Abstract
To examine the association between renal hemodynamic abnormalities and the development of diabetic kidney disease, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal plasma flow (RPF) have been determined in dogs with alloxan-induced diabetes or experimental galactosemia of 1 to 5 years duration. GFR and RPF were significantly greater than normal in insulin-deficient diabetic dogs. GFR was also significantly greater than normal in the galactosemic animals, and RPF tended to be elevated even though GFR and RPF were measured at time of day when plasma galactose is no longer elevated. GFR and effective RPF (eRPF) were found to increase in normal animals upon acute elevation of blood galactose or glucose concentration. Thus, GFR is supranormal in experimental galactosemia, as well as in diabetes, although galactosemia has been shown not to cause nephromegaly, mesangial expansion, or glomerular obliteration, which are typical of diabetes. Administration of an aldose reductase inhibitor (Sorbinil) at dosages sufficient to significantly reduce erythrocyte polyol concentration did not significantly influence GFR or RPF in diabetic or galactosemic dogs.
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