However, small lymphocytes first appeared in the thymus of fish at 3 weeks of age, followed by the pronephros at 4 weeks and the spleen at 6 weeks. Complete or partial suppression of the antibody response to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) occurred in fish that were thymectomized at 1.5 months of age and immunized 2 weeks later, and a marked decrease in lymphocytes was observed in the pronephros and spleen. The thymectomy of adult fish also caused reduced serum antibody titres in fish immunized 1 month after the operation. These results suggest that the thymus plays an essential role in the development of the immune system and its functions continue into adult life.
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    ISSN: 1573-5133
    Keywords: Osmoregulation ; Kidney ; Oreochromis mossambicus ; Oreochromis niloticus
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Synopsis Fifteen days oldOreochromis niloticus andO. mossambicus juveniles were gradually adapted to 10, 20, 30 and 35 ppt sea water. Kidney morphology was observed after transfer to higher salinities and compared with freshwater controls. Despite differences in salinity tolerance, both species have similar transformations when transferred at high salinity, particularly reduction of the glomerular area after 2 months adaptation to sea water, and change in tubule morphology.
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  • 23
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Kidney ; Aldosterone ; Tubular Sodium Reabsorption ; Proximal Tubule ; Sodium Chloride Loading ; Niere ; Aldosteron ; tubuläre Natriumresorption ; proximaler Tubulus ; Natriumchloridbelastung
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Ratten erhielten 4 Wochen lang isotone Kochsalzlösung als Trinkflüssigkeit. Glomerulumfiltrat und Passagezeit von Lissamin-Grün im proximalen Tubulus blieben unverändert. Die spezifische Resorptionskapazität des Tubulusepithels — gemessen mit der „gespaltenen-Tropfen-Methode“ — nahm signifikant ab. Daraus ergab sich eine Verminderung der fraktionellen Natrium-und Wasserresorption im proximalen Tubulus von 51 auf 38% der gefilterten Menge. Die Na+-Ausscheidung stieg von 0,06 (Kontrollen) auf 1,25% der gefilterten Menge. Diese Veränderungen waren rückgängig zu machen durch Injektion von d-Aldosteron. Durch Bestimmung des TF/P-Inulin-Quotienten am Ende des proximalen Konvolutes wurden die Ergebnisse bestätigt. Es wird angenommen, daß die Resorptionshemmung im proximalen Tubulus bei chronischer Kochsalzbelastung durch verminderte Sekretion von Mineralocorticoiden bedingt und letzten Endes Ursache der vermehrten Na+-Ausscheidung ist. Ein Teil der proximalen Resorptionshemmung wird anscheinend in weiter distal gelegenen Nephron-Abschnitten kompensiert.
    Notes: Summary Rats were kept on isotonic saline as drinking fluid for a period of 4 weeks. Glomerular filtration rate and proximal transit time of Lissamine green remained unchanged. The intrinsic reabsorptive capacity of the proximal tubular epithelium—measured by the “shrinking-droplet-method”—decreased significantly. As a result, fractional proximal reabsorption of sodium and water decreased from 51 to 38 per cent of the filtered load. Sodium excretion rose from 0.06 (controls) to 1,25 per cent of the filtered load. These changes were reversible by injection of d-aldosterone. The results were confirmed by measuring the TF/P ratio of inulin at the end of the proximal convolution. The results indicate that in rats chronically loaded with salt, the inhibition of fractional proximal reabsorption is due to a decreased secretion of mineralocorticoids, and is the cause of the higher sodium excretion. Apparently, the decreased proximal reabsorption is partly compensated in more distal parts of the nephron.
