Renal effects of oral maillard reaction product load in the form of bread crusts in healthy and subtotally nephrectomized rats.

Abstract

The biological consequences of chronic consumption of Maillard reaction products (MRPs) on renal function in health and renal disease are still incompletely understood. We investigated the metabolic and renal effects of a diet with varying MRP content in healthy and subtotally nephrectomized rats. Male Wistar rats were subjected to sham operation (control, C, n = 12), or to 5/6 nephrectomy (5/6NX, n = 12). Both groups were randomized into subgroups and pair-fed with either a MRP-poor or -rich diet for six weeks. The diet was prepared by replacing 5% or 25% of wheat starch by bread crust (BC). In spite of pair-feeding, the rats on the 25% BC diet gained more body weight (C: 183 +/- 6 g; C + 5% BC: 197 +/- 7 g; C + 25% BC: 229 +/- 6 g [P < 0.05]; 5/6NX: 165 +/- 10 g; 5/6NX + 5% BC: 202 +/- 3 g; 5/6NX + 25% BC: 209 +/- 8 g [P < 0.05]) and had a higher organ weight (heart, liver, lung, kidney/remnant kidney). Bread crust-enriched diet induced proteinuria (C: 15 +/- 5 mg/24 h; C + 5% BC: 19 +/- 4; C + 25% BC: 26 +/- 3 [P < 0.05]; 5/6NX: 30 +/- 7 mg/24 h; 5/6NX + 5% BC: 47 +/- 9; 5/6NX + 25% BC: 87 +/- 19 [P < 0.01]) and a rise in urinary transforming growth factor beta(1) excretion (C: 0.4 +/- 0.1 ng/24 h; C + 5% BC: 0.6 +/- 0.1; C + 25% BC: 1.2 +/- 0.3; 5/6NX: 0.5 +/- 0.1 ng/24 h; 5/6NX + 5% BC: 0.9 +/- 0.1; 5/6NX + 25% BC: 1.6 +/- 0.2 [P < 0.01]). Plasma creatinine or creatinine clearance were not affected significantly. In conclusion, our data suggests that long-term consumption of a diet rich in MRPs may lead to damage of the kidneys.

• Authors: Katarína Sebeková, Thomas Hofmann, Peter Boor, Katarína Sebeková Jr, Ol'ga Ulicná, Helmut F Erbersdobler, John W Baynes, Suzanne R Thorpe, August Heidland, Veronika Somoza
• Journal: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (Ann N Y Acad Sci) Vol. 1043 Pg. 482-91 (Jun 2005) ISSN: 0077-8923 [Print] United States
• PMID: 16037270 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Triglycerides
• Cholesterol
• Creatinine

Topics

• Animal Feed
• Animals
• Blood Chemical Analysis
• Bread
• Cholesterol (metabolism)
• Creatinine (metabolism)
• Glomerular Filtration Rate
• Kidney Cortex (metabolism)
• Kidney Function Tests
• Liver (metabolism)
• Maillard Reaction
• Male
• Nephrectomy
• Rats
• Rats, Wistar
• Reference Values
• Triglycerides (metabolism)