Abstract

Inulin: An inadequate marker of glomerular filtration rate in kidney donors and transplant recipients? During a systematic evaluation of stable renal transplant recipients, we noted a marked discrepancy between the inulin and creatinine clearance values. The C Cr /C In ratio was 1.02 ± 0.02 in subjects and 1.47 ± 0.15 in 20 transplant recipients. The C Cr /C In ratio of 14 living related recipients (1.51 ± 0.08) was not significantly different from that of cadaver recipients (1.37 ± 0.04). Evaluation of ten paired donors and recipients demonstrated a C Cr /C In ratio of 1.34 ± 0.06 and 1.51 ± 0.10, respectively (NS). In three donors, the C Cr /C In was 1.04 ± 0.02 before nephrectomy and 1.25 ± 0.08, 1 week after nephrectomy. The ratio in the recipients was 1.45 ± 0.13 1 week after transplantation. Other markers of glomerular filtration, urea and iodothalamate (Io), were evaluated. C urea /C Cr ratios were similar in normals, donors, and recipients (0.62, 0.62, 0.55, respectively). The C urea /C In ratio was 0.63 in normal subjects; it was, however, 0.72 ± 0.05 in donors and 0.9 ± 0.06 in recipients. C Io /C Cr and C IO /C In ratios in normal subjects were the same at 1.02 ± .04. C IO /C Cr ratio was 0.95 ± 0.04 in recipients and 0.96 ± 0.03 in donors. The C IO /C In ratio was 1.43 ± 0.08 in recipients and 1.23 ± 0.04 in donors. The data reveal a marked discrepancy between C Cr and C In in renal transplant recipients whether living related or cadaver donors, as well as in living related donors, were used. Furthermore, this discrepancy is manifest by 1 week after transplantation in both donors and recipients. Our data suggest that increased creatinine secretion is not solely responsible for this discrepancy, and that there may be an impairment to filtration of inulin at the level of the glomerulus. Back diffusion of filtered inulin, although unlikely, cannot be ruled out from the present data. L'inuline: Indicateur de filtration glomerulaire inadequat chez les donneurs de reins et les sujets transplantes. Au cours d'une etude systematique de malades transplantes, en etat stable, il a ete observe une discordance importante entre les valeurs des clearances de l'inuline et de la creatinine. Le rapport C Cr /C In est de 1,02 ± 0,02 chez les sujets normaux et de 1,47 ± 0,15 chez 20 transplantes. Ce rapport n'est pas significativement different chez 14 transplantes avec des reins de donneurs vivants apparentes (1,51 ± 0,08) et des transplantes avec des reins de cadavres (1,37 ± 0,04). L'etude de dix paires de donneurs et receveurs a montre un rapport de 1,34 ± 0,06 et 1,5 ± 0,10, respectivement (NS). Chez trois donneurs le rapport etait de 1,04 ± 0,02 avant et de 1,25 ± 0,08 une semaine apres la nephrectomie. Le rapport etait de 1,45 ± 0,13 chez les receveurs une semaine apres la transplantation. D'autres marqueurs de la filtration glomerulaire, l'uree et l'iodothalamate (Io), ont ete etudies. Le rapport C uree /C Cr est semblable chez les normaux, les donneurs et les receveurs (0,62, 0,62, et 0,55 repectivement). Le rapport C uree /C In est de 0,63 chez les sujets normaux, mais de 0,72 ± 0,05 chez les donneurs et de 0,9 ± 0,06 chez les receveurs. Les rapports C Io /C Cr et C IO /C In sont semblables chez les sujets normaux (1,02 ± 0,04). C IO /C Cr est de 0,95 ± 0,04 chez les receveurs et de 0,96 ± 0,03 chez les donneurs. Le rapport C IO /C In est de 1,43 ± 0,08 chez les receveurs et de 1,23 ± 0,04 chez les donneurs. Ces resultats revelent une discordance entre C Cr et C In chez les receveurs, que ce soit de reins de donneurs vivants ou de cadavres, et chez les donneurs apparentes. De plus, cette discordance est evidente une semaine apres la transplantation a la fois chez les donneurs et les receveurs. Nos resultats suggerent qu'une augmentation de la secretion de creatinine n'est pas seule responsable de la discordance et qu'il peut y avoir une alteration de la filtration de l'inuline dans le glomerule. La retro-diffusion de l'inuline ne peut pas etre eliminee a partir des resultats obtenus, encore qu'elle paraisse peu probable.

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