Dose Dependency of Germanium-Dioxide-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Rats

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The dose dependency of germanium dioxide(GeO2)-induced nephrotoxicity was investigated experimentally in rat groups orally treated with high (150 mg/kg/day), moderate (75 mg/kg/day), or low (37.5 mg/kg/day) doses of GeO2, and in an untreated group. Renal dysfunction, indicated by the increase of blood urea nitrogen and the decrease of creatinine clearance, and systemic toxicity by weight loss, anemia, and hypoproteinemia were more apparent in rats treated with the higher dose of GeO2. Urinalysis including daily urinary protein excretion did not reveal any abnormalities in any of the groups. Urinary excretion and renal-tissue content of Ge were significantly elevated in the group of the higher dose of GeO2. Light microscopically, vacuolar degeneration and depositions of granules positive for periodic acid-Schiff in distal tubules were predominant in the higher-dose group of GeO2. The present study demonstrates that GeO2-induced nephrotoxicity develops dose dependently.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): NEF

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Nephron

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1660-8151

Title: Nephron

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 1660-8151

ISSN (Electronic): 2235-3186

Publication date Subscription-year: 1991

Publication date (Print): 1991

Publication date (Electronic): 11 December 2008

Volume: 57

Issue: 3

Pages: 349-354

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^aSecond Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka; ^bDepartment of Etiology and Pathophysiology, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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Publisher ID: 186286 Other ID: Nephron 1991;57:349–354

DOI: 10.1159/000186286

PubMed ID: 2017277

SO-VID: 2337b101-046f-48df-93ea-faf0d750e215

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Date accepted : 15 May 1990

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