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Kidney ; Concentration ; Dialysis ; Urea ; Electrolytes ; Niere ; Konzentrierung ; Dialyse ; Harnstoff ; Elektrolyte
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Um den Einfluß des Plasmaharnstoffspiegels auf die Konzentrierfähigkeit der Niere zu untersuchen, wird der Blutkreislauf von Ratten an eine Dialysiervorrichtung angeschlossen und der Harnstoffspiegel des Blutes für 3 Std durch Dialyse gegen eine harnstoffreie Spüllösung gesenkt. Gleichzeitig wird der Harnfluß der Tiere durch eine Regelanordnung konstant gehalten. Die Regelung wird dadurch erreicht, daß dem Blutkreislauf bei zu hohem Harnfluß automatisch Flüssigkeit entzogen und bei zu niedrigem Harnfluß Flüssigkeit zugeführt wird. Es wird gefunden, daß die Harnstoffkonzentrationen im Harn linear mit dem Plasmaharnstoffspiegel abfallen bzw. ansteigen. Die Summe der Elektrolytkonzentrationen fällt dagegen mit dem Plasmaharnstoffspiegel nur wenig ab. Falls ein völliger Harnstoffentzug möglich wäre, würde auch dann noch eine Konzentrierung der Elektrolyte auf mehr als doppelt isoton möglich sein. Die Ergebnisse der Untersuchung lassen sich am einfachsten mit der Annahme interpretieren, daß in der Niere der Ratte zwei unterschiedlich arbeitende Konzentrierungsmechanismen wirksam sind, von denen der eine im wesentlichen Elektrolyte, der andere im wesentlichen Harnstoff konzentriert. Der Konzentrierungsmechanismus für Elektrolyte könnte im äußeren Mark, der für Harnstoff im inneren Mark lokalisiert sein.
    Notes: Summary To investigate the influence of plasma urea levels on the concentrating power of the kidney, the blood circulation of rats was connected to a dialyser; with dialysis against a urea-free cleaning solution, the urea level of the blood was lowered for three hours. During this, the urine flow of the animals was kept constant by a regulating arrangement. This control was achieved by removing fluid from the blood circulation in the case of too high urine flow and by putting in fluid in the case of too low urine flow. It was found that the concentration of urea in the urine had a direct linear relationship with the plasma urea level. The total electrolyte concentration fell only slightly compared to the plasma urea level falls. If the urea could have been completely removed, high concentrating of the electrolyte, to more than double isotonic, would still have been possible. The simplest way to interpret the results of this research is by the hypothesis that two different concentrating mechanisms are at work in the rat kidney, the one essentially concentrating electrolytes, and the other principally urea. The concentrating mechanism for electrolytes could be localised in the outer medulla, and for urea in the inner medulla.
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Kidney ; Concentration ; Infusion ; Urea ; Electrolytes ; Niere ; Konzentrierung ; Infusion ; Harnstoff ; Elektrolyte
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Um die gegenseitige Beeinflussung von Harnstoff und NaCl bei der Bildung eines konzentrierten Harns zu untersuchen, werden Ratten 2 Tage lang NaCl-Lösungen mit wechselndem Harnstoffgehalt infundiert. Sodann werden der Harn sowie das Gewebe der Nierenrinde, des äußeren Marks und des inneren Marks auf ihren Gehalt an Kalium, Natrium und Harnstoff analysiert. Es wird gefunden, daß die Konzentrierfähigkeit der Rattenniere unter diesen Versuchsbedingungen für NaCl bei gleichzeitiger Zufuhr von Harnstoff geringer wird. In der Niere steigen NaCl und Harnstoffkonzentrationen unter allen Infusionsbedingungen von der Nierenrinde zur Nierenpapille hin an. Bei Infusion reiner NaCl-Lösungen entsprechen die NaCl- und Harnstoffkonzentrationen im Harn denen in der Papille. Bei Infusion von harnstoffhaltigen NaCl-Lösungen sind im Harn die NaCl-Konzentrationen höher und die Harnstoffkonzentrationen niedriger als im Papillengewebe. Diese Ergebnisse schließen aus, daß die hohen Harnstoffkonzentrationen im Nierenmarkgewebe durch einfache Diffusion des Harnstoffes aus den Sammelrohren in das Nierenmarkgewebe zustande kommen. Es wird die Möglichkeit diskutiert, daß die Harnstoffkonzentrierung unter den hier wiedergegebenen Versuchsbedingungen durch Gegenstromdiffusion in dem Vasa recta-System verursacht wird. Der Konzentriereffekt hierfür könnte durch einen Wasserfluß aufgrund osmotischer Kräfte von dem Blutgefäßsystem in die Henleschen Schleifen zustande kommen, wenn der Harn in den Henleschen Schleifen durch Aufnahme von NaCl, das aus den Sammelrohren stammt, hyperton wird.
