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  • Title: The protective mechanism of thyroidectomy in a rat model of chronic renal failure.
    Author: Conger JD, Falk SA, Gillum DM.
    Journal: Am J Kidney Dis; 1989 Mar; 13(3):217-25. PubMed ID: 2919601.
    Abstract:
    Selective thyroidectomy (Tx) has been shown to attenuate proteinuria and disease progression in models of chronic renal failure (CRF). In this investigation, four groups of Munich-Wistar rats were studied to determine if glomerular dynamics or another renal metabolic consequence of Tx was responsible for the protective effect as measured by 24-hour protein excretion (UPROT). The groups were TxT4, thyroxine-replaced Tx rats with five-sixths nephrectomy; Tx, Tx rats not receiving replacement thyroxine with five-sixths nephrectomy; TxI, Tx rats not receiving replacement thyroxine with five-sixths nephrectomy that were given continuous intraperitoneal isoproterenol to restore systemic and renal hemodynamics; and TxT4(C), two-kidney Tx rats receiving replacement thyroxine that served as normal controls. Five-sixths nephrectomy was carried out 2 weeks after Tx, and experiments were carried out 1 week later. Serum T4 was profoundly reduced and there was failure to gain weight in Tx and TxI rats, despite similar protein intakes in all groups. Cardiac output was reduced in Tx, but was similar in TxI to levels in TxT4 rats. Whole-kidney glomerular filtration rate was lower in Tx, at 0.145 +/- 0.052 mL/min (P less than 0.05), but similar in TxI (0.305 +/- 0.147 mL/min) to that in TxT4 rats (0.317 +/- 0.135 mL/min). Twenty-four-hour urinary protein, which was 129 +/- 57 mg in TxT4, was reduced in Tx to 9 +/- 3 mg (P less than 0.01) but restored in TxI to 89 +/- 30 mg, a level similar to that in TxT4.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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