Abstract
SUMMARY Acute nephrotoxicosis was induced in ewes by daily sc administration of gentamicin. Activity of 3 urine enzymes, γ-glutamyltransferase (ggt), β-N-acetylglucosaminidase (ags), and β-glucuronidase (grs), were measured during the development of aminoglycoside nephrotoxicosis. Measurements from timed, volume-measured urine samples were performed on days 0, 7, and 8. Measurements from urine samples obtained without volume measurement (spot samples) were performed daily. Urine ggt and ags activities were high 3 days prior to detection of high serum creatinine concentration and 1.5 days before the appearance of casts in the urine sediment; values consistently remained in the abnormal range until termination of the study. High urine grs activity was inconsistent and transient; serum ggt activity did not change during the course of the study. Urine ggt and ags activities expressed as total excretion per unit time and body weight, enzyme activity per unit volume, and as ratio of urine enzyme activity to urine creatinine concentration were strongly correlated. Urine ggt and ags, but not grs activities, are suitable indicators of renal tubular cell damage in sheep with aminoglycoside nephrotoxicosis. Urine ggt and ags activities indicate cellular changes occurring several days prior to the first indications of renal functional change.
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