Abstract
Two nonradioactive methods for determining glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in conscious mice using FITC-labeled inulin (FITC-inulin) were evaluated. The first method measured GFR using clearance kinetics of plasma FITC-inulin after a single bolus injection. Based on a two-compartment model, estimated GFR was 236.69 ± 16.55 and 140.20 ± 22.27 μl/min in male and female C57BL/6J mice, respectively. Total or 5/6 nephrectomy reduced inulin clearance to 0 or 32.80 ± 9.32 μl/min, respectively. Conversely, diabetes mellitus induced by streptozotocin was associated with increased GFR. The other approach measured urinary inulin clearance using intraperitoneal microosmotic pumps to deliver FITC-inulin and metabolic cages to collect timed urine samples. This approach yielded similar GFR values of 211.11 ± 26.56 and 157.36 ± 20.02 μl/min in male and female mice, respectively. These studies demonstrate the feasibility of repeated nonisotopic measurement of inulin clearance in conscious mice.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | F590-F596 |
Journal | American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology |
Volume | 286 |
Issue number | 3 55-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2004 |
Keywords
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hemodynamics
- Nephrectomy
- Salts
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physiology
- Urology