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Hasson DC, Watanabe-Chailland M, Romick-Rosendale L, Koterba A, Miner DS, Lahni P, Ma Q, Goldstein SL, Devarajan P, Standage SW. Choline supplementation attenuates experimental sepsis-associated acute kidney injury. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2022; 323:F255-F271. [PMID: 35834274 PMCID: PMC9394731 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00033.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in critically ill patients, and sepsis is its leading cause. Sepsis-associated AKI (SA-AKI) causes greater morbidity and mortality than other AKI etiologies, yet the underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood. Metabolomic technologies can characterize cellular energy derangements, but few discovery analyses have evaluated the metabolomic profile of SA-AKI. To identify metabolic derangements amenable to therapeutic intervention, we assessed plasma and urine metabolites in septic mice and critically ill children and compared them by AKI status. Metabolites related to choline and central carbon metabolism were differentially abundant in SA-AKI in both mice and humans. Gene expression of enzymes related to choline metabolism was altered in the kidneys and liver of mice with SA-AKI. Treatment with intraperitoneal choline improved renal function in septic mice. Because pediatric patients with sepsis displayed similar metabolomic profiles to septic mice, choline supplementation may attenuate pediatric septic AKI.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Altered choline metabolism plays a role in both human and murine sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI), and choline administration in experimental SA-AKI improved renal function. These findings indicate that 1) mouse models can help interrogate clinically relevant mechanisms and 2) choline supplementation may ameliorate human SA-AKI. Future research will investigate clinically the impact of choline supplementation on human renal function in sepsis and, using model systems, how choline mediates its effects.
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- Denise C Hasson
- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Kirman C, Hughes B, Becker R, Hays S. Derivation of a No-significant-risk-level (NSRL) for dermal exposures to diethanolamine. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2016; 76:137-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2016.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Revised: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Sha W, da Costa KA, Fischer LM, Milburn MV, Lawton KA, Berger A, Jia W, Zeisel SH. Metabolomic profiling can predict which humans will develop liver dysfunction when deprived of dietary choline. FASEB J 2010; 24:2962-75. [PMID: 20371621 DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-154054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Choline is an essential nutrient, and deficiency causes liver and muscle dysfunction. Common genetic variations alter the risk of developing organ dysfunction when choline deficient, probably by causing metabolic inefficiencies that should be detectable even while ingesting a normal choline-adequate diet. We determined whether metabolomic profiling of plasma at baseline could predict whether humans will develop liver dysfunction when deprived of dietary choline. Fifty-three participants were fed a diet containing 550 mg choline/70 kg/d for 10 d and then fed < 50 mg choline/70 kg/d for up to 42 d. Participants who developed organ dysfunction on this diet were repleted with a choline-adequate diet for > or = 3 d. Plasma samples, obtained at baseline, end of depletion, and end of repletion, were used for targeted and nontargeted metabolomic profiling. Liver fat was assessed using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Metabolomic profiling and targeted biochemical analyses were highly correlated for the analytes assessed by both procedures. In addition, we report relative concentration changes of other small molecules detected by the nontargeted metabolomic analysis after choline depletion. Finally, we show that metabolomic profiles of participants when they were consuming a control baseline diet could predict whether they would develop liver dysfunction when deprived of dietary choline.
