Morphometric detection of incipient glomerular lesions in diabetic nephropathy in rats. Protective effects of ACE inhibition.

作者：Caroline Sassy-Prigent, Didier Heudes, Simone Jouquey, D Auberval, Belair Mf, Olaf Michel, G Hamon, Jean Bariety, Patrick Bruneval · 发表于：PubMed · 年份：1995 · 被引用次数：46 · 研究领域：Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes、3D Printing in Biomedical Research、Biomarkers in Disease Mechanisms

BACKGROUND: Glomerulosclerosis is the main renal lesion complicating diabetes in humans and in experimental models. Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are effective in preventing the development of diabetic nephropathy. Incipient glomerular lesions were explored in streptozotocin-diabetic rats at a stage when glomerulosclerosis was not yet established. The modulation of such early glomerular lesions by a new ACE inhibitor (Trandolapril (T) at high or low doses was assessed. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Five groups of rats were designed as follows: (a) nondiabetic control rats, (b) diabetic rats, (c) diabetic rats treated with 0.1 mg/kg/day of T, (d) diabetic rats treated with 1 mg/kg/day of T, and (e) nondiabetic rats treated with 1 mg/kg/day of T. The rats were killed at 1, 3, and 6 months after the beginning of the treatment. The kidneys were studied using a powerful morphometric technique at optical microscopic level with an image analyzer to measure the following glomerular parameters to assess the development of incipient glomerular lesions: (a) total glomerular surface area, (b) glomerular tuft surface area, (c) mesangial surface area, (d) ratio of the mesangial surface area to the glomerular tuft surface area, and (e) mean thickness of the Bowman's capsule. In parallel, albuminuria was measured. RESULTS: The results showed the development of glomerular hypertrophy in parallel with the increase in glomerular mesangial domain and in albuminuria with diabetes. They ...