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Increased serum apoA-IV concentrations in experimental uremic rats

M Seishima, H Torizawa, Y Muto and A Noma
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.

Normal histochemical analysis localizes apoA-IV within renal proximal tubules, which suggests that the kidney is a major catabolic site. In clinical renal failure and animal models of decreased renal function, low molecular weight proteins cannot be efficiently filtered through the glomerular basement membrane, and therefore they accumulate in plasma. In normal plasma, apoA-IV exists as both lipoprotein associated and lipoprotein-free, low molecular weight forms. To examine this further, uremic serum apolipoprotein and mRNA levels were examined in surgically 5/6 nephrectomized rats. Compared to sham-operated controls, uremic serum apoA-IV was elevated twofold and was distributed to a greater extent in the lipoprotein-free subfraction. Serum triglycerides were unchanged. Despite finding no correlation between serum apoA-IV and triglyceride levels (in either the d less than 1.006 g/ml or 1.006 less than d less than 1.019 g/ml fraction), serum apoA-IV was positively correlated with the renal function parameters of blood urea nitrogen (r = 0.949, P less than 0.001), creatinine (r = 0.952, P less than 0.001), and uric acid (r = 0.903, P less than 0.001). In addition, the concentration of apoA-IV per milligram of renal homogenate protein in uremic rats was significantly higher than that of control rats, whereas there was no difference in the content of apoA-I between the two groups. ApoA-I, apoA-IV, and apoB mRNA levels in hepatic and in intestinal tissue were undistinguishable between the uremic and surgical sham rats.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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