• Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. · Feb 2012

    Subtotal nephrectomy plus coronary ligation leads to more pronounced damage in both organs than either nephrectomy or coronary ligation.

    • Lennart G Bongartz, Jaap A Joles, Marianne C Verhaar, Maarten J Cramer, Roel Goldschmeding, Chantal Tilburgs, Carlo A Gaillard, Pieter A Doevendans, and Branko Braam.
    • Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht.
    • Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 2012 Feb 1; 302 (3): H845-54.

    AbstractCoexistence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and heart failure (HF) in humans is associated with poor outcome. We hypothesized that preexistent CKD worsens cardiac outcome after myocardial infarction, and conversely that ensuing HF worsens progression of CKD. Subtotally nephrectomized (SNX) or sham-operated (CON) rats were subjected to coronary ligation (CL) or sham surgery in week 9 to realize four groups: CON, SNX, CON + CL, and SNX + CL. Blood pressure and renal function were measured in weeks 8, 11, 13, and 15. In week 16, cardiac hemodynamics and end-organ damage were assessed. Blood pressure was significantly lower in SNX + CL vs. SNX. Despite this, glomerulosclerosis was more severe in SNX + CL vs. SNX. Two weeks after CL, SNX + CL had more cardiac dilatation compared with CON + CL (end-diastolic volume index: 0.28 ± 0.04 vs. 0.19 ± 0.03 ml/100 g body wt; mean ± SD, P < 0.001), although infarct size was similar. During follow-up in SNX + CL, ejection fraction declined. Mortality was only observed in SNX + CL (2 out of 9). In SNX + CL, end-diastolic pressure (18 ± 4 mmHg) and tau (29 ± 9 ms), the time constant of active relaxation, were significantly higher compared with SNX (13 ± 3 mmHg, 20 ± 4 ms; P < 0.01) and CON + CL (11 ± 5 mmHg, 17 ± 2 ms; P < 0.01). The diameter of small arterioles in the myocardium was significantly decreased in SNX + CL vs. CON + CL (P < 0.01). Urinary excretion of NO metabolites was significantly lower in SNX + CL compared with both CL and SNX. This study demonstrates the existence of more heart and more kidney damage in a new model of combined CKD and HF than in the individual models. Such enhanced damage appears to be separate from systemic hemodynamic changes. Reduced nitric oxide availability may have played a role in both worsened glomerulosclerosis and cardiac diastolic function and appears to be a connector in the cardiorenal syndrome.

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