    Notes: Summary To investigate the mutual interdependence of urea and sodium in producing concentrated urine, solutions of different concentrations of sodium and urea were infused into the stomach of rats. After two days' infusion, the urine and tissues from the different zones of the kidneys were analysed for sodium, potassium and urea content. It was found that the efficiency of the rat kidney in producing urine with high sodium content was diminished if urea was infused together with the sodium chloride. Under all conditions sodium and urea concentrations increased from the cortex to the papilla of the kidneys. When pure sodium chloride solutions were infused, sodium and urea concentrations in the urine were nearly equal to the corresponding concentrations in the papilla. Infusion of solutions containing NaCl and urea caused production of urine with a higher sodium concentration and lower urea concentration than in the papilla. These results show that the high concentration of urea in the medulla of the kidney does not arise by passives diffusion of urea from the collecting ducts into the medullary tissue. The possibility that the concentration of urea in the inner medulla is produced by counter current diffusion of urea in the vasa recta is discussed. The concentration effect necessary for this counter current multiplication could be created by an osmotic flow of water from the vasa recta into loops of Henle, if the urine in the loops becomes hypertonic by taking up sodium chloride from the collecting ducts.
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Tubules ; Kidney ; Intraluminal Oil Injection ; Ultrastructure of Kidney ; Proximales Tubuluskonvolut ; Rattenniere ; intraluminale Ölinjektion ; Ultrastruktur der Niere
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Light- and electronmicroscopic evaluation of proximal convolutions of the rat kidney were made following injection with either mineral oil or castor oil. The following observations were made: 1. Injection of mineral oil does not result in a complete blockade of the tubular lumen and leads to morphological lesions of epithelial cells. 2. Injection of the more viscous castor oil, in contrast, leads to a dilatation of the tubular lumen and a compression of the brush border of proximal tubular cells. Thus a better blockade of longitudinal flow is achieved. A toxic effect of castor oil on the tubular epithelium could not be detected. Mechanical lesions, similar to those observed after mineral oil injection, were less frequent. They consisted in a penetration of oil into the cells, perhaps as consequence of the tubular dilatation. 3. In oil-injected proximal tubular segments the following cytologic phenomena were observed: a) a cessation of the normal pinocytosis, which is induced in the presence of tubular fluid, b) simultaneously the “large resorption vacuoles” disappear, indicating that they originate from confluence of pinocytotic vesicles, c) in dilated tubules protein resorption vacuoles are found to have ruptured towards the tubular lumen suggesting a high hydrostatic pressure within the vacuoles.
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Kidney ; Experimental Hypertension ; Tubular Sodium Reabsorption ; Tubular Water Reabsorption ; Henle's Loop ; Niere ; experimenteller Hochdruck ; tubuläre Natriumresorption ; tubuläre Wasserresorption ; Henlesche Schleife
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung 4 Wochen nach Klammerung einer Nierenarterie war der Perfusionsdruck der geklammerten Niere normal, während der arterielle Mitteldruck auf 188 mm Hg angestiegen war. Die Ausscheidung von Natrium und Wasser im Harn der geklammerten Niere war normal, im Harn der ungeklammerten Niere erheblich höher als normal. Glomerulumfiltrat (pro g Niere), intratubulärer Druck, Tubulusweite, Passagezeit von Lissamingrün und die fraktionelle Resorption von Natrium und Wasser waren im proximalen Tubulus sowohl in der geklammerten wie in der ungeklammerten Niere normal. In der ungeklammerten Niere war die Passagezeit durch die Henlesche Schleife stark verkürzt und die Resorption von Natrium und Wasser in der Schleife erheblich vermindert. Diese Veränderungen — obwohl zum Teil kompensiert durch vermehrte Resorption im distalen Tubulus und im Sammelrohr — sind verantwortlich für die höhere Wasser- und Natriumausscheidung der ungeklammerten Niere. Die Ursache ist wahrscheinlich eine stärkere Durchblutung des Nierenmarkes. Im Nephron der geklammerten Niere war die fraktionelle Natrium- und Wasserresorption nicht signifikant von normalen Werten verschieden mit der Ausnahme einer niedrigeren Natriumresorption im distalen Tubulus und einer höheren Natriumresorption im Sammelrohr. Der Natrium-Transport im distalen Tubulus ist anscheinend gestört; TF/P−Na+ betrug im Mittel 0,6 bis zum Ende des distalen Tubulus. Die Ergebnisse können die unterschiedliche Harnausscheidung erklären, die beim Hypertoniker mit einseitiger Nierenarterienstenose beobachtet wird (Howard-Test).