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- Wei Sha
- Bioinformatics Research Center, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
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Leung HW, Kamendulis LM, Stott WT. Review of the carcinogenic activity of diethanolamine and evidence of choline deficiency as a plausible mode of action. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2005; 43:260-71. [PMID: 16188361 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2005.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Diethanolamine (DEA) is a chemical used widely in a number of industries and is present in many consumer products. Studies by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) have indicated that lifetime dermal exposure to DEA increased the incidence and multiplicity of liver tumors in mice, but not in rats. In addition, DEA was not carcinogenic when tested in the Tg.Ac transgenic mouse model. Short-term genotoxicity tests have yielded negative results. In view of these apparent inconsistencies, we have critically evaluated the NTP studies and other data relevant to assessing the carcinogenic potential of DEA. The available data indicate that DEA induces mouse liver tumors by a non-genotoxic mode of action that involves its ability to cause choline deficiency. The following experimental evidence supports this hypothesis. DEA decreased the hepatic choline metabolites and S-adenosylmethionine levels in mice, similar to those observed in choline-deficient mice. In contrast, DEA had no effect in the rat, a species in which it was not carcinogenic at a maximum tolerated dose level. In addition, a consistent dose-effect relationship had been established between choline deficiency and carcinogenic activity since all DEA dosages that induced tumors in the NTP studies were also shown to cause choline deficiency. DEA decreased phosphatidylcholine synthesis by blocking the cellular uptake of choline in vitro, but these events did not occur in the presence of excess choline. Finally, DEA induced transformation in the Syrian hamster embryo cells, increased S-phase DNA synthesis in mouse hepatocytes, and decreased gap junctional intracellular communication in primary cultured mouse and rat hepatocytes, but all these events were prevented with choline supplementation. Since choline is an essential nutrient in mammals, this mode of action is qualitatively applicable to humans. However, there are marked species differences in susceptibility to choline deficiency, with rats and mice being far more susceptible than other mammalian species including humans. These differences are attributed to quantitative differences in the enzyme kinetics controlling choline metabolism. The fact that DEA was carcinogenic in mice but not in rats also has important implications for human risk assessment. DEA has been shown to be less readily absorbed across rat and human skin than mouse skin. Since a no observed effect level for DEA-induced choline deficiency in mice has been established to be 10 mg/kg/d, this indicates that there is a critical level of DEA that must be attained in order to affect choline homeostasis. The lack of a carcinogenic response in rats suggests that exposure to DEA did not reach this critical level. Since rodents are far more sensitive to choline deficiency than humans, it can be concluded that the hepatocarcinogenic effect of DEA in mice is not predictive of similar susceptibility in humans.
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- Hon-Wing Leung
- Independent Consultant, 15 Deer Park Road, Danbury, CT 06811, USA.
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Ilcol YO, Dönmez O, Yavuz M, Dilek K, Yurtkuran M, Ulus IH. Free choline and phospholipid-bound choline concentrations in serum and dialysate during peritoneal dialysis in children and adults. Clin Biochem 2002; 35:307-13. [PMID: 12135694 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9120(02)00319-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study tested whether continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) changes free or phospholipid-bound choline concentrations in serum or peritoneal dialysis fluid of patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). DESIGN AND METHODS Serum and dialysate choline and phospholipid-bound choline were measured before, during and after 6 h CAPD. RESULTS Serum choline concentrations were higher in patients with ESRD compared with age-matched controls. CAPD lowered serum choline concentrations significantly although it did not influence phospholipid-bound choline. Choline accumulated in the dialysate, reaching 28.4 +/- 2.7 microM in children and 18.2 +/- 1.4 microM in adults, during six hours CAPD; phospholipid-bound choline increased to 22.9 +/- 2.5 microM and 10.8 +/- 1.4 microM in children and adults, respectively. The total daily loss of choline into the dialysate was 181 +/- 20 micromoles in children and 260 +/- 18 micromoles in adults. CONCLUSION CAPD causes a substantial loss of choline into peritoneal dialysates and reduces serum choline concentrations significantly.
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- Yesim Ozarda Ilcol
- Department of Biochemistry, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey.
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Ilcol YO, Dilek K, Yurtkuran M, Ulus IH. Changes of plasma free choline and choline-containing compounds' concentrations and choline loss during hemodialysis in ESRD patients. Clin Biochem 2002; 35:233-9. [PMID: 12074832 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9120(02)00298-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study was undertaken to determine the changes in plasma free choline and choline-containing compounds in end stage renal disease (ESRD) and to determine if they were lost into the dialysate during hemodialysis. DESIGN AND METHODS Plasma and dialysate free choline, phosphocholine and phospholipid-, phosphatidylcholine-, sphingomyelin-bound choline were measured before, during and after hemodialysis. RESULTS Plasma free and bound choline concentrations (mean +/- standard error of the mean) were 12.9 +/- 0.6 and 2697 +/- 57 microM or 37.3 +/- 0.9 and 2792 +/- 98 microM in controls or in ESRD patients, respectively. Free choline concentrations were correlated (r = 0.598; p < 0.001) with the time the patients were subjected to hemodialysis. Plasma free choline and phosphocholine concentrations are decreased by a total of -8.1 +/- 0.6 micromol/L and -88 +/- 8 micromol/L, respectively; phospholipid-, phosphatidylcholine- and sphingomyelin-bound choline are increased, during hemodialysis. Patients lost about 350 micromoles of choline into the dialysate during hemodialysis. CONCLUSION Plasma free choline concentrations are elevated in ESRD, and a considerable amount of choline is lost into the hemodialysate.
