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- Edlund, Jenny, et al.
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Reduced oxygenation in diabetic rat kidneys measured by T2* weighted magnetic resonance micro-imaging
- 2009
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In: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. - Boston, MA : Springer US. - 0065-2598 .- 2214-8019. ; 645, s. 199-204
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- By applying invasive techniques for direct measurements of oxygen tension, we have reported decreased kidney oxygenation in experimental diabetes in rats. However, the non-invasive MRI technique utilizing the BOLD effect provides several advantages with the possibility to perform repetitive measurements in the same animals and in human subjects. In this study, we applied a modified single gradient echo micro-imaging sequence to detect the BOLD effect in kidneys of diabetic rats and compared the results to normoglycemic controls. All measurements were performed on inactin-anaesthetized adult male Wistar Furth rats. Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin (45 mg/kg) 14 days prior to MRI-analysis. Sixteen T2*-weighted image records (B0=1.5 T) were performed using radiofrequency spoiled gradient echo sequence with 2.6 ms step increments of TE (TE1=12 ms), while TR (75 ms) and bandwidth per pixel (71.4 Hz) were kept constant. T2* maps were computed by mono-exponential fitting of the pixel intensities. Relaxation rates R2* (1/T2*) in cortex and outer stripe of the outer medulla were similar in both groups (cortex for controls 22.3 +/- 0.4 vs. diabetics 23.1 +/- 1.8 Hz and outer stripe of outer medulla for controls 24.9 +/- 0.4 vs. diabetics 26.4 +/- 1.8 Hz; n=4 in both groups), whereas R2* was increased in the inner stripe of the outer medulla in diabetic rats (diabetics 26.1 +/- 2.4 vs. controls 18.8 +/- 1.4 Hz; n=4, P<0.05). This study demonstrates that experimental diabetes in rats induces decreased oxygenation of the renal outer medulla. Furthermore, the proposed T2*-weighted MR micro-imaging technique is suitable for detection of regional changes in kidney oxygenation in experimental animal models.
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- Friederich, Malou, et al.
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Diabetes-induced up-regulation of uncoupling protein-2 results in increased mitochondrial uncoupling in kidney proximal tubular cells
- 2008
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In: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. - : Elsevier BV. - 0006-3002 .- 1878-2434 .- 0005-2728. ; 1777:7-8, s. 935-940
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We have previously reported increased O(2) consumption unrelated to active transport by tubular cells and up-regulated mitochondrial uncoupling protein (UCP)-2 expressions in diabetic kidneys. It is presently unknown if the increased UCP-2 levels in the diabetic kidney results in mitochondrial uncoupling and increased O(2) consumption, which we therefore investigated in this study. The presence of UCP-2 in proximal tubular cells was confirmed by immunohistochemistry and found to be increased (western blot) in homogenized tissue and isolated mitochondria from kidney cortex of diabetic rats. Isolated proximal tubular cells had increased total and ouabain-insensitive O(2) consumption compared to controls. Isolated mitochondria from diabetic animals displayed increased glutamate-stimulated O(2) consumption (in the absence of ADP and during inhibition of the ATP-synthase by oligomycin) compared to controls. Guanosine diphosphate, an UCP inhibitor, and bovine serum albumin which removes fatty acids that are essential for UCP-2 uncoupling activity, independently prevented the increased glutamate-stimulated O(2) consumption in mitochondria from diabetic animals. In conclusion, diabetic rats have increased mitochondrial UCP-2 expression in renal proximal tubular cells, which results in mitochondrial uncoupling and increased O(2) consumption. This mechanism may be protective against diabetes-induced oxidative stress, but will increase O(2) usage. The subsequently reduced O(2) availability may contribute to diabetes-induced progressive kidney damage.
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- Friederich, Malou, et al.
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Uncoupling protein-2 in diabetic kidneys : increased protein expression correlates to increased non-transport related oxygen consumption
- 2008
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In: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. - Boston, MA : Springer Berlin/Heidelberg. - 0065-2598 .- 2214-8019. ; 614, s. 37-43, s. 37-43
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Diabetic patients have an elevated risk to develop renal dysfunction and it has been postulated that altered energy metabolism is involved. We have previously shown that diabetic rats have markedly decreased oxygen availability in the kidney, resulting from increased oxygen consumption. A substantial part of the increased oxygen consumption is unrelated to tubular transport, suggesting decreased mitochondrial efficiency. In this study, we investigated the protein expression of mitochondrial uncoupling protein (UCP)-2 in kidney tissue from control and streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Protein levels of UCP-2 were measured in adult male control and STZ-diabetic Wistar Furth as well as Sprague Dawley rats in both the kidney cortex and medulla by Western blot technique. Two weeks of hyperglycemia resulted in increased protein levels of UCP-2 in kidneys from both Wistar Furth and Sprague Dawley rats. Both cortical and medullary UCP-2 levels were elevated 2-3 fold above control levels. We conclude that sustained STZ-induced hyperglycemia increases the kidney levels of mitochondrial UCP-2, which could explain the previously reported increase in non-transport related oxygen consumption in diabetic kidneys. The elevated UCP-2 levels may represent an effort to reduce the increased production of superoxide radicals which is evident during diabetes.