    Notes: Summary Four weeks after clamping one renal artery, the perfusion pressure of the clamped kidney was normal whereas the mean arterial pressure had increased to 188 mm Hg. Urinary excretion of sodium and water of the clamped kidney had not changed while that of the untouched kidney increased considerably. Glomerular filtration rate (per g kidney), intratubular pressure, tubular diameter, transit time of Lissamine green and fractional sodium and water reabsorption of the proximal tubule were normal in both the clamped and the untouched kidney. In the untouched kidney, the transit time through Henle's loop was shortened and the sodium and water reabsorption in it was significantly reduced. These changes, although partly compensated by higher reabsorption in the distal tubule and collecting duct, are responsible for the increased sodium and water excretion of the untouched kidney. They are probably due to an increased medullary blood flow. In the clamped kidney, fractional sodium and water reabsorption of the whole nephron did not differ significantly from normal values. However, sodium reabsorption was lower in the distal tubule and higher in the collecting duct. Sodium transport in the distal tubule seemed to be impaired; throughout its length sodium TF/P ratio averaged 0.6. These results may explain the different urinary excretion found in human hypertension following unilateral renal artery stenosis (Howard-Test).
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Kidney ; Fluxes ; Osmotic Gradients ; Niere ; Flüssigkeits-Substanzbewegungen ; osmotische Gradienten
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    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Durch artifizielle osmotische Druckdifferenzen von 150 mOsmol/l zwischen Lumen- und Blutseite der Tubulusepithelien von Rana ridibunda wird Flüssigkeit im Richtungssinne der Reabsorption oder — in geringerem Maße — der Sekretion längs des osmotischen Gradienten bewegt. Na+ wird in jedem Fall „trocken” reabsorbiert. Bei mit Furosemid blockiertem aktiven Na+-Transport läuft isoton Flüssigkeit längs des osmotischen Gradienten aus dem Tubuluslumen in das blutseitige Medium. Bei umgekehrt gerichtetem Gradienten wird das Filtrat so verändert, als ob es durch Einstrom reinen Wassers verdünnt würde. Die Tubulusepithelien verhalten sich so, als besäßen sie — im Zustand des blockierten aktiven Na+-Transportes — ein „Rückschlagventil” für Na+. Wenn der osmotische Gradient so gerichtet ist, daß Wasser oder Flüssigkeit aus dem Lumen in das blutseitige Medium läuft, dann kommt es bei umgekehrt gerichtetem Na+-Konzentrationsgradienten nicht zum Einstrom von Na+ in das Tubuluslumen. Die Na+-Harnkonzentration sinkt beträchtlich unter die des Perfusates, was als Ausdruck einer Na+-Reabsorption gegen den Konzentrationsgradienten gedeutet wird. Bei Blockierung des Na+-Transportes durch Furosemid kommt es wiederum zum Einstrom reinen Wassers in die Tubuluslumina. Die Versuche mit durch Furosemid blockiertem Na+-Transportmechanismus sind beweisend, daß die Tubuli für Na+ im Richtungssinne der Sekretion impermeabel sind. Die „Verdünnung” des Tubulusinhaltes durch einen osmotischen Gradienten, der Wasser in die Tubuli hineinlaufen läßt, kommt also nicht durch ein Überwiegen der Reabsorption über die „Sekretion” zustande. Wird statt des leicht penetrierenden Na-Chlorids das schwer penetrierende Natriumcyclohexansulfamat angeboten, dann wird absolut gegenüber den Versuchen mit Na-Chlorid weniger Na+ transportiert. Im übrigen zeigen die Nieren jedoch das gleiche Verhalten wie bei Angebot von Na-Chlorid.
    Notes: Summary Osmotic gradients of 150 mosmol/l between intratubular fluid and blood in the kidney of Rana ridibunda induce a fluid movement down the osmotic gradient which is stronger into the tubule than out of it. In either case Na+ is reabsorbed “dry”. If the active Na+-transport is blocked by Furosemid an osmotically downhill movement of isotonic fluid out of the tubule obtains. Reversal of the osmotic gradient induces a reversal of flow but the inward moving fluid is diluted. The tubular cells seem to inhibit the backwash of Na+. If the osmotic gradient induces an outflow of fluid out of the tubule no influx of Na+ occurs even in the presence of a concentration gradient for Na+ in the opposite direction. The Na+-concentration in the urine falls considerably below that of the perfusion fluid. This finding indicates Na+-reabsorption against a concentration gradient. Upon blocking of the Na+-transport by Furosemid water enters the tubules. The results of the experiments in which the Na+-transport was blocked by Furosemid prove that the tubules are impermeable for Na+ in the direction of secretion. The “dilution” of the tubular fluid as a result of an osmotic gradient which induces an influx of water isnot due to a reabsorption outbalancing “secretion”. If instead of the easily penetrating NaCl the slowly penetrating Na+-cyclohexanesulphamate is used, less Na+ is transported. However, in every other respect the results obtained are similar to those described above.
