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Abstract
Background: Patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) require dialysis or transplantation for their survival. There are few experimental animal models mimicking the human situation in which the animals are dependent on dialysis for their survival. We developed a peritoneal dialysis (PD) system for rats to enable long-term treatment under controlled conditions.
Method: Rats were chemically nephrectomised using orellanine to render them uremic. Two studies were performed, the first with highly uremic rats on PD for 5 days, and the other with moderately uremic rats on PD for 21 days. Blood and dialysate samples were collected repeatedly from the first study and solute concentrations analysed. Based on these values, dialysis parameters were calculated together with generation rates allowing for kinetic modelling of the effects of PD. In the second study, the general conditions of the rats were evaluated during a longer dialysis period.
Results: For rats with estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) 5-10% of normal (moderately uremic rats), five daily PD cycles kept the rats in good condition for 3 weeks. For highly uremic rats (GFR below 3% of normal), more extensive dialysis is needed to maintain homeostasis and our simulations show that a six daily and four nightly PD cycles should be needed to keep the rats in good condition.
Conclusion: In conclusion, the PD system described in this study can be used for long-term studies of PD on uremic dialysis-dependent rats mimicking the human setting. To maintain whole body homeostasis of highly uremic rats, intense PD is needed during both day and night.
期刊介绍:
Peritoneal Dialysis International (PDI) is an international publication dedicated to peritoneal dialysis. PDI welcomes original contributions dealing with all aspects of peritoneal dialysis from scientists working in the peritoneal dialysis field around the world.
Peritoneal Dialysis International is included in Index Medicus and indexed in Current Contents/Clinical Practice, the Science Citation Index, and Excerpta Medica (Nephrology/Urology Core Journal). It is also abstracted and indexed in Chemical Abstracts (CA), as well as being indexed in Embase as a priority journal.