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- Yesim Ozarda Ilcol
- Department of Biochemistry, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey
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Lehman-McKeeman LD, Gamsky EA. Diethanolamine inhibits choline uptake and phosphatidylcholine synthesis in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 262:600-4. [PMID: 10471370 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Diethanolamine (DEA), an alkanolamine used widely in industry, is hepatocarcinogenic in mice. The goal of this work was to determine whether DEA altered choline homeostasis in cultured cells, so as to ascertain whether the liver tumor response may be related to choline deficiency. CHO cells were cultured in Ham's F-12 medium containing DEA (0-1000 microgram/ml) and [(33)P]-phosphorus was used to label phospholipid pools. After 48 hours incubation, lipids were extracted and [(33)P]-labeled phospholipids were quantified by autoradiography after thin layer chromatographic separation. In control cells, phosphatidylcholine (PC) accounted for 51 +/- 0.7% of the total lipid (33)P incorporation. DEA had no effect on cell number or total phospholipid biosynthesis, but it significantly decreased the incorporation of (33)P into PC at concentrations >/=50 microgram/ml. DEA (>/=20 microgram/ml) also inhibited the uptake of [(3)H]-choline into CHO cells, with 95% inhibition observed at 250 microgram/ml. To determine whether supplemental choline prevented PC synthesis inhibition by DEA, CHO cells were cultured with or without excess choline (30 mM) and DEA (500 microgram/ml). DEA reduced PC synthesis to 27 +/- 3% of total phospholipids, but had no effect on PC synthesis in choline-supplemented cells. When [(14)C]-DEA was incubated with CHO cells, it was also incorporated into the phospholipid fraction. Collectively, these results indicate that DEA reversibly inhibits PC synthesis by blocking choline uptake and competing for utilization in the CDP-choline pathway in CHO cells.
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- L D Lehman-McKeeman
- Human and Environmental Safety Division, Procter and Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45253, USA.
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Knaak JB, Leung HW, Stott WT, Busch J, Bilsky J. Toxicology of mono-, di-, and triethanolamine. REVIEWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 1997; 149:1-86. [PMID: 8956558 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-2272-9_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The chemistry, biochemistry, toxicity, and industrial use of monoethanolamine (MEA), diethanolamine (DEA), and triethanolamine (TEA) are reviewed. The dual function groups, amino and hydroxyl, make them useful in cutting fluids and as intermediates in the production of surfactants, soaps, salts, corrosion control inhibitors, and in pharmaceutical and miscellaneous applications. In 1995, the annual U.S. production capacity for ethanolamines was 447,727 metric tons. The principal route of exposure is through skin, with some exposure occurring by inhalation of vapor and aerosols. MEA, DEA, and TEA in water penetrate rat skin at the rate of 2.9 x 10(-3), 4.36 x 10(-3) and 18 x 10(-3) cm/hr, respectively. MEA, DEA, and TEA are water-soluble ammonia derivatives, with pHs of 9-11 in water and pHa values of 9.3, 8.8, and 7.7, respectively. They are irritating to the skin, eyes, and respiratory tract, with MEA being the worst irritant, followed by DEA and TEA. The acute oral LD50s are 2.74 g/kg for MEA, 1.82 g/kg for DEA, and 2.34 g/kg for TEA (of bw), with most deaths occurring within 4 d of administration. MEA is present in nature as a nitrogenous base in phospholipids. These lipids, composed of glycerol, two fatty acid esters, phosphoric acid, and MEA, are the building blocks of biomembranes in animals. MEA is methylated to form choline, another important nitrogenous base in phospholipids and an essential vitamin. The rat dietary choline requirement is 10 mg kg-1 d-1; 30-d oral administration of MEA (160-2670 mg kg-1 d-1) to rats produced "altered" liver and kidney weights in animals ingesting 640 mg kg-1 d-1 or greater. Death occurred at dosages of 1280 mg kg-1 d-1. No treatment-related effects were noted in dogs administered as much as 22 mg kg-1 d-1 for 2 yr. DEA is not metabolized or readily eliminated from the liver or kidneys. At high tissue concentrations, DEA substitutes for MEA in phospholipids and is methylated to form phospholipids composed of N-methyl and N, N-dimethyl DEA. Dietary intake of DEA by rats for 13 wk at levels greater than 90 mg kg-1 d-1 resulted in degenerative changes in renal tubular epithelial cells and fatty degeneration of the liver. Similar effects