Innovative Methodology Serial determination of glomerular filtration rate in conscious mice using FITC-inulin clearance
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Qi, Zhonghua, Irene Whitt, Amit Mehta, Jianping Jin, Min Zhao, Raymond C. Harris, Agnes B. Fogo, and Matthew D. Breyer. Serial determination of glomerular filtration rate in conscious mice using FITC-inulin clearance. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 286: F590–F596, 2004. First published November 4, 2003; 10.1152/ ajprenal.00324.2003.—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 l/min in male and female C57BL/6J mice, respectively. Total or 5⁄6 nephrectomy reduced inulin clearance to 0 or 32.80 9.32 l/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 l/min in male and female mice, respectively. These studies demonstrate the feasibility of repeated nonisotopic measurement of inulin clearance in conscious mice.
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Serial determination of glomerular filtration rate in conscious mice using FITC-inulin clearance.
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 microl/min in male and female C57BL/6J mice, res...
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