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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 285, Issue 1, Pages F87-F94Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00026.2003
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lymphocytes; cardiac arrest; kidney dysfunction
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK-544770] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [P01-NS-20020] Funding Source: Medline
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Acute renal failure (ARF) commonly occurs after whole body ischemia. Most experimental models of ARF have relied on the isolated renal artery clamping model; however, there is a pressing need to develop and understand the pathogenesis of new models with more clinical relevance. We evaluated a new murine model of ARF after whole body ischemia reperfusion injury (WBIRI). WBIRI was induced by an infusion of potassium chloride and a cardiac arrest period of 10 min. Resuscitation was achieved by cardiac compressions, ventilation, epinephrine, and fluids. WBIRI leads to a significant increase in serum creatinine (SCr) and renal tubular injury by 24 h. Renal myeloperoxidase (MPO) levels increased at 24 h after WBIRI. Increased expression of the proinflammatory genes, ICAM-1 and IL-6, was also observed in the kidney following WBIRI. On the basis of recent data that T cells are important mediators of isolated renal IRI, WBIRI was evaluated in T cell-deficient nu/nu mice. T cell-deficient mice had a significantly reduced rise in SCr and decreased tubular injury compared with wild-type mice. T cell-deficient mice had a decrease in ICAM-1 expression after WBIRI, but no decrease in renal MPO. This study describes a new, clinically relevant, model of ARF after WBIRI in mice and identifies the T cell as an important mediator of renal injury following WBIRI. Reduced ICAM-1 expression may provide a mechanism for this involvement.
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