TY - JOUR
T1 - Insulin Reverses the Protection Given by Diabetes Against Gentamicin Nephrotoxicity in the Rat
AU - Gouvea, Walter
AU - Roth, David
AU - Alpert, Helen
AU - Kelley, Jan
AU - Pardo, Victoriano
AU - Vaamonde, Carlos A.
PY - 1994/9
Y1 - 1994/9
N2 - Rats with untreated diabetes mellitus are protected from gentamicin- induced nephrotoxicity. In order to evaluate the role of hyperglycemia, glycosuria, and polyuria in this phenomenon, miniosmotic pumps filled with insulin were implanted for 15 days in seven female Sprague-Dawley rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus. Plasma glucose levels were successfully maintained under 126 mg/dl. To serve as the control group, eight age-matched diabetic (plasma glucose >400 mg/dl) rats had miniosmotic pumps placed delivering only Ringer's solution. Six days after placement of the pumps, gentamicin (40 mg/Kg/day) was administered to all animals for 9 days. The insulin-treated diabetic rats exhibited clear signs of nephrotoxicity by Day 6 of gentamicin, whereas the diabetic control group remained free from any functional or morphological evidence of proximal tubular damage throughout the 9 days of the aminoglycoside administration. At the end of the experiment, the creatinine clearance in the insulin-treated diabetic group was 45% lower than in the untreated diabetic group (P < 0.005). In addition, there was a rise in plasma creatinine (P < 0.02), muramidase appeared in the urine, and mild patchy acute tubular necrosis of the renal cortex was observed by light microscopic examination. The insulin-treated group also accumulated more gentamicin in the renal cortex than the untreated animals (P < 0.005). It is concluded that protection against the nephrotoxic effects of gentamicin is a feature of untreated experimental diabetes mellitus in the rat and that correction of the hyperglycemic state with insulin reverses this resistance.
AB - Rats with untreated diabetes mellitus are protected from gentamicin- induced nephrotoxicity. In order to evaluate the role of hyperglycemia, glycosuria, and polyuria in this phenomenon, miniosmotic pumps filled with insulin were implanted for 15 days in seven female Sprague-Dawley rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus. Plasma glucose levels were successfully maintained under 126 mg/dl. To serve as the control group, eight age-matched diabetic (plasma glucose >400 mg/dl) rats had miniosmotic pumps placed delivering only Ringer's solution. Six days after placement of the pumps, gentamicin (40 mg/Kg/day) was administered to all animals for 9 days. The insulin-treated diabetic rats exhibited clear signs of nephrotoxicity by Day 6 of gentamicin, whereas the diabetic control group remained free from any functional or morphological evidence of proximal tubular damage throughout the 9 days of the aminoglycoside administration. At the end of the experiment, the creatinine clearance in the insulin-treated diabetic group was 45% lower than in the untreated diabetic group (P < 0.005). In addition, there was a rise in plasma creatinine (P < 0.02), muramidase appeared in the urine, and mild patchy acute tubular necrosis of the renal cortex was observed by light microscopic examination. The insulin-treated group also accumulated more gentamicin in the renal cortex than the untreated animals (P < 0.005). It is concluded that protection against the nephrotoxic effects of gentamicin is a feature of untreated experimental diabetes mellitus in the rat and that correction of the hyperglycemic state with insulin reverses this resistance.
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U2 - 10.3181/00379727-206-43785
DO - 10.3181/00379727-206-43785
M3 - Article
C2 - 8073055
AN - SCOPUS:0028071839
VL - 206
SP - 445
EP - 453
JO - Experimental Biology and Medicine
JF - Experimental Biology and Medicine
SN - 0037-9727
IS - 4
ER -