were noted in drinking water studies. The findings are believed to be due to alterations in the structure and function of biomembranes brought about by the incorporation of DEA and methylated DEA in headgroups. TEA is not metabolized in the liver or incorporated into phospholipids. TEA, however, is readily eliminated in urine. Repeated oral administration to rats (7 d/wk, 24 wk) at dose levels up to and including 1600 mg kg-1 d-1 produced histopathological changes restricted to kidney and liver. Lesions in the liver consisted of cloudy swelling and occasional fatty changes, while cloudy swelling of the convoluted tubules and loop of Henle were observed in kidneys. Chronic administration (2 yr) of TEA in drinking water (0, 1%, or 2% w/v; 525 and 1100 mg kg-1 d-1 in males and 910 and 1970 mg kg-1 d-1 in females) depressed body and kidney weights in F-344 rats. Histopathological findings consisted of an "acceleration of so-called chronic nephropathy" commonly found in the kidneys of aging F-344 rats. In B6C3F1 mice, chronic administration of TEA in drinking water (0, 1%, or 2%) produced no significant change in terminal body weights between treated and control animals or gross pathological changes. TEA was not considered to be carcinogenic. Systemic effects in rats chronically administered TEA dermally (0, 32, 64, or 125 mg kg-1 d-1 in males; 0, 63, 125, or 250 mg kg-1 d-1 in females) 5 d/wk for 2 yr were primarily limited to hyperplasia of renal tubular epithelium and small microscopic adenomas. In a companion mouse dermal study, the most significant change was associated with nonneoplastic changes in livers of male mice consistent with chronic bacterial hepatitis.
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- J B Knaak
- Occidental Chemical Corp. Niagara Falls, NY 14302, USA
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Zeisel SH. Nutrients, signal transduction and carcinogenesis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1995; 369:175-83. [PMID: 7598005 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1957-7_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Choline phospholipids play major roles in cellular regulation in addition to their essential function as structural components of membranes and lipoproteins. The unique functions of choline phospholipids as hormones (platelet activating factor, 1-alkyl, 2-acetylphosphatidylcholine, PAF) and sources (phosphatidylcholine, sphingolipids) of second messengers (sphingosine, diacylglycerol, lysophospholipids, arachidonic acid and its metabolites) may explain how dietary choline influences normal physiological processes as well as a diverse group of pathological processes, including carcinogenesis.
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- S H Zeisel
- Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-7400, USA
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Shapira N, Nir I, Budowski P. Effect of glucose or oil supplementation on lipogenic enzymes in overfed chicks. J Nutr 1978; 108:490-6. [PMID: 564399 DOI: 10.1093/jn/108.3.490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Perlmutt JH, Kao CC, Hill PK. Concentration and dilution of the urine in partially hepatectomized, conscious rats. Pflugers Arch 1977; 369:233-8. [PMID: 561370 DOI: 10.1007/bf00582189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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1. The influence of partial hepatectomy on urinary concentrating ability and renal tissue sodium was determined in conscious rats deprived of water for 24 h. In comparison with a sham operation, partial hepatectomy resulted in: a) a 50% reduction in free-water reabsorption, urinary osmolality, and osmolal urine-to-plasma ratio; b) depression of free-water reabsorption at similar levels of osmolal clearance above 200 microliter/min per ml of GFR during the infusion of hypertonic NaCl and vasopressin; and c) a 30% reduction in sodium content of the renal papilla and outer medulla. 2. The renal response to an intravenous water load (2.5% glucose infused to 2.5% of body wt at 0.4 ml/min) was determined in sham-operated and partially hepatectomized, conscious rats. By 60 min after the water load, both groups had excreted practically all of the load. However, during and for 30 min after the infusion in the partially hepatectomized group, the percent of the water load excreted, urine flow, and free-water clearance were significantly reduced while urinary osmolality and osmolal urine-to-plasma ratio were significantly elevated. 3. These experiments demonstrate that shortly after partial removal of the liver the renal concentrating ability is defective and the excretion of a water load is not grossly impaired.
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