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Why is D-serine nephrotoxic and -aminoisobutyric acid protective?

¹Physiologisches Institut der Universität Würzburg, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany; and ²Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Submitted 6 November 2006 ; accepted in final form 4 April 2007

D-Serine selectively causes necrosis of S₃ segments of proximal tubules in rats. This leads to aminoaciduria and glucosuria. Coinjection of the nonmetabolizable amino acid -aminoisobutyric acid (AIB) prevents the tubulopathy. D-serine is selectively reabsorbed in S₃, thereby gaining access to peroxisomal D-amino acid oxidase (D-AAO). D-AAO-mediated metabolism produces reactive oxygen species. We determined the fractional excretion of amino acids and glucose in rats after intraperitoneal injection of D-serine alone or together with reduced glutathione (GSH) or AIB. Both compounds prevented the hyperaminoaciduria. We measured GSH concentrations in renal tissue before (control) and after D-serine injection and found that GSH levels decreased to 30% of control. This decrease was prevented when equimolar GSH was coinjected with D-serine. To find out why AIB protected the tubule from D-serine toxicity, we microinfused D-[¹⁴C]serine or [¹⁴C]AIB (0.36 mmol/l) together with [³H]inulin in late proximal tubules in vivo and measured the radioactivity in the final urine. Fractional reabsorption of D-[¹⁴C]serine and [¹⁴C]AIB amounted to 55 and 70%, respectively, and 80 mmol/l of AIB or D-serine mutually prevented reabsorption to a great extent. D-AAO activity measured in vitro (using D-serine as substrate) was not influenced by a 10-fold higher AIB concentration. We conclude from these results that 1) D-AAO-mediated D-serine metabolism lowers renal GSH concentrations and thereby provokes tubular damage because reduction of reactive oxygen species by GSH is diminished and 2) AIB prevents D-serine-induced tubulopathy by inhibition of D-serine uptake in S₃ segments rather than by interfering with intracellular D-AAO-mediated D-serine metabolism.

rat; kidney; D-serine toxicity; glutathione

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