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    Pflügers Archiv 304 (1968), S. 336-350 
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Kidney ; Experimental Hypertension ; Distal Tubular Sodium Reabsorption ; Distal Osmolality ; Tubular Potassium Secretion ; Niere ; experimenteller Hochdruck ; distale Natrium resorption ; distale Osmolalität ; tubuläre Kaliumsekretion
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Vier Wochen nach Klammerung einer Nierenarterie wurde die Funktion des distalen Tubulus untersucht. In der ungeklammerten, unter dem hohen Blutdruck stehenden Niere blieb die Tubulusflüssigkeit bis 90% distaler Tubuluslänge hypoton. Dies wird auf eine erhöhten Flüssigkeitseinstrom aus der Henleschen Schleife zurückgeführt; eine verminderte Wasserpermeabilität des distalen Tubulus konnte nicht nachgewiesen werden. In der geklammerten Niere war mit Ausnahme des frühdistalen Abschnittes die Natriumkonzentration on jeder Stelle des distalen Konvolutes signifikant höher als in der ungeklammerten Niere und in Kontrollnieren. Auch fehlte im distalen Tubulus der geklammerten Niere eine Nettokaliumsekretion. die distale Gleichgewichtskonzentration für Natrium war auf der geklammerten Seite erhöht, auf der ungeklammerten Seite normal. Der isotone Natriumausstrom (Methode des gespaltenen Tropfens) war in der geklammerten Niere vermindert, in der ungeklammerten Niere erhöht. Die frühdistale Harnstoffkonzentration war in der ungeklammerten Niere gegenüber der geklammerten Niere und Nieren von Kontrollratten erniedrigt. Spätdistal war TF/P-Harnstoff in beiden Nieren gleich. Beide Nieren hatten ein normales Glomerulumfiltrat und normale tubuläre Passagezeiten mit Ausnahme einer verkürzten Schleifenzeit in der ungeklammerten Niere. Die Befunde werden dahingehend interpretiert, daß der aktive Natriumtransport im distalen Tubulus der beiden Nieren voneinander verschieden ist, möglicherweise infolge des unterschiedlichen Reningehaltes der beiden Nieren.
    Notes: Summary Four weeks after constricting one renal artery distal tubular function was studied using the micropuncture technique. In the untouched kidney tubular fluid remained hypotonic up to 90% distal tubular length. We believe this to be the result of the high inflow of tubular fluid from Henle's loop. A reduced permeability for water could not be demonstrated. Except for the early part of the distal tubule there was a marked increase in sodium concentration in the clamped kidney as compared to values obtained in the untouched one and in kindneys of control animals. In addition no potassium secretion could be observed in the clamped kidney. The distal steadystate concentration for sodium was increased in the clamped kidney and normal in the untouched one. Reabsorptive half-time, measured by the split droplet technique, was prolonged in the clamped kidney and shortened in the untouched one. Early distal urea concentration was lower in the untouched kidney than in the clamped one and in control kidneys, while at the end of the distal tubule urea concentrations did not differ significantly. Both kidneys had normal glomerular filtration rates and proximal tubular transit times, whereas a shortened transit time through Henle's loop of the untouched kidney was found. The results indicate that active sodium transport in the distal tubule of the clamped kidney differs from that of the untouched one, possibly due to the different renin concentration in both kidneys.
