TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional and structural alterations of the glomerular permeability barrier in experimental galactosemia
AU - Daniels, Barbara S.
AU - Hostetter, Thomas H.
AU - Kren, Stefan M.
PY - 1991/6
Y1 - 1991/6
N2 - Experimental galactosemia, induced by feeding rats a galactose enriched diet, reproduces many of the neural and ocular complications of diabetes and induces protein glycation and polyol accumulation. To explore the role of these biochemical abnormalities in the pathogenesis of glomerular injury, adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were placed on either a 50% galactose or 50% glucose diet. After two months, galactose fed rats exhibited elevated excretory rates of protein, albumin, and IgG. Blebbing and ballooning of the glomerular epithelial cells were apparent in rats on the galactose supplemented diet. Morphometric evaluation of the glomeruli revealed an increase in the fractional and absolute volume of the glomerular epithelial cells, but glomerular and mesangial volume, basement membrane thickness, and epithelial foot process width were similar on the two diets. Glycation of the glomerular basement membrane was increased in the galactose fed rats. Glomerular micropuncture revealed similar glomerular pressures and flow rates on the two diets. Aldose reductase inhibition had no effect on galactose induced proteinuria. These results suggest that biochemical abnormalities such as protein glycation may be important in the pathogenesis of altered glomerular permselectivity in diabetic nephropathy.
AB - Experimental galactosemia, induced by feeding rats a galactose enriched diet, reproduces many of the neural and ocular complications of diabetes and induces protein glycation and polyol accumulation. To explore the role of these biochemical abnormalities in the pathogenesis of glomerular injury, adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were placed on either a 50% galactose or 50% glucose diet. After two months, galactose fed rats exhibited elevated excretory rates of protein, albumin, and IgG. Blebbing and ballooning of the glomerular epithelial cells were apparent in rats on the galactose supplemented diet. Morphometric evaluation of the glomeruli revealed an increase in the fractional and absolute volume of the glomerular epithelial cells, but glomerular and mesangial volume, basement membrane thickness, and epithelial foot process width were similar on the two diets. Glycation of the glomerular basement membrane was increased in the galactose fed rats. Glomerular micropuncture revealed similar glomerular pressures and flow rates on the two diets. Aldose reductase inhibition had no effect on galactose induced proteinuria. These results suggest that biochemical abnormalities such as protein glycation may be important in the pathogenesis of altered glomerular permselectivity in diabetic nephropathy.
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U2 - 10.1038/ki.1991.140
DO - 10.1038/ki.1991.140
M3 - Article
C2 - 1910123
AN - SCOPUS:0025743871
SN - 0085-2538
VL - 39
SP - 1104
EP - 1111
JO - Kidney international
JF - Kidney international
IS - 6
ER -