Involvement of nitric oxide synthase in proteinuria associated with chronic renal disease in rats

Pharmacology. 1998 May;56(5):257-61. doi: 10.1159/000028206.

Abstract

The present study demonstrates that the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, aminoguanidine, can attenuate the proteinuria observed in a predominantly noninflammatory model of chronic renal disease in the rat. These data suggest that nitric oxide synthase may be involved in progressive renal disease.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood Pressure / drug effects
  • Blood Urea Nitrogen
  • Creatinine / blood
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Guanidines / pharmacology
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / chemically induced
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / enzymology*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / urine
  • Male
  • Nephrectomy
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase / metabolism*
  • Proteinuria / enzymology*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Guanidines
  • Creatinine
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase
  • pimagedine