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    Pflügers Archiv 305 (1968), S. 96-104 
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Blood Circulation Time ; Kidney ; Plasma ; Radioautography ; Radioisotope Dilution Technique ; Regional Blood Flow ; Mittlere Kreislaufzeit ; Niere ; Plasma ; Autoradiographie ; Isotopenverdünnungstechnik ; Regionale Nierendurchblutung
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary At different times after injection into the renal artery of131I-albumin, the distribution of the tracer in kidneys of the rabbit and the dog was illustrated by a series of autoradiograms. In order to determine the mean circulation time for albumin in the kidney, the radioactivity over the kidney was simultaneously registered by external monitoring. A short mean circulation time was measured for albumin (plasma) passing cortex, and a longer one for that fraction of the albumin that passed through medulla, papillae, and capsule. The investigation rendered probable that the mean circulation time for blood through the kidney determined by the external technique applies to blood passing cortex. The circulation times for blood through medulla, papillae, and capsule are not included in the calculation of the mean circulation time.
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    Archives of toxicology 23 (1968), S. 245-249 
    ISSN: 1432-0738
    Keywords: Bone ; Strontium poisoning ; Parathormone ; Kidney ; Knochen ; Strontiumvergiftung ; Parathormon ; Niere
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Restitution des strontiumgeschädigten Skelets wachsender Sprague Dawley Ratten ist von einem Anstieg der dialysablen Strontium- und Calciumfraktion des Serums begleitet. Die Ergebnisse legen eine Beeinflussung der renalen Manipulation von Kationen bei Knochenschädigungen durch Fremdmetalle nahe.
    Notes: Summary Restitution of skeletal damage caused by strontium in growing Sprague Dawley rats is accompanied by an increase in the dialysable serum fractions of strontium and calcium. The results suggest that the renal manipulation of cations is influenced in bone lesions caused by foreign metals.
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    Clinical and experimental medicine 145 (1968), S. 270-277 
    ISSN: 1591-9528
    Keywords: Aldosterone ; Kidney ; Stop flow dog ; Aldosteron ; Niere ; Stop flow-Hund
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Mit Stop flow-Versuchen an Hunden konnten wir nach Infusion von 1,2-3H-18-Aldosteronglucuronid im Gegensatz zur Infusion von freiem 1,2-3H-Aldosteron keine proximale Sekretion von 1,2-3H-18-Aldosteronglucuronid nachweisen. Daraus kann geschlossen werden, daß in Hundenieren die proximalen Tubuluszellen wohl 18-Aldosteronglucuronid aus Aldosteron bilden und an das Tubuluslumen abgeben, während im Nierenarterienblut vorhandenes 18-Aldosteronglucuronid nur glomerulär filtriert und ausgeschieden wird.
    Notes: Summary In stop flow experiments during infusion of 1,2-3H-18-aldosterone glucuronide there was no proximal tubular secretion of this metabolite in contrary to experiments during infusion of 1,2-3H-aldosterone. The discrepancy must be explained by formation of 1,2-3H-aldosterone glucuronide out of3H-aldosterone in proximal tubular cells, while the 1,2-3H-18-aldosterone glucuronide in the plasma of the renal artery blood is only filtered in the glomerulum.
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    Clinical and experimental medicine 146 (1968), S. 336-345 
    ISSN: 1591-9528
    Keywords: Aldosterone ; Kidney ; Man ; Aldosteron ; Niere ; Mensch
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Auf Grund eines Vergleiches der Verhältnisse von 1,2-3HTetrahydroaldosteronglucuronid zu 1,2-3H-18-Aldosteronglucuronid im Plasma von drei Normalpersonen und zwei nephrektomierten Patienten nach einer Injektion von 1,2-3H-Aldosteron haben wir folgende Schlüsse in Betracht gezogen: 1. Das im Blutplasma vorhandene 1,2-3H-18-Aldosteronglucuronid wird nur glomerular filtriert. 2. Die renale Clearance von 18-Aldosteronglucuronid, die etwa das Fünffache der Inulinclearance beträgt [13, 15], mu\ zu vier Fünfteln auf Bildung von 18-Aldosteronglucuronid durch die proximalen [15] Tubuluszellen zurückgeführt werden. 3. Das Ausma\ der renalen Bildung von 18-Aldosteronglucuronid liegt in einer Grö\enordnung von 80% der Gesamtmenge 18-Aldosteronglucuronid im 24 StdUrin.