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- Liss, Per, et al.
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Iodinated contrast media decrease renomedullary blood flow. A possible cause of contrast media-induced nephropathy
- 2009
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In: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. - Boston, MA : Springer US. - 0065-2598 .- 2214-8019. ; 645, s. 213-218
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The renal medulla has been implicated as a key target for contrast media-induced nephropathy (CIN). Although the effects of contrast media (CM) on whole kidney blood flow are well characterized, the effect of CM on renal medullary blood flow has been controversial. It has been reported that an extremely high dose of a high osmolar CM (iothalamate; 2900 mg I/kg bw) injected rapidly increased the renal outer medullary blood flow (OMBF). However, more clinical relevant doses consistently result in a sustained decrease in medullary blood flow. Furthermore, simultaneous measurements using both laser-Doppler flowmetry and hydrogen washout yield similar results of a decrease in OMBF after CM administration. CM induced a transient 28% decrease in the laser-Doppler signal from the outer medulla, while the hydrogen washout rate in the same region was reduced by approximately 50%. Furthermore, CM administration consistently results in decreased medullary oxygen tension (PO2). The renal medulla works already during normal physiological conditions at the verge of hypoxia, and the majority of the studies published so far are in agreement with the hypothesis that CIN may have its origin in a further reduction in blood flow and/or oxygen availability of this region of the kidney.
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- Nordquist, Lina, et al.
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Proinsulin C-peptide reduces diabetes-induced glomerular hyperfiltration via efferent arteriole dilation and inhibition of tubular sodium reabsorption
- 2009
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In: American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. - : American Physiological Society. - 0363-6127 .- 1522-1466 .- 1931-857X. ; 297:5, s. F1265-F1272
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- C-peptide reduces diabetes-induced glomerular hyperfiltration in diabetic patients and experimental animal models. However, the mechanisms mediating the beneficial effect of C-peptide remain unclear. We investigated whether altered renal afferent-efferent arteriole tonus or alterations in tubular Na+ transport (T(Na)) in response to C-peptide administration mediate the reduction of diabetes-induced glomerular hyperfiltration. Glomerular filtration rate, filtration fraction, total and cortical renal blood flow, total kidney O2 consumption (QO2), T(Na), fractional Na+ and Li+ excretions, and tubular free-flow and stop-flow pressures were measured in anesthetized adult male normoglycemic and streptozotocin-diabetic Sprague-Dawley rats. The specific effect of C-peptide on transport-dependent QO2 was investigated in vitro in freshly isolated proximal tubular cells. C-peptide reduced glomerular filtration rate (-24%), stop-flow pressure (-8%), and filtration fraction (-17%) exclusively in diabetic rats without altering renal blood flow. Diabetic rats had higher baseline T(Na) (+40%), which was reduced by C-peptide. Similarly, C-peptide increased fractional Na+ (+80%) and Li+ (+47%) excretions only in the diabetic rats. None of these parameters was affected by vehicle treatments in either group. Baseline QO2 was 37% higher in proximal tubular cells from diabetic rats than controls and was normalized by C-peptide. C-peptide had no effect on ouabain-pretreated diabetic cells from diabetic rats. C-peptide reduced diabetes-induced hyperfiltration via a net dilation of the efferent arteriole and inhibition of tubular Na+ reabsorption, both potent regulators of the glomerular net filtration pressure. These findings provide new mechanistic insight into the beneficial effects of C-peptide on diabetic kidney function.
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- Palm, Fredrik, et al.
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Diabetes-induced decrease in renal oxygen tension : effects of an altered metabolism
- 2006
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In: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. - 0065-2598 .- 2214-8019. ; 578, s. 161-166
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- During conditions with experimental diabetes mellitus, it is evident that several alterations in renal oxygen metabolism occur, including increased mitochondrial respiration and increased lactate accumulation in the renal tissue. Consequently, these alterations will contribute to decrease the interstitial pO2, preferentially in the renal medulla of animals with sustained long-term hyperglycemia.
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