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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 256: F44-F51, 1989;
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AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 256, Issue 1 44-F51, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Mechanism of the antiproteinuric effect of indomethacin in nephrotic humans

H. Golbetz, V. Black, O. Shemesh and B. D. Myers
Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, California 94305.

To elucidate the mechanisms by which indomethacin lowers proteinuria, we studied 20 patients with the nephrotic syndrome. We performed differential macromolecule clearances before and after 3 days of therapy (150 mg/24 h). The fractional clearances of albumin and immunoglobulin G (IgG) decreased by 42 +/- 7 and 44 +/- 10%, respectively (P less than 0.05). Separation of IgG into fractions by preparative electrofocusing in eight selected individuals revealed a proportionate reduction of fractional clearances among anionic (pI = 5.0), neutral (pI = 7.5), and cationic species (pI = 8.5) of IgG. Indomethacin elevated the fractional clearance of uncharged dextrans of radius 28-44 A, while depressing those of dextrans of radius 50-60 A. A heteroporous model that depicts the major portion of the glomerular capillary wall as an isoporous membrane (pore radius = 56 A) and the minor portion as a nondiscriminatory shunt, revealed the former to be unchanged and the latter to be less prominent following indomethacin. A lower fraction of total filtrate volume permeating the shunt, together with a concomitant lowering of overall glomerular filtration rate by 24%, reduced the absolute rate of flux of macromolecule-rich fluid through the shunt pathway from 0.40 to 0.25 ml.min-1.73(-2) (P less than 0.01). We conclude that indomethacin lowered the filtered protein load by restoring barrier size-selectivity while reducing the rate of glomerular ultrafiltration.


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