Postnatal early overnutrition causes long-term renal decline in aging male rats
- Authors
- Yim, Hyung Eun; Yoo, Kee Hwan; Bae, In Sun; Hong, Young Sook; Lee, Joo Won
- Issue Date
- 2월-2014
- Publisher
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
- Citation
- PEDIATRIC RESEARCH, v.75, no.2, pp.259 - 265
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
- Volume
- 75
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 259
- End Page
- 265
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/99340
- DOI
- 10.1038/pr.2013.223
- ISSN
- 0031-3998
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND: We evaluated the influence of postnatal early overnutrition on renal pathophysiological changes in aging rats. METHODS: Three or 10 male pups per mother were assigned to either the small litter (SL) or normal litter (control) groups, respectively, during the first 21 d of life. The effects of early postnatal overnutrition were determined at 12 mo. RESULTS: SL rats weighed more than controls between 4 d and 6 mo of age (P < 0.05). However, between 6 and 12 mo, body weights in both groups were not different. In the SL group, at 12 mo, systolic blood pressure was higher and creatinine clearance was lower than the same in controls (P < 0.05). Numbers of CD68 (ED1)-positive macrophages and apoptotic cells in renal cortex were higher in SL rats (P < 0.05). Furthermore, index scores for glomerulosclerosis and tubulointerstitial fibrosis were higher in the SL group (P < 0.05). Significantly less glomeruli per section area were found in aging SL rats (P < 0.05). Immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry showed decreased intrarenal renin expression in SL rats (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Early postnatal overnutrition can potentiate structural and functional abnormalities in the aging kidney and can lead to systolic hypertension with reduced intrarenal renin activity.
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