    Notes: Summary After an intravenous injection of 1,2-3H-aldosterone the ratios of 1,23H-tetrahydroaldosterone glucuronide to 1,2-3H-aldosterone glucuronide in the blood plasma of three normal and two nephrectomized persons were compared. In the three normal persons the ratios were of the same magnitude as in the two nephrectomized persons. On the basis of glomerular filtration of tetrahydroaldosterone glucuronide, as previously demonstrated by renal clearance studies in man [13, 15] and stop flow experiments in dogs [6], we made the following deductions: 1. 18aldosterone glucuronide in blood plasma is only filtered in the glomerulum. 2. The renal clearance of 18-aldosterone glucuronide, as investigated during aldosterone infusion in man [13, 15], therefore must be explained by glomerular filtration of only one fifth and by formation of four fifth of 18-aldosterone glucuronide by proximal [15] tubular cells. 3. This means that about 80% of 18-aldosterone glucuronide excreted in urine is formed by the kidneys.
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    ISSN: 1591-9528
    Keywords: Plasma FFA composition ; Individual FFA extraction in heart ; Skeletal muscle ; Kidney ; Plasma-FFS-Zusammensetzung ; Extraktion der Einzel-FFS in Herz ; Skeletmuskel ; Niere
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Bei narkotisierten Hunden wurden die arteriovenösen Differenzen der gesamten und der einzelnen freien Fettsäuren (FFS) am Herzen, am elektrisch stimulierten Skeletmuskel (M. gastrocnemius) und an der Niere bei verschieden hoher arterieller FFS-Konzentration untersucht. Die Konzentration der gesamten FFS wurde titrimetrisch, ihre Zusammensetzung wurde gaschromatographisch bestimmt. Bei einer Steigerung der FFS-Konzentration durch Noradrenalininfusionen stiegen die Anteile der öl- und der Palmitinsäure an, und die Anteile der Stearin- und der Linolsäure sanken ab. Bei einer Senkung der FFS-Konzentration durch Glucoseinfusionen nahmen die Anteile der öl- und der Palmitoleinsäure ab, und die Anteile der Palmitin- und der Stearinsäure nahmen zu. Unter Kontrollbedingungen entfielen am Herzen 44% der gesamten FFS-Extraktion auf die öl- und 24% auf die Palmitinsäure, am Skeletmuskel entfielen 43% auf die öl- und 29% auf die Palmitinsäure. Bei einer Steigerung der arteriellen FFS-Konzentration durch Noradrenalin extrahierten Herz- und Skeletmuskel nur noch öl-, Palmitin- und Palmitoleinsäure. Gleichzeitig wurde im Herz Stearin- und Linolsäure und im Skeletmuskel Stearinsäure produziert. In der Niere entfielen unter Kontrollbedingungen je 40% der Gesamt-FFS-Extraktion auf die Palmitin- und die ölsäure. Es wird gefolgert, daß die öl-, die Palmitin- und die Palmitoleinsäure gegenüber den anderen FFS bevorzugt als Energiequellen benutzt werden, weil bei gleicher arterieller Konzentration höhere Extraktionen für diese drei FFS gemessen wurden. Noradrenalin bewirkt, wahrscheinlich durch Aktivierung von Lipase, im Herzen und im arbeitenden Skeletmuskel einen Abbau von gespeicherten oder im Plasma transportierten Triglyceriden.
    Notes: Summary The arteriovenous differences of total and individual free fatty acids (FFA) have been determined in the myocardium, in the electrically stimulated skeletal muscle (gastrocnemius) and in the kidney of closed chest anesthetized dogs. The concentration of total FFA was determined by titration, their composition was determined by gaschromatography. When the arterial concentration of total FFA was increased by norepinephrine infusions the percentage of olic and of palmitic acid increased and the percentage of stearic and linolic acid decreased. When the concentration of total FFA was decreased by glucose infusions the percentage of olic and palmitolic acid decreased and the percentage of palmitic and stearic acid increased. Under control conditions in the myocardium 44% of the total FFA extraction were related to olic and 24% to palmitic acid and in the skeletal muscle 43% were related to olic and 29% to palmitic acid. During norepinephrine induced increases of arterial FFA concentration myocardium and skeletal muscle extracted only olic, palmitic and palmitolic acid. At the same time in the myocardium stearic and linolic acid and in the skeletal muscle stearic acid was produced. In the kidney under control conditions 40% of the total FFA extraction were related to palmitic and 40% to olic acid. Since the extraction of olic, palmitic and palmitolic acid was higher than the extraction of other FFA at comparable arterial concentrations, it is concluded, that these three FFA are used in preference to other FFA as energy sources. Norepinephrine causes, probably via activation of lipase, in the myocardium and in the working skeletal muscle a breakdown of stored or in plasma transported triglycerides.
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