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- Title
Pathophysiology of the kidney in rats with Heymann nephritis.
- Authors
Zamlauski-Tucker, Marianna J.; Van Liew, Judith B.; Noble, Bernice
- Abstract
Alterations in kidney function were assessed early in the course of Heymann nephritis that was induced in rats by immunization with FxIA, an extract prepared from rat kidney cortex. Whole kidney and single nephron function were evaluated by clearance and micropuncture techniques. Kidney function was studied in stage 1 of Heymann nephritis, before the onset of proteinuria, and in stage 2, when antibodies are deposited along the brush border of proximal tubules. Although overall kidney function was similar in rats in stage 1 and normal controls, glucose reabsorption was somewhat depressed in the first part of the proximal convoluted tubule in stage 1. Both whole kidney and single nephron glomerular filtration rates were depressed in stage 2. Proteinuria in stage 2 was characterized by an increased albumin sieving coefficient, which resulted in an elevated excretion of albumin. Furthermore, several proximal tubule functions (glucose and fluid reabsorption and PAH extraction) were substantially depressed in stage 2. These findings demonstrate that immunological injury to the proximal tubules in stage 2 of Heymann nephritis produces a significant impairment of proximal function.
- Subjects
PATHOLOGICAL physiology; KIDNEYS; KIDNEY diseases; KIDNEY cortex; KIDNEY tubules; PROTEINURIA
- Publication
Kidney International, 1985, Vol 28, Issue 3, p504
- ISSN
0085-2538
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